Samuel Hollingsworth

SAMUEL HOLLINGSWORTH.

Mr. Hollingsworth was born in Union County, Indiana, February 6, 1816. Settled in Boone County in 1833. He was married to Fannie Alexander, January 5, 1841. She was born in Owen County, Kentucky, December 31, 1818. Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth settled on the farm they now live on, in Jefferson Township, in 1841. Four children were born unto them, as follows: Mary J., born February 1, 1842; married to George D. Miller on the 15th of February, 1872; reside on the home farm. W. W. Hollingsworth was born October 4, 1845; married to Mary Chambers in Owen County, Kentucky, on the 14th of January, 1879; resides on the home farm. Samuel Hollingsworth was raised a Quaker, to which faith he still clings. Mrs. H. belongs to the Baptist Church. This old couple, now in the evening of life, have resided in the county over fifty years; have underwent all the hardships and privations incident to a pioneer life; have contributed their part to bring about the changes of the past half century. This old pioneer couple reside in Jefferson Township, two miles southwest of Hazelrigg Station. The original Hollingsworth family were from South Carolina.

Source: "Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana," Harden & Spahr, Lebanon, Ind., May, 1887, pp. 300-301
Transcribed by: Julie S. Townsend - June 28, 2007