BIO:  HOLLINGSWORTH, S.E., s/o Abraham & Sarah (Dunn) Hollingsworth

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

HOLLINGSWORTH   DUNN   DELAY   HOWARD   

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co.  1886

Knox County, Vigo Twp., page 482

S.E. HOLLINGSWORTH may be mentioned as one of the prominent farmers of Knox
County, Ind., and is a son of Abraham and Sarah (Dunn) Hollingsworth.  He
was born in the above named county October 25, 1826, and is one of six 
children of German-Irish descent.  The parents were born in South Carolina 
and Kentucky, respectively, 1797.  The father went to the "Buckeye State"
with his parents when quite young, and shortly after came to Indiana, about
1809 or 1810.  Here the father had one brother killed in the battle of
Tippecanoe, and one by the Indians.  They lived in a fort, but afterward
farmed, where the father owned at one time 520 acres of land.  He died 
December 18, 1872.  The mother died April 10, 1869.  Our subject attended
the subscription schools, when an opportunity afforded, and assisted his
father on the farm until twenty-five years of age.  December 18, 1850, he
married Nancy Jane Delay, daughter of Alexander and Rachael Delay.  She was
born in Lawrence County, Ind., February 18, 1832.  They became the parents
of seven children, three of whom are living:  Malinda T., (wife of Thomas
Howard), Mary A. and Joseph M.  Malinda is residing in Kansas, and Mary and
Joseph are at home.  Mr. Hollingsworth has resided in Vigo Township since
his marriage, and is one of the first farmers.  He owns 447 acres of land,
on which is erected a fine brick dwelling-house and good barns.  He deals
extensively in fine stock, especially the Poland-China hog, and makes his
purchases of the first-class stock breeders of his own and neighboring States.
He has been very successful, ships to a large number of States, and makes 
his purchases regardless of price.  He has taken many first premiums at
different fairs, and deserved much credit for his energy in improving the 
breed of hogs in his neighborhood.  In politics he is a Republican, and cast
his first vote for Gen. Taylor.  His wife is a member of the Baptist Church.
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