Lincoln County, West Virginia The Biography of Jermon HOLLANDSWORTH The Biography of Jermon HOLLANDSWORTH was submitted by Pat R. Adkins, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1894. Rpt. in West Virginia heritage encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock 1974 JERMON HOLLANDSWORTH--is one of the farming population in Carroll district, Lincoln county, owning about 200 acries of land on Big Creek five miles north of Hamlin, which has the best improvements; is well-watered; heavily timbered with pine, poplar, locust, hickory, sugar beech, maple and walnut; a fine young orchard of rare fruit; coal and iron ore in abundance and good indication of silver. Mr. Hollandsworth was baptized in April, 1878 and joined the United Baptist Church. His wife joined the same church in July, 1878; their sons; C. S. November 24, 1878; Thomas R. January 4, 1880; John F., January 1, 1882. The subject of this sketch was born in Henry county Virginia, December 20, 1832 and came to Lincoln county, November 11, 1865 and he is a son of Madison and Susan (Hollandsworth) Hollandsworth. In Franklin county Virginia January 14, 1857, the words were pronounced which made Jermon Hollandsworth and Martha Jane McGee man and wife. She was born in Franklin county, August 29, 1839 and her parents are Nelson and Susan (Richards) McGeeThe children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hollandsworth are: Charles Smith, April 9, 1859; Thomas Reed, September 19, 1862; John Franklin November 14, 1865; Edward Lee, February 5, 1869; Madison Vinton January 1, 1872; Sera Alwilda, December 20, 1874; Laura Susan January 9, 1878 all at home but Charles who resides at Trace Fork, Putnam County West Virginia. Mr. Hollandsworth was trustee of schools several years; he served in the late war in the Confederate army. Direct mail to Hamlin Lincoln county, West Virginia.