THE HOLLINGSWORTH REGISTER

VOLUME 14, NUMBER 3.

home in Lorain County, Ohio. Here he was employed for a number of years in connection with the operation of a stone quarry and he then purchased a farm of fifty acres, in Pittsfield Township, where he continued to devote his attention to agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred on the 18th of February, 1915, his devoted wife having passed away in September, 1912. Of the seven children the subject of this review is the elder of the two now living, and Richard resides in the city of Oberlin, where he is a carpenter by trade and vocation. George Hollingsworth gave his allegiance to the democratic party until the campaign that resulted in the election of President Cleveland, and thereafter he was a supporter of the cause of the republican party until the time of his death. His wife had been in her native land a communicant of the Church of England, but in Ohio she united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she continued a zealous member until her demise.

     George W. Hollingsworth gained his early education in the district schools and has been identified with farming from his early youth, his success having been won through industry, close application and good management. He takes a lively interest in the community affairs and is progressive and public-spirited as a citizen, with his political predilections indicated by his alignment as a supporter of the principles of the republican party. He has passed the various official chairs in the lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is affiliated also with the ancient-craft body of the Masonic Fraternity and with the local Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry.

     In 1885 Mr. Hollingsworth wedded Miss Ella M. Keihl, who was born in Stark County, this state, where her paternal grandparents settled in an early day, both having been natives of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth have no children. (From A Standard History of Lorain County Ohio by G. Frederick Wright, Editor Volume 2, p. 1003 (1916).) Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hollingsworth on accompanying plate. For a note of the parents, see HR 10:19, for the reading of the 1860 Census of Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio, page 268. There, George Hollingworth (no "s") is age 30, quarryman, born England, wife Sarah, 30, born England, and children Emma, 4, and Thomas, 1, both born in Ohio.