Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Hollingsworth was born on 30 December 1802, in Newberry, South Carolina, United States, his father, James Hollingsworth, was 44 and his mother, Sarah Wright, was 40. He married Harriett Ward on 1 November 1832, in Union, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 18 May 1875, in Round Prairie Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Lambirth Cemetery, Henry, Iowa, United States.
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- Henry Holinsworth, "United States Census, 1870"
- Henry Hollingsworth, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Henry Hollingsworth, "Find A Grave Index"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Hollingworth (Cheshire), Hollingworth in Butterworth (Lancashire), or possibly Hollinworth Head in Charlesworth (Derbyshire), from Old English holegn ‘holly’ + worth ‘enclosure’. The surname, which was taken to Ireland in the 17th century, has developed a variant with an unexplained medial -s- not noted in any of the placename forms.
Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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