Joseph P. Hollingsworth, farmer, is a native of this (Greene County, 
Ohio) county, and was born May 20, 1833; reared and educated here, and 
was here married to Miss Martha Bales, in February, 1860. Five children 
are the result of their marriage - Emma E., Alonzo, Marion, Charlie, and 
Hattie, all of whom are living. Our subject has a farm of seventy-four 
acres, on which he lives, farming to grain and stock. Is a brick mason 
by trade, learning the trade in this county, which he began about 1848, 
and has worked at that trade a great portion of the time since then. Is 
a member of Bowersville Lodge No. 559, I. 0. 0. F. having united with 
that order in 1864. (History of Greene County, 0hio (1881 reprint 1974)	
R. S. Dills, p. 840.  Jefferson Township section.)

Silas Bales, farmer, Paintersville, is a son of John and Sarah (Lucas)
Bales. Mr. Bales was born March 6, 1789, and died March 11, 1864;
she died June 8, 1874. He served a few months in the war of 1812, and
then returned to this county, where he was married about 1813, and
where he passed the remainder of his life. There were twelve children 
of this family, four daughters and eight sons, Silas being the eldest.
He was born in this county, June 11, 1814, and here he was reared, and 
afterward married Miss Elizabeth Smith, also of this county, by whom 
he had two children, Sarah and Martha, both of whom are living. Sarah 
married a Mr. Marshall, now deceased; she then married Moses McKay, 
her present husband, and has two children, William S. and Edwin F.
Martha married Joseph Hollingsworth, whose biography appears in this 
work; they have five children. Mr. Bales has a farm of 178 acres, on 
which he lives. Himself and wife have been members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church for at least 35 years. He was elected trustee of the
township (Jefferson) in 1859, and re-elected in 1860. (Ibid, p. 830.)

    (1) Names of voters at an election held for territorial representative 
in the 6th election district, County of Dearborn, Indiana, at the home 
of John Templeton. Judges, JoseDh Hanna, Samuel Shannon; clerks, Willis 
Kelly, Joseph Billings.  All votes cast were for Richare Rue. This 
district apparently comprised the eastern part of the present Union 
County and the northeastern part of Franklin Co. Indiana Voters 
included: David, Richd., Jacob, Ezekial, George, Levi, Joseph, 
Jah. (Jeremiah?) and, William Hollingsworth, in that order in the list;
Ezekial to William in one continuous series. George Harlin also next 
to Richard Hollingsworth. (Hoosier Genealogist, July-Aug 1961, Vol 1,
#4, p. 8.) The loss of the Indiana Territorial Census of 1810 is somewhat 
mitigated by this valuable list.  Oh yes, date: circa 1807!

    (2) James and Evaline Hollingsworth were members at the organization 
of the Protestant Methodist Church, Bowersville, Greene Co., Ohio in 
June 1851, according to the history quoted above, p. 823.

    (3) History of Jasper Co., Iowa, 1878, Western Historical Co.