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Letter to the Editor.

Dear Mr.  Hollingsworth:                      13 February, 1966
    My father's name was Francis Marion Hollingsworth. He was born in
Bibb County, Georgia in 1861 during the Civil War.  If he had any bro-
thers or sisters, he never revealed it to any of us.  His parents died 
when be was about five years old.  He was raised as an orphan and did 
not attend school at a11.  In March of 1880, he married Allie Johnson.  
My father had eleven children, three girls and eight boys.  He died on 
17 May, 1954 at the age of 92.  I also have two brotbers who are dead.  
One died at the age of eleven months and the other died at the age of 
sixty years.  My mother is still living, and will be 92 in May.
    In Eastman, Georgia, there is a Henry Hollingsworth who works 
with the Georgia Power Company. He is no kin to me, but he was also 
raised here in Macon, Georgia.  His father was a 33rd degree Mason in
one of the lodges here in Macon.  He (his father) died about two years 
ago in Macon.
    Yesterday,  I was talking with Grier F. Hollingsworth (107 George 
Drive, Warner Robins, Ga.) and he said that his aunt who lives in At-
lanta has a book on the Hollingsworth ancestry that could help you. 
Her address is: Mrs. Robert Q.  Hollingsworth, 1440 Ranier Falls Road, 
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia.
    During World War II, I was stationed in Manchester, England and
there was a town named, Hollingsworth (sic: no - Hollingworth-Ed.),
which is a suburb of Manchester.  There is a Hollingsworth Hall in 
Winder, England, near Manchester (no: Hollingworth Hall - Ed.).
    I hope this will be of help to you and it is a pleasure to serve
you.
    P.S. The Hollingsworth Candy Company of Augusta, Georgia is part
of my ancestry also.
                                               Sincerely yours,
                                               B. F. Hollingsworth
                                               1223 Dewey Street
                                               Macon, Georgia 31206
NOTE BY EDITOR: This is another letter out of the files which was not
followed up on.  It is presented here to prevent the loss of the infor-
mation.  If there is a connection here with the James Hollingsworth in
Macon in 1840, we don't know of it.

OBITUARY:

     (1) Dr. J. S. Hollingsworth, Green Bay, Wisconsin - 1917.  
OLD RESIDENT OF GREEN BAY MEETS END THIS M0RNING.  DR. J. S. HOLLINGS-
WORTH, VETERINARIAN, DIES AT AGE OF 72 YEARS.
    Dr. J. S. Hollingsworth, one of the oldest veterinarians in Wis-
consin, died in his home, 343 So. Roosevelt Street at 5 o'clock this 
morning of heart trouble.  He was 72 years old.
    The funeral of Dr. Hollingsworth will be held Monday with a ser-
vice in the home at 2 o'clock.  Interment will be in Woodlawn.
    Dr. Hollingsworth was born in 1845 in Cherry Valley, Illinois.  
He came to Green Bay in 1872 and was active in his profession until 
about three years ago.  He had been ailing since spring.  Surviving Dr. 
Hollingsworth are the widow, a son William of Green Bay, and a daugh-
ter Mrs. Frank Wallace of Green Bay. (Green Bay Press-Gazette, Nov. 
3, 1917, sent in typescript by Green Bay's Kellog Public Library, 
125 S. Jefferson, Green Bay, under date of May 19, 1962.  He was your

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