Northern Alabama, historical and . n the esteem of thepeople, than did Mr. Hollingsworth. In August,18(31, he was elected captain of a company in theNineteenth Alabama Regiment, and he remainedin the service until the close of the war. Afterhis first year in tLe army be was transferred to theCommissary Department, and remained there dur-ing the rest of the time. The war depleted hisfortune almost entirely, but he subsequently, inmercantile business, recouped it to a large ex-tent, and when he died he was one of the wealth-iest men in his county. He was by far the mostextensive d
Northern Alabama, historical and . n the esteem of thepeople, than did Mr. Hollingsworth. In August,18(31, he was elected captain of a company in theNineteenth Alabama Regiment, and he remainedin the service until the close of the war. Afterhis first year in tLe army be was transferred to theCommissary Department, and remained there dur-ing the rest of the time. The war depleted hisfortune almost entirely, but he subsequently, inmercantile business, recouped it to a large ex-tent, and when he died he was one of the wealth-iest men in his county. He was by far the mostextensive dry goods merchant ever at Gadsden, ifnot in all Northeastern Alabama. Throughouthis entire life his efforts appear to have beencrowned with success. It is said of him, that henever took hold of anything, in a business way,that he did not turn into money. He was a de-voted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,South; was always actively interested in educa-tion, and was noted for his charity, his liberal-ity, and his punctuality in all NORTHERN ALABAMA. 357 Mr. llolliiigsworth was married November ;1, to >riss .Mary J. Lewis, diiugiiter of Joel andAnn 0. (Krider) Le\vi:3. and reared six children:Annie 0. (now the wife of -Mr. Paden), Lanra J.(now Mrs. Lay). Katie M. (.Mrs. Standifer), WillieA. (wife of \V. 1. .lohnson). Kdinond 1., andAlice M William llollingsworth, the great-grandfatherof the sul)ject of this sketch, catne from Englandwith William Penn. Mrs. llollingsworths father,.loel Lewis, was a native of South Carolina, andher mother, Ann C. Krider. was horn and rearedin Philadelphia. WILLIAM HENRY DENSON. UnitedStates District Attorney, was born in KnssellCounty, Ala., March 4, IS-ttJ. His parents,Augustus K. and Elizabeth (Ivey) Denson, wereborn, respectively, in Franklin County, X. C,in lSl-2, and Baldwin County, Ga., in 1810. The senior Mr. Denson, a plant<;r by occupa-tion, took part in the War of 1S3(;, going into thearmy from Alabama, whit
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