Orlando Hollingsworth

Orlando Newton Hollingsworth

Full Name: Orlando Newton Hollingsworth
Date of birth: April 5, 1836
Date of death: 1919

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 28 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th   Democrat San Marcos / Hays   Bell, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson

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House District 28
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 13th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Marcos / Hays
Counties in district: Bell, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, Orlando N. Hollingsworth, pp. 190-191. Born 4/5/1836 in Calhoun County, Alabama. " . . . in 1872 was elected on the Democratic ticket to the legislature. In the year following he was elected state superintendent of public instruction." The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
  • HOLLINGSWORTH, ORLANDO NEWTON (1836-?). Died 1919 in Austin. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Biographical sketch, Orlando Newton Hollingsworth, pp. 132-133. A History of Rusk County, Texas, 1961.
  • Biographical sketch of Hon. O.N. Hollingsworth. Rose, Victor M. Ross' Texas Brigade: Being a Narrative of Events Connect With Its Service in the Late War Between the States, 1881, crediting Dallas Public Library, pp. 138-139. "Mr. Hollingsworth is comparatively a young man; has had some experience in practice at the bar, and served one term in the State legislature." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Military Service Notes

  • Confederate States Army, Captain R.H. Cumby's Company B, 3rd Texas Cavalry, later appointed adjutant of 3rd Texas Cavalry. Biographical sketch, p. 134. Birth date 4/5/1836. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.

Other Resources

  • Orlando Newton Hollingsworth, birth date 4/5/1836, death 1919, son of Benjamin Benton Hollingsworth and Lucy Joicey Jones; marriage to Ruth Grace Katherine Platner 11/4/1864 in Rusk County; residence in San Marcos, Hays County 1870. Census of 1870; Jernegan Everett Family Tree; Biography & Genealogy Master Index, citation to Biographical Dictionary of American Educators, three volumes, edited by John F. Ohles. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978. Ancestry.com.
  • Census of 1850 - Orlando Hollingsworth, Rusk County, age 13, born circa 1837 in Alabama, in household of Joicy Hollingsworth.
    Census of 1870 - O.N. Hollingsworth, San Marcos, Hays County, age 34, born circa 1836 in Alabama, teacher, in household with G.C.P. Hollingsworth.
    Census of 1880 - O.N. Hollingsworth, Austin, Travis County, age 44, born circa 1836 in Alabama, Secretary of the Board of Education, wife Ruth G.C. Hollingsworth.
    Census of 1910 - Orlando N. Hollingsworth, Decatur, Dekalb County, Georgia, age 74, born circa 1836 in North Carolina, real estate agent, wife Catherine Hollingsworth. FamilySearch. 1850 1870 1880 1910
  • Ruth Grace Katherine Hollingsworth, birth date 9/18/1847, death date 12/7/1922, widow. FamilySearch.
  • Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News.

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Committee Information top

13th R.S. - 1873
Comptroller's and Treasurer's Offices, Examine  
Education  
Judiciary No. 1  
Penitentiary  
Privileges and Elections  
Redistricting  
State Penitentiary, Select (Chair) 

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