Representative Louis Hollingsworth View All Years

HON. LOUIS P. HOLLINGSWORTH.

MR. SPEAKER—Your committee appointed to draft suitable resolutions on the life, character and public services of Hon. Louis P. Hollingsworth, an honored member of the Ninth General Assembly, beg leave to report the following:

Louis P. Hollingsworth was born in Columbiana county, Indiana, March 5, 1831, and died in Des Moines, Iowa, December 27, 1908, at the ripe age of seventy-seven years, nine months and twenty-two days. Mr. Hollingsworth grew to manhood at Salem, Ohio, where he learned the cabinet maker’s trade. By birth he was a Quaker, and early in life was interested in the agitation of abolition of slavery. His birth and his early education taught him peace, but he became a speaker in the cause of abolition of slavery and was connected with the underground railroad system of those times.

In 1854, he left his native state and came to Iowa, spending the winter of 1854 and 1855 in Iowa City. There by virtue of his trade, he helped at the finishing of the dome of the old state capitol. A little later in life he moved to Keokuk county, Iowa, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. On September 28, 1859, he was united in marriage to Hannah C. Fawcott at Salem, Ohio, whom he brought to his adopted state of Iowa. Always active in public questions, he became the leader of his party, and was elected a member of the Ninth General Assembly from Keokuk county. Following his term in the Legislature, he became treasurer of his county and in 1870, moved to Sigourney where he resided until 1891. In that year he moved to Des Moines where he resided until the time of his death.

With him the interests of church, home and education were paramount, and he was ever ready to sacrifice to the uttermost for their advancement. His quiet, modest life will always be an inspiration of those within the circle of his acquaintance.

Resolved: That these statements he placed upon the records of this House and that a properly engrossed copy, duly authenticated, be sent to the members of his family.

W. L. ETTER,

S. V. PENN,

JOHN B. SULLIVAN,

Committee.