Henry Hollingsworth

Henry Hollingsworth (1808–1855) was a Democratic politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, from 1837 to 1839. He had a twin sister named Mary Ann, and they were likely the only children of their parents. Coming from modest beginnings, Hollingsworth had a humble upbringing, and throughout his early life until adulthood, he supported himself through manual labor. In 1833, he relocated to Nashville.

On July 25, 1843, in Davidson County, Tennessee he remarried a widow, Mrs. Anna Bell Dozier Stump. They had four children during their marriage:

Edna Hollingsworth was born June 24, 1844, in Davidson, Tennessee. Nancy "Nannie" Hollingsworth was born on October 23, 1845, in Nashville, Tennessee. Mary Hollingsworth was born in 1847 in Davidson, Tennessee. Henrietta Hollingsworth was born in 1854 in Davidson, Tennessee.

Hollingsworth died on January 24, 1855, at his residence in Davidson County, Tennessee, after a lingering illness of several months.