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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-307Photograph, James Calvin Whittington and Mary (Brooks) WhittingtonJULIA ANN WHITTINGTON (3.1.1) is the daughter of James Calvin Whittingtonand Mary Jordan (Brooks) Whittington. Julia was born in November of1846 in Alabama. On December 10, 1868, Julia Whittington married RobertBarclay Hollingsworth. Robert was born on September 1, 1842 in Iowa and isthe son of Isaiah Hollingsworth and Martha Jo (Hoskins) Hollingsworth. Robertand Julia Hollingsworth were the parents of at least seven children:............Dora Eugene Hollingsworth, b. October 29, 1869............James Barclay Hollingsworth, b. December 12, 1871............Phoebe Lovenia Hollingsworth, b. March 1, 1874............Nathaniel Henry Hollingsworth, b. January 10, 1877............Robert Gameliel Hollingsworth (3.1.1.5), b. February 20, 1879............Mary Jane Hollingsworth, b. May 10, 1881............Sarah Whittington Hollingsworth (3.1.1.7), b. January, 1886In 1900, Robert and Julia Hollingsworth were living in Coleman County, Texas.In 1910, Julia (Whittington) Hollingsworth was living her daughter, Sallie, inColeman County, Texas. Dora Hollingsworth died on September 4, 1872. In1910, James Hollingsworth and his wife, Nora Hollingsworth (born 1874), wereliving in Bexar County, Texas. James and Nora Hollingsworth had at least fivechildren: - Lizzie Hollingsworth, b. 1896, - Willard Hollingsworth, b. 1898, -Jack Hollingsworth, b. 1902, - Corine Hollingsworth, b. 1906, - MaryHollingsworth. James Hollingsworth died in 1928. Mary Hollingsworth marrieda Mr. Johnson. Phoebe Hollingsworth died in 1903. Nathaniel Hollingsworthdied in 1906.References: 1) 1880 Census, Colorado County, Texas; 2) 1900 and 1910 Censuses,Coleman County, Texas; 3) 1910 Census, Bexar County, Texas; 4) Family Bible ofWilliamson Brooks, in possession of Gregg Blair; 5) “Descendants of ValentineHollingsworth, Sr.,” 1925, Pages 124 and 125; 6) Interview, Elizabeth (Gibson) Scottby Robert Casey, October, 1982ROBERT GAMELIEL HOLLINGSWORTH (3.1.1.5) is the son of RobertBarclay Hollingsworth and Julia Ann (Whittington) Hollingsworth. Robert wasborn on February 20, 1879 in Weimer, Texas. In June of 1903, R. G.Hollingsworth married Emma Jones Martin (born December 26, 1878 in Tennessee)and they had two children:............Ruth Hollingsworth (3.1.1.5.1), b. November 15, 1905, Texas............Robert Barclay Hollingsworth, b. December 26, 1908, TexasFrom 1910 to 1920, Robert and Emma Hollingsworth were living in ColemanCounty, Texas. R. G. Hollingsworth owned and operated a telephone exchangein west Texas from 1904 to 1908 and the Coleman Democrat-Voice newspaperfrom 1911 to 1915. He was board chairman of the Coleman Bank and waschairman of the Central Colorado River Authority. Emma (Martin)Hollingsworth died on January 19, 1953 and was buried in Coleman, Texas. On