Person:Elihue Hollister (3)

BIOGRAPHY: Elihu found in the history of Yorkshire: History of the Town of Yorkshire (From Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial, Cattaraugus County, N. Y. Edited by William Adams, 1893)

Yorkshire was formed from Ischua by an act of the State Legislature passed on the 13th of April, 1820, and originally comprised that part of the Holland survey known as towns five and six of range five. .........The first settlers of Yorkshire compared favorably with all the pioneers of western New York. They were a hardy, honest and energetic class, who came here prepared to endure fatigue and hunger and cold to subdue the wilderness and build homes for themselves and their children. That they well performed their mission the well-stocked farms and substantial buildings of today furnish ample proof. There were no society lines in their day, and no man built on his pedigree, but muscle, endurance, and hard knocks counted. ..........During the next decade (1820-30) came Alfred and Abram Howell, David and Henry I. Paddock, George Graham, Abel Gordon, Mason Smith, William Campbell, Samuel King, Robert Nickless, Samuel Davis, John Harmon, STEPHEN HOLLISTER, William Wattles, Carpenter Bull, Luther Wheeler, David Putnam, Caleb Turner, Israel Thornton, ELIHU HOLLISTER.....

CENSUS: 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Elihu Hollister Age in 1860: 62 Birth Year: abt 1798 Birthplace: Connecticut Home in 1860: Independence, Cuyahoga, Ohio Gender: Male Post Office: Independence Household Members: Name Age Elihu Hollister 62 Susan Hollister 59 Elihu Hollister 21 Susan McKin 24 Ella H McKin 3 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Independence, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M653_955; Page: 0; Image: 203.