Person:Oliver Holaday (1)

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Oliver Holaday
b.8 Dec 1823 Chatham Co, NC
d.4 Nov 1910 Blue River Twp, Henry Co., IN
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Mar 1823
  1. Alvin Holaday
  2. Benjamin F. Holaday
  3. Oliver Holaday1823 - 1910
  4. Andrew J. Holaday1824 - 1873
  5. Eli Nolan Holaday1842 - 1908
  6. Elizabeth Holaday
  7. Lemuel Holaday
  8. Mary N. Holaday
  9. Wilson Holaday
Spouse and Children
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m. 10 Jun 1849
  1. Ellen Holaday
  2. John Holaday - 1872
  3. Mary Eleanora Holaday1850 - 1929
  4. Eli Holaday1851 - 1939
  5. William H. Holaday1853 - 1895
  6. James Holaday1856 -
  7. Marcus Holaday1858 - 1938
  8. Josephine HoladayAbt 1860 - 1872
  9. Nancy E. Holaday1861 - 1880
  10. Martha A. Holaday1862 - 1914
  11. Albert Holaday1864 - 1939
  12. Oliver Holaday1867 - 1946
  13. Malinda Alice Holaday1870 - 1945
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Facts and Events
Name Oliver Holaday
Gender Male
Birth? 8 Dec 1823 Chatham Co, NC
Marriage 10 Jun 1849 to Nancy H. Wyatt
Death? 4 Nov 1910 Blue River Twp, Henry Co., IN
Burial? Mooreland Cemetery, Henry Co., IN
Reference Number? 1790

Name and dates confirmed by Joy Miller from the Mooreland Cemetery Record. Grave 0 179 F.

Handwritten letter, author and date unknown.

Son of Thos. & Eliz. Holaday, Oliver Holaday, born in Chatham Co., No. Carolina, 12-8-1823, came to Ind. Oct. 1826 and settled in Liberty Township, Henry Co. His mother died July 1862 & his father died April 1873. The first winter spent in Ind., a family of fourteen lived in a log house 16 x 18. When Oliver was 15 yrs of age he began teaching school & taught 13 yrs. He was married 6-10-49 to Nancy, daughter of Wm. & Mary Wyatt, and soon after settled a farm in Blue River township where the family still resides.

He has been a member of the Christian Church 30 yrs. and a minister in the church since 1845. In 1870 he opened a general mercantile store at his home place where he continued until 1879, when his son Marcus continued to run it until 1882, when he moved to Leonard (unreadable sentence) worked at the boot and shoe trade for forty yrs. or since he was 20 yrs. old. At home they have 90 acres of land well improved. To them have been born 12 children, Nine of whom are living Eli, Wm. H., James, Marcus, Albert, Oliver, Mary E., Martha, Martindale. Deceased are Nancy, Josephine, & John. Mr. Holaday is a republican- orig. Whig.

From the Holaday File at the Henry County Museum and Research Library, New Castle, Indiana.

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