Person:Thomas Holaday (3)

The subject of this sketch is a worthy representative of one of the oldest families of Henry County, the name Holaday having been closely interwoven with the history and development of this section of the state for over three-quarters of a century. The Holaday's are of English origin, the remote ancestors of the American branch of the family having settled in North Carolina in the time of the colonies. As early as 1826 Thomas moved from that state to Henry County, Indiana, and entered a tract of land in what is now Liberty Township where he cleared a farm. He was one of the earliest pioneers of this section and a man of great industry and energy and withal of excellent moral character. After having some years in Liberty Township he disposed of his original place and bought a farm in the Township of Blue River, on which he lived until his death at the age of eighty-four. He was twice married and appears to have literally carried out the Master's injunction to multiply and replenish the earth, as he became the father of twenty-three children, nearly all of whom grew to mature years and became useful in their respective spheres of life. Submitted by: Lora

Name confirmed by Joy Miller from the Mooreland Cemetery Record. A Thomas Haladay is listed in the Henry county 1830 census, page 62, line 9, microfilm #M19-32.

1. ↑ Compendium of Biography of Henry County, Indiana, 1920.
2. ↑ The Quaker Collection; Jerry Richmond Files, 1999. (<invalid link - 12 May 2017>).