Simon Madine Holladay (1855 - 1916)

Born May 1855 in Greeleyville, Williamsburg, South Carolina, United States

Husband of Rosa (Nelson) Holladay — married about 1893 in South Carolina, United States

Died 31 Aug 1916 at age 61 in Mount Zion Township, Clarendon, South Carolina, United States

Biography

Simon Holladay is a part of US Black heritage.

Simon Holladay was born in 1855. He was the son of Major Julian Lesesne and Lucy Holladay. In 1880 he worked on a farm in Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina.^[1]

Simon married Rosa Nelson about 1893. They lived in Mount Zion Township, Clarendon County, South Carolina.^[2][3]

Mr. Holladay died August 31, 1916, in Mount Zion, Clarendon, South Carolina, of ascending paralysis. He was buried September 1, 1916, at St John Church.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6S7-1PV : 20 February 2021), Simon Holladay in household of Harriet A Nelson, Manning, Clarendon, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 17, sheet 94C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,225.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3RK-KR9 : accessed 25 March 2021), Simon Holladay, M. Zion, St. Mark Townships, Clarendon, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 7B, family 126, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,524.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5DQ-KFW : accessed 25 March 2021), Simon Holladay, Mt Zion, Clarendon, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 98, sheet 6A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1456; FHL microfilm 1,375,469.
4. ↑ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N969-YYJ : 13 December 2020), Simon M. Holliday, 31 Aug 1916; citing Mount Zion, Clarendon, South Carolina, United States, , Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 1,913,475.