John Wesley Holladay (1805 - 1871)

Born 19 Jun 1805 in Highland County, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Tamer (Hiatt) Holladay — married 25 Mar 1824 in Highland County, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1871 at age 66 in Albion, Marshall, Iowa, USA

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Biography

Information has been passed down through the family that John Wesley Holladay was born June 19, 1805 to Lewis Holladay and his wife, Ruth Sinclair. On March 25th, 1824, John married Tamer Hiatt in Highland County, Ohio.^[1] Tamer was a daughter of William Hiatt and wife, Jemima Lundy.

In 1830 the family lived in northern Highland County, Ohio in Fairfield township, where John was apparently a farmer.^[2]

On May 23, 1835, John Holladay lived in Ross County, just east of Highland County. He bought land in Greenfield from a Thomas Blair. On October 14, 1837 he bought land from Mr and Mrs Richard Cherry in East Monroe, a small town between Greenfield and Leerburg in northern Highland County (Deed Book #11, page 220). On November 1, 1838 John and Tamer sold this same property to George Huddle (Deed Book 7, pg 221).^[3]

In 1840, according to the 1840 Census, John Wesley Holladay and his family lived in the Liberty Township of Highland County, Ohio. At that time, John and Tamer had six living children.^[4]

The family also lived in Grant County, Indiana where the rest of the children: Wesley, Riley, Rachel and Emma Jane were born. Prior to 1856, the Holladay family moved on to Iowa.^[5][6][7]

John Wesley Holladay died August 30, 1871 and is buried in the Whitaker Family Cemetery near Albion, Marshall County, Iowa.

Children of John Holladay and Tamer Hiatt:

1. Nancy E. Holladay, b. 6 September 1825, Highland County, Ohio, USA.
2. James E. Holladay, b. 1 October 1827, Highland County, Ohio, USA; d. 18 December 1827, Highland County, Ohio, USA.
3. Isaac J. Holladay, b. 26 April 1829, Highland County, Ohio, USA; d. Aft. 1880, Mitchell County, Kansas, USA; m. Rhoda Carey, 10 June 1850, Delaware County, Indiana, USA; b. 10 March 1828, Shelby County, Ohio, USA; d. Missouri, USA.
4. William Luther Holladay, b. 31 August 1832, Highland County, Ohio, USA; d. 6 August 1886, Highland County, Ohio, USA; m. Eliza A. Shields, 28 January 1866, Grant County, Indiana, USA; b. Abt. 1832, Indiana, USA.
5. Margaret Ann Holladay, b. 10 December 1834, Highland County, Ohio, USA; d. 22 September 1843, Grant County, Indiana, USA.
6. George Alexander Holladay, b. 14 November 1836, Highland County, Ohio, USA; d. 27 May 1921, Sidney, Cheyenne, Nebraska, USA; m. Julia Ann Bryant, 1860; b. March 1838, North Carolina; d. 19 December 1905, Sidney, Cheyenne, Nebraska.
7. Thomas J. Holladay, b. 8 August 1838, Highland County, Ohio, USA; d. 10 August 1857, Iowa, USA.
8. Mary E. Holladay, b. 8 February 1841, Ohio, USA; d. 8 December 1866, Marshall County, Iowa, USA; m. Isaac Howard Pyle, 27 February 1862, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA; b. 28 December 1836, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA; d. 12 November 1915, St. Cloud, Sherburne, Minnesota, USA.
9. Jemima Ruth Holladay, b. 14 September 1844, Grant County, Indiana, USA; d. 4 September 1871, Griswold, Cass, Iowa, USA; m. Enos S. Pyle, 20 December 1860, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA; b. 23 January 1835, Waterville, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA; d. Aft. 1887.
10. John Wesley Halladay, b. 12 January 1847, Grant County, Indiana, USA; d. 18 April 1931, Mormon Ridge, Albion, Marshall, Iowa, USA; m. Emily Porter Whitaker, 29 November 1865, Iowa, USA; b. 23 October 1847, Mahaska, Iowa, USA; d. 23 January 1928, Morman Ridge, Albion, Marshall, Iowa, USA.
11. James Riley Holladay, b. 16 March 1849, Grant County, Indiana, USA; d. 29 May 1920, Green, Clay County, Kansas, USA; m. Cordelia Ann Clark, 5 February 1874; b. 6 April 1848, Chester, Wells, Indiana, USA; d. 3 August 1937, Clay County, Kansas, USA.
12. Rachel Ann Holladay, b. 18 March 1851, Grant County, Indiana, USA; d. Aft. 1880, Griswold, Cass, Iowa, USA; m. Alexander Lacey, 9 May 1867, Lamoille, Marshall, Iowa, USA; b. 6 October 1849, Illinois, USA; d. 15 November 1923, Bangor, Marshall, Iowa, USA.
13. Emma Jane Holladay, b. 27 December 1852, Grant County, Indiana, USA; d. 18 July 1937, Dalton, Cheyenne, Nebraska, USA; m. Abraham B. Gustin, 20 January 1874, Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, USA; b. 10 July 1853, Brown County, Ohio, USA; d. 30 March 1926, Dalton, Cheyenne, Nebraska, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ Ohio, County Marriages 1789-2013.
2. ↑ 1830 U.S. Federal Census, Fairfield, Highland County, Ohio.
3. ↑ Holladay, Alvis Milton. The Holladay Family. Brentwood, Tenn. (1706 Old Hickory Blvd., Brentwood 37027), 1983, Page 281.
4. ↑ 1840 U.S. Federal Census, Liberty, Highland County, Ohio.
5. ↑ 1856 Iowa State Census, Washington, Poweshiek County, Iowa.
6. ↑ 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Washington, Poweshiek County, Iowa.
7. ↑ 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Washington, Marshall County, Iowa.