James
Holliday
Born about in Virginia, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Keziah (Shepherd) Holliday
— married
3 May 1884 in Mahaska, Iowa, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Emma (Holliday) Burrell
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Nov 2022
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James Holliday is a part of US Black heritage.
Biography
James was a coal miner.
James married Kissie Shepherd 3 May 1884 in Mahaska County, Iowa.[1]
James Haliday age 25 and wife Kissie age 23 and Samuel Haliday age 10 were in 1885 living in Garfield, Beacon, Mahaska, Iowa. Also in the household was Grant Stewart, miner, age 20.[2]
Willie Hill and his wife Emma are found in the 1910 Census for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma in the home of Emma's father James Holiday. James Holiday was age 52, born in Virginia; he was a coal miner. His wife Kissie Holiday was age 55, born in Virginia. James and Kissie had been married 26 years (1st marriage for both); Kissie was the mother of 5 children, 2 then living. James's son-in-law Willie Hill was age 22, born in Alabama; he was a bricklayer. Emma Hill was age 19, born in Iowa; she was a teacher in a public school.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ8M-D2H : 3 November 2017), James Holliday and Kissie Shepherd, 03 May 1884, Mahaska, Iowa, United States; citing reference Vol.1 p.84, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 985,383.
- ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HD7F-4N2 : 2 March 2021), James Haliday, Beacon, Garfield, Mahaska, Iowa; citing p. 9, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,495.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLWS-TMR : accessed 3 November 2022), Willie Hill in household of James Holiday, Harts Home Ward 3, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 223, sheet 20A, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1269; FHL microfilm 1,375,282.
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