Edmund Hollister (1807 - 1890)

Born 28 Dec 1807 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Emma Louisa (Hall) Hollister — married 11 Jan 1832 in Granville, NY

Descendants

Died 1890 at about age 82 in Port Byron, Rock Island, Illinois, United States

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Biography

"Edmund Hollister removed from Granville to Port Byron, Ill., in the spring of 1837, and has resided there ever since; is a retired farmer. He and his family are members of the Congregational church of Port Byron."

"HOLLISTER EDMOND, Farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Port Byron; born in Conn., in 1807 ; came to this County in 1837 ; Rep ; Cong; owns 1123/4 acres, valued at $6.000; married Emma L. Hall, of N. Y., in 1832; have four children, names, Lucy C., Em­ma L., Albert F., and Edmund N.

HOLLISTER EDMUND N. Farm­er and Stock Raiser; Sec. 13; P. O. Port Byron ; born in this County in 1837 ; Rep ; Cong; owns 100 acres, valued at $6,000; was in 126th Regt. I. V. I., Co. E., as private, three years ; married Josephine Ag­nes Plainer, of Penn., in 1865; have one adopted daughter, named Rhoda T."^[1]

"Edmund Hollister of Port Byron, is a pioneer of Rock Island County of 1837. He was born Dec 28, 1807 in Glastonbury, Connecticut and is the youngest son of Isaac and Abigail (Savage) Hollister. His parents settled at Granville, Washington County, New York where his father purchased a farm. After residing there on several years, he bought a resident at North Granville, where he died, in his 90th year. His wife died a few years before, aged 75.

Mr Hollister was reared on his fathers farm and was educated in the public schools. He was married Jan 11, 1832 to Emma Louisa, daughter of Nathaniel Hall, an eminent lawyer of Whitehall, New York who was born in Lebanon County, New Hampshire, and completed his education at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, NH. He began his practice as an attorney at Whitehall, where he was the first representative of his profession, becoming one of the Associate Judges of the District to which he belonged. He died in his 45th year, in October 1825. Esther (Parker) Hall, his wife, was born in Granville, New York.

Edmund Hollister and wife settled, after their marriage, on a farm in Granville, which he bought in company with his brother Jehiel, and on which he lived until 1837, when he set our for Illinois with his family. They traveled by the Erie Canal and the lakes to Chicago, where Mr Hollister left his family and started on foot for Rock Island. He walked the entire distance with the exception of one half day, when he obtained a ride with Bishop Chase. With his brothers team, which consisted of three yokes of oxen, he returned to Chicago for his family, then including his wife and three children, and conveyed them to Rock Island County. He bought a claim of land in what is now Coe Township, on which was a log cabin, and in this the family lived six months. Then Mr Hollister sold out and bought a half interest in the saw mill situated in the locality then designated town 18, range 1 west. He there built a house for the accommodation of his household. He transacted business there 16 years, manufacturing and selling lumber. In 1854 he again sold out and removed to Port Byron Township. He there bought 212 acres of land. The township was then recorded as number 19, range 1 east and his purchase of land was situated on section 13. It contained a small farm house, which served as the family abode for some years. Eventually, Mr Hollister built a more commodiuos frame house and a barn, suited to the demands of the place and it has since constituted the homestead.

Of the children born to Mr & Mrs Hollister, four are still living: Albert F is a citizen of Coe Township; Edmund N lives at Port Byron; Lucy C is the widow of Albert S Coe; Emma lives at home. The youngest son, Frederick died Feb 4, 1864."^[2]

• came west 1837^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.illinoisancestors.org/rockisland/portbyonvoters.htm
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65131637
3. ↑ "The Pioneers' Picnic: The Pioneer Death Roll." Rock Island Daily Argus (Rock Island, Illinois). 3 Sept 1891. p5, col2. Chronicling America (Web). Retrieved 4 July 2017

• No. 1173, pg 181 and 351-352 - Hollister Family of America compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, MD 1886 - https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA1
• https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65131637