Edward Willet Dorland Holway was born in Michigan in 1853 and died in Arizona in 1923. A description of him found in his passport in 1914 is that he was "5'8", grey-blue eyes, prominent nose, high forehead, round chin, straight mouth, sallow complexion, brown hair turning gray."
Edward was a banker and a botanist. As a young man he entered Winneshiek County State Bank in Decorah, Iowa as teller, became cashier and later vice-president. Always he had a great love for high and remote places where he could find rare and unusual forms of plant life, which he collected and classified. His name may be seen attached to descriptions of many varieties. His specialty was fungus growths. Upon these he was regarded as an authority. When he retired from the bank he formed a connection with the University of Minnesota and presented it his botanical collection. The University placed him upon the Faculty in the Department of Research. In this capacity he visited Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Chili, Columbia, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. His last trip was to Brazil, where he spent a year. His home in Minneapolis was renowned for the rare varieties and for the magnificence of his tulip gardens.
His death was due to a heart weakness, the after effects of a case of influenza that had confined him to a hospital in Minneapolis for some time. He died in Phoenix, Arizona on March 31, 1923, where he had gone for convalescence. No one would have guessed from his appearance when he returned from Brazil that he had passed into his seventy-first year. His health and activity was such that he would readily have been accepted as ten years younger.
Edward's father was George Newell Holway, born September 29, 1826, at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, and died February 27, 1899, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, and was buried March 1, 1899, at Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles. Edward's mother was Amy Marie Ellison, born October 20, 1812, at Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York, and died July 12, 1902, Los Angeles. George and Amy were married September 20, 1851. Edward was the oldest of three boys, Edward, William and Ruliff Holway.
Edward's first wife was Effie Aiken, the daughter of Samuel and Eliza Aiken. They married on May 20, 1877 in Decorah, Iowa. Effie died on 29 November 1917 in Glendale, California She is buried with family members in Decorah, Iowa. Following Effie's death, Edward married Mary Mortensen of Minneapolis. He left two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Higgins of London, Ontario, and Mrs. Roy Palmeter of Detroit, Michigan, who later became Mrs. Roy Jones of Berkeley, California. (Written Leonard Hancock in August 2012 from compiled information in an article written by Elsie Holway, Edward's niece.)
Edward was a banker and a botanist. As a young man he entered Winneshiek County State Bank in Decorah, Iowa as teller, became cashier and later vice-president. Always he had a great love for high and remote places where he could find rare and unusual forms of plant life, which he collected and classified. His name may be seen attached to descriptions of many varieties. His specialty was fungus growths. Upon these he was regarded as an authority. When he retired from the bank he formed a connection with the University of Minnesota and presented it his botanical collection. The University placed him upon the Faculty in the Department of Research. In this capacity he visited Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Chili, Columbia, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. His last trip was to Brazil, where he spent a year. His home in Minneapolis was renowned for the rare varieties and for the magnificence of his tulip gardens.
His death was due to a heart weakness, the after effects of a case of influenza that had confined him to a hospital in Minneapolis for some time. He died in Phoenix, Arizona on March 31, 1923, where he had gone for convalescence. No one would have guessed from his appearance when he returned from Brazil that he had passed into his seventy-first year. His health and activity was such that he would readily have been accepted as ten years younger.
Edward's father was George Newell Holway, born September 29, 1826, at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, and died February 27, 1899, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, and was buried March 1, 1899, at Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles. Edward's mother was Amy Marie Ellison, born October 20, 1812, at Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York, and died July 12, 1902, Los Angeles. George and Amy were married September 20, 1851. Edward was the oldest of three boys, Edward, William and Ruliff Holway.
Edward's first wife was Effie Aiken, the daughter of Samuel and Eliza Aiken. They married on May 20, 1877 in Decorah, Iowa. Effie died on 29 November 1917 in Glendale, California She is buried with family members in Decorah, Iowa. Following Effie's death, Edward married Mary Mortensen of Minneapolis. He left two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Higgins of London, Ontario, and Mrs. Roy Palmeter of Detroit, Michigan, who later became Mrs. Roy Jones of Berkeley, California. (Written Leonard Hancock in August 2012 from compiled information in an article written by Elsie Holway, Edward's niece.)
Edward Willet Dorland Holway was born in Michigan in 1853 and died in Arizona in 1923. A description of him found in his passport in 1914 is that he was "5'8", grey-blue eyes, prominent nose, high forehead, round chin, straight mouth, sallow complexion, brown hair turning gray."
Edward was a banker and a botanist. As a young man he entered Winneshiek County State Bank in Decorah, Iowa as teller, became cashier and later vice-president. Always he had a great love for high and remote places where he could find rare and unusual forms of plant life, which he collected and classified. His name may be seen attached to descriptions of many varieties. His specialty was fungus growths. Upon these he was regarded as an authority. When he retired from the bank he formed a connection with the University of Minnesota and presented it his botanical collection. The University placed him upon the Faculty in the Department of Research. In this capacity he visited Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Chili, Columbia, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. His last trip was to Brazil, where he spent a year. His home in Minneapolis was renowned for the rare varieties and for the magnificence of his tulip gardens.
His death was due to a heart weakness, the after effects of a case of influenza that had confined him to a hospital in Minneapolis for some time. He died in Phoenix, Arizona on March 31, 1923, where he had gone for convalescence. No one would have guessed from his appearance when he returned from Brazil that he had passed into his seventy-first year. His health and activity was such that he would readily have been accepted as ten years younger.
Edward's father was George Newell Holway, born September 29, 1826, at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, and died February 27, 1899, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, and was buried March 1, 1899, at Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles. Edward's mother was Amy Marie Ellison, born October 20, 1812, at Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York, and died July 12, 1902, Los Angeles. George and Amy were married September 20, 1851. Edward was the oldest of three boys, Edward, William and Ruliff Holway.
Edward's first wife was Effie Aiken, the daughter of Samuel and Eliza Aiken. They married on May 20, 1877 in Decorah, Iowa. Effie died on 29 November 1917 in Glendale, California She is buried with family members in Decorah, Iowa. Following Effie's death, Edward married Mary Mortensen of Minneapolis. He left two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Higgins of London, Ontario, and Mrs. Roy Palmeter of Detroit, Michigan, who later became Mrs. Roy Jones of Berkeley, California. (Written Leonard Hancock in August 2012 from compiled information in an article written by Elsie Holway, Edward's niece.)
Edward was a banker and a botanist. As a young man he entered Winneshiek County State Bank in Decorah, Iowa as teller, became cashier and later vice-president. Always he had a great love for high and remote places where he could find rare and unusual forms of plant life, which he collected and classified. His name may be seen attached to descriptions of many varieties. His specialty was fungus growths. Upon these he was regarded as an authority. When he retired from the bank he formed a connection with the University of Minnesota and presented it his botanical collection. The University placed him upon the Faculty in the Department of Research. In this capacity he visited Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Chili, Columbia, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. His last trip was to Brazil, where he spent a year. His home in Minneapolis was renowned for the rare varieties and for the magnificence of his tulip gardens.
His death was due to a heart weakness, the after effects of a case of influenza that had confined him to a hospital in Minneapolis for some time. He died in Phoenix, Arizona on March 31, 1923, where he had gone for convalescence. No one would have guessed from his appearance when he returned from Brazil that he had passed into his seventy-first year. His health and activity was such that he would readily have been accepted as ten years younger.
Edward's father was George Newell Holway, born September 29, 1826, at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, and died February 27, 1899, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, and was buried March 1, 1899, at Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles. Edward's mother was Amy Marie Ellison, born October 20, 1812, at Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York, and died July 12, 1902, Los Angeles. George and Amy were married September 20, 1851. Edward was the oldest of three boys, Edward, William and Ruliff Holway.
Edward's first wife was Effie Aiken, the daughter of Samuel and Eliza Aiken. They married on May 20, 1877 in Decorah, Iowa. Effie died on 29 November 1917 in Glendale, California She is buried with family members in Decorah, Iowa. Following Effie's death, Edward married Mary Mortensen of Minneapolis. He left two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Higgins of London, Ontario, and Mrs. Roy Palmeter of Detroit, Michigan, who later became Mrs. Roy Jones of Berkeley, California. (Written Leonard Hancock in August 2012 from compiled information in an article written by Elsie Holway, Edward's niece.)
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