One of the prominent pioneer families of Leon County, Texas, the Hollemans are of the Guy's store region. T. Y. Holleman came into Leon County in 1847, one year after its organization, from Houston, Texas, where they had resided only one year, moving from Shelby County, Texas, to that point in 1846. T. Y. was only five years old when his father, Mark Philip Holleman and family made its original settlement in San Augustine County in 1839, remaining there only one year before going to Shelby.
T. Y. Holleman was born in Henry County, Tennessee, in 1834 and his family soon after moved to Holly Springs, Mississippi, where his father continued to pursue his favorite calling, that of farming. In making the trip to Texas the Mark Philip Holleman family went by boat down the Mississippi river to New Orleans, and then to Natchitoches on the Red river, thence by team through almost a wilderness to the point above mentioned in Texas.
T. Y. Holleman had few educational advantages in his youth, merely learning to read and write, and the most useful knowledge, which was of the greatest commercial value was obtained by his various dealings in the commercial world. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as sergeant in Captain Wood's company, Burnett's regiment, Gould's battalion but did not participate in any regular engagement, being sick a good portion of his time, and when the break-up came his command was stationed on the Rio Grande; but he did not reach home until June, 1865.
Mr. T. Y. Holleman was a faithful farmer thereafter and made agriculture pay. He bought his place in the 1860s, a portion which he maintained under a fine state of cultivation and well improved. He had no public record, but efficiently served on the board of education in his district, where he thought he could do good. In 1857 he married Miss Nancy Ann Thompson, and there were born of this union, William Edward; Mark P. and Mary E.
NOTE: This is an edited excerpt from an edited version of pages 450-451, The Lone Star State: Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893 located in the Sam Houston State University Library.
Source: Mervin Peters 47109896
Sons of the Republic of Texas project.
T. Y. Holleman was born in Henry County, Tennessee, in 1834 and his family soon after moved to Holly Springs, Mississippi, where his father continued to pursue his favorite calling, that of farming. In making the trip to Texas the Mark Philip Holleman family went by boat down the Mississippi river to New Orleans, and then to Natchitoches on the Red river, thence by team through almost a wilderness to the point above mentioned in Texas.
T. Y. Holleman had few educational advantages in his youth, merely learning to read and write, and the most useful knowledge, which was of the greatest commercial value was obtained by his various dealings in the commercial world. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as sergeant in Captain Wood's company, Burnett's regiment, Gould's battalion but did not participate in any regular engagement, being sick a good portion of his time, and when the break-up came his command was stationed on the Rio Grande; but he did not reach home until June, 1865.
Mr. T. Y. Holleman was a faithful farmer thereafter and made agriculture pay. He bought his place in the 1860s, a portion which he maintained under a fine state of cultivation and well improved. He had no public record, but efficiently served on the board of education in his district, where he thought he could do good. In 1857 he married Miss Nancy Ann Thompson, and there were born of this union, William Edward; Mark P. and Mary E.
NOTE: This is an edited excerpt from an edited version of pages 450-451, The Lone Star State: Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893 located in the Sam Houston State University Library.
Source: Mervin Peters 47109896
Sons of the Republic of Texas project.
One of the prominent pioneer families of Leon County, Texas, the Hollemans are of the Guy's store region. T. Y. Holleman came into Leon County in 1847, one year after its organization, from Houston, Texas, where they had resided only one year, moving from Shelby County, Texas, to that point in 1846. T. Y. was only five years old when his father, Mark Philip Holleman and family made its original settlement in San Augustine County in 1839, remaining there only one year before going to Shelby.
T. Y. Holleman was born in Henry County, Tennessee, in 1834 and his family soon after moved to Holly Springs, Mississippi, where his father continued to pursue his favorite calling, that of farming. In making the trip to Texas the Mark Philip Holleman family went by boat down the Mississippi river to New Orleans, and then to Natchitoches on the Red river, thence by team through almost a wilderness to the point above mentioned in Texas.
T. Y. Holleman had few educational advantages in his youth, merely learning to read and write, and the most useful knowledge, which was of the greatest commercial value was obtained by his various dealings in the commercial world. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as sergeant in Captain Wood's company, Burnett's regiment, Gould's battalion but did not participate in any regular engagement, being sick a good portion of his time, and when the break-up came his command was stationed on the Rio Grande; but he did not reach home until June, 1865.
Mr. T. Y. Holleman was a faithful farmer thereafter and made agriculture pay. He bought his place in the 1860s, a portion which he maintained under a fine state of cultivation and well improved. He had no public record, but efficiently served on the board of education in his district, where he thought he could do good. In 1857 he married Miss Nancy Ann Thompson, and there were born of this union, William Edward; Mark P. and Mary E.
NOTE: This is an edited excerpt from an edited version of pages 450-451, The Lone Star State: Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893 located in the Sam Houston State University Library.
Source: Mervin Peters 47109896
Sons of the Republic of Texas project.
T. Y. Holleman was born in Henry County, Tennessee, in 1834 and his family soon after moved to Holly Springs, Mississippi, where his father continued to pursue his favorite calling, that of farming. In making the trip to Texas the Mark Philip Holleman family went by boat down the Mississippi river to New Orleans, and then to Natchitoches on the Red river, thence by team through almost a wilderness to the point above mentioned in Texas.
T. Y. Holleman had few educational advantages in his youth, merely learning to read and write, and the most useful knowledge, which was of the greatest commercial value was obtained by his various dealings in the commercial world. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as sergeant in Captain Wood's company, Burnett's regiment, Gould's battalion but did not participate in any regular engagement, being sick a good portion of his time, and when the break-up came his command was stationed on the Rio Grande; but he did not reach home until June, 1865.
Mr. T. Y. Holleman was a faithful farmer thereafter and made agriculture pay. He bought his place in the 1860s, a portion which he maintained under a fine state of cultivation and well improved. He had no public record, but efficiently served on the board of education in his district, where he thought he could do good. In 1857 he married Miss Nancy Ann Thompson, and there were born of this union, William Edward; Mark P. and Mary E.
NOTE: This is an edited excerpt from an edited version of pages 450-451, The Lone Star State: Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893 located in the Sam Houston State University Library.
Source: Mervin Peters 47109896
Sons of the Republic of Texas project.
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