Cenotaph
A memorial in honor of a deceased person who is interred elsewhere.
Charles and his family moved to Texas about two years after it became a state of the Union. A few of his children were married at this time, and they built houses in the same area. According to old survey maps, he settled on 320 acres that was eventually granted to his son William in 1873. As the families grew, this location became the Holland Settlement. The following article was copied from the TEXAS HANDBOOK ONLINE:
HOLLAND, TEXAS (Hardin County). Holland (Holland Settlement) is a half mile west of U.S. Highway 69/287 and a mile south of Village Mills in north central Hardin County forty-one miles north of Beaumont. The community was established by Charles Sherwood Holland in the late 1840s. Early settlers raised stock and ran small farms, but logging became more important in the area after the railroads came into northern Hardin County in the 1880s. A few scattered dwellings remained at the site of Holland in the 1980s.
Charles died about the time lots were being laid out for the saw mill town of Village Mills. He was buried next to his wife in their garden. The first person to be buried there was one of his slaves. The area around this garden eventually became the Holland Cemetery. Written on a monument in the cemetery under a large tree:
CHARLES SHERWOOD HOLLAND, buried beside his wife. Pioneer father of the Holland Generation, Hardin County, Texas. Born 1790 in North Carolina. Moved with his family to Hardin County, Texas 1847. Served in the War of 1812 at Battle of New Orleans, under General Andrew Jackson, June 18, 1815. Died and was buried in garden of his home in 1878. He was a God loving, God fearing Christian gentleman.
Errected by his posterity, May 1956.
Unfortunately, his death as stated on the monument cannot be correct. He was still living with his son John Wesley during the June 4, 1880 census. Also, his census ages through the years suggest that he was born in 1794.
A memorial in honor of a deceased person who is interred elsewhere.
Charles and his family moved to Texas about two years after it became a state of the Union. A few of his children were married at this time, and they built houses in the same area. According to old survey maps, he settled on 320 acres that was eventually granted to his son William in 1873. As the families grew, this location became the Holland Settlement. The following article was copied from the TEXAS HANDBOOK ONLINE:
HOLLAND, TEXAS (Hardin County). Holland (Holland Settlement) is a half mile west of U.S. Highway 69/287 and a mile south of Village Mills in north central Hardin County forty-one miles north of Beaumont. The community was established by Charles Sherwood Holland in the late 1840s. Early settlers raised stock and ran small farms, but logging became more important in the area after the railroads came into northern Hardin County in the 1880s. A few scattered dwellings remained at the site of Holland in the 1980s.
Charles died about the time lots were being laid out for the saw mill town of Village Mills. He was buried next to his wife in their garden. The first person to be buried there was one of his slaves. The area around this garden eventually became the Holland Cemetery. Written on a monument in the cemetery under a large tree:
CHARLES SHERWOOD HOLLAND, buried beside his wife. Pioneer father of the Holland Generation, Hardin County, Texas. Born 1790 in North Carolina. Moved with his family to Hardin County, Texas 1847. Served in the War of 1812 at Battle of New Orleans, under General Andrew Jackson, June 18, 1815. Died and was buried in garden of his home in 1878. He was a God loving, God fearing Christian gentleman.
Errected by his posterity, May 1956.
Unfortunately, his death as stated on the monument cannot be correct. He was still living with his son John Wesley during the June 4, 1880 census. Also, his census ages through the years suggest that he was born in 1794.
Cenotaph
A memorial in honor of a deceased person who is interred elsewhere.
Charles and his family moved to Texas about two years after it became a state of the Union. A few of his children were married at this time, and they built houses in the same area. According to old survey maps, he settled on 320 acres that was eventually granted to his son William in 1873. As the families grew, this location became the Holland Settlement. The following article was copied from the TEXAS HANDBOOK ONLINE:
HOLLAND, TEXAS (Hardin County). Holland (Holland Settlement) is a half mile west of U.S. Highway 69/287 and a mile south of Village Mills in north central Hardin County forty-one miles north of Beaumont. The community was established by Charles Sherwood Holland in the late 1840s. Early settlers raised stock and ran small farms, but logging became more important in the area after the railroads came into northern Hardin County in the 1880s. A few scattered dwellings remained at the site of Holland in the 1980s.
Charles died about the time lots were being laid out for the saw mill town of Village Mills. He was buried next to his wife in their garden. The first person to be buried there was one of his slaves. The area around this garden eventually became the Holland Cemetery. Written on a monument in the cemetery under a large tree:
CHARLES SHERWOOD HOLLAND, buried beside his wife. Pioneer father of the Holland Generation, Hardin County, Texas. Born 1790 in North Carolina. Moved with his family to Hardin County, Texas 1847. Served in the War of 1812 at Battle of New Orleans, under General Andrew Jackson, June 18, 1815. Died and was buried in garden of his home in 1878. He was a God loving, God fearing Christian gentleman.
Errected by his posterity, May 1956.
Unfortunately, his death as stated on the monument cannot be correct. He was still living with his son John Wesley during the June 4, 1880 census. Also, his census ages through the years suggest that he was born in 1794.
A memorial in honor of a deceased person who is interred elsewhere.
Charles and his family moved to Texas about two years after it became a state of the Union. A few of his children were married at this time, and they built houses in the same area. According to old survey maps, he settled on 320 acres that was eventually granted to his son William in 1873. As the families grew, this location became the Holland Settlement. The following article was copied from the TEXAS HANDBOOK ONLINE:
HOLLAND, TEXAS (Hardin County). Holland (Holland Settlement) is a half mile west of U.S. Highway 69/287 and a mile south of Village Mills in north central Hardin County forty-one miles north of Beaumont. The community was established by Charles Sherwood Holland in the late 1840s. Early settlers raised stock and ran small farms, but logging became more important in the area after the railroads came into northern Hardin County in the 1880s. A few scattered dwellings remained at the site of Holland in the 1980s.
Charles died about the time lots were being laid out for the saw mill town of Village Mills. He was buried next to his wife in their garden. The first person to be buried there was one of his slaves. The area around this garden eventually became the Holland Cemetery. Written on a monument in the cemetery under a large tree:
CHARLES SHERWOOD HOLLAND, buried beside his wife. Pioneer father of the Holland Generation, Hardin County, Texas. Born 1790 in North Carolina. Moved with his family to Hardin County, Texas 1847. Served in the War of 1812 at Battle of New Orleans, under General Andrew Jackson, June 18, 1815. Died and was buried in garden of his home in 1878. He was a God loving, God fearing Christian gentleman.
Errected by his posterity, May 1956.
Unfortunately, his death as stated on the monument cannot be correct. He was still living with his son John Wesley during the June 4, 1880 census. Also, his census ages through the years suggest that he was born in 1794.
