Bio of father of Walter Holland, Contributor Judy West:
ABRAM HOLLAND was born in Warren, Worcester county, Massachusetts,
August 20, 1804, and was the second son in a family
of five children of George and Mary Holland. His
father died when he was four years old, and his mother
soon thereafter moved to Chester, Hampden county,
Massachusetts, where she remained until 1834. In
the latter year Abram Holland removed to Ohio, and
settled in Huntington township. His educational
advantages were limited, but he attended the common
schools a few years. He has always followed the plow,
and has made farming the business of his life.
On the 8th of November, 1833, he was united in
marriage with Mary Ann, daughter of William and
Betsey Henry, she being a native of Chester, Massa-
chusetts. She was born April 10, 1811. Her mother
is still living at the advanced age of ninety-five years,
at North Adams, Massachusetts. Mrs. Holland has
had five children: George Henry, born September 3,
1833. He is a farmer and lives in Huntington.
Helen Louisa, born July 24, 1840; now the wife of
William Davis Dimmock, a farmer, of Huntington
township. Adelaide A., born November 4, 1843;
died February 20, 1883; Alida, born September H,
1849; Walter Scott, born July 1, 1854.
On arriving at his new home Mr. Holland bought
one hundred acres of land, to which by subsequent
purchases he has added one hundred acres more, mak-
ing a total of two hundred acres. He is a good prac-
tical farmer, and is considered one of the honest and
substantial farmers of his township. In politics he
is a republican, but he has never sought, nor would
he accept political preferment. He is liberal in his
religious views, but a christian gentleman "for a'
that." He is a lineal descendant of the Holland fam-
ily, members of which have made Western Massachu-
setts famous; notably Drs. J. J. Holland and J. G.
Holland, the latter of whom now edits Scribner's
Magazine, and is an author and poet of universal
celebrity.
From a scanned copy of History of Lorain County
ABRAM HOLLAND was born in Warren, Worcester county, Massachusetts,
August 20, 1804, and was the second son in a family
of five children of George and Mary Holland. His
father died when he was four years old, and his mother
soon thereafter moved to Chester, Hampden county,
Massachusetts, where she remained until 1834. In
the latter year Abram Holland removed to Ohio, and
settled in Huntington township. His educational
advantages were limited, but he attended the common
schools a few years. He has always followed the plow,
and has made farming the business of his life.
On the 8th of November, 1833, he was united in
marriage with Mary Ann, daughter of William and
Betsey Henry, she being a native of Chester, Massa-
chusetts. She was born April 10, 1811. Her mother
is still living at the advanced age of ninety-five years,
at North Adams, Massachusetts. Mrs. Holland has
had five children: George Henry, born September 3,
1833. He is a farmer and lives in Huntington.
Helen Louisa, born July 24, 1840; now the wife of
William Davis Dimmock, a farmer, of Huntington
township. Adelaide A., born November 4, 1843;
died February 20, 1883; Alida, born September H,
1849; Walter Scott, born July 1, 1854.
On arriving at his new home Mr. Holland bought
one hundred acres of land, to which by subsequent
purchases he has added one hundred acres more, mak-
ing a total of two hundred acres. He is a good prac-
tical farmer, and is considered one of the honest and
substantial farmers of his township. In politics he
is a republican, but he has never sought, nor would
he accept political preferment. He is liberal in his
religious views, but a christian gentleman "for a'
that." He is a lineal descendant of the Holland fam-
ily, members of which have made Western Massachu-
setts famous; notably Drs. J. J. Holland and J. G.
Holland, the latter of whom now edits Scribner's
Magazine, and is an author and poet of universal
celebrity.
From a scanned copy of History of Lorain County
Bio of father of Walter Holland, Contributor Judy West:
ABRAM HOLLAND was born in Warren, Worcester county, Massachusetts,
August 20, 1804, and was the second son in a family
of five children of George and Mary Holland. His
father died when he was four years old, and his mother
soon thereafter moved to Chester, Hampden county,
Massachusetts, where she remained until 1834. In
the latter year Abram Holland removed to Ohio, and
settled in Huntington township. His educational
advantages were limited, but he attended the common
schools a few years. He has always followed the plow,
and has made farming the business of his life.
On the 8th of November, 1833, he was united in
marriage with Mary Ann, daughter of William and
Betsey Henry, she being a native of Chester, Massa-
chusetts. She was born April 10, 1811. Her mother
is still living at the advanced age of ninety-five years,
at North Adams, Massachusetts. Mrs. Holland has
had five children: George Henry, born September 3,
1833. He is a farmer and lives in Huntington.
Helen Louisa, born July 24, 1840; now the wife of
William Davis Dimmock, a farmer, of Huntington
township. Adelaide A., born November 4, 1843;
died February 20, 1883; Alida, born September H,
1849; Walter Scott, born July 1, 1854.
On arriving at his new home Mr. Holland bought
one hundred acres of land, to which by subsequent
purchases he has added one hundred acres more, mak-
ing a total of two hundred acres. He is a good prac-
tical farmer, and is considered one of the honest and
substantial farmers of his township. In politics he
is a republican, but he has never sought, nor would
he accept political preferment. He is liberal in his
religious views, but a christian gentleman "for a'
that." He is a lineal descendant of the Holland fam-
ily, members of which have made Western Massachu-
setts famous; notably Drs. J. J. Holland and J. G.
Holland, the latter of whom now edits Scribner's
Magazine, and is an author and poet of universal
celebrity.
From a scanned copy of History of Lorain County
ABRAM HOLLAND was born in Warren, Worcester county, Massachusetts,
August 20, 1804, and was the second son in a family
of five children of George and Mary Holland. His
father died when he was four years old, and his mother
soon thereafter moved to Chester, Hampden county,
Massachusetts, where she remained until 1834. In
the latter year Abram Holland removed to Ohio, and
settled in Huntington township. His educational
advantages were limited, but he attended the common
schools a few years. He has always followed the plow,
and has made farming the business of his life.
On the 8th of November, 1833, he was united in
marriage with Mary Ann, daughter of William and
Betsey Henry, she being a native of Chester, Massa-
chusetts. She was born April 10, 1811. Her mother
is still living at the advanced age of ninety-five years,
at North Adams, Massachusetts. Mrs. Holland has
had five children: George Henry, born September 3,
1833. He is a farmer and lives in Huntington.
Helen Louisa, born July 24, 1840; now the wife of
William Davis Dimmock, a farmer, of Huntington
township. Adelaide A., born November 4, 1843;
died February 20, 1883; Alida, born September H,
1849; Walter Scott, born July 1, 1854.
On arriving at his new home Mr. Holland bought
one hundred acres of land, to which by subsequent
purchases he has added one hundred acres more, mak-
ing a total of two hundred acres. He is a good prac-
tical farmer, and is considered one of the honest and
substantial farmers of his township. In politics he
is a republican, but he has never sought, nor would
he accept political preferment. He is liberal in his
religious views, but a christian gentleman "for a'
that." He is a lineal descendant of the Holland fam-
ily, members of which have made Western Massachu-
setts famous; notably Drs. J. J. Holland and J. G.
Holland, the latter of whom now edits Scribner's
Magazine, and is an author and poet of universal
celebrity.
From a scanned copy of History of Lorain County
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