1890 Buchanan and Delaware Counties History pgs. 585-586
WILLIAM H. HOLLISTER, farmer, of
Delaware township, Delaware county, was born in the town of Warsaw, Wyoming county, N. Y., March
23, 1830.
Horace Hollister, his father,
was a native of Vermont, as was also his mother, whose
maiden name was Julia Smith. The father was born in 1798, the mother in 1800.
They grew up in their native state and were there married. They subsequently
moved to New York, settling in Warsaw, Wyoming county, where
the mother died in 1845 and the father in 1876. They were plain,
substantial people, coming of the thrifty, staple stock of New England, and passed all their lives in
industrial pursuits. In early life the father followed the trade of a
wagon-maker; later he was engaged in farming. They were the parents of five
children, the subject of this notice being the third. These are all now
deceased but our subject. The others are Elizabeth, John, Maria and Delia.
The subject
of this notice was reared in the county of his birth and in Chautauqua county, the same state. He resided in the latter county ten
years, moving there when ten years old. He grew up on the farm, and was trained
to the habits of industry and usefulness common to farm life. Having married in
1849, he moved, three years later to Boone county, Ill., where he resided till the spring
of 1855, coming thence to Iowa and settling in Delaware county. On
locating in this county he purchased a tract of land in Delaware township,
in connection with Hassell Munson, on which he
settled and on which he has resided since. His place lies about four miles
north and east of Manchester, on Honey creek, and, being half of
the original purchase, consists of eighty acres. Taking this then when it was
in a state of nature, Mr. Hollister has made all the improvements which
appear on it, having all of it now under cultivation and furnished with all needful
conveniences for use and enjoyment. Mr. Hollister has been engaged in farming
all his life and he has met with a fair amount of success. He has taken an
active interest in the affairs of his township,
and has filled the usual number of local offices, the duties of which he has discharged
with credit to himself and satisfaction to those concerned. Having reared to maturity
a family of some size, he has naturally felt a deep concern in all those
influences that affect home life. He has zealously supported the school
interests of his locality, and all its social institutions and charitable
purposes.
Mr. Hollister
married, as stated above, in 1849, the lady whom he took to wife being Miss
Margaret E. Wilcox, who was born in Mayville, Chautauqua county,
N.Y., July 30, 1832. She is a daughter of John and
Eliza (Perry) Wilcox. Mrs. Hollister's father was born in Vermont, and her mother in New York, and both died in Michigan, the mother in 1885 and the father in
1888.
Mr. and
Mrs. Hollister have had born to them a family of eight children, all but one of
whom are now living. The eldest, William H., born April 4,
1850,
resides with his father. John J., born July 30, 1851, married Mary Durfey
and resides in this county. George F., born June 25, 1853, married Cora B. Napier December
20, 1883,
and resides in Clayton county, this state, the father
of three children- Charles, Gracie and Hiel. Alson A., born September 20, 1855, married Mina Hudson October
22, 1877,
by whom he had two children, Irene and Ralph, and from whom he was divorced. Ralph
died in infancy. He afterwards married Mary Eaton, having one child
by this marriage -Jay, and now resides at Greeley, this county. Horace A., born
October 14, 1857, married Annette Sathwell,
March 16, 1881, is the father of two children- May and Ethel, and
now resides at Bellevue, this state. Ella M., born October
12, 1859,
was married to George Miller, by whom she has four children-Vidella,
Maud, Mabel and Roy, and resides in Manchester, this county. Jane H., born August
13, 1861,
died October 27, 1863. And Gracie, born March
16, 1868,
was married to Augustus Clute December 26, 1887, by whom she has one child-Ethel,
and resides in this county.
In the
quiet of their peaceful home, surrounded by the many evidences of their patient
toil and excellent foresight, Mr. and Mrs. Hollister are spending the evening
of life in the substantial enjoyment of those things with which fortune has
favored them, and solaced and sustained by the pleasant reflection that they
have lived to a good purpose, having discharged their duties faithfully in all
the relations of life.
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