A History of Masonry in Madison County, Kentucky 1812-1913, compiled 
and written by Robert R. Burnam, 1914, p.  66.

COL. WILLIAM HOLLOWAY was the twenty-fourth and twenty-eighth Master of
Richmond Lodge.  He was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, May 25, 1810.  
He was the son of George Holloway and Mary McClanahan.  As their names 
indicate, they were of that sturdy pioneer stock, which did so much to 
make the early history of their adopted State great.  Their son received 
the best scholastic training obtainable, and by his gracious manner and 
superb bearing, he became early in life a welcome guest to all 
assemblages.  He determined to become a merchant and removed to Richmond, 
Kentucky, about 1825 and began as a clerk with Maj. McClanahan.  He 
afterwards began business on his own account and continued for more than 
thirty years.  He married in 1830, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Ezekiel 
Field, one of the most influential citizens of Madison County.  A long 
life of happiness was the lot of this couple.
     Col. Holloway was an intense Whig in politics and like all young 
Kentuckians of his day a devoted follower of Mr. Clay.  At the breaking 
out of the war in 1861 he espoused the cause of the Union and became an 
officer in the Federal Army.  After the close of the war he sold his 
business in Richmond and removed to Lexington, where he died June 19, 
1883.  He was buried in the Richmond Cemetery with all the honors of the 
Order he had faithfully served, Grand Master Buckner presiding.  He was 
made a Mason in 1841, elected Master of his lodge, first in June, 1842, 
and again in June, 1845.  In 1846 he was elected Treasurer of his Lodge 
and served it as such continuously for thirteen years, except the year 
when he served the craft as Grand Master.  He was elected to this 
position August 28, 1846, being the third Grand Master furnished by 
Richmond Lodge and a most worthy associate he was for his two 
distinguished predecessors John Speed Smith and Daniel Breck.  While 
Grand Master he granted a dispensation to a traveling Lodge named 
Spurgis, attached to a regiment of infantry volunteers, marching to 
the Mexican War.  The Grand Lodge at its next session disapproved this 
action by refusing to renew the dispensation or grant a charter.  The 
action of Grand Master Holloway was repeated in 1898 by the presiding 
Grand Master Peake, who granted just such a dispensation to volunteers 
in the war with Spain and his action was approved by the grand body.  
The Master of this last "Army Lodge" was John W. Coles, afterwards a 
Grand Master. Col. Holloway was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in 1842, and 
served his Chapter five consecutive terms as High Priest from 1846-1851. 
He was also a member of Webb Encampment at Lexington.  Few men had a 
more distinguished presence, gracious bearing, or kinder heart, is the 
record of all who knew him.

Holloway McClanahan Field Clay Buckner Smith Breck Peake Coles
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Bourbon-KY Fayette-KY

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