Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-William Lincoln Hollinger
Portrait and Biographical
Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
ABRAHAM LINCOLN HOLLINGER is the owner of a fine
farm situated on section 5, Range 4, town 14, Liberty Township,
Dickinson County. He was born on
the 15th of December, 1860, in Lancaster County,
Pa., and is the fourth child of Joseph Hollinger,
President of the Abilene National Bank, and one
of the most prominent residents of Abilene.
Our subject was a lad of only eleven years when
he came with his parents to Kansas. He was educated
in the common schools, and remained at
home until he was about twenty-five years of
age. On the 5th of January, 1886, he was married
to Miss Annie Chambers, daughter of R. Chambers,
of Rhinehart Township, and a native of England.
She came to this country with her parents
when quite young, and her girlhood days were
spent in the same neighborhood which was the
home of her husband.
The young couple began their domestic life
upon the farm where they now reside. His father
had given to Mr. Hollinger his farm, upon which
he had erected a residence valued at $3,500. The
farm was valued at $10,000, for which he was to
pay the father $5,000 in money. The home comprises
three hundred and twenty acres of valuable
land on the south half of section 5, Liberty Township.
To general farming and stock-raising Mr.
Hollinger has since devoted his attention, and
with excellent success.
Since coming to this farm, Mr. Hollinger has sold more that $4,500
worth of hogs and $4,000 worth of cattle. For his own use he breeds Poland-China hogs. Three miles of hedge fence partially surround his farm,
and an excellent orchard is numbered among its many improvements.
Employment is furnished for some two to six men, according to the
season.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hollinger have been born two children: Harvey
and Gemma. Mr. and Mrs. Hollinger are members of the Hiawatha Methodist church. They have a wide circle of friends and acquaintances
throughout this community, are highly esteemed by those who know
them, and their elegant and commodious residence,
one of the finest homes in the county, is the abode
of hospitality. In 1890, Mr. Hollinger served his
township as Trustee and has been a member of the
School Board, but has never been an office-seeker,
preferring to devote his time and attention to his
business interests. He is a wide-awake and enterprising
business man, possessing an abundance of
that quality styled in this age of the world "push."
He has met with excellent success, and is classed
among the substantial and prominent agriculturists
of Liberty Township.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP