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From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 754-755
U. L. HOLFORD, M.D., is a skilled physician and surgeon of Cassville, Grant county, one whose knowledge of the science of medicine is broad and comprehensive, and whose ability in applying its principles to the needs of suffering humanity has gained him an enviable prestige in professional circles.
The Doctor is one of Wisconsin's native sons, his birth having occurred in Bloomington, Grant county, in 1870. His father, William H. HOLFORD, was born in Pennsylvania, and in early life came to this State with his parents, William and Flora (BENSON) HOLFORD, who made the journey West by the Great Lakes to Chicago, and from that city by ox-team to Beetown, Grant county, in 1834. The Doctor's grandfather was a farmer by occupation, and was also one of the early teachers of the county. For some time he filled the office of justice of the peace. He died at his home in Beetown in the early sixties. William H. HOLFORD, the Doctor's father, grew to manhood at that place, and is now a prominent merchant of Bloomington, Grant county. His wife is a native of the county, born in Potosi, and a daughter of Levi and Elizabeth (LOVELAND) BENSON, who about 1839-40 came to Wisconsin from Connecticut, and took up their residence in Potosi, where Mr. BENSON engaged in the hardware business, hauling his goods from Milwaukee. Later he carried on the same trade in Bloomington where he died in 1874. His wife, who long survived him, passed away at the same place in 1897. Dr. HOLFORD is the second in a family of three children, the others being Elva, a teacher in Grafton Hall, Fond du Lac, Wis.; and Laverne, who was graduated at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., in 1900, and published the college paper, at the same time doing job printing.
The early life of Dr. HOLFORD was passed in his native town, and in its public schools he acquired his literary education. Later he entered Rush Medical College, Chicago, where he was graduated in 1892, and the same year began practice in Beetown, Grant county, remaining there about two years. On Feb. 14, 1894, he opened an office in Cassville, and has since engaged in practice at that place. He has met with marked success in his chosen calling, and today ranks high among the prominent professional men of Grant county.
Dr. HOLFORD was married, in Cassville, in 1894, to Miss May OKEY, also a native of Grant county, and a daughter of Samuel W. and Frances (JOINER) OKEY, who reside on a farm in Cassville township. The Doctor and his wife have three children, namely: Frances E., Eunice and Reginald.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck