Biographies

Biographies contained good as well as misleading and incorrect information, so they should be taken with "a grain of salt." Many of the early biographies were written as "vanity biographies" to enhance the standing of the subject in the community. The information contained in these biographies was only as good as the imagination or memory of the person providing it. Regardless, they often contained good clues to use as tools for further research. These biographies are presented here as written.

Three brothers JOHN, Sr., THOMAS and GEORGE HOLLOWELL and families were granted permission by the Queen of England in 1663 to come to America. They landed at Plymouth Rock in the Mayflower. JOHN, Sr. settled in North Carolina. His son JOHN, Jr. and two sons and a daughter sailed down the river and landed in Orange County, Indiana. They lived in a cave for two years. Later the family came. He built a home, a mill and laid out the town of Valeene, Indiana. His son GEORGE WILLIAM married HESTER HUNT. They came to Fountain County and located near Snoddy's Mill in 1850. He was a blacksmith. In 1865, he was called to the Civil War. They had five children. Later, in 1879, they were among the first settlers at Henning, Illinois. One of their sons was LEE NEWTON HOLLOWELL who was the father of LESTER HOLLOWELL. In 1932 MINNIE, LESTER and MINNIE GRAY HOLLOWELL came to Covington, Indiana to a farm known as Schyler Rhodes' farm east of Covington. They had been raised near Potomac and Henning, Illinois. They have lived in Indiana since 1932. LESTER and MINNIE have six children, LEAH MILLER, WILLIAM HOLLOWELL, DARYL HOLLOWELL, JANIS KEELE of Covington, MARY COLEMAN of Rockville, LOIS MARSHALL of Perrysville. MINNIE has twenty-three grandchildren and thirty-eight great-grandchildren. MINNIE is expecting a great-great-grandchild in August. LESTER passed away July 19, 1981 at age eighty five. MINNIE HOLLOWELL. (History of Fountain Co., IN, Lester and Minnie Hollowell, p. 394).

HENRY HOLLOWELL. REDDEN HOLLOWELL, SR., b. 1806 (Irish) and JANE MOORE HOLLOWELL b. 1804 (Scotch), came to TN with first settlers in 1832. They left Chatham Co., NC with three sons, GEORGE b. 1828 d. 1912, JOHN b. 1829 and STEPHEN b. 1830, in a two wheel cart drawn by oxen. The HOLLOWELL family settled on the headwaters of Birdsong Creek in Benton Co. near the Round Top near Holladay. He owned, through land grants and his own means 2000 acres in Benton and Carroll Co. 700 acres good farm land near the Round Top. He owned a Grist Mill and Saw Mill and was rather ambitious and thrifty for a number of years. In TN the children b. were: HENSLEY b. 1835, CAROLINE b. 1836, REDDEN, JR. (Bose) b. 1839, and LEVI b. 1841. In 1880 census other children listed were: JOHN b. 1866 and MILLY b. 1864, orphans of JAMES and EADY RITTER; FRANK, b. 1865, EVELINE, b. 1871, PIETY (JESSIE) b. 1873, ANDREW (JACK) b. 1875 and LONNIE JEPSY b. 1878 d. 1957. REDDEN married AMANDA BATEMAN in 1880. STEPHEN like brother GEORGE became a prominent Baptist Preacher, serving Henderson and surrounding counties 40 years. HENSLEY HOLLOWELL, son of REDDEN, SR. married SARAH TATE. HENSLEY enlisted in Confederate Army 1861, Private, Co. A, 27th Infantry Regiment, age 24. He and wife moved to Rector, AR soon after marrying. Chil: HENRY JASPER HOLLOWELL b. 1861 d. 1945. SARAH died about 1863 leaving HENRY JASPER in his father's care. HENSLEY remarried having two more sons (wife and sons names unknown to us). HENSLEY then died about 1874 leaving HENRY JASPER with his stepmother and half brothers. His stepmother sent for HENSLEY's brother GEORGE to take him to live with him back to Round Top area in Benton County. HENRY wrote to his brothers for a long time. GEORGE's house wher HENRY grew up still stands and is occupied today. GEORGE HOLLOWELL had a large family. He married ELEANDER ALLEN 1850, b. 1834. She died in 1863 leaving BETSY ANN (d. age 13), GEORGE WASHINGTON b. 1853, ELIZA ANN, b. 1854 d. 1881, JOHN A. b. 1859 d. 1951, JAMES MARIAN b. 1861 d. 1955, MARY ELLEN b. 1861 d. 1939. GEORGE later married MARGARET ROGERS ROBERTS, 1864, her husband was killed in the Civil War, she was the mother of the house while HENRY JASPER grew up there. She had daughters POLLY ANN and ADA (ROBERTS). Children by GEORGE: AMANDA MIRIAM b. 1865, JOHANNA b. 1871, WILLIAM T. b. 1874 d. 1952, MARTHA ESTHER b. 1877 d. 1944, MINNIE A. b. 1881 d. 1965, MAGGIE MARGARET b. 1882 d. 1967. MARGARET died 1883. GEORGE married REBECCA JANE BUNCH THOMAS in 1888, no children. GEORGE was better known as Parson HOLLOWELL and was ordained to be a Baptist preacher in 1859 by Union Church, near his home, beginning his ministry at Pleasant Grove church. He ministered with Elder J. W. BREWER in Benton, Carroll, Henderson, Decater, and Humphreys Counties from Maple Creek to the TN River and beyond. He heldped organize and pastored churches Mt. Comfort, New Prospect, Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill and donated land for Unity school and meeting house where he was pastor. Early settlers built Shiloh church just below the Round Top and Mt. Comfort near the old Pecan Tree. These were the 1st two churches and probably doubled as schools as many did in that day. GEORGE was the 1st superintendent of Benton Co. schools and served as County Claims Commissioner. His son WILLIAM T. made similar pursuits. HENRY JASPER HOLLOWELL married SUSAN ADA ELLIS 1887, b. 1870 d. 1942. She was the daughter of GEORGE ELLIS and MARY ANN HATLEY. HENRY owned a farm in the thriving town of Dollar, in Carroll County. They were active in Mt. Comfort church and are buried in that cemetery. Daughter MERTIE LEE said her Dad was the best man that ever lived. Children: SALLIE b. 1889 d. 1983, MEDIA b. 1892 d. 1962, MERTIE LEE, b. 1896 d. 1972, EULIS GRANT b. 1894 d. 1984, ARLIE b. 1900 d. 1979, CHESTER b. 1906. HENRY JASPER and SUSAN ADA were guardians of her nephew ETHA ELLIS. SALLIE married EDMOND FLOWERS 1906. Son: MAURICE (RADIO) b. 1918, MEDIA married WILLIE KILGORE, no children. EULIS GRANT married BELAH HORN 1917, children: LARIE b. 1918, HETTIE PARISH b. 1921, ADREN b. 1922 d. 1978, HAZEL BUSH b. 1924. MERTIE LEE married ARCHIE CURNEL HARGROVE 1916, b. 1892 d. 1980. Children: LONNIE DELL BARNES BRODRICK b. 1917, DALPHY MAE ROSS b. 1920, FLORINE MOORE b. 1922, CARLINE ROBERTS MCCARMACK b. 1923. ARLIE married VADA REED 1929, children: JAMES b. 1931, CHRISTINE TERRY b. 1933, WILBURN b. 1938. CHESTER married IDA ALLEN 1927, children: ONEAL b. 1929, ELVIS b. 1933, DWAYNE b. 1934, DORTHA BUTLER WILSON b. 1941 and BETTY SUE JOHNSON b. 1942. ...The old HOLLOWELL grave yard is located near Shiloh Church in the 14th District of Benton County. REDDEN HOLLOWELL, SR.'s father may have been WILLIAM HENSLEY HOLLOWELL and his wife DELIAH of DELIA. REDDEN, SR. was administrator of his estate in 1838. Research done by: HAYDEN OXFORD, deceased 4-29-1979, MAURICE STANSELL, DALPHY ROSS, HAZEL BUSH, CHRISTINE TERRY, JANET ROSS and THEDA ROSS. Submitted by JANET L. ROSS. (History of Carroll County, Tennessee, Volume One -1987, pp. 206-207).

Captain JOHN's (DOUGHERTY, b. 1743, VA) land was good, but the fever of frontier movement was in his blood, and he was restless. In 1806, he appointed his son GEORGE as his agent to sell his Mill Creek land and possibly in that year made his first trip into Indiana Territory, where settlement had begun the previous year. JOHN's daughter SARAH was married to MICHAEL MILLER, son of J. MILLER on April 2, 1807 and some of the MILLERs made a scouting trip into Indiana about this period. The sale of Captain JOHN's land went on through 1807 and 1808 and he returned from a trip to Indiana in August or September, 1809. His son JOHN evidently had been with him, because on February 11, 1810 young JOHN was married to MARY, daughter of JOHN HOLLOWELL, one of the Quaker settlers from North Carolina, in Harrison County, Indiana Territory. His son, GEORGE, was there, too, delivering two strayed horses to justice of the Peace DENNIS PENNINGTON on March 30, 1810. Captain JOHN's nephew, ROBERT DOUGHERTY of Barren County, KY, was seriously considering moving to Indiana...Captain JOHN and most of his family still were living in Jefferson County (KY) in 1810, but on March 7, 18911, he and ZACHARIAH LINDLEY were appointed justices of the peace of Harrison County, Indiana Territory. Only MICHAEL of his sons remained in Kentucky. On October 19, 1811, bond was issued for the marriage of Captain JOHN's daughter MARY to WILLIAM CHARLES, who was to be killed by Indians in Orange County, Indiana, in 1813, one of the last incursions by the redmen in the area. The DAUGHERTY family began entering land in various parts of Orange County in 1812, most of them eventually came to live in Stampers Creek Township... Captain JOHN died on February 24, 1828, in his 85th year and was buried in a field in Section 26, Township 2 North, Range 1 East, Orange County. By his side is buried his wife, ISABELLE, who died on February 14, perhaps the same year; his son GEORGE, who died March 14, 1842 and his wife, HANNAH BOYD DOUGHERTY, who died July 11, 1846..." (Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, April 1955, Vol. 53, No. 183, "The Doughertys of Kentucky," p. 131).

Lieutenant JAMES HOLT of Southampton County, Virginia, was born in 1754 and died near Princeton, NC in 1844. He came to North Carolina following his tour of duty at two different intervals during the Revolutionary War. ... His wife was ELIZABETH (PATSY) EDWARDS supposedly of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. They had four sons. (1) JESSE, who stayed in Virginia. (2) WILLIAM, married DIANNA WELLONS of Smithfield, NC. (3) ETHELDRED, married ELIZABETH WELLONS, sister of DIANNA and daughter of CHARLES WELLONS. (4) RICHARD ALLEN, never married; died at the age of 30 and was burined on the WELLONS farm, northern half toward the woods. WILLIAM, born ca. 1790 and died in 1826, of typhoid fever, but this cannot be proven. He married January 21, 1811 to DIANNA WELLONS, daughter of CHARLES WELLONS (Marriage bonds spell his name as HOALT). ... They had six children: (1) SOPHIA, born 10 Feb. 1812, married 15 October 1833, to WILLIAM THOMAS HOLLOWELL of Greenleaf Street, Goldsboro, NC. He owned 3,000 acres of land. There were children. SOPHIA died 20 May 1857, from injuries caused by either ascending or descending from a train. BILL brought his children to the Holts while he looked for a wife. (2) NANCY, born 11 Jan. 1815, married 17 May 1858, to WILLIAM THOMAS HOLLOWELL, husband of her dead sister. NANCY refused to give up the children, so he married her. They had no children, she later died from a fall from a horse. ("James H. Holt Family," The Heritage of Johnston County North Carolina, 1985. Published by The Heritage of Johnston County Book Committee in cooperation with The History Division Hunter Publishing Company, Winston-Salem, NC, 1985, pp. 215-216).

B. F. HOLLOWELL, M.D. Few, if any, industrial or professional pursuits have within the last few years have made such rapid strides as that of the profession of medicine, and among the leading physicians of Randolph County, Ark., who have availed themselves of all new ideas and put them in practice, may be mentioned Dr. HOLLOWELL. He was born in North Carolina in 1823 and was the eldest of seven children, three now living, born to SILAS and SALLY (FARMER) HOLLOWELL, who were North Carolinians. They moved to the State of Tennessee in 1828, and in 1832 located in Mississippi, where they died in 1867, and 1869, respectively, both aged sixty-seven years. SILAS HOLLOWELL was an active politician in his day, and was also deeply interested in the cause of religion. Their children, who are living, are MARTHA A. wife of JOHN PORTER, of the State of Mississippi; JULIA, wife of D. J. ROGERS, of Marshall County, Miss., and Dr. B. F. The paternal grandfather, EDWARD THOMAS HOLLOWELL, was born in the "Emerald Isle", and was an enterprising tiller of the soil. Dr. HOLLOWELL was given the rearing and education which is accorded the majority of farmers' boys, but this work was not suited to his tastes, and he early formed a desire to study medicine. At the age of twenty years he left home and entered upon his medical studies under a preceptor in Marshall Co., Miss., and after two years of faithful and diligent study he entered Oxford Institute, from which institution he graduated in 1847. The following year he moved to Izard County, Ark., where he was actively engaged in the practice of his profession until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he enlisted as a Federal spy; and to the best of his ability kept the Union forces posted as to the doings of the enemy. During this time he continued the practice of his profession as a blind, but in 1863 he openly joined the Federal forces as a scout, serving in this capacity until the close of the war. From that time until 1870 he was a practicing physician of Greene County, Mo., afterwhich he returned to Izard County, Ark., and was actively engaged in the practice of his profession for two years. The two succeeding years were spent in Ash Flat, Sharp County, Ark., and the following year he was appointed deputy collector of this district, which position he held in a very efficient manner until 1877, at which date he was appointed United States commissioner for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and still continues to discharge the duties of this position to the satisfaction of all concerned. Since the year 1873 he has resided on his present farm. He was first married in 1843 to Miss FRANCES C. BOX, who was born in Alabama and died in 1858, having borne two children: SARAH P., wife of JAMES ROBINSON, and STEPHEN E. MARGARET BEARD, a native of Alabama, became his second wife in 1859. EUGENIA, wife of JOHN WEED; ANN ELIZA, wife of JOHN MCCRACKEN, and JOSEPH are the extent of their family. Dr. HOLLOWELL was called upon to mourn the loss of his second wife in 1874; she had been an earnest member of the Christian Church for many years. His first wife was a Methodist and an earnest worker for the cause of Christianity. The Doctor was married in Ash Flat, in June 1875, to Miss E. B. GOODWIN, a native of Tennessee, an estimable lady whose education and general information well qualify her for a minister's wife. She is a member of the Christian Church and an active, zealous worker. Two children are the result of this union: WALTER CULLEN, in his thirteenth year, and HUBERT CLAYTON, in his eleventh; both bright, active lads, who promise much in the way of comfort to their parents. Dr. HOLLOWELL was ordained a minister of the Christian Church, October 28, 1868, and much of his time and attention has been devoted to expounding the Gospel, and his efforts in saving souls have met with good results. He has always been a staunch Republican in his political views, and he has shown his approval of secret organizations by becoming a member of the A.F. & A. M. (Goodspeed's Northeast Arkansas, 1890, pp. 397-398).

HOLLOWELL HOUSE - Home of WILLIAM DEAN HOLLOWELL - Anne Southerne Tardy. Adventuring forth from Bertie County, North Carolina, came young WILLIAM DEAN HOLLOWELL, and settled himself and his slaves on the North side of the winding Tennessee River, "HOLLOWELL Landing", still a favorite stopping place for river steamers, is the only reminder today of one of the largest plantations in that part of the country. Having satisfactorily established himself with holdings that rivaled those of his forbears in old Virginia, Young WILLIAM decided he would "a-wooing go", so he made his way up the river to the two site of the new county of Madison-Huntsville. That he was successful in his love making is a foregone conclusion, as in 1830 is recorded the marriage of WILLIAM DEAN HOLLOWELL and MARY ELIZABETH ECHOLS, daughter of WILLIAM ECHOLS, SR., another pioneer of Madison County, late of Virginia. The same year records the purchase of a town lot of three hundred feet square, fronting on Franklin Street in Huntsville. A short distance from the business square, on a corner of the principal residential street, stands the old HOLLOWELL House. It is not a large dwelling, but it is an appealingly quaint house, with its aged bricks, and ivy climbing at will over the high square chimneys. The brick walls are lovely, the dull gray and brown of another day and time, the green of the old vine with the glint of red showing through. It is a plain low structure, but the body of the house is broad and ample as it nestles in the shade of the ancient trees which surround it. The bricks used in construction were made on the river plantation, as well the cedar shingles with which it is covered; and were towed up the river by the slaves "to build Mars WILLIAM's new house". The thickness of the walls, the general lines and proportions of the severely plain exterior, gives the house the unmistakable stamp of an early period. Built with the staunchness and symmetry that were the pride and glory of pioneer workmen, it is so strong in its foundation one might fancy it as having grown from the ground on which it stands. Unique among early Alabama homes. In the place of the more ornate eighteenth Century type which was almost universal among brick dwellings, it was built after the fashion of a much earlier date, and has assumed many of the characteristics of early English houses of the late Seventeenth Century. A spacious basement is under the entire house making four high ceiled rooms, two of which, connecting, were finished for a dining hall. Above are the usual four generous rooms, one on each side of the large square hall and two in the rear. From the main building extended back at right angles a long low wind, which contained kitchen, servants quarters, smoke house, and store-room. All of these opened on a brick court yard, which pursued its way far to the ivy covered brick stables and carriage house. The house, for some mysterious reason known only to its builder, is placed in the extreme corner of the lot. Heavy brass locks and huge door keys give a sense of security. "Where winds blow o'er the pleasant places, and the same dear things lift up the same dear faces." When the War between the States came, to change and blot out forever much of the gracious charm of Southern life, there passed the eldest born, Maj. JOSEPH T. HOLLOWELL, and his brother, WILLIAM, fresh from the University of Virginia, both eager to serve the South they loved so well. Mr. HOLLOWELL and his daughter MARY, alone from the vicissitudes of war, decided to move to Virginia, following the older daughter who had married there. The home was later sold to Mrs. Henrietta Tardy Matthews, and is still in possession of her heirs. It is interesting to note that Mrs. Matthews' brother later married the grand-daughter of the original owner. The old place still retains its restful atmospheres, all unpretentious and loverly. Far out on the quiet street, away from the ever increasing din of modern town life, it is full of gentle memories. (Historic Homes of Alabama and Their Traditions, by Alabama members National League of American Pen Woman, edited by the Birmingham Branch, Birmingham Publishing Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1935, Book One, page 240).

JAMES MONROE HOLLOWELL was born in old Everittsville, four miles south of Goldsboro, on March 8, 1840. He died in Goldsboro, June 18, 1912, at his home on E. Holly Street. He was married to MARTHA J. OUTLAW on August 4, 1861. They had no children. A nephew, J. H. MANLEY, fell heir to most of his uncle's personal properties, especially his writings and that consisted of some early recollections of Wayne County and a book of poems which was Mr. HOLLOWELL's first love.... Back in 1844, he and his brother, W. G. HOLLOWELL, published the "Goldsboro Bulletin", a weekly newspaper.... He entered the Confederate Army as a volunteer and was a member of Company F, 10th NC Artillery... Quoting from Col. Joe Robinson's editorial at the death of Mr. HOLLOWELL: "Mr. HOLLOWELL was a quiet, peaceable, law-abiding citizen. He was good natured, always cheerful, kind-hearted and ever ready to sacrifice his time and energy to accommodate a friend or to lend a helping hand to those in need of his services." ("J. M. Hollowell," The Heritage of Wayne County North Carolina 1982, The Wayne County Historical Association, Inc. and The Old Dobbs County Genealogical Society, Coordinator Mary Daniels Johnstobne, Published by the Wayne County Historical Association, Inc. and the Old Dobbs County Genealogical Society in cooperation with Hunter Publishing Company, Winston-Salem, NC, 1982, p. 283).

MINNIE HOLLOWELL, educator, historian, 215 East Eden Street, Edenton. Born on February 2, 1901, at Norfolk, Virginia, she is the daughter of NOAH JORDAN and MARGARET GRIZELLE (DAVIS) HOLLOWELL of English descent. Miss HOLLOWELL's father was a native of Chowan County, North Carolina while her mother was of Perquimans. After finishing at Edenton High School with the diploma, Miss HOLLOWELL attended Meredith College, gaining the A.B. degree, and at the University of North Carolina, she was awarded the M.A. degree in History. Beginning her career as a teacher in Red Oak Elementary School in 1922, she remained there until 1924 when she became a member of the faculty of Edenton High School until 1927. From that year until 1935, she taught at Wadesboro High School, and at Ansonville Elementary School from 1935 to 1943. The next three years, she was a teacher at Newell Elementary School, and from that time until the present, she has taught at Edenton Elementary School. Miss HOLLOWELL belongs to the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, International. She holds membership in North Carolina Education Association; National Education Association, and she is the Sponsor of Inglis Fletcher Chapter of Tar Heel Junior Historian Association. In addition, she is a member of North Caorlina Historical Association and the North Carolina Society of County and Local Historians. Politically a Democrat; her religious faith is Baptist. For recreation, Miss HOLLOWELL enjoys collecting antique glass and china as well as cook books from various parts of the country. (North Carolina Lives, Powell, p. 612).

LINWOOD BRANTON HOLLOWELL, lawyer, civic leader, 309 West Sixth Avenue, Gastonia. Born on November 21, 1904, at Kinston, North Carolina, he is the son of HUGH LINWOOD and VIRGINIA COLEMAN (BRANTON) HOLLOWELL, of English descent. Mr. HOLLOWELL earned the A.B. degree at Duke University in 1926, gaining the LL.B. degree from the Law School of that University in 1929. On July 23, 1935, he married EVELYN L. FITCH of Mebane, North Caorlina. They are the parents of three children: LINWOOD BRANTON, JR., born 1937; LINDA FITCH, born 1940; and SAMUEL HUGH, born 1845. Mr. HOLLOWELL has been engaged in the practice of law since 1929. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Parkdale Mills, Incorporated, and also of New Hope land Company, Incorporated. His fraternity is Lambda Chi Alpha of which he is past President. He belongs to the Elks Club, and to the Eagles Club. In the Kiwanis Club, he held the office of President. Holding membership in Gaston Country Club, he also serves as President of that organization. Mr. HOLLOWELL has served his community in othe capacities, and from 1945 to 1948, was Judge of Gastonia Municipal Court, and since that time to the present, he has been Vice Chairman of North Carolina Local Government Commission. Politically he is a Democrat; and his religious affiliation is Methodist. In his church, Mr. HOLLOWELL is a member of the Board of Stewards as well as a member of the Board of Trustees. His main recreation is fishing, and he also enjoys sports as a spectator. (North Carolina Lives, Powell, p. 612).

JOHN DELOS HOLLOWELL b. June 24, 1867 (m. Sep. 9, 1891, LETTIE ROBERTS, b. Jan. 1, 1867); son of GEORGE of Winona, Minn., b. in Milo Center, N. Y. (m. Oct. 3, 1865, EMILY HENDERSON SNYDER and had two children: LULU M. HOLLOWELL b. July 14, 1865 [m. Sep. 1888, CHARLES R. KNAPP, JR.], and JOHN DELOS HOLLOWELL0; son of JOSEPH HOLLOWELL of Milo Center, NY, b. near Phila., PA, 1772, d. 1865 (m. abt. 1800, ELEANOR SMITH, b. in Taunton, Mass., 1779, d. 1855, and had eleven children: MARY HOLLOWELL, d. in infancy, MARY D. HOLLOWELL, d. aged 16 years, THOMAS HOLLOWELL (m. NANCY BATEMAN and resided in Benton Centre, NY, had two children: WESLEY HOLLOWELL and MARY HOLLOWELL), ANNA HOLLOWELL (m. 1st, PETER RAYNOLT, m. 2nd, JOHN HAVENS), JOSEPH HOLLOWELL, b. in Milo Center (m. JEMIMA OSBORN and had three children: HENRY HOLLOWELL, NELSON HOLLOWELL and NANCY HOLLOWELL), HANNAH HOLLOWELL (m. JOHN ALLEN), MARTHA HOLLOWELL (m. HEXON F. ANDERSON), WILLIAM HOLLOWELL, b. in Milo Center (m. MARY SPRAGUE and had two children: WILLIAM DELOS HOLLOWELL and BELL HOLLOWELL (m. EDWARD WECHMAN), JOHN HOLLOWELL, b. in Milo Center (m. MERCY SPRAGUE and had four children: ELEANOR HOLLOWELL, JOHN HOLLOWELL, ALICE HOLLOWELL and FRANK HOLLOWELL), JAMES HOLLOWELL, b. in Milo Center (m. ADALINE AUSTIN and had two children: AUSTIN HOLLOWELL and CARRIE HOLLOWELL, m. CARL RUSSELL) and GEORGE HOLLOWELL, b. in Milo Center). (American Ancestry, p. 271).

STONE and HOLLOWELL FAMILIES
ANDREW STONE was born near Philadelphia, and he and his two brothers, JAMES and DAVID emegrated from Pennsylvania to the Lake Country at an early period. The brothers both settled in Pultney. ANDREW married MARY DAVIS, widow of THOMAS HOLLOWELL and sister of GEORGE FITZWATER, SENIOR, and a relative of the family of MALACHI DAVIS. She died in Chester County, PA, leaving twelve children, three of whom were of her first marriage. The children of THOMAS HOLLOWELL were WILLIAM, JOSEPH and THOMAS. The children of ANDREW STONE were JESSE, HANNAH, SARAH, JOHN, MARY, SAMUEL, ANDREW, RUTH, and ELIZA. In 1799, ANDREW STONE came a widower with his numerous family to this county. They first lived ona farm of JACOB WAGENER's near Seneca Lake in the Friend's Settlement, and moved next to a farm near Milo Center, on lot 4, now owned by HENRY HUNT. A few years later he exchanged this place for one hundred and seventy-five acres near by on lot 14, where he henceforth resided and died in 1818. The HOLLOWELL sons were married while he occupied the HUNT farm. WILLIAM HOLLOWELL born in 1774 married HANNAH, daughter of the elder ADAM HUNT. They lived near Himrode. JOSEPH HOLLOWELL born in 1776 married ELEANOR, daughter of JOHN SMITH of Milo. They settled one half mile west of Milo Center, and were highly respected while they lived. She died in 1859, and he in 1867, at the age of ninety-one. They had ten children, MARY, THOMAS, JOSEPH, HANNAH, ANN, MARTHA, WILLIAM, JOHN. JAMES and GEORGE. MARY died at sixteen. THOMAS born in 1804, married NANCY COLE of Benton Center, and settled there a cabinet maker. They had two children, JOHN W., and MARY F. JOHN F. spent several years at sea. He married in Virginia, JANE, daughter of ADOLPHUS EATON, formerly of Benton Center, and finally settled at Three Rivers, Mich. They have four children. MARY married CHARLES RAPLEE, son of JOSEPH RAPLEE, and emigrated to Troy City, Kansas. JOSEPH HOLLOWELL, JR., born in 1808, married JEMIMA OSBORNE, of Mile. He was a soldier of Company B, 126th N.Y.V., and was killed in the Battle of Gettysburg. His wife had died preciously. Their children were JOHN N., ISAAC and LOUISA J. HANNAH born in 1810, married JOHN ALLEN, of Milo. He died near Milo Center and his widow occupies the homestead. ANN born in 1812, married PETER REYWALT of Milo. He was killed by an accident. Their children were MARY J., ELEANOR and HANNAH. MARY J. REYWALT married JOHN C. CLARK of Milo. They resided at Milo Center and both died there leaving two children, JOHN R., and ELVA. JOHN R. REYWALT married EMMA CRAWFORD of Penn Yan, and resides in that village. ELEANOR married HENRY A. ANSLEY of VA, son of WILLIAM ANSLEY, formerly of Potter. They returned to Potter during the Rebellion, and she died there leaving three children, ALBERT H., ELLEN and WILLIAM. The father is now a farmer in Torrey. HANNAH REYWALT married JOHN DENNIS and resides at Oak Hill in Bradford. Their children are DAVID A., PETER R., ANN, BIANCA, HENRY and CLARENCE. The widow of PETER REYWALT married JOHN HAVENS of Bradford. They have a son GEORGE. MARTHA HOLLOWELL born in 1815, married HIXON F. ANDERSON of Milo Center. Their children are FANNY, HELEN J., GEORGE H., JOSEPHINE, MARY A. and MARTHA. FANNY is the wife of STEPHEN C. HATMAKER. WILLIAM HOLLOWELL born in 1818, married MARY J., daughter of JEREMIAH SPRAGUE, and resides in Penn Yan, a harness maker. They have two children, WILLIAM D. and FLORENCE J. JOHN B. HOLLOWELL born in 1820, married MERCY, daughter of ROBERT SPRAGUE, and resides on the paternal homestead, three-fourths of a mile west of Milo Center. Their children are ELEANOR, JOHN A., ALICE and FRANCIS. JAMES G. HOLLOWELL born in 1822, married ADALINE, daughter of DR. AUSTIN of Canadice, and resides in Penn Yan a merchant, tailor. Their children are JAMES A. and CARRIE A. GEORGE L. HOLLOWELL born in 1824, married MARY, daughter of SOLOMON CLARK of Pultney, where she died. He emigrated to Inona, Minnesota, and married EMILY SNYDER. Their children are MARY L. and JOHN D. THOMAS HOLLOWELL, JR., married MARTHA GOLD of Milo, and settled first on a portion of the STONE homestead, now owned by ROBERT ROBERTS. They emigrated thence to Drewersburg, Indiana, and finally died there leaving eleven children, JOHN, WILLIAM, MARY A., ABIGAIL, PETER S., HEZEKIAH, THOMAS, EDITH, BENJAMIN, JOSEPH and FRANCIS, all of whom are married and well settled in one neighborhood. ... (History of Yates County, Town of Milo, pp.736-738)

FREDERICK BUNDY 1802-1849. FREDERICK BUNDY, living in a different period from ours, had no chance to go to school. His education had to be self-obtained. He did not fail to seize the opportunities which came his way, and so became a remarkably well informed man. At the time the family came to Illinois the journey was made in the old time cumberous team wagons. The JOHN WILSON family arrived by means of the same mode of travel. Centralia Township at the time FREDERICK settled there in 1826, was as yet in its original wild state. As may be supposed, wild game and beasts of prey of many varities abounded there, particularly wolves, to which le law awake listening on many a night inside the rough log cabin which he had built with his own hands. In time he cleared the land and erected for himself a suitable home, and otherwise much improved the property which embraced four hundred acres. For years, he carried an active farming business and raised considerable amount of stock. FREDERICK BUNDY was politically a stauch Democrat, and in those days he had to go over to Salem at election times to record his vote. In religious life he was a member of the Christian Church. His wife died in February, 1848, and the demise of the inseparable companion of life's journey was a great loss. He died in the fall of 1849, having however, married secondly ELIZABETH WALKER, and leaving a son by that marriage. He had eight children by his first wife, the eldest WILLIAM KELL; ALEXANDER, who married MARGARET BREEZE, and afterwards another member of that family, who is a farmer in Washington County; NANCY JANE, deceased, first married JOHN HARPER, and afterwards REUBEN ALDERSON; DORCAS married SIDNEY HARMON both of whom are both dead; JEANETTE who never married, also died; JOHN joined the One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, Company H, at the outbreak fo the Civil War and died while in the service of his country; ROBERT was also in the Civil War, enlisting in Jefferson County, Illinois, and died of small pox during his term of service; SALLIE another daughter, married THOMAS J. HOLLOWELL and lives in Washington with her husband. (Brinkerhoff, History of Marion County, Illinois, p. 256-257).

March 6, 1963
JOSHUA HOLLOWELL BIRTHPLACE by Min Hollowell Allen
The old SATCHWELL home is today a dilapidated old building used as a barn. It is located about four miles east of Belhaven and may be reached only by a lane leading from the Seed Tick Neck road to the rear of the farm. It is seldom seen by anyone except the men who cultivate the farm and an occasional hunter. There was a time when there were trees and flowers in the yard enclosed by a picket fence. There connected to the main house by a covered walk. It face Pungo Creek road but when the road was re-routed several generations ago, it by passed the farm. No one knows how old the house is but when JOHN CLARK SATCHWELL married ELIZABETH EBORN, 16 year old daughter of Colonel JOHN EBORN on October 2, 1806, they made it their home ad their five children were born there. In 1821 ELIZABETH EBORN SATCHWELL died there and a year later her young widower married MARY WILKINSON, daughter of ABRAM and ELIZABETH WILKINSON of Red Oak Ridge plantation. To this union were born three children. In January 1827 JOHN CLARK SATCHWELL died and before the end of that year his widow, MARY was married to MICHAEL HOLLOWELL and they became the parents of two sons, MICHAEL died in November 1836 and MARY lived on in the home to finish rearing the children and to see them married and settled in their own homes before her death in June of 1849.
After MARY's death the property went back to the SATCHWELL family but changed hands several times later on in the century. On or about 1910 the farm was bought by the late W.P. BAUGHAM of Washington, who was interested only in the lush growth of timber on the woodland. He employed the late W.A. WINFIELD to supervise the logging operations and when it was completed sold the farm to Mr. WINFIELD.The old house had deterioated by that time until it was almost beyond repair, but Mr. WINFIELD put it in condition for comfortable living and used it as a tenant house until the late 1930's. Since then it has been used as a farm building and at Mr. WINFIELD's death it was heired by his daughter Mrs. LILLIAN WINFIELD JACKSON of Belhaven, who still owns the property.The only marks of distinction about the old house is that it was once the home of the daughter of a colonel of the Revolutionary War and it was the birthplace and childhood home of JOSHUA LAURENCE HOLLOWELL, who became attorney general of Arkansas in 1856, when he was only 28 years old and held that office until Arkansas seceeded from the Union. He joined the Confederate army on July 15, 1861, at a camp near Bentonville, Ark. and was elected Captain of Company D, MCRAE's Division and served through two years of hazardous experiences. His service came to an end at Vicksburg, Miss. when that city and garrison was surrendered to U.S. Grant on July 4, 1863. The next day he was paroled. Research is now being done in Arkansas on the life of JOSHUA LAURENCE HOLLOWELL with the purpose of using it as the nucleus for a book on his times. A short sketch will soon be available to the Daily News."There is a picture of the house in the newspaper.