Holland, E. M.

HOLLAND, ROBBINS, DUPRAY

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Date: 12/4/2008 at 11:16:04

HOLLAND, E. M.
Physician and Surgeon, and local Preacher in the M. E. Church, Colfax; residence and office on Front St., Block 1, Lots 4 & 5; born in Clermont Co., Ohio in 1832; came to La Salle Co., Illinois in 1840; thence to Nebraska in 1871; thence to Jefferson Co, Iowa in 1874, and to Jasper Co. in 1877. Married Miss Marilla ROBBINS in 1852; she was born in Ohio in 1832, and died in Jan. 1868, leaving five children - Edwin L., Eva L., Henry R., John F. and Lotta H. He then married Miss Christina M. DUPRAY in 1874. She was born in Jackson Co., Iowa in 1852; they have one child - Raymond L. Republican in politics. Held the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction at former place of residence. Members of the M. E. Church. He is a member of the Brighton Lodge, No. 64, Masonic; also a member and officer of Sons of Temperance and Good Templars; was a member of the Union League during the war. ~ "Washington Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)