Holway, A. C.

HOLWAY

Posted By: Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/11/2006 at 00:42:10

A. C. Holway, farming, P. O. Avoca, was born in 1845 in Maine, and came to this county in 1870, from Minnesota, where he had lived for about five years previous; his father and mother are living in Pottawattamie County. Mr. Holway was educated in Maine, and has always followed farming. He came here in 1870 and bought forty acres of unimproved land; he now has eighty acres, mostly under cultivation. Mr. Holway was married, in Maine, in 1865 to Lovina Williams; they have one son - Charles L., and two daughters - Anna M. and Laura Ella. Mr. Holway is a member of the A. H. T. A., and his wife of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Holway has one brother and one sister living in this county. He is a Democrat in politics.