SAM. M. HOLADAY
In June, 1867, Samuel M. Holaday settled on section 8, coming from Madison county. He remained here about eight years, when he removed to section 9, where he now resides.
Samuel M. Holaday is a native of Vermillion county, Indiana, born on the 8th day of November, 1839, and is the son of George M. and Lydia Holaday. In 1843, George M. brought his family to Iowa, and settled in Keokuk county, where he remained about ten years, when he came to Adair county, and settled on Middle river. In 1860 he moved to California, and is there engaged in agricultural pursuits. Samuel remained until December 14, 1863, when he was married to Almira Root, a daughter of Azariah and Myra Root. In 1867 he came to Cass county, Iowa, and bought the town plat of Whitneyville, where he remained eight years. He then bought his farm of two hundred acres on section 9, and has improved the land and made it one of the best farms in the county. He has been an honorable and upright man in the county, and has been honored by the citizens as secretary of the board of trustees, a member of the school board, and has been treasurer and assessor of the township. He is one of the prominent men of the township, and is highly esteemed by the more substantial class of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Holaday have been blessed with eight children--Gertrude; George, died in October, 1879; Charles, Thaddeus, Myra, William L., Blanche and Harry M.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 778-779.
