Born about 1795-96;
died after 1880 in Calhoun County, Alabama, probably

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Jesse Holland's line is followed in this section. 

4. Jesse Holland and Betsy Holland
Jesse Holland was born about 1796, in Wayne County, North Carolina, the fourth child and son of Elisha Holland and Patience Watkins.  He married Elizabeth (Betsey) Holland who was born about 1810, in North Carolina.  A marriage bond for them can be seen in the Public Records section of this web site, but it does not indicate who Jesse's parents were or who Elizabeth (Betsy)'s parents were.  It has long been a question as to which of these were Elisha's child but evidence of late has strongly favored Jesse being Elisha's son.

 Elisha's will does mention them but it does not specify which one is Elisha's son or daughter, and which one is the in-law:

Item     I give unto Jesse Holland one dollar, and my negro Sealy to Jesse Hollands wife Betsy Holland and all the increase she ever has.

In most of the items, he specifically say, "my son" or "my daughter:"

I give unto my son Ely Holland
I give and bequeath unto my son Woodard Holland
I give and bequeath unto my son Absalom Holland
I give and bequeath unto my son Bryant Holland
I give my son Curtis Holland
I give unto Jesse Holland ...
I lend ... to my son Elisha Holland
I give unto my son Warren Holland
I give to my son Exum Holland
I give unto my son Jennet Holland
I give unto my daughter Gensey Holland

Only Enos and Jesse are not designated as sons. 

I give and bequeath unto Enos Holland one dollar and my greatcoat and best hat if he comes after it forever.

In one instance, he leaves something to a son-in-law whom he names first, but goes on to mention this son-in-law's wife and calls her "my daughter Avey."

You can see Elisha Holland's will in context in the Public Records section of this web site.

In any case, Jesse Holland married Betsy Holland on 28 March 1820 in Johnston County, North Carolina.¹⁰  In 1824 we find him deeding some land to Sarah Holland of Johnston County.  Curtis Holland and Matthew Holland were witnesses.⁹  

Jesse and Elizabeth were listed in the 1830 census in Johnston County, North Carolina (page 97), both between the ages of 20 and 30.  These numbers indicate that Elizabeth was born about 1810.  Living with them were a boy and a girl between 5 and 10 years old; and two boys under 5.  I don't have a name for the boy between 5 and 10 years old in 1830, but the girl was Pennia Holland.  Other Holland families on the same page with Jesse and Elizabeth's family were Enos Holland, William Holland, C---- Holland (a female), Eli Holland, Bryant Holland, Curtis Holland and Thomas Holland.  

Jesse and Elizabeth were still in Johnston County in 1840.  They are listed on the census on page 234, as being between 30 and 40 years old.  They list two male children under 5 years old, one male child between 5 and 10 years old, two boys between 10 and 15 years old, and between 15-20, one boy and one girl.  

The Jesse Holland family appears on the 1850 census in Randolph County, Alabama.  Their household includes

Jesse Pennia Henry Eli Deborah Woodard Jane William

age 50 age 25 age 20 age 17 age 15 age 13 age 11 age 9

male female male male female male female male

born in NC born in NC born in NC born in GA born in GA born in GA born in GA born in GA

By 1855 records indicate that Jesse and Elizabeth Holland and some of their children had moved to Alabama. In 1860, there was a Jesse and Betsy Holland in Randolph County, Alabama.  Betsy was 53 and Jesse 65, a farmer born in North Carolina.  The differences in their ages is unexpected, but the next census continues this trend.  Because the earlier censuses did not give exact ages, but only ranges, Jesse and Elizabeth could have had a 10-year age difference that was not apparent.  It is for this reason that I am estimating a later birth date for Elizabeth Holland than was originally thought.  Listed with them in Randolph County were Jane, age 18; J. T., age 14 (this would be son James Thomas); and Woodard, age 23.    

The 1870 Calhoun County, Alabama, census lists a Jesse Holland, age 74, which would make his date of birth about 1796.  Jesse's wife is listed as Elizabeth, age 64.  Living with them are son John Holland, age 24; and grandchildren Acy (or Agy) A. Holland, age 17;  Amanda, age 14; and Wm H, age 9.  Acy (Agy, Avey), Amanda and William H. are siblings and are most likely grandchildren of Jesse and Elizabeth.^{34 35} 

Elizabeth died between 1870 and 1877.  Jesse Holland married Mrs. Martha Causby (Cosby) in Calhoun County, Alabama, on 13 November 1877.  He appears with her on the 1880 census from Calhoun County.  Jesse is 81 years old, Martha is 44, and her children, John, Mamie and Joseph Cosby are 10, 8, and 5.  

Children of Jesse Holland and Elizabeth Holland:

1.  Boy, first name unknown, born between 1820-1825 in Johnston County, North Carolina.  This is one of the children listed on the 1830 census of Johnston County as being between 5 and 10 years old.  He is listed again on the 1840 census of Johnston County as one a male between 15 and 20.

2.  Pennia Holland was born 14 July 1824 in Johnston County, North Carolina.  She would be the female child listed on the 1830 census of Johnston County as being between 5 and 10 years old.  She is also listed on the 1840 census still living with her family in Johnston County, now between 15 and 20 years old.

3.  Henry "Hank" Holland, born about 1829 in Johnston County, North Carolina.  This would be one of the male children listed on the 1830 census of Johnston County as being under 5 years old.  He is listed again in 1840 with his family in Johnston County, as one of two males between 10 and 15.  In 1850 he is listed with his family in Randolph County, Alabama, age 20.

4.  Eli T. Holland was born about 1833., the first of Jesse and Betsy's children born in Georgia.

4.  William H Holland was born about 1841, in Johnston County, North Carolina.  This is the other male children listed on the 1830 census of Johnston County as being under 5 years old. He is listed again in the 1840 census of Johnston County as one of two males living in Jesse Holland's family between the ages of 10 and 15.  He married Elizabeth [Last name unknown]
Children of William H. Holland and Elizabeth:





1.  Amanda J. Holland was born in 1855, in Calhoun County, Alabama.  On 17 November 1873, she married John H. Jackson in Calhoun County, Alabama.  John Jackson was born about 1851 in Alabama. 
Children of Amanda Holland and John H. Jackson:

1.  William P. Jackson was born about 1874, in Alabama.

2.  July E. Jackson was born about 1878, in Alabama.

3.  James H. Jackson was born about 1879, in Alabama.

2.  Avey Elizabeth Holland was born 14 January 1856, in Georgia.  She married Benjamin Pryor Maddox, Jr. on 8 August 1872, in Cleburne County, Alabama.  He was born 9 April 1844, in Pike County, Georgia, and died 30 December 1946, in Munford, Talladega County, Alabama.  Avey Elizabeth Holland died 21 September 1940, in Munford, Talladega County, Alabama.

3.  Nancy C. Holland was born about 1856, in Alabama.  She married W. T. Quillen on 10 November 1877, in Calhoun County, Alabama, when she was about 21 year old. 

4.  Sally P. Holland was born in 1859, in Georgia.  She married George M. Hix on 7 September 1877, in Calhoun County, Alabama.

5.  William H. Holland was born in June 1864, in Alabama.  When he was about 20 years old, he married Fannie E. Hollingsworth, in Alabama.
Children of William H. Holland and Fannie Hollingsworth

1.  William R. Holland was born in February 1885, in Alabama.

2.  Jessie Holland, a girl, was born in March 1889, in Alabama. 

3.  Lee A. Holland was born in November 1891, in Alabama.

4.  Mattie Holland was born in April 1891, in Alabama.

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6.  Woodard Haywood Holland, C.S.A. was born 19 November 1834, in Johnston County, North Carolina.  He was named for his father's brother, Woodard D. Holland, his Uncle Buck, who also had a son named Woodard D. Holland.  He is probably the male child listed on the 1840 census of Johnston County as the male between 5 and 10 years old.  He is listed with his parents on the 1860 census of Randolph County, Alabama, along with his sister Jane Holland and brother John T. Holland. 

Woodard H. Holland enlisted in the Confederate Army on 12 September 1862, in Randolph County, Alabama.  His military registration record described him as being 5'10" tall, with red hair and a fair complexion.  He served for three years, and participated in several major battles that incurred large casualties.  These battles included Chickamauga, Knoxville, Beans Station, Drewry's Bluff, Richmond, and the trenches before Petersburg, Virginia.  I wish I knew whether he was aware that his first cousin from North Carolina, Woodard D. Holland, was serving at the same time in the North Carolina Infantry.  There is further information on Woodard H. Holland's Civil War service in the Public Records section of this web site, as well as information on his cousin Woodard D. Holland's service.

In 1867, on 14 November, when he was 32 years old and she was 15, Woodard H. Holland married Emma Alice Nixon (known as Alice Nixon) in Cleburne County, Alabama.  Emma was born 30 November 1852, in Alabama, daughter of Stephen Nixon, Jr. and Emeline R. Ware.  Her father died when she was seven years old.  Alice Nixon's sister Frances Clarinda Nixon married Woodard H. Holland's brother James Thomas Holland.  According to the U. S. Census data for 1870, neither Woodard Holland or his wife Emma Nixon Holland could read or write. 

Woodard H. Holland died 10 September 1887, in Cleburne County, Alabama.  He was 52.  Alice married a Mr. Smith after Woodard's death.  She died 26 October 1940, in Cleburne County at age 87.  Woodard and Alice Holland were buried together in Abel Cemetery in Cleburne County.¹⁵¹
Children of Woodard H. Holland and Alice "Emma" Nixon:





1.  Laura Alice Holland was born 21 February 1873, in Chaulafinnee, Cleburne County, Alabama.  As young adults Laura Holland and Henry Shaw lived in counties of Georgia and Alabama that bordered each other.  Henry's brother John owned a farm there and Henry worked on his farm.  The family says that Laura and Henry met on the farm where he worked, and he asked her to marry him while they picked peas in a field.  She married Henry Jefferson Shaw on 17 December 1891, in Prier, Maddox County, Alabama.  Alice's sister Emma E. Holland was a witness at their marriage.  Henry moved to the county where Laura lived in 1892.

According to family members, Laura was quiet, calm, easy-going, and sweet-tempered.  She was Cherokee Indian on her mother's side.  She had long hair which almost touched the ground and which she wore tied up into a bun.  She had pierced ears - unusual in the 1930's.  She walked with tiny steps.  Her faith was very important to her; her grandchildren called her a "faith warrior."  She made "tea cakes" -- cookies -- which she would tie inside a flour sack and hang from the ceiling so her grandchildren wouldn't eat them until after supper.  She earned her own spending money by selling eggs and butter that she made.  She would use the money to buy honey which she liked to put on her biscuits.

Henry Jefferson Shaw was born 12 Jul 1870, in Macon, Georgia, a son of Theodore H. Shaw, called Thomas, and Mary E. "Martha" Guice. 

Laura Holland died 15 September 1960, in Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, at 87, the same age as her mother when she died.  She was buried in Latexo Cemetery in Latexo, Houston County, Texas.  Henry Shaw was buried there also.  There are pictures of Laura Alice Holland, Henry Shaw, and some of their children in the Album section of this web site.^{151 180}
Children of Laura Alice Holland and Henry Jefferson Shaw:





1.  Joseph Therman Shaw was born 14 January 1893, in Alabama, and died at 8 months of age on 23 September 1893, also in Alabama.  According to his family history, "Little Joe" died of a heat stroke.  His father said he was a "genius" for his age.

2.  Charlie Luther Shaw was born 4 February 1895, in Alabama, and died 9 October 1897, in Alabama.

3.  Ludie Alice Shaw was born 18 March 1897, in Alabama.  She was called Alice.  Her family said that when her parents made the move by train from Alabama to Texas, Alice was such a tiny baby she was held on a pillow.  She married Chester B. Spence on 10 August 1922.  They lived their lives in LaTexo, Houston County, Texas.  He was a farmer, she was a teacher.  Alice Shaw and her sister Gertie Shaw married brothers, Bill and Chester Spence.   Alice Shaw died 16 August 1987, in Harris County, Texas.  There is a picture of Ludie Alice Shaw as a child in the Album section of this web site

4.  Lora Pauline Shaw was born 11 March 1899, in McGregor, Texas.  She died at two months of age on 5 June 1899, in McGregor, McLennan County, Texas.

5.  Harvey Lee Shaw was born 11 October 1900, in Bell County, Texas.  He married Adele Willis on 23 December 1925.  She was born 11 August 1908.  They spent their lives in Grapeland and LaTexo, Texas.  Harvey was a carpenter, a farmer, and a member of the LaTexo United Methodist Church.  Harvey Shaw died 12 March 1984, in Latexo, Houston County, Texas.  Adele Willis died 13 March 1996 in Latexo.  They were buried together in the Latexo Cemetery in Latexo, Houston County, Texas.  There is a picture of Harvey Shaw as a child in the Album section of this web site
Children of Harvey Shaw and Adele Willis:





1.  H. L. Shaw was born est. 1922;  he married Era Smith. 
Children of H. L. Shaw and Era Smith:

1.  Neva Shaw married Charles Kincaid.
Child of Neva Shaw and Charles Kincaid:

1.  Amelia Kincaid

2.  Bobby Shaw married Jill Mosley.
Children of Bobby Shaw and Jill Mosley:

1.  Nathan Shaw

2.  Holly Shaw

2.  Dell Dene Shaw was born est. 1924.  She married Perry McClain.
Children of Dell Shaw and Perry McClain:

1.  Shirley McClain was born est. 1956.  She married Charles Parmley. 
Children of Shirley McClain and Charles Parmley:

1.  Karen Parmley

2.  Bryan Parmley

2.  Charles Everett McClain was born est. 1958.  He married Sheila Ruby. 
Children of Charles McClain and Sheila Ruby:

1.  Johnny McClain was born est. 1984.

2.  Jason McClain was born est. 1986.

3.  Jamie McClain was born est. 1989.

3.  Charles Shaw was born est. 1928.  He married 1st Virginia Carney.  He married 2nd Gail Watkins.
Children of Charles Shaw and Virginia Carney:

1.  Sherry Shaw was born est. 1952.  She married Stanley Greene.
Children of Sherry Shaw and Stanley Greene:

1.  Robin Greene was born est. 1978.

2.  Josh Greene was born est. 1980.

2.  Chuck Shaw was born est. 1955.  He married Sherry Meador.
Children of Chuck Shaw and Sherry Meador:

1.  Shelly Shaw was born est. 1980.

2.  Casey Shaw was born est. 1982.

3.  Brandon Lee Shaw was born est. 1985.

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6.  Gertrude Mae Shaw was born 17 December 1902, in Bell County, Texas.  She married Andrew Jackson Spence, called Bill, on 3 August 1924.  Gertie Shaw, as she was called, and her sister Alice Shaw married brothers, Bill and Chester Spence. Their sister Clara also married a Spence but he was unrelated. There is a picture of Gertrude Shaw as a child in the Album section of this web site

Gertie attended Sam Houston State College and became a teacher.  She later served as bookkeeper for Grapeland Propane Gas Company; she also worked for Kennedy Brothers Store.  She was a member of and active worker for the First Baptist Church, a member of the poetry Society, and Chairman of the Democratic Precinct 6.  She also was a United States Census taker for the Grapeland area in the 1950's and 1960's. 

Gertrude Shaw died 19 March 1984, in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
Child of Gertrude Shaw and Andrew Jackson Spence:

1.  Andrew Jackson Spence, Jr. was born est. 1926.

7.  Dana Irene Shaw, called Daint, was born 26 April 1905, in Houston County, Texas.  She married Earl Colon Elliott on 25 December 1935.  She spent her life in Grapeland and Pricilla, Texas.  Daint Shaw died 5 July 1995, in Houston County, Texas.  There is a picture of Dana Shaw as a child in the Album section of this web site
Children of Dana Shaw and Earl Elliott:¹⁹⁵ 

1.  James Earl Elliott was born in 1943.  He married Valory Jean Skidmore.

2.  Jerry Lynn Elliott was born in 1945 and died in a car accident in 1966.

8.  William Albert Shaw, called Albert, was born 12 March 1907, in Salmon, Texas, the Palestine area of east Texas.  He married Frances Ida Barnes, called Ida, on 4 January 1930, in Crockett, Houston County, Texas.  She was born in 1908; died in 1982.  Albert Shaw was a farmer in Texas and New Mexico. 

William Shaw died 24 September 1956, and was buried in Latexo Cemetery in Latexo, Houston County, Texas.  There is more about Albert, Daint, and Ida in the Remembrances section.  There is a picture of William Shaw as a child in the Album section of this web site
Children of William Albert Shaw and Ida Barnes:

1.  Don Gwindale Shaw was born in 1930.  He married 1st Wanda Mae Daves.  She was born in 1935 and died in 2004.  Don and Wanda divorced and he married 2nd Glenda Lois Todd.  He later married a third time to Helen Loreta Prill.  They did not have children. 
Child of Don Shaw and Wanda Daves:

1.  Stephen Wayne Shaw was born in 1952.  He married Judy Yvonne Cargo.  She was born in 1953.
Children of Stephen Wayne Shaw and Judy Cargo:

1.  Chad Errington Shaw was born in 1973.  He married Kristi Gay Bird, born in 1972. 
Children of Chad Shaw and Kristi Bird:

1.  Jacob Ryan Shaw was born in 1998.

2.  Noah James Shaw was born in 2000.

3.  Abigail Nicole Shaw was born in 2002.

4.  Makayla Grace Shaw was born in 2006.

2.  Natalie Anne Shaw was born in 1977.  She married Scott Douglas Taylor.
Child or Natalie Shaw and Scott Taylor:

1.  Kylin Anne Taylor was born in 2006.

Children of Don Shaw and Glenda Lois Todd:

1.  Cynthia Frances Shaw was born in 1960.  She married Thomas C. Gray, Jr.
Children of Cynthia Shaw and Thomas Gray, Jr.:

1.  Taylor C. Gray was born in 1982.

2.  Daniel Michael Gray was born in 1985.

2.  Michael Albert Shaw was born in 1962.

2.  Betty Laura Shaw was born in 1932. She married Kenneth Ray Graham.  He died in 1998 and she died in 2002.
Children of Betty Laura Shaw and Kenneth Graham:

1.  Mark Kenton Graham was born in 1961.

2.  Sheila René Graham was born in 1963.  She married Carl Henry Abarr.
Children of Sheila René Graham and Carl Abarr:

1.  Rebecca Jean Abarr was born in 1984.

2.  Donna Marie Abarr was born in 1985.

3.  Albert Neal Shaw was born in 1935 and died in 1990, at age 55.  He married Wanda Mae Kemp. She was born in 1940.
Children of Albert Neal Shaw and Wanda Kemp:

1.  Zoe Ann Shaw was born in 1958.  She married Montie Lloyd Coe.

2.  Jeffrey Neal Shaw was born in 1962.  He married Sandra Lacy.
Child of Jeffrey Shaw and Sandra Lacy:

1.  Dustin Neal Shaw was born in 1986.

3.  Lisa Gaye Shaw was born in 1963. 

9.  James Elzy Shaw was born 12 July 1870, in Salmon, Texas.  He married Alice Marie Dixson, called Marie, on 17 January 1938.  Marie Dixson was born 23 September 1920, probably in Houston County, Texas.  She was the daughter of William Thomas Dixson and Alice Aurora Cannon.  Alice Cannon was daughter of Thomas J. Cannon and Missouri Jane Simmons.  William Thomas Dixson was the son of John Newton Dickson, who was son of Thomas J. Dickson and Talitha Beckworth.  It was this family, specifically William Dixson and Alice Cannon who donated the land for the Latexo Cemetery, and made many other contributions to the town of Latexo, including churches and schools.

Elzy Shaw spent his life in Grapeland, Texas.  He was a farmer and he loved to fish in the Trinity River when he had time.  He was a deacon at the First Baptist Church in Grapeland. James Elzy Shaw died 12 May 1989, in Houston County, Texas.  Marie Dixson Shaw is buried with her husband James Shaw in the Latexo Cemetery but no date of death in on her gravestone. 
Children of James Elzy Shaw and Alice Marie Dixon:

1.  Larry Dean Shaw was born 7 March 1944.

10.  Edward Franklin Shaw was born 19 July 1912, in Grapeland, Houston County, Texas.  He married Kelena Sharpe on 6 March 1937, in Texas.  She was born 30 March 1919.  They had children Neva Louise Shaw and Bobby Glenn Shaw.  Ed and Kelena spent their lives in Grapeland.  He was a farmer, and he was deacon at the First Baptist Church in Grapeland.  Ed Shaw died 28 October 1992, in Grapeland.  He and his wife Kelena are buried together in Latexo Cemetery in Latexo, Houston County, Texas.

11.  Rosa Eleanor Shaw was born 15 February 1915, in Grapeland, Texas.  She married Perry Leland Herod, called Penny, on 18 January 1940.  She spent her life in Grapeland.  She worded for Kennedy Brothers Store for many years.  She died 25 September 1985, in Smith County, Texas. 

12.  Clara Lena Shaw was born 26 December 1918, in Grapeland, Texas.  Clara Shaw grew up in Grapeland, Texas, and spent her adult life in Houston, Texas. She attended Grapeland schools and prior to her marriage, she worked as an elevator operator in downtown Houston.  She married Elmer L. Spence.  After his death in 1970, she served as a school crossing officer for the Houston School District. She was a member of the Jersey Village Baptist Church and a member of the Spring Shadow's Silvertones Chorus.  Clara Shaw died 12 November 2002, in Katy, Harris County, Texas.

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2.  Emma E. Holland was born about 1870, in Alabama.  She was unmarried when she was a witness to her sister Laura Alice Holland's marriage to Henry Shaw in 1891. 

3.  F. Cora Holland was born November 1870, in Alabama. She married John H. Davis.  Cora and her husband moved to McLennan County, Texas, before 1900, and raised their family there.  They had 9 children -- 8 boys and one girl, as shown in the censuses of 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930.  Cora Holland died 2 April 1948, in McLennan County, Texas.¹⁵¹ 
Children of Cora Holland and John H. Davis:

1.  Charley Davis was born August 1892, in Texas.

2.  Barney Davis was born November 1895, in Texas.

3.  Homer Davis was born November 1897, in Texas.

4.  Ernest Davis was born August 1899, in Texas.

5.  Noah Davis was born about 1901, in Texas.

6.  Howard Davis was born about 1904, in Texas.

7.  Roy Davis was born about 1906, in Texas.

8.  J. V. Davis was born about 1908, in Texas.

9.  Allien Davis, the only girl in the family, was born about 1911, in Texas.

4.  C. I. Holland was born about 1872, in Alabama.

5.  John Stephen Holland was born 15 November 1876, in Cleburne County, Alabama.  He married Mary Lou Malone.  John S. Holland died 21 January 1962, in Cleburne County, Alabama.  A picture of him with his sister Laura Alice Holland and brother Will Holland is in the Album section of this website.

6.  T. L. Holland, a male, was born about 1878, in Cleburne County, Alabama.

7.  Homer Jefferson Holland was born 21 October 1879, in Cleburne County, Alabama.  He married Sarah R. [last-name-unknown].  Homer was a World War I veteran.  Homer Holland died 29 November 1964, at age 85 in Lineville, Clay County, Alabama, and was buried in the Lineville City Cemetery.²⁴⁰ 
Children of Homer J. Holland and Sarah R.:

1.  Doris Holland was born 11 July 1916, in Lineville, Clay County, Alabama.

2.  Kathryn Holland was born 16 January 1922, in Lineville, Clay County, Alabama.

8.  Will Holland was born est. 1982, probably in Alabama.  There is a picture of him with his brother John Holland and sister Laura Alice Holland in the Album section of this website. 

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7.  Boy, first name unknown, born between 1835-1840 in Johnston County, North Carolina; listed on Johnston County census of 1840 as male under 5.

8.  Jane Holland was born about. 1842.  She is listed with her parents on the 1860 census of Randolph County, Alabama, along with her older brother Woodard H. and younger brother John T. Holland. 

9.  James Thomas Holland was born 19 April 1845, in Georgia.  He is listed on the 1860 census of Randolph County, Alabama, at age 14, living with his parents Jesse and Betsy, and his sister Jane and brother Woodard H. Holland. 

J. T. Holland, as he was called, married Frances Clarinda Nixon around 1866, in Alabama.  Frances Nixon was born 29 February 1848, in Georgia.  Her sister Emma Alice Nixon, called, Alice, married J. T.'s brother Woodard H. Holland.  J. T. Holland moved his family to Texas in the early 1900's, and lived within driving distance of his brother's family.  The two brothers who married the two sisters used to visit each other with their children.  

James Thomas Holland died 7 September 1899, in Bell County, Texas.  Frances Nixon died 2 January 1931, in Miles, Runnels County, Texas, and was buried in Miles Cemetery in Miles, Texas.  There are pictures of James Thomas Holland, his wife Frances, and their four children in the Album section of this web site.  There is also a picture of her taken in 1929 in San Angelo, Texas.  The information on this family was provided by Stephanie Holland.¹⁴⁹ 
Children of James Thomas Holland and Frances Clarinda Nixon:

1.  Parthedos Theodore Holland, called Perry and P. T., was born 7 August 1867, in Alabama, and died 9 January 1931, in Miles, Runnels County, Texas.  He appears to have married three times in about six years.  He married first, Matilda Strickland in 1888, in Alabama.  He married second, Dora Sneed in Bell County, Texas, on 16 May 1892.  Then he married Carrie Smith in Bell County, on 12 September 1894. 
Child of P. T. Holland and Matilda Strickland:

1.  Rosa Bell Holland was born est. 1906, probably in Alabama.

Child of P. T. Holland and Dora Sneed:

2.  Mary Lee Holland was born est. 1911 in Texas.

2.  James Steven Holland, called Steve and J. S., was born 13 April 1869, in Clay County, Alabama.  He married Viola Elizabeth Smith on 22 November 1896, in Prairie Dale Community in Bell County, Texas.  She was born 27 November 1877, in Fayette County, Texas, daughter of Andrew Jackson Smith and Mary Ann (Caroline?) Scurlock.  Steve "J. S." Holland died 30 December 1933, in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, at age 64.  He was buried in Miles Cemetery in Miles, Runnels County, Texas.  Viola Elizabeth Smith lived for another 36 years after Steve died, living to the age of 92.  She died 6 April 1970, in San Angelo, Texas, and was buried next to her husband. Pictures of Steve Holland and Viola Smith Holland are in the Album - Family section of this website.
Children of J. S. "Steve" Holland and Viola Smith:

1.  Roxie Lee Ellen Holland was born 7 December 1897, in Bell County, Texas.  On 21 July 1915, she married Artemus Simeon Harris.  Roxie Holland died 19 February 1973 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas.
Children of Roxie Holland and Artemus Harris:

1.  James F. Harris was born est. 1935.

2.  Josie Adeline Harris was born est. 1937.

3.  Charlie Steven Harris was born est. 1939.

4.  Geneva C. Harris was born est. 1941.  She married Ernest Bloodworth.

5.  Buryl Dean Harris was born est. 1943. 

6.  Henry Wenton Harris was born est. 1946.

7.  Leslie Eugene Harris was born est. 1949.

2.  Willie Steven Holland, called Bill, was born 29 October 1901, in Jarrell, Williamson County, Texas.  He married Katherine E. Story in Tom Green County, Texas, on 22 October 1927.  Bill Holland died 31 January 1986, in Miles, runnels County, Texas.

3.  Raymon Leroy Holland was born 16 June 1904, in Bell County, Texas.  He married Mary Eleanor Rike on 2 August 1933, in Dallas, Texas.  He died in Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico, on 10 November 1976.  Mary Rike died in 1989.
Children of Raymon Leroy Holland and Mary Rike:

1.  Eleanor Ann Holland was born in 1935.  She was named for her mother, Mary Eleanor Rike.  She married Harry Villard Cogburn, Jr, on 11 September 1960.
Child of Eleanor Holland and Harry Cogburn, Jr.:

1.  Robert Villard Cogburn was born 18 April 1964, in Grand Forks, North Dakota.  He married Sherry Lynn Cooper.

2.  Stephanie Holland was born in 1946.  She was an elementary school teacher in Texas and Hobbs, New Mexico, where she still resides.  An art project done by Stephanie is in the Stories section of this website. 

4.  Julian Howard Holland was born 2 September 1907, in Tom Green County, Texas.  He married Mattie Ruth Townsend on 6 May 1929.  He died 29 October 1983.
Children of Julian Holland and Mattie Townsend:

1.  Raymond Holland was born about 1950.  He married Billie [last name unknown].

2.  Norma R. Holland was born about 1952.

5.  Roy Holland was born 9 September 1910, in Ray Community, Tom Green County, Texas.  He married Eppie Williams.  Roy Holland died 8 July 1973, in San Angelo, Texas.
Children of Roy Holland and Eppie Williams:

1.  Roy J. Holland was born about 1933.  He married Louise [last name unknown].

2.  Sue Holland was born about 1935. 

3.  Billy Holland was born about 1939 and died before 2007.

4.  Ester Marie Holland was born about 1942.  She married Henry Baker.

6.  Pearly Opal Holland, called Opal, was born est. 1912.  She married Frank Keyes.
Children of Opal Holland and Frank Keyes:

1.  Lillie B. Overton was born est. 1932.

2.  Joseph W. was born est. 1935.

3.  Jerry Keyes McGraw was born est. 1938.

7.  Mary Clarinda Holland was born 10 November 1915, in Tom Green County, Texas.  She married B. Story on 24 March 1934.  She died 10 August 2008, in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas.  She had Alzheimer's disease.  She was the last of James Steven Holland and Viola Smith's eight children to die.
Children of Mary Clarinda Holland and B. Story:

1.  Kay Frances Story was born est. 1936.

2.  Johnny D. Story was born est. 1938.  He married Janette [last name unknown].

8.  Flora Holland was born26 August 1919, in Ray Community, Tom Green County, Texas.  She married J. E. "Buck" Arrott on 16 July 1938.  Flora died 16 October 1994, in Tom Green County, Texas.
Children of Flora Holland and J. E. "Buck" Arrott:

1.  Nancy Arrott was born est. 1939.  She died before 2007.

2.  Mary A. Arrott was born in 1941 and died in 2004. 

3.  Jimmy Arrott was born est. 1934.  He married Debbie [last name unknown].

3.  Viola A. Holland was born in Alabama on 13 January 1875.  She married William R. Warrick in Williamson County, Texas, on 15 September 1895.  There is a picture of her in the Album section of this web site.

4.  Carrie Leola Holland was born 27 August 1880, in Alabama.  She married William Albert Tucker about 1904, in Texas.  There is a picture of her in the Album section of this web site.

9.  John T. Holland was born est. 1848.  He is listed with his parents on the 1860 census of Randolph County, Alabama, along with his brother Woodard H. Holland and sister Jane Holland. 

Elisha's children continue with
5. Bryant Holland, born in 1797 (5th child of Elisha Holland).

About this History

Louis Lea Holland
17 February 1917 -  8 January 1976

There are errors in this work; some dates could not logically work.  If you see a mistake or can add to the information here, please contact me.  The information is from family historians Nellie Holland Russell and Mary Ketus Deen Holland, information of which I have personal knowledge or have gathered from family members, and contributions sent to me through this web site.  Though imperfect, it is a good start.  Enjoy and please let me know if you have questions or corrections.  This work will be updated on a regular basis so check the revision date below to see when additions or changes were last made.

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Holland Family History in America - Jesse and Betsy's branch
Published 10 June 1996 ~ This page added 2 March 2007 ~ Last updated 20 October 2011

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