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 in 1795 or 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 between 1806 and 1808, 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 strongly favors Jesse as 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.  As for the two boys under 5, one would be William Henry Holland; I don't know the name of the other one.  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.  In the residence next to them are their son Debreaux, age 24; his wife Mary, age 21, and their son T. D, age 1.  In the residence listed following Debreaux and Mary are W. H. Holland, age 30; his wife Elizabeth, age 25; and four girl children ages 1, 4, 5, and 7.  An image of the 1860 Randolph County, Alabama census showing these families is in the Public Records - Census section of this website.

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 Avey A. Holland, age 17;  Amanda, age 14; and Wm H, age 9.  Avey, Amanda and William H. are the daughters of Jesse and Elizabeth's son William Henry Holland.^{34 35 149} 

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.  Holland 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.  Penina 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.  She also lived with her parents in Georgia and Alabama, moving out in 1858 when she married James Monroe Taylor in Randolph County, Alabama.  James Taylor served as a private in the Alabama Confederate Infantry during the Civil War.  We know that he died before 1880 when Penina was listed as a widow on the census for Cleburne County, Alabama.  She was living next to her brothers Eli, J.T. and Woodard, with her son, farming the land.  Penina applied for a military pension as James M. Taylor's widow on 31 July 1889.  She died a year later at the age of sixty-five.  She is buried in Abel Cemetery in Cleburne County, Alabama.
Child of Penina Holland and James Monroe Taylor:

1.  Elisha Henry Taylor, known as "Tink, was born 1 May 1859, in Randolph County, Alabama.  He moved with his parents to Talladega County, Alabama in 1860.

3.  William Henry "Hank" Holland C.S.A., born about 1829 or 1830 in Johnston County, North Carolina, is also referred to as William H. and Henry. He is listed 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.  He married a woman named Elizabeth sometime before 1853, and had four girls by 1859.  By 1860, he was the only one of his family farming on his own land -- not rented or share-cropped -- in Randolph County, Alabama.  William Henry Holland enlisted in the Confederate States of America Army on 1 February 1863, to serve in Hunt's Battalion, Alabama Light Artillery as a private.  He was assigned to Petersburg, Virginia, 1 November 1964, and that is the last report we have of W. H. Holland.  Apparently he died on the battlefields there.  His brother Woodard Holland was also there.  More information on his military service is in the Public Records - Military section of this website.   
Children of William H. Holland and Elizabeth:


1.  Avey Ann Elizabeth Holland was born 14 January 1853, 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, and was buried in the Baptist Church Cemetery in Munford.
Children of Avey Ann Elizabeth Holland and Benjamin Pryor Maddox:

1.  Emma Maddox was born before 1900, probably in Georgia; and died before 1900. 

2.  Samuel J. Maddox  was born before 1900, probably in Georgia; and died before 1900. 

3.  Judy Ann Elizabeth Maddox was born in November 1872, in Cleburne County, Alabama.  She married Elisha H. Taylor on 5 February 1896, in Munford, Talladega County, Alabama.  In 1880, they are listed on the Calhoun County, Alabama census.  Elisha H. Taylor died 23 January 1944, in Cleburne County, Alabama.^{34, 35}  
Children of Judy Ann Elizabeth Maddox and Elisha H. Taylor:

1.  Erin Taylor was born in 1900, in Alabama.

2.  Ola Taylor was born about 1903, in Alabama.

3.  Birdie Taylor was born about 1905, in Alabama.

4.  Lula Taylor was born about 1906, in Alabama.

5.  Amanda Taylor was born about 1908, in Alabama.

6.  Lorene Taylor was born about 1910, in Alabama.  She was called Essie.

7.  Carlson Taylor was born 30 October 1913, in Alabama.

4.  William Henry Maddox was born 19 July 1876, in Cleburne County, Alabama.  He married Ida Leona McNair before 1898.  She was born 22 August 1878, in DeKalb County, Georgia, and died 18 April 1947.  Their family is listed on the 1900 census for Talladega County, Alabama.
Children of William Henry Maddox and Ida Leona McNair:

1.  Willie Irene Delilla Maddox was born 5 October 1898 in Talladega County, Alabama.  She married Paul Franklin Waters on 6 September 1914. 
Children of Willie Irene Delilla Maddox and Paul Franklin Waters:

1.  Paul Waters was born 15 September 1915 in Alabama.  He married Gladys McWaters. 
Children of Paul Waters and Gladys McWaters:

1.  Paul Allen Waters was born about 1935, probably in Alabama.  He married Yolanda Yager; this could be a misspelling of the name Yeager. 
Children of Paul Allen Waters and Yolanda Yager:

1.  James Allen Waters was born about 1955, probably in Alabama.

2.  Caryn (could be Carolyn) Waters was born about 1957, probably in Alabama

2.  Janice Waters was born about 1937, probably in Alabama.  She married John Nichols

2.  Willie Mae Waters was born about 1917, probably in Alabama.  She married Scott Gilmer.  He was born 18 Nov 1912, probably in Alabama.  He died 23 December 1991. 
Children of Willie Mae Waters and Scott Gilmer:

1.  Richard Lee Gilmer was born abt. 1946, probably in Alabama.

2.  Billy Frank Gilmer was born 2 June 1948, probably in Alabama.  He died 24 May 1984.

3.  Barbara Leona Waters was born about 1919, probably in Alabama.  She married Charles Vinson.  He was born 25 May 1922, probably in Alabama.  He died 25 December 1965; he was 43. 
Children of Barbara Waters and Charles Vinson:

1.  Charlene Vinson was born about 1942, probably in Alabama.  She married Phillip Alfred.
Children of Charlene Vinson and Phillip Alfred:

1.  Charles Gregory Allred or Alfred was born est. 1965.

2.  Shannon Kay Alfred was born est. 1968.

2.  Paula Kay Vinson was born about 1944, probably in Alabama.

4.  James Edward Waters was born about 1922, in Alabama.  He married Marie Stowers.
Child of James Waters and Marie Stowers:

1.  Glenda Waters was born est. 1944, probably in Alabama.

2.  Arthur Clarence Maddox was born 25 October 1899, in Talladega County, Alabama.  He married Leila Haney; she was born abt. 1904 in South Carolina. Arthur Maddox died in Attalla, in Etowah County, Alabama.  His family was listed in the 1900 census of Talladega County, Alabama.
Child of Arthur Clarence Maddox and Leila Haney:

1.  Arthur Clarence Maddox, Jr. was born about 1930, in Alabama.

3.  Lula Alice Maddox was born 30 April 1902 in Gadsden, Alabama.  She married Coleman Bussey.  He was born est. 1901 in Alabama.

4.  Maude Beatrice Maddox was born 22 March 1904, in Munford, Talladega County, Alabama.  She married Leonard C. Smith on 1 February 1920.  He was born 29 September 1899, in Munford, Talladega County, Alabama.  He died 24 February 1978, in Talladega County; he was 78.  Maude Maddox Smith died 31 March 1993, in Talladega County, Alabama. 
Children of Maude Maddox and Leonard C. Smith:

1.  Elsa Mae Smith was born about 1932, in Munford, Talladega County, Alabama.  She married Paul Ferrell.  He was born about 1932, in Munford, Alabama.

2.  Lenora Wilodean Smith was born about 1934, in Talladega County, Alabama.  She married Wilmer Lane Smith.  He was born about 1934, the son of Harvey Lee Smith and Mary Dewey Parnell, in Talladega County, Alabama. 

3.  Loretta Fay Smith was born 17 July 1935, probably in Alabama.  She married Nolan Crump. He died 4 August 1996, in Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama. 
Childern of Loretta Fay Smith and Nolan Crump:

1.  Nancy L. Crump was born about 1953, probably in Alabama.

2.  Nolan Danny Crump was born 18 February 1955, in Talladega County, Alabama.  He died 4 August 1996, in Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama; he was 41. 

5.  Claudia Mayetta Maddox was born about 1906, in Munford, Alabama.  She married Noah A. Butt. 

6.  Roscoe Elisha Maddox was born 12 August 1908 in Alabama.  He married Alice Vivian Lee, probably in Alabama.  She was born 28 April 1910, in Rainbow City, Alabama, the daughter of Robert Jackson and Nancy Tucker Lee.  Roscoe Maddox died before 2001; his wife Alice Lee Maddox died 6 August 2001, in Rainbow City. 
Children of Roscoe Elisha Maddox and Alice Vivian Lee:

1.  Eric R. Maddox was born about 1930, probably in Alabama.  He married Mona [last name unknown]. 

2.  David Maddox was born about 1932, probably in Alabama.

3.  Don Maddox was born about 1934, probably in Alabama.  He married Mona [last name unknown]. 

4.  Richard Maddox was born about 1936, probably in Alabama.

5.  Helen Maddox was born about 1938, probably in Alabama.  She married James A. Arthur. 

6.  Nan Maddox was born about 1940, probably in Alabama.  She married Douglas Metz. 

7.  Joy Maddox was born about 1942, probably in Alabama.  She married Richard Barnard. 

8.  Vivian Maddox was born about 1944, probably in Alabama.  She married Larry Smith.

7.  John Daniel Maddox was born 6 June 1910, in Alabama.  He married Ora Harris.

8.  Priscilla Addie Belle Maddox was born 8 June 1912, in Alabama.  She married Charles Daviston.

9.  Annie Mae Elizabeth Maddox was born 27 December 1916, in Alabama.  She married Emanuel Clikas.  He was born 6 March 1909, probably in Alabama.  Ann Maddox Clikas died in June 1973, probably in Alabama.  Emanuel Clikas died in March 1982, in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. 

10.  William Harvey Maddox was born 25 February 1917, in Alabama.  He married Lucille Turner. 

11.  Josephine Vatura Maddox was born 30 October 1920.  She married Floyd Brown.

5. Nancy Alice Maddox was born 19 October 1878, in Cleburne County, Alabama.  She married Benjamin Thomas Freeman about 1898, probably in Alabama.  Benjamin Thomas Freeman was the son of John D. Freeman (b. 1847 in Georgia; m. 15 May 1872, Calhoun County, Alabama; d. 8 October, Calhoun County) and Harriett Elrod (b. abt. 1852, Alabama; d. 15 April 1915, Calhoun County), and the grandson of Robert Freeman (b. abt. 1820, Georgia; m. 19 August 1844 Troup County, Georgia)  and Nancy Brown (b. abt. 1828 Georgia).  Their family is listed in the 1880 census of Calhoun County, Alabama.  Benjamin Freeman died 2 February 1957, in Etowah County, Alabama.  Nancy Maddox Freeman died 26 October 1969, in Etowah County.  She was 90. 
Children of Nancy Alice Maddox and Benjamin Thomas Freeman:

1.  Elisha Clarence Free was born and died before 1900, probably in Alabama.

2.  Charlie Robert Freeman was born 2 September 1901, in Talladega County, Alabama.  He married Jessie Mae Churchill, daughter of Anna Kircus and Andrew Jackson Churchill (b. 9 March 1857, Walton County, Georgia; d. 5 April 1937, Reeves Grove, St. Clair County, AL)  in Alabama.  Jessie Churchill had siblings Herbert Andrew Churchill (b. 21 Mar 1887, Coffee County, Georgia), Bertha A. Churchill (b. 21 Dec 1888, Etowah County, Alabama), Myrtie Churchill (b. 15 April 1891 Etowah County, Alabama), Grover C. Churchill (b. 4 Feb 1893 Douglas County, Georgia), and Ethel Churchill (b. 20 Aug. 1895 GA).  Charlie Freeman died 31 October 1964, in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama.  Jessie died a week later, on 8 November 1964, in Gadsden. 
Children of Charlie Robert Freeman and Jessie Churchill:

1.  Hubert Freeman was born 9 July 1921, in Talladega County, Alabama.  He married Icy Obelia Collins.  She was born about 1922, in Marshall County, Alabama.  Hubert Freeman died 10 February 1995, in Madison County, Alabama. 
Children of Hubert Freeman and Icy Collins:

1.  Frances Nell Freeman was born about 1941, in Etowah County, Alabama. 

2.  Jimmy Randall Freeman was born about 1923, in Etowah County, Alabama.  He married Sandra Lee Parton.

3.  Audrey Virginia Freeman was born about 1945, in Etowah County, Alabama.  She married Walter C. Clayton. 

4.  Richard Dale Freeman was born about 1947, in Etowah County, Alabama.  He married Susan Hendrix. 

5.  Travis Ray Freeman was born about 1948, in Etowah County, Alabama.  He married Tommie June Wilder. 

6.  William Glenn Freeman was born about 1950, in Etowah County, Alabama.  He married Charlotte Renae Smith. 

7.  Myrtle Irene Freeman was born about 1952, in Etowah County, Alabama.  She married Eddie Leon Skelton. 

8.  Andy Freeman was born about 1955, probably in Alabama.  He married Charlotte Alverson. 

9.  Alan Heath Freeman was born about 1958, probably in Alabama.

2.  Rozell Freeman was born 19 November 1923, in Talladega County, Alabama.  She married Calvin C. Agan.  She died 9 February 1987, in Calhoun County, Alabama. 
Children of Rozell Freeman and Calvin Agan:

1.  Janine Agan was born about 1942, probably in Alabama.

2.  Martha Sue Agan was born about 1944, probably in Alabama.

3.  Linda Gail Agan was born about 1946, probably in Alabama.

4.  Barbara Ann Agan was born about 1949.

3.  Alice Mae Freeman was born 25 February 1926, in Alabama.  She married Ralph Teal.  He died 8 March 1975, in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio.  Alice Freeman Teal died 29 September 1999, in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama. 

4.  Herbert Hoover Freeman was born 25 February 1926, in Alabama.  He married Sarah Elizabeth Drain.  Herbert Freeman died 29 September 1999, in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama. 

5.  Catherine Louise Freeman was born about 1930, probably in Alabama.  She married Frank Aaron Rhodes. 

6.  James Sylvester Freeman was born about 1932, in Etowah County, Alabama.  He married Faye Alford. 

7.  Geraldine Freeman was born about 1935, probably in Alabama. 

8.  Robert Earl Freeman was born about 1938, probably in Alabama. 

9.  Cecil Edward Freeman was born 15 July 1943 in St. Clair County, Alabama.  He died 15 January 1944 in Etowah County, Alabama, at age 6 months. 

3.  Maggie B. Freeman was born 29 February 1904, in Talladega County, Alabama.  She married Remus D. Haney.  He was born 20 October 1900, in Easley, South Carolina.  Maggie Freeman Haney died 10 March 1982, in Hokes Bluff, Etowah County, Alabama.  Remus Haney died 23 March 1985, in Attalla, Etowah County, Alabama. 
Children of Maggie Freeman and Remus Haney:

1.  Furman Madison Haney was born 3 December 1920, in Alabama.  He married Vivian Kathleen West.

2.  Flora Beatrice Haney was born about 1924, probably in Alabama.  She married Beaver C. Morgan. 

3.  Virginia Haney was born 19 September 1925, in Alabama.  She married Martin Germonto.  Virginia Haney Germonto died 3 March 1997, in California. 

4.  Remus D. Haney, Jr. was born about 1927, in Alabama. 

5.  Hazen Haney was born about 1929, probably in Alabama.  She married John Stephens. 

6.  Jean Haney was born about 1932, probably in Alabama.  She married an Odom.

7.  Louie Edward Haney was born 9 June 1933, probably in Alabama.  He married Marilyn Revetta Vinson, daughter of Herman David Vinson (b. 29 Jan. 1898; d. 24 Feb. 1964) and Suvila Smith (b. 25 Aug. 1910; m. 11 May 1934; d. 21 Feb 1993).  Herman David Vinson was the son of Nathan Vinson and Martha Harrell.  Suvila Smith was the daughter of Andrew Homer Smith (b. 12 Jun 1887; d. 28 Dec. 1917) and Ada LaMargia Griffith (b. 19 Sep 1889; m. 22 Apr. 1906 Etowah Co., AL; d. 12 Aug 1974).  Louie Haney died 2 July 2004, in Rainsville, DeKalb County, Alabama. 

4.  Horace Stephens Freeman was born 5 August 1905, in Talladega County, Alabama.  He married Lillie Battles. She was born 7 July 1911 in Alabama, the daughter of Richard W. Battles and Minnie.   Horace Freeman died 10 February 1973, in Attalla, Etowah County, Alabama. 
Children of Horace Stephens Freeman and Lillie Battles:

1.  Lois Freeman was born about 1930 in Alabama.  She married John Giles.  She died before November 2001.

2.  Helen Joyce Freeman was born about 1932, probably in Alabama.  She married Jimmy Kilgore.

3.  Janice Lynn Freeman was born about 1934, probably in Alabama.  She married James Butler. 

4.  Larry Steve Freeman was born about 1936, probably in Alabama. 
Child of Larry Steve Freeman:

1.  Sonya Freeman was born about 1960, probably in Alabama. 

5.  Robert Coleman Freeman was born about 1938, probably in Alabama.  He died before November 2001.

6.  Horace Ray Freeman was born 4 February 1940, probably in Alabama.  He married Barbara Ann Pitts.

5.  Beulah Mae Freeman was born 10 August 1907, in Talladega County, Alabama.  She died 28 May 1983, in Etowah County, Alabama. 

6.  Rosa Lee Freeman was born in 1911 in Talladega County, Alabama.  She died 24 October 1984; she was 83.

7.  Dan Harris Freeman was born 26 February 1913, in Talladega County, Alabama.  He died 9 January 1990.

8.  Mable Veteria Freeman was born 30 September 1915, probably in Talladega County, Alabama. 

9.  Annie Agnes Freeman was born 20 September 1918, in Talladega County, Alabama.  She died 2 September 1993, in Marshall County, AL. 

10.  Ora Dea Freeman was born 22 September 1920, in Munford, Alabama.  She died 2 February 1995, in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama. 

11.  Elisha Clarence Freeman was born in 1921, probably in Alabama. 

12. Noland Freeman was born 23 May 1923, probably in Alabama.  He died 24 January 1990, in Marshall County, Alabama; he was 66.

6.  Arthur Maddox was born in 1880, in Cleburne County, Alabama.  He was listed on the 1880 census for Calhoun County, Alabama.  He died around 1900. 

7.  Laura Belle Maddox was born 20 October 1884, in Cleburne County, Alabama.  She married John Robert Fuller on 1 August 1898, probably in Alabama.  In 1900 she was listed on the census for Talladega County at age 16, living with her mother Avey Ann Elizabeth Holland and father Benjamin Pryor Maddox  She died 27 May 1982, at home in Talladega County, Alabama, and was buried at Old Baptist Church Cemetery in Munford.  Her death was a result of an injury from a fall getting out of bed.²⁴⁸ 
Children of Laura Belle Maddox and John Robert Fuller:

1.  Lewis Benjamin Fuller was born 6 June 1902, in Alabama.  He died 30 May 1960 at age 57. 

2.  Albert Dewey Fuller was born 20 January 1904, in Talladega County, Alabama.  He married Velma Lilly Lovvom in Alabama.  He died 29 November 1992, in Munford, Talladega County.  He was 88. 
Child of Albert Fuller and Velma Lovvorn:

1.  Darrell Dawson Fuller was born 16 January 1926, in Munford, Alabama.  He married Novia Rachel Patterson in Munford, Talladega County, Alabama.  Darrell Fuller died 31 December 2008, in Talladega County.  Novia Patterson Fuller died 14 May 2009, in Panama City Beach, Bay County, Florida. 
Child of Darrell Dawson Fuller and Novia Patterson:

1.  Sheila Kyle Fuller was born 8 August 1954, in Talladega, Alabama.

3.  Irene Fuller was born 26 February 1906, in Alabama.  She died 25 May 1992.

4.  Arthur Chester Fuller was born 26 March 1908, in Alabama.

5.  John Fred Fuller was born 31 August 1910, in Talladega County, Alabama. He married Ella Mae Bussey on 18 October 1931.  John F. Fuller died 29 May 1989, in Alabama.

6.  Earnest Preston Fuller was born 30 December 1912, in Alabama.  He died 18 October 1935. 

7.  Ethel Gertrude Fuller was born 20 August 1915, in Alabama. 

8.  Bertha Myrtle Fuller was born 16 December 1917, in Alabama.

9.  Mary Ola Fuller was born 5 November 1919, probably in Alabama.  She died 2 October 1930 at age 10.

10.  Vera Fuller was born 29 July 1922, probably in Alabama.  She died 29 July 1923 at age 1 year.

11.  Icy Delola Fuller was born 11 May 1927.

8.  James Oscar Maddox was born 31 January 1887, in Cleburne County, Alabama.  He married Bessie Mae Waters.  She was born 26 July 1882.  James Maddox died 6 March 1917 at age 30.  Bessie died 20 November 1935; she was 53.
Children of James Oscar Maddox and Bessie Mae Waters:

1.  Margaret Maddox was born 11 December 1913, in Alabama.  She died 20 March 1932.  She was 18.  Margaret was buried in Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery in Cleburne County, Alabama. 

2.  James Oscar Maddox, Jr. was born 13 July 1915.  He died  24 July 1915, and was buried at Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery in Cleburne County, Alabama.

9.  Elisha Clarence Maddox was born 21 January 1889, in Cleburne County, Alabama.  He married Ruby Exier West around 1913, in Talladega County, Alabama.  They had four children.
Children of Elisha Clarence Maddox and Ruby West:

1. Cora Maddox was born about 1914, in Talladega County, Alabama.

2.  Leroy Maddox was born 12 April 1914, in Talladega County, Alabama. He died in February 1986, in Talladega, Alabama.

3.  Josephine Maddox was born about 1917, in Talladega Springs, Alabama.

4.  James Maddox was born 23 March 1919 in Talladega County, Alabama.  He died in August 1986, in Eastaboga, Talladega County, Alabama.

10.  Samuel J. Maddox was born and died about 1892 in Cleburne County, Alabama. 

11.  Cora Maddox was born in October 1894, probably in Cleburne County, Alabama.

2.  Amanda J. Holland was born in 1855, in Calhoun County, Alabama.  In 1860 she was listed on the Randolph County, Alabama census, and in 1870 she was listed on the Calhoun County, Alabama census.  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.

3.  Nancy C. Holland was born about 1856 or 1857, in Alabama.  She was listed on the 1860 Randolph County, Alabama census with her parents.  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.  In 1860 she was listed on the Randolph County, Alabama census with her parents.  She married George M. Hix on 7 September 1877, in Calhoun County, Alabama.

5.  William H. Holland was born in June 1864, in Calhoun County, Alabama.  When he was a few days short of 20 years old, he married Fannie E. Hollingsworth, in Cleburne County, Alabama, on 29 May 1884.
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.

4.   Eli T. Holland was born 27 February 1834.  He was previously listed as the 5th son of Enos and Susan Holland with reservations about his parentage.  Recent research has pointed him in this direction so I am moving him here as the 4th child of Jesse and Betsy Holland while reserving the right to move him back to Enos' branch should evidence to do so swing back in that direction.  I do not do this lightly as I know it is traumatic to see your heritage change and find out you are not quite who you thought you were.  It also a lot of work for me.

There is also uncertainty as to where Eli was born.  The 1850 census of Randolph County, Alabama shows him born in Georgia, the 1860 census of Rockdale, Randolph County, Alabama, says he was born in Alabama, while the 1870 census of Oxford, Calhoun County, Alabama, says he was born in North Carolina.  Evidence points to his being born in Georgia so I'm going with that for now.  Eli Holland's middle initial has been variously interpreted as T., G. and R.  Researchers of Enos' line Jim Allen and Keitha Kirk refer to Eli as Eli T. based on this family's listing in the 1870 census of Calhoun County, Alabama, as follows:

Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	State of birth
Holland, Ely T.	36	M	Farmer	AL
Holland, Amanda	34	F		AL
Holland, Salona	12	F		AL
Holland, Emily	10	F		AL
Holland, Emma	4	F		AL
Holland, Matthew	1	F		AL
Jenkins, Vaney, Eli	60		house keeper	SC
McDaniel, F.	20	M	farm laborer	AL34

Other researchers of this line refer to Eli as Eli G. Holland.  Harold Holland, by means of family lore, says Eli's middle initial should be R, based on his aunt Hazel Ivey Holland telling him that her grandfather Raymond Holland was named after his father Eli, implying that Eli's middle name was Raymond.

Eli Holland married Amanda Woodard, formerly thought to be Amanda M. Jenkins, on 25 October 1857, in Calhoun County, then called Benton County, Alabama.  Amanda was born 18 June 1835, in Benton County.  Benton County was created in 1832 from former Creek Indian territory. Initially, the county was named Benton for Colonel Thomas Hart Benton. In 1858, the name was changed to Calhoun in honor of John C. Calhoun of South Carolina.  Harold Holland, great-grandson of Eli Holland, says that Amanda Jenkins' father was married to a full-blooded Indian.  Both her parents were alcoholics.  Amanda ran away from home while still a child.  She was raised by Joe Woodard's family.   Amanda also became an alcoholic; she lived to age 89.  Eli Holland died about 1878, at about 44 years old.  Amanda died 31 July 1924, in Calhoun County, and was buried in Crook Cemetery, Ohatchee, Calhoun County, Alabama.  Eli is probably buried there, too.  The information in this section was provided by Jim Allen³⁵ , Keitha Kirk, ³⁴and Harold Holland.⁹⁸  It is by no means the final word on Eli Holland's family; an attempt is being made to unravel it but there is a long way to go and many holes left to fill.  There is more about Eli, son of Enos, in the Remembrances section of this web site. 
Children of Eli Holland and Amanda Jenkins:





1.  Salona Holland was born 16 July 1858 in Calhoun County, Alabama.  She married James Adders on 16 October 1880, in Calhoun County, Alabama. 
Children of Salona Holland and James Adders:

1.  Babe Adders was born 28 June 1881 and died 12 July 1881, in Calhoun County, Alabama.

2.  Fridonia Ider Adders was born 23 December 1884, probably in Calhoun County, Alabama.  She was buried in Calhoun County, Alabama.

3.  Glorrie Adders was born est. 1887, probably in Calhoun County, Alabama.  She died 10 September 1899, and was buried in Calhoun County, Alabama.

2.  Emily Holland was born 10 April 1860, in Calhoun County, Alabama. She was listed on the 1870 Calhoun County census with her father's family, at age 10.  In the Family Bible, Emily was listed as being born 10 April 1862, and her brother, Eli James, as being born 29 August 1862.  Since it is unlikely that they were born four months apart, and since she was listed as 10 years old on the 1870 census, I am concluding that the entry in the Bible was in error.  I have seen it happen many times, even in my own family Bible, that a child is not always listed at the time of their birth, but listed when another child comes along, and both listed at the same time.  

 She married John W. Coley on 25 December 1881 in Cleburne County, Alabama.  Emily died 7 March 1898.  
Children of Emily Holland and John W. Coley:

1.  [1st name unknown] Coley was born 29 December 1884.

2.  [1st name unknown] Coley was born 4 June 1891.

3.  Ruffers Coley was born 10 May 1896.  

3.  Eli James S. Holland was born 29 August 1862, and died 7 March 1863. 

4.  Emma Vianne Holland was born 12 May 1866, in Calhoun County, Alabama.  She married Faight Berry on 6 October 1889 in Cleburne County, Alabama. He was born January 1860 in Alabama.
Children of Emma Vianne Holland and Faight Berry:

1. Joseph Berry was born in January (or 4 August) 1890 in Alabama.

2.  William Berry was born 22 December (or January) 1892 in Alabama.

5.  Matthew Holland was born 24 July 1868, in Calhoun County, Georgia, and died 14 (or 15) September 1876, at age 8.  

6.  Raymond Holland was born 31 May 1871, in Alabama.  He married 1st Mattie Jenkins on 18 June 1893.  He married 2nd Lilly Eades.  Raymond ran a small grocery store in McFall, Calhoun County, Alabama.  McFall is no longer a town.  Raymond Holland died 6 October 1903.  His place of burial is thought to be Plum Cemetery in Calhoun County, Alabama.  
Children of Raymond Holland and Mattie Jenkins:

1.  A. G. Holland was born 14 May 1889.  He moved to California and died in a car wreck there between 1945 and 1950. 

2.  Aaron Isaac Holland was born 12 June 1895, in McFall, Talladega, County (or Calhoun County), Alabama.  He married Elizabeth Harriett Holland.  She was born 29 April 1900, the daughter of William Robert Hampton and Molly King, at the mouth of the Gasper River, near Bowling Green, in Warren County, Kentucky.  William Robert Hampton changed his name to Holland prior to their getting married, and later changed it back to Hampton.  (See Notes from Harold Holland.)  William Robert Holland and Molly King also had children Edgar Edwin Holland, and Bernice Grice Holland.  Elizabeth Harriett Holland and Aaron Isaac Holland were married in Atlanta, Georgia around 1917.  He died April 13, 1926, at the age of 31.  At the time of his death, he was living at 18 East 24th Street in Anniston, Alabama.  His birth certificate lists the cause of death as dilated heart.  Elizabeth died 22 August 1929.  They are both buried in Crook Cemetery in Ohatchee, Calhoun County, Alabama. 
Child of Aaron Isaac Holland and Elizabeth Harriett Holland:

1.  Harold Holland was born 12 April 1920, in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.  He married Rosalie Ruth Kovar 26 August 1945, in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas.  Rosalie was born 20 November 1922 in Snook, Burleson County, Texas, to parents Will Kovar and Lydia Vajdak..
Children of Harold Holland and Rosalie Kovar:

1.  Harold Holland, Jr. was born 15 April 1946, in Houston, Texas.  He married first Barbara Barksdale of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  In April 2005, she was living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  They divorced.  Harold Holland, Jr. married second Jackie Jackson.  They divorced In April 2005, Jackie was living in Bedford, Tarrant County, Texas.  Harold Holland, Jr. married third Kendall Banner.  In April 2005, she lived in Clear Lake, Texas.¹⁷⁹  
Children of Harold Holland, Jr. and Barbara Barksdale:

1.  Harold Holland III was born 22 February 1969 in Houston, Texas.  In April 2005, he was living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  He married Jan Kirby.
Child of Harold Holland III and Jan Kirby:

1.  Harold Christian Holland was born 12 October 1995.  He was living with his mother in Fuquay Varina, Wake County, North Carolina, in August 2008.  There is a picture of Harold Christian Holland in the Album - Family Photos section of this website. 

2.  Priscilla Ann Holland was born 4 September 1970 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. She first married Shane Walker.  They divorced.  She married 2nd, Tracy Civelio. 
Child of Priscilla Holland and Shane Walker:

1.  Marissa Mercedes Walker was born 10 May 1989. 

Child of Priscilla Holland and Tracy Civelio:

1. Julian Anthony Civelio was born 26 October 1995.  He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Child of Harold Holland, Jr. and Jackie Jackson:

1.  Howard Hughes Holland was born 25 February 1974 in Irving, Texas.  He married [unknown].  They divorced.  In August 2005, he married 2nd Jamie Gobel.
Children of Howard Hughes Holland:

1.  Cierra Lorene Holland was born 18 October 1994.

2.  Alexis Hope Holland was born 19 December 1995.

Child of Harold Holland, Jr. and Kendall Banner:

1.  Elizabeth Honey Holland was born 11 July 1988 in Houston, Texas. She was named for her great-grandmother, Elizabeth Harriett Holland.  In April 2005, she lived in Clear Lake, Texas.

2.  Kenneth Wayne Holland was born 28 September 1947, in Houston, Texas.  He married Sandy Rumfolo.
Children of Kenneth Wayne Holland and Sandy Rumfolo:

1.  Christina Ann Holland was born 26 January 1988, in Houston, Texas.  She married Steve Morgan from London, England.
Child of Christina Ann Holland and Steve Morgan:

1.  Shannon Taylor Morgan was born 7 April 1996. 

Child of Christina Ann Holland and C. R.

1.  Charlie

2.  Kirk Wayne Holland was born 4 March 1975, in Houston, Texas.  He married Sara Elizabeth Boyd on 12 November 2005, in Spring, Harris County, Texas.  Sarah was born 21 August 1978.
Children of Kirk Wayne Holland and Sara Boyd:

1.  Brandin Wayne Holland was born in June 2006, in Kingwood, Texas.¹³¹  

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3.  Carolyn Marie Holland was born 24 December 1948, in Houston, Texas.  She married Jay Stoneburner.
Children of Carolyn Marie Holland and Jay Stoneburner:

1.  Shelley Stoneburner was born 27 August 1972, in Houston, Texas.  She married 1st, Scott Webb.  They divorced.  She married 2nd, Kevin Daughtry.
Child of Shelley Stoneburner and Scott Webb:

1.  Hannah Webb was born est. 1992.

Child of Shelley Stoneburner and Kevin Daughtry:

1.  Kevin Chase Daughtry was born about 1995.

2.  Steven Stoneburner was born 19 September 1974, in Houston, Texas. He married Tricia Jackson.
Children of Steven Stoneburner and Tricia Jackson:

1.  Jackson Stoneburner was born est. 1998.

2.  Jayden Stoneburner was born est. 2000.

4.  Debra Rene Holland was born 11 August 1953, in Houston, Texas.  She married David Ward.
Children of Debra Holland and David Ward:

1.  Jonathan Henry Ward was born 19 December 1987 in Houston, Texas.

2.  Christopher Harold Ward was born 3 December 1990.

3.  Ithone Holland was born 2 March 1896.  

Child of Raymond Holland and Lilly Eades:

1.  Ethel Holland was born est. 1905.  She remembered her grandfather Eli's father as being Enos, according to Harold Holland, her nephew.  She died 26 August 1986, in Michigan.⁹⁸ 

7.  Sedaisa Holland was born about 1874 or 1875, in Alabama.

8.  Daniel Holland was born 3 June 1875, in Calhoun County, Alabama.  He married 1st Josephine Hutto on 26 January 1895, when he was 19 years old and she was 14.  Josephine was born 19 February 1880, in Eastaboga County, Alabama.  The marriage was performed by the Hon. G. K. Miller at her father's home, in Talladega County, Alabama.  Their marriage license was issued on the written request of Ivey N. Hutto, Josephine's father, and Amanda Holland, Daniel Holland's mother.  Josie, as she was called, died 15 December 1928, in Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, and was buried in Crook Cemetery in Calhoun County.  Daniel married 2nd Clara Cole.  They had three children together.  Daniel died 12 November 1961, in Calhoun County, Alabama, and was also buried in Crook Cemetery.²¹⁸   
Children of Daniel Holland and Josephine Hutto:

1.  Tannie Holland was born 6 May 1896, in Alabama..

2.  Howard Holland was born February 1898, in Alabama..

3.  Elva Holland was born abt. 1899, in Alabama, and died before 1900.

4.  Gertrude Holland was born August 1901, in Alabama.

5.  Raymond Daniel Holland was born 5 September 1905, in Alabama.  He died on a bridge spanning the Tallapoosa River a few miles from Anniston in Calhoun County, on 25 October 1925.  He was 19 years old.  He was buried in Crook Cemetery in Calhoun County, Alabama. ^{34, 35, 218} 

6.  Horace C. Holland was born 5 April 1909, in Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama.

7.  Hazel Ivey Holland was born 9 June 1911, in Alexandria, Calhoun County, Alabama.  She was apparently named after her mother's father, Ivey Hutto.  Hazel married Charles Douglas Kelley 12 February 1932, in Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama.  Charles Kelley was born 10 November 1909, in Calhoun County, Alabama.  He died 11 November 1941, in Manchester, Coffee County, Tennessee, at age 32.  He was buried in Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama. Hazel died 45 years later on 25 August 1986 in Anniston, Alabama, at the age of 75.
Child of Hazel Ivey Holland and Charles Kelley:

1.  Ronald Douglas Kelley was born 19 June 1935, in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan.  He married Patricia Ann Penny May on 22 May 1958, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.  Patricia was born 28 April 1940, in Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.  Ronald died 13 April 1979, in Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia, at age 43.  He was buried in Roswell.  Patricia died 26 January 1985, in Albuquerque, at age 44, and was buried in Albuquerque.  
Children of Ronald Kelley and Patricia Penny:

1.  Mark Daniel Kelley was born 1 July 1959 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.  
Child of Mark Kelley and Diane Birmingham:

1.  Candace Kelley was born about 1988 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

2.  Cinderella Kelley was born 2 November 1960 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.  She married Franklin Orban Kroh 3 April 1993 in Albuquerque.
Children of Frank Kroh and Cinderella Kelley:

1.  Jacob Mark Kroh was born 19 October 1994 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

2.  Andrew Kroh was born 29 June 1996.

8.  Elsa Holland was born est. 1916.  She married a Morris.
Child of Elsa Holland and Morris:

1.  Margaret J. Morris was born est. 1940 and lives in Ohio.

9.  Francis Holland was born 7 November 1918 in Calhoun County, Alabama.  She died 9 April 1919 in Calhoun County, Alabama, and was buried in Crook Cemetery in Calhoun County. 

10.  Willie Gray Holland was born 23 May 1920, probably in Calhoun County, Alabama.  He died 13 March 1938.

11.  Gerancio Holland was born est.1924.  She is still living in Alabama.

Children of Daniel Holland and Clara Cole:

10.  Danny Holland was born est. 1930.

11.  Rose Holland was born est. 1932.

12.  Paul Holland was born est. 1935.

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8.  Dock Holland was born 25 January 1876. This may be the same person as Daniel Holland, referred to as Dock and Doctor.  He is listed on the 1880 Calhoun County, Alabama, census as "Doctor," age 4.  Daniel, however, is not listed; Doctor is listed after Sedaisa, age 5. 

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5.  Debreaux Holland was born between about 1836 in Georgia. By 1850 he was living with his parents and siblings in Randolph County, Alabama.  In the late 1850's he married a woman named Mary, born in Georgia.  They were living in Randolph County, Alabama, in 1860.  He was 24, Mary was 21, and they had a child one year old born in Alabama, referred to as T. D. on the census.  That census page can be seen in the Public Records - Census section of this website.  In June of 1863, Debreaux enlisted in Hurt's Battalion of the Alabama Light Artillery as a private in the Confederate States of America Army. 

6.  Woodard Haywood Holland, C.S.A. was born 19 November 1837, 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.  His brother William "Hank" Holland was there, also.  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.  Woodard Haywood Holland survived the war; his brother Henry Holland apparently did not.  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 brother W. Henry and 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.  Emma E. Holland was born in 1870, in Calhoun County, Alabama.  She was 3 months old in the 1870 census of Calhoun County, Alabama.  The Cleburne County census of 1880 shows her as 9 years old living with her parents.  She was unmarried when she was a witness to her sister Laura Alice Holland's marriage to Henry Shaw in 1891. 

2.  F. Cora Holland was born November 1872, 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.

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

4.  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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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.  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. 

Possible child: William who was listed on the 1850 Randolph County, Alabama census as being born in Georgia, and 9 years old.  Nothing is known of him after that.

8.  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; he was 54.  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 abt 1848, in Randolph County, Alabama.  He was Jesse and Betsy Holland's last child and the only one born in Alabama.  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.  He continued living with his parent at least until 1870 when they were in Calhoun County, Alabama. 
These possible children of John T. Holland and Flarileida C. were provided to me; need to be verified:³⁵

1.  M. G. Holland was born about 1867 in Alabama.

2.  Parathedia Holland was born about 1867 or 1868 in Alabama.

3.  James S. Holland was born about 1869 in Alabama.

4.  V. A. Holland was born about 1875 in Alabama.

5.  E. A. Holland was born about 1878 in Alabama.

6.  P. T. Holland was born about 1878 in Alabama.

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

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