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Elisha Holland, son of Jimmie and Jerutha Holland, married twice and had 17 children. His namesake, Elisha, was his 8th child with first wife Patience Watkins. Elisha's, son of Elisha Holland, line is followed in this section.

Elisha Holland's children with wife Patience Watkins:	Elisha Holland's children with wife Patience Peacock:	Elisha Holland and Elizabeth Holland's children: (this page)
1. Enos Holland 2. Eli Holland 3. Woodard D. Holland 1 4. Betsy-Jesse Holland 5. Bryant Holland 6. Curtis Holland 7. Absalom Holland 8. Elisha Holland (this page)	9. Warren Holland 10. Ave (Nancy) Holland 11. Exum Holland 12. Jinnett Holland 13. Ginsey Holland 14. West Holland 15. Green Holland 16. Candace Holland 17. Needham Gray Holland	1. John Holland 2. Curtis (or Charles) Holland 3. Thomas Holland 4. Nancy Holland

8. Elisha Holland was born about 1804. He died 22 November 1901 on his homestead at age 96. It is said that he was buried alone on his property. His gravesite is located near the intersection of North Carolina state roads 1333 and 1337 on the west side of North Carolina Highway 581, referred to here as the Elisha Holland II Cemetery. Buried with him are Edward O. Snipes and his wife Betty E., and Forest and Doris Snipes Mitchell. No other Holland graves are there; I guess that is what is meant by his being buried alone.

Elisha is listed in the 1840, 1850 and 1860 censuses of Wayne County, North Carolina.¹⁰⁰ He married 1st Elizabeth (Betsey) Holland on 26 March 1822 in Johnston County, North Carolina. Bondsmen were Enos Holland, Geo. Mitchell, and R. Sanders. Elizabeth died about 1840. Elisha married 3 times after Betsey's death. There is a picture in the Album section of Elisha with his third wife Polly. All children are by the first marriage.
Children of Elisha Holland (b. 1805) and Elizabeth Holland:

1. Curtis (or Charles) Holland was born around 1820 or 1821 in North Carolina. In the 1850 Wayne County census, he was 27; in the 1860 census he was 40 and a cooper by profession. He is listed with Charlotte age 22, his wife, Avy Ann 3, Wiley 2, Elisha T. 7 months, and Sarah Holland 80. This seems to be the Charles Holland who served and died in the Civil War in 1863. He was deceased when his son Matthew applied for a marriage license in 1882; Charlotte was living in Johnston County. His military record is in the Public Records section of this web site.
Children of Curtis Holland and Charlotte:

1. Avy Ann Holland was born about 1857, in North Carolina.

2. Wiley Holland, a female, was born about 1858, in North Carolina.

3. Elisha T. Holland was born about 1859, in North Carolina.

4. Matthew Holland was born about 1860, presumably in Wayne of Johnston County, North Carolina. He was living in Johnston County when he applied for a marriage license on 30 January 1882. He married Vanie Pender on 1 February 1882, in Wayne County. She was 18 years old, the daughter of John Pender and Anne; both parents were living in Wayne County. The marriage was performed by Thomas Holland, minister and probably his uncle. The marriage took place at Elder E. Holland's, who was probably Mathew's grandfather Elisha Holland and Curtis and Thomas Holland's father.

2. John Holland was born about 1822 or 1823 in Wayne County, North Carolina. He married Serena Jane Howell. She was born 10 (or 18) July 1820, died 10 July 1889, and was buried in the Jinnett Caswell Holland Cemetery in Wayne County, North Carolina. There is a picture of her grave in the Album section of this web site. John married 2nd Mary Jane [last-name-unknown], called "Fannie." She was born in 1870.¹⁰⁰

This family was listed in the 1850 census for Wayne County. John was age 27, Jane age 32, Elisha age 6, Elizabeth age 3, and William age 1. In the 1860 and 1870 censuses in Wayne County, John was listed as 37 and a cooper; and 49 and a farm laborer, respectively.
Children of John Holland and Serena Jane:

1. Elisha Holland was born about 1844. He appeared in the 1850 census with his parents, at age 6. He was also listed with them in 1860 and 1870.

2. Elizabeth Holland was born about 1847. She appeared in the 1850 census with her parents, at age 3. She was not listed with them in 1860.

3. William B. Holland was born about 1849. He appeared on the census with his family in 1850, 1860, and 1870.

4. Ollen Holland was born 12 October 1851. He married 1st, Pherby Bunn, about 1874, in Wayne County, North Carolina, when he was about 22 years old. Pherby Bunn was a daughter of James Bunn and his wife Martha, born in January 1855. This family was living in Pikeville, North Carolina, at the time the 1860 census was taken. James Bunn was 29 years old and a cooper by trade. His wife Martha was also 29; children Mary A. Bunn was 10, John H. Bunn was 6, Pherby Bunn was 5, Joseph S. Bunn was 4, and James H. Bunn was 3. Ollen Holland was also living in Pikeville at the time of the 1860 census. It was his first appearance on a census; he was 7 years old and living with his parents John Holland and Jane Howell, along with brothers Elisha, 17 and Willima B., 11.¹⁸²

The Ollen Holland family appears on the 1900 census in Wayne County, North Carolina, recorded by a census-taker who, it appears, may have been hard of hearing or at least had difficulty spelling. Ollen was 'Oland,' Pherby was 'Harley.' Living with them were son Ben, age 17; daughter Pasishie, 11; Henrietta, age 10; and Lornier, a son, age 7. The family was living in Fremont, district 108. Pherby must have died soon after the census was taken, because Ollen married Nancy Nixon, in 1901 when he was about 46. ***I'm working on this -- I know it's not complete!

The 1910 census lists Ollen Holland's wife as Mary J.. This was Mary J. Nixon, born in Greene County, North Carolina on 27 August 1852, the daughter of Theodore Nixon and his wife Polly [last name unknown], who were also born in Greene County. The family was living in Buck Swamp Township district of Wayne County at that time. ¹³²
Children of OllenHolland and Phoebe Burn:

1. Benjamin Harrison Holland was born 16 March 1882, in Wayne County, North Carolina. He appears on the 1900 census in Wayne County with his parents, listed as Ben, age 17. On 23 September 1906, he married Mary Anne Pierce who was born 13 July 1890, in Goldsboro, Wayne County on 13 July 1890. She was the daughter of Hezekiah Pierce, who was born 19 May 1857, and died 8 December 1920. Ben Holland died 19 June 1973 at age 91; Mary died 6 May 1974. They are buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Fremont, North Carolina. A Masonic emblem is on his gravestone.¹³³ Images from Benjamin and Pharbe Holland's family Bible are in the Public Records section.¹⁷⁰
Children of Benjamin Harrison Holland and Mary Pierce:

1. James Winfrey Holland, called Winfrey, was born in Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina, 20 June 1907. He married on 9 September 1939. He died 28 June 1966.

2. George Ramon Holland, called Georgie and Buddy, was born in Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina, 4 January 1909. He married on 26 November 1930. He died 22 October 1975.

3. Charlie Milton Holland, called Milton, was born in Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina, 4 March 1911. He married on 13 May 1934. He died 22 September 1988.

4. Jessie Leon Holland, called Leon, was born in Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina, 5 July 1913. He married on 2 March 1934. He died in August.

5. Emma Rachel Holland was born in Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina, 24 October 1915. She married Walter Windham on 26 May 1934. They had one child that died at birth. Emma Holland died 28 August 1968.

6. Annie May Holland was born in Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina, 24 December 1917. She married on 9 December 1936.

7. Effie Elizabeth Holland was born 14 November 1920, in Eureka, Wayne County, North Carolina. She married Walter Fulcher on 14 October 1942. They did not have children. Effie Holland died 7 July 2006.

8. Mary Lee Holland was born 27 January 1923, in Eureka, Wayne County, North Carolina. She married Glenn pope on 1 March 1941.

9. William Harvey Holland was born in Stantonsburg, Wilson County, North Carolina. He married Jane [last name unknown] on 11 March 1950.

10. Benjamin. Anderson Holland, called Andy, was born 20 November 1929, in Stantonsburg, Wilson County, North Carolina. He married Jo Anne [last name unknown] on 15 November 1950. She died 31 October.

11. Ruby Marie Holland was born 28 July 1932, in Wayne County, North Carolina. She married Raymond Gilbert on 22 December 1951.

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2. Pasishie Holland was born 11 November 1888, in Wayne County, North Carolina. She appears on the 1900 census of Wayne County with her parents, age 11.

3. Henrietta Holland was born 10 May 1890, in Wayne County, North Carolina. She appears on the 1900 census of Wayne County with her parents, age 10.

4. Lornier Holland was born 7 September 1892, in Wayne County, North Carolina. He appears on the 1900 census of Wayne County with his parents, age 7.

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5. James B. Holland was born about 1863.

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3. Thomas Holland was born circa 1825 in North Carolina. He married Keziah Johnston on 23 July 1847, in Johnston County, North Carolina. He appears in the 1860 Wayne County Census at age 31, a grocer by occupation. With him in his household are Cuzzy (this would be his wife Keziah, who was called Kizzie), age 35; and children Willis, 11 (male); Shadrie, 3 (male); Fancy Ann, 6 (female); Rhoda, 5 (female); and Patience, 2 (female).

This seems to be the Thomas Holland who served and died in the Civil War in 1863. His military record is in the Public Records section of this web site.
Children of Thomas Holland and Keziah:

1. Willis Holland was born about 1849 in North Carolina. He married Nancy Ann Gurley on 20 February 1870. The marriage was performed by E. Holland, J. P., presumably his grandfather Elisha. Nancy was the daughter of D. Gurley and his wife Martha.⁶³

2. Shadrie Holland, a male, was born about 1852 in North Carolina.

3. Fancy Ann Holland was born about 1854 in North Carolina. She married a Radford.
Child of Fancy Ann Holland and Radford:

1. Lula Ellen Radford was born est. 1875. She married a Gurley.
Child of Lula Ellen Radford and Gurley:

1. Annie Gela Gurley was born est. 1895. She married a Gurley.
Child of Annie Gela Gurley and Gurley:

1. William Edmond Gurley was born est. 1920.
Child of William Edmond Gurley:

1. Tamera Gurley married a Tyner.

4. Patience Holland was born about 1859 in North Carolina.

5. Rhoda West Holland was born 3 March 1866 in Wayne County, North Carolina. She married Ruffin Davis. He was born 6 April 1852 (possibly 1860) and died 10 December 1906. Rhoda West Holland and her husband Ruffin Davis are buried in the Langley Cemetery in Kenly, Johnston County, North Carolina. The information on this family was provided by Kathy Summerlin.¹⁰⁶
Children of Rhoda West Holland and Ruffin Davis:

1. Charlie Clinton Davis was born 20 August 1855 in Johnston County, North Carolina. He married, first, Josephine Crawford. She was born 11 January 1897 in Johnston County, North Carolina and died 28 December 1914 in Wilson County, North Carolina. She was buried in the Langley Cemetery in Kenly, Johnston County, North Carolina.

Charlie Davis married, second, Minnie Inez Johnson. Minnie was born 15 July 1897 in Wilson County, North Carolina, and died 3 July 1968 in Pender County, North Carolina. Charlie died 4 April 1967 in Pender County, North Carolina. He and Minnie Johnson were both buried in the Moore's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Curry, Pender County, North Carolina.

2. William Arthur Davis was born 16 September 1888, probably in Johnston County, North Carolina. He married Minnie Vick; she was born 3 June 1901. William Davis died 7 October 1955 in Johnston County, North Carolina. Minnie Vick died 26 August 1986. They were both buried in the Kenly City Cemetery in Johnston County, North Carolina.

3. Pearcy Ann Davis was born 25 August 1891, probably in Johnston County, North Carolina. She married John Anderson Jordan. She died 27 February 1975 in Johnston County. Pearcy Davis and John Jordan were both buried in the Smithfield City Cemetery in Johnston County.

4. Rittie Mae Davis was born 1 January 1896 in Johnston County, North Carolina. She married Marvin Littleton. He was born 6 May 1898 in Johnston County, and died 18 January 1969 in Johnston County. Rittie Davis died 24 February 1974 in Johnston County. She and her husband were both buried in the Langley Cemetery in Kenly, Johnston County, North Carolina.

5. Ellen Bell Davis was born 19 March 1900, in Johnston County, North Carolina. She married Dr. Franklin Parnell on 30 November 1919, in Johnston County. He was born 20 June 1889, and died 24 February 1958, in Johnston County, and was buried in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina. Ellen Davis died 23 February 1963, in Johnston County, and was buried in the Langley Cemetery in Kenly, Johnston County, North Carolina.
Children of Ellen Bell Davis and Franklin Parnell:

1. Annie Bell Parnell was born 26 August 1920, in Johnston County, North Carolina. She married Ransom Phillips. He was born 15 September 1905, in Johnston County. He died 6 August 2002, in Johnston County, and was buried in the Fellowship Methodist Church Cemetery in Princeton, Johnston County, North Carolina. They had 6 girls and 4 boys.

2. Thurman (no middle name) Parnell was born 23 September 1922, in Johnston County, North Carolina. He married Norma Jane Brown on 19 October 1947 in Adams County, Nebraska. She was born 26 March 1927 in Adams County. Thurman Parnell died 30 November 1996 in Hastings, Nebraska, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska. Thurman Parnell and Norma Jane Brown had 5 boys.

3. Mary Bell Parnell was born 4 November 1924, probably in Johnston County, North Carolina. She married Wiley Franklin Shallington. He was born 28 January 1897 in Johnston County. He and Mary Parnell had 4 girls and 3 boys. Wiley Shallington died and was buried in either Wayne County or Johnston County, North Carolina.

4. Martha Ellen Parnell was born 2 November 1926, in Johnston County, North Carolina. She married, first, Arthur Bass on 4 September 1943, in Marlboro County, South Carolina. Arthur Bass was born 15 August 1902 in Wayne County, North Carolina. She was 16 when they got married, he was 41. He died and was buried in the Princeton City Cemetery in Johnston County.

Martha Parnell married, second, Junior Eason about 1970. They divorced about 1973 in Johnston County. She married, third, Jimmie Harold Price on 1 December 1973, in Dillon, South Carolina. He was born 10 July 1939, in Johnston County. They divorced in 1986, in Wayne County, North Carolina.

Martha Parnell and Arthur Bass had one boy and one girl, both who predeceased her.

5. Rhoda Iona Parnell was born 6 November 1930, in Johnston County, North Carolina. She married Paul Clifton Bailey on 6 May 1946 in Horry County, South Carolina. Paul was born 2 August 1919, in Wayne County, North Carolina. He died 28 May 1976, in Wayne County, and was buried in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina. Rhoda Parnell and Paul Bailey had 3 girls and 2 boys.

6. Gloria Hope Parnell was born 30 October 1932, in Johnston County, North Carolina. She married Earl Junior Talton on 1 May 1953, in Wayne County, North Carolina. Earl was born 13 October in Johnston County. They had 1 boy and 1 girl.

7. Gladys Irene Parnell was born 2 September 1935, in Johnston County, North Carolina. She married Elvis Summerlin on 12 January 1954, in Wilson County, North Carolina. Elvis Summerlin was born 8 December 1931 in Johnston County. He died 9 June 1997in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Fremont, Wayne County. They had 1 girl and 1 boy.

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6. Romy Davis was born in Johnston County, North Carolina. He died there as an infant.

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6. Celie Holland was born November 1868 in Wayne County, North Carolina. She married Michael William McKeel. They had a daughter, Flossie Ethel McKeel. ¹⁷⁴
Child of Celie Holland and Michael William McKeel:

1. Flossie Ethel McKeel married Sidney Beasley.
Child of Flossie McKeel and Sidney Beasley:

1. Albert Beasley was born in North Carolina.
Child of Albert Beasley:

1. Frank Beasley married Amy.

4. Nancy Holland, born 1835 and married James Grice (the name he went by; his real name was Johnson). (Two brothers married 2 sisters, and one sister married other brother in this family.)

5. Several children died young

Nellie Holland Russell commented: Elisha is an interesting member of the Holland family. All the family insisted he was at least 105 years old when he died. He was no doubt older than 96. Since Elisha was his father's last child by his first wife, and Elisha the father married his second wife Patience Peacock in 1806, Elisha must have been born about 1804 or earlier. He grew a third set of teeth, or so he claimed, and when anyone expressed doubt, he suggested the doubter put his or her finger in his mouth and feel the new molars and then bit them, as he said, "good and hard." In his later years he became a freelance preacher and built a meeting house on his farm, but when the weather permitted he preached out doors. He was buried alone on property he owned.

This is the end of Elisha's branch. His father Elisha's children continue with Warren Holland.

Elisha Holland's children with wife Patience Watkins:	Elisha Holland's children with wife Patience Peacock:
1. Enos Holland 2. Eli Holland 3. Woodard D. Holland 4. Jesse-Betsy Holland 5. Bryant Holland 6. Curtis Holland 7. Absalom Holland 8. Elisha Holland (this page)	9. Warren Holland 10. Ave (Nancy) Holland 11. Exum Holland 12. Jinnett Holland 13. Ginsey Holland 14. West Holland 15. Green Holland 16. Candace Holland 17. Needham Gray Holland

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My father's people came from Wayne County, North Carolina. Although I live in Alabama now, I inherited his love of our heritage. So it is with love for him and admiration for his strong desire to preserve our history that I dedicate my part in compiling and maintaining this Holland Family History and Tree to my father,

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