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Below is a family biography included in The History of Benton County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Guthridge Lee Holland is a North Carolinian, born March 13, 1844. He is a son of William J. and Sarah (Moore) Holland, who were born in Maryland and North Carolina in 1812 and 1818, respectively. After leaving home the father went to Georgia, thence to North Carolina, and afterward located in Arkansas. Five children were the result of his union with Miss Moore: Martha Jane (deceased). Guthridge L., Thomas M. (a farmer of Benton County, Ark.) Josephine (deceased) and William H., also a farmer of Benton County, Ark. Guthridge L. Holland came to Arkansas with his parents when he was twenty-four years of age. He enlisted in the Confederate army when he was eighteen or nineteen years of age, was in Gen. Robert E. Lee’s command the greater part of the time, and was present when Lee surrendered. He resided with his parents until his marriage, in 1873, with Miss Arabella Cook, who was born in Kentucky, January 27, 1850, and to them the following children have been born: Edgar Milton, Robert Leslie, Florence A., William J., Minnie and Charles Otto. Mr. Holland is a Democrat in his political views, and his first presidential vote was cast for Horace Greeley. He owns 300 acres of good land in the valley of Osage Creek, and is one of the progressive and enterprising farmers of Benton County. His wife is a member of the Methodist Church.
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