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Below is a family biography included in the book, Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan and Franklin, Nebraska published in 1890 by F. A. Battey & Company. 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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A. P. HOLLISTER. This well-known and highly esteemed gentleman is a native of Ohio, and was born in Clermont county. He is a son of Jesse and Elizabeth (Jordan) Hollister. His father was a native of Vermont and was born in 1792. From Vermont he moved to Kentucky and from there to Clermont county, Ohio, where he died.
The mother of our subject was born in Kentucky in 1799, and married in 1820. These were the parents of nine children, as follows — William, Richard, James (deceased), Margaret, Mark, Joseph, Alvah, and two that died in infancy unnamed. The subject of this brief sketch was reared in his native state, and remained there till 1872, engaged in teaching seven years, and also working at the carpenter’s trade, and farming for some time. In 1872 he moved to Iowa, settling in Andrew, Jackson county, where he remained two years, engaged in the drug business. Coming in 1874 to Nebraska, he settled in Kearney county and located a homestead on section 34, township 5, range 16 west. He has been a resident of Kearney county since, and during all the intervening years since the date of his locating there he has been identified with the best interests of his adopted county. Being a man of intelligence and industry, he has contributed in no small degree to the growth and development of his community.
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This family biography is one of the numerous biographies included in the book, Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan and Franklin, Nebraska published in 1890 by F. A. Battey & Company.
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