Jack Holland    

JACK HOLLAND.  Jack Holland, a pioneer druggist, banker and farmer of Poolville, was born near Birmingham, Kentucky, November 21, 1860, a son of T.W and Cormelia Holland.

T.W. Holland was born in Marshall County, Kentucky, February 28, 1830, during Andrew Jackson’s administration as President of the United States. He was a prosperous Kentucky planter and a man of considerable influence in his community. Early in 1858, he married Miss Cormelia Slaughter, who was born December 25, 1833, the year of the celebrated meteoric shower known as the “Falling of the Stars.” She was a kind and affectionate wife and mother and a devout Christian woman. They were the parents of five children: G. A. of whom a sketch is given elsewhere in this book, married Genareo Wynn; Jack, the subject of this sketch, and his twin sister, Fannie. who married William Heath; Mary C., who married Leroy Petway; and Nan, who married William Houser of Poolville. All three daughters are now widows. Mrs. Petway and Mrs. Heath live in Birmingham, Kentucky, and Mrs. Houser lives in Weatherford. They sold the old Kentucky home late in life and set up housekeeping at Poolville where they spent their declining years. Mr. Holland, Sr., died May 31, 1912. His wife passed away June 28, 1922.

Jack Holland came to Texas in 1884, and settled in Poolville. He was connected with his brother, G. A. Holland, in the drug and hardware business, and also acted as postmaster and banker of Poolville for several years. He acquired considerable property, and took much interest in farming, which he pursued both successfully and profitably. He was a community builder, and took an active part in all improvement undertakings in his section of the county. He was a tireless worker and gave much of his time and possessions to the upbuilding of his community, especially public road construction. He was a man of few words, very decided views, and was fearless in expressing himself.
In the fall of 1884, he married Miss Callie Frazier, who was born November 9, 1860, and to this union three children were born: Lawrence, who married Roma Maddox and lives at Tyler; Nona, at home with her mother; little Wilson, who died in infancy; and Nan, who married Judge J. E. Carter and lives in Weatherford. Mr. and Mrs. Carter have one son, James Wilson Carter.
Mr. Holland died very suddenly of heart failure, December 19, 1932. He had many warm personal friends and his untimely going was not only a great loss to his family but to the surrounding community in which he lived.

History of Parker County and the Double Log Cabin: being a brief symposium of the early history of Parker County, together with short biographical sketches of early settlers and their trials, Weatherford, Tex.: Herald Pub. Co., 1937, pages 148-149. View the image of this page online.  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1920s Texas History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Try the family history collection for free for 14 days!