George Martin HollandAge: 85 years1837–1923
- Name
- George Martin Holland
- Given names
- George Martin
- Surname
- Holland
 Birth | August 8, 1837 33 34 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | 1850 (Age 12 years) Address: Dist. 2 |
| Census | September 27, 1850 (Age 13 years) |
 Marriage | Emily Phillips — View this family March 15, 1858 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Jeremiah Edward “Jerry” Holland February 19, 1859 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | July 9, 1860 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Georgie Ann “Tillie” Holland 1866 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 29 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 29 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 31 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Census | July 19, 1870 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Lou Retta Holland about 1871 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | James F Holland about 1874 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Emma Holland October 12, 1877 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Jeremiah Edward “Jerry” Holland — Harriet Tatum — View this family November 6, 1877 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 40 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #5 | Kirby Smith Holland March 9, 1879 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Florence Holland January 6, 1880 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | June 9, 1880 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Alexander Hillman Holland August 29, 1881 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ira Loomis Harris — Georgie Ann “Tillie” Holland — View this family September 29, 1881 (Age 44 years) Note: Married by W.L. HARRIS AT George M. Holland's |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | George Lee Harris December 13, 1882 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Ettie Lisbeth Holland February 6, 1883 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Horace Nicholas Harris December 19, 1884 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | William Hickmon Holland July 9, 1885 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | N M Carlisle — Lou Retta Holland — View this family December 26, 1886 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Madge L “Maggie” Harris February 1887 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Cynthia Hattie Holland June 10, 1888 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a father | Jeremiah O “Jerry” Holland June 17, 1888 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ann Shemwell April 6, 1889 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | George Herman Holland April 15, 1891 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Loretta “Rettie” Harris November 6, 1892 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | Cuba Edward Harris November 7, 1893 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #13 | Otis Holland December 6, 1893 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | Hesia Sally “Hezzie” Harris November 14, 1895 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Elizabeth Holland March 22, 1896 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #15 | Ina Macey Holland July 6, 1896 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Georgie Ann “Tillie” Holland about 1896 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Census | June 4, 1900 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a wife | Emily Phillips August 1, 1906 (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Kirby Smith Holland — Mary Lou Welborn — View this family September 22, 1906 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a brother | Nathaniel Walker Holland September 7, 1908 (Age 71 years) |
| Census | April 22, 1910 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Wesley Holland December 29, 1910 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 78 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 79 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 80 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a son | Kirby Smith Holland May 5, 1919 (Age 81 years) |
| Death of a sister | Armelda Ann Holland March 16, 1922 (Age 84 years) |
 Death | April 4, 1923 (Age 85 years) Cause of death: dysentery tuberculosis |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jeremiah O “Jerry” Holland Birth: June 4, 1804 31 33 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 17, 1888 — Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Ann Shemwell Birth: September 22, 1802 27 27 — North Carolina, United States Death: April 6, 1889 — Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States |
|
Marriage: December 23, 1824 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
|
|
3 years elder sister |
Mary Elizabeth Holland Birth: August 2, 1827 23 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 22, 1896 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
|
8 months elder brother |
Nathaniel Walker Holland Birth: April 4, 1828 23 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 7, 1908 — Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States |
|
23 months elder brother |
John Wesley Holland Birth: March 12, 1830 25 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 29, 1910 — Phelps, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
|
4 years elder brother |
Allen Samuel Holland Birth: 1833 28 30 — Hodgenville, Larue, Kentucky, United States Death: |
|
2 years elder sister |
Armelda Ann Holland Birth: December 1834 30 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 16, 1922 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
|
3 years himself |
George Martin Holland Birth: August 8, 1837 33 34 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 4, 1923 — Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Emily Phillips |
| himself |
George Martin Holland Birth: August 8, 1837 33 34 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 4, 1923 — Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Emily Phillips Birth: November 20, 1840 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 1, 1906 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
|
Marriage: March 15, 1858 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
|
|
11 months son |
Jeremiah Edward “Jerry” Holland Birth: February 19, 1859 21 18 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 28, 1937 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
|
8 years daughter |
Georgie Ann “Tillie” Holland Birth: 1866 28 25 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: about 1896 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
|
6 years daughter |
Lou Retta Holland Birth: about 1871 33 30 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 6, 1924 — Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States |
|
4 years son |
James F Holland Birth: about 1874 36 33 — Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: |
|
5 years son |
Kirby Smith Holland Birth: March 9, 1879 41 38 — Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: May 5, 1919 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
George Martin Holland has 28 first cousins recorded
Father's family (8)
Parents Thomas Holland + Nancy Shemwell
Mother's family (20)
Parents John Hall + Mary “Polly” Shemwell
Parents William Shemwell + Mary Gorrell
Parents John Patrick Shemwell + Drucilla Tomerlin
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Jeremiah Holland - Household
Logan, Kentucky
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - George Martin Holland - Household
Logan, Kentucky
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - George Martin Holland - Household
Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - George Martin Holland - Household
Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - George Martin Holland - Household
Olmstead, Logan, Kentucky
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Kirby Smith Holland - Household
West Center Russellville, Logan, Kentucky
|