Holliday family.

Dates:
Active 1872
Active 1960

Biographical notes:

William Helmus and Jethro Tabor Holliday, were born near Miami, Ohio, and in 1870 they acquired a sawmill in what is now southern Albany County, Wyoming. W.H. Holliday formed the W.H. Holliday Company in 1872 in Laramie, Wyoming, and J.T. Holliday joined him as vice-president of the company in 1879, which entailed a lumber yard, general mercantile, and building contracting.

W.H. was married to Emily R. Coykendall (1848-1887) in 1879 and had seven children. Following Emily's death in 1887, W.H. was remarried to Sarah E. East and had two additional children. J.T. Holliday was married in 1871 to Alice Jackson, who died in 1875 and J.T. married Alice's twin sister Martha Jackson (1849-1931) in 1879, and they had three children.

Frank Alan Holliday (1882-1932) worked as a mining engineer at the Rambler Copper Mine near Holmes, Wyoming, before joining his brother Lewis Jackson Holliday (1886-1965) as an officer of the Overland Cement Plaster Company in 1908. Frank was married to Laura Elizabeth Briesch (1888- ) in 1911. Lewis worked briefly with Frank as a building contractor from 1928-1932 and then managed several irrigation projects.

From the description of Holliday family papers, 1872-1960. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 35312268

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Subjects:

  • Automobile dealers
  • Cattle trade
  • Construction industry
  • Freemasonry
  • General stores
  • Lumber trade

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  • Wyoming--Laramie (as recorded)
  • Colorado--Jackson County (as recorded)
  • Wyoming (as recorded)
  • Wyoming--Albany County (as recorded)