Holliday family.

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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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associatedWith Albany County and Inter-Mountain Fair Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Albany Motor Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Albany Mutual Building Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Breisch family. family
associatedWith Cassa Mining Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Empress Theatre (Laramie, Wyo.) corporateBody
associatedWith Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Wyoming. corporateBody
associatedWith Freemasons. Laramie Lodge No. 3. corporateBody
associatedWith Holliday, Frank A. person
associatedWith Holliday, J. T. (Jethro Tabor), 1844-1910. person
associatedWith Holliday, Laura B. person
associatedWith Holliday, Lewis J. person
associatedWith Holliday, W. H. (William Helmus), 1843-1925. person
associatedWith Home Builders Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Homestead Ranch Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Ivinson Memorial Hospital. corporateBody
associatedWith Lake Hattie Water Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Laramie Amusement Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Laramie Printing Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Laramie Republican Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Laramie Water Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Overland Cement Plaster Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Pioneer Canal Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Rambler Copper and Platinum Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Tallmage-Buntin Land Company. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Wyoming corporateBody
associatedWith W.H. Holliday Company. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Wyoming--Laramie
Colorado--Jackson County
Wyoming
Wyoming--Albany County
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Automobile dealers
Cattle trade
Construction industry
Freemasonry
General stores
Lumber trade
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Active 1872

Active 1960

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