THOMAS W. HOLLOWAY, of Woodburn, a dealer in coal, street
commissioner, and conducting a drayage and express business, has been a
resident of that place fourteen years. He was born in Alabama, June 2, 1844.
His parents, Samuel and Mary (Reynolds) Holloway, were natives of Virginia, and
several years after marriage made their home in Alabama. His father was a
shoemaker by trade and was one of the pioneers of Ottumwa, where he located in
1846. Two years later he moved to Polk County, and in 1858 to Newburn, Lucas
County. In 1859 he went to southeastern Nebraska to select a home. While at
Falls City, Richardson County, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary J. Henry,
at the age of nearly sixty years he died. His widow survived him eleven years,
and died in Dallas County, Texas. August
12, 1862, Thomas W. volunteered in defense of the Union, in Company E,
Thirty-fourth Iowa Volunteers Infantry. He
participated in the battle at Haines’ Bluff, the defense of Vicksburg, under
General Sherman in December, 1862; was at the capture of Fort Hindman and
Arkansas Post; was detailed with the guard to take prisoners to St. Louis and
from there to City Point, Virginia, for exchange; was in the campaign against
General Marmaduke; was at the siege and capture of Vicksburg, and later in the
Thirteenth Corps under General Banks at New Orleans; while there was
accidentally injured, necessitating his discharge, October 16, 1863. Returning to Lucas County, Mr. Holloway
married Miss Sarah, daughter of Joseph Mumford, November 10, 1864. Mrs.
Holloway was born in Maryland, November 21, 1848, and came to Iowa at the age
of ten years. Her mother died in Maryland; her father lives in Jackson
township. In 1867 Mr. Holloway took his
widowed mother with him and went to Texas, and engaged in farming in Dallas
county, where as stated before, his mother died in 1870. In 1872 he returned to
Iowa and made his home at Woodburn. He owns a fine residence and four city
lots, also eleven acres of land adjoining the city. Mr. and Mrs. Holloway have five children –Ida May,
born August 28, 1866; Effie D., born December 13, 1867; Ollie B., born March 4,
1870; Mary E. born December 31, 1873, and Addie L., April 25, 1882. Mr. Holloway is a member of G.A.R. Post No.
385, Woodburn, and is junior vice commander; is a member of Unity Lodge, 212,
A.F. & A.M.; also a member of the School Board.
SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke
County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 386
