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From: Debbie C. Davis
To: Karen Zach
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:58 PM
Subject: Fountain County Bio AMbroses S. Holladay
Beckwith, H.W. History of Fountain County, Indiana. Chicago: HH Hill 1881 Page 435, 436
Ambrose S. Holladay, farmer, Waterman, is a son of Gideon and Martha (Coon) Holladay.
Gideon Holladay, a native of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, was a farmer and mechanic.
He was justice of the peace for years; also at one time high sheriff of Schenectady
county, New York, and for some years a member of congress. He died in New York about 1829.
His wife was born in Duanesburg, Schenectady county, New York. She was the mother of
thirteen children, and died in Cleveland, Ohio, about 1864. She was a member of the
Baptist church. Ambrose S. Holladay was born in Duanesburg, New York, October 17, 1809. He
was raised on a farm, and at his father's death assumed the responsibilities of home.
He early engaged in dressing calves, buying and selling, being quite successful,
financially, but security for others ruined him. He owned two mills, 160 Acres of ground,
and much stock, all of which he placed in the hands of those whom he had secured, to the
amount of $13,600. He turned westward to retrieve his losses. Money was offered him, but
he refused, and arrived in Cleveland, Ohio, one shilling in pocket. There he was offered a
partnership in the wholesale grocery house of his brother, J. J. Holladay, about 1837, and
largely through his foresight the firm was able to weather the panic of 1837. In 1843 Mr.
Holladay came to Covington, Indiana, and engaged in selling goods for five years. He then
erected two warehouses, one on the canal and one on the river, and engaged in the grain
trade. The failure of the canal again destroyed his fortune. He then bought twenty acres
of land in Fulton township, Fountain county, and began farming. By industry and care he
has added to his farm till he owns 180 acres, mostly cleared. He is a republican. Mr.
Holladay was married in 1852 to Abigail Kies, daughter of Archibald and Hannah Kies. She
was born in Killingly, Connecticut, November 4, 1815; was educated at the Charlestown,
Massachusetts, Seminary, graduating in seven different languages. She taught a select
school in Plainfield, Connecticut, and was assistant in Smithville (Rhode Island)
Seminary. She then came west to assume the preceptresship of Fort Wayne College, but
taking sick she was obliged to forego the position. She taught at Goshen and South Bend,
and was then recalled to Fort Wayne College, where she spent two years. She then taught a
select school at Lodi, where she has taught the district school several terms. Mr. And
Mrs. Holladay have two children, Hannah S. A. and Ambrose S. Jr.
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