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1880 census
Census Place: Wabash, Fountain, Indiana
Source: FHL Film 1254278 National Archives Film T9-0278 Page 179B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Ambros HOLADY Self M M W 70 NY
Occ: Farmer Fa: MA Mo: NY
Abigail HOLADY Wife F M W 60 CT
Occ: Keeping House Fa: CT Mo: CT
Sarah A. HOLADY Dau F S W 28 IN
Occ: Teaching School Fa: NY Mo: CT
From the book HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY 1881
Ambrose S. Holliday, farmer, Waterman, is a son of Gideon and Martha (Coon) Holladay.
Gideon Holliday, 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, 100 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 westw!
ard 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 5 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 townhip, Fountain county, and began farming. By industry and care he has added to
his farm till he owns 180 acres, mostly cleared. Hie is a republican. Mr. Holladay was
married in 1859 to Abigail Kies, daugher of Archibald and Hannah Kies. She was born in
Killingly, Connecticut, November 4, 1815; was educated at the Charlestown, Massachusetts
Seminary, graduating in seven dif!
ferent languages. She taught a select school in Plainfield, Connecticu
t, 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 obligated 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 distric school several terms. Mr. and Mrs. Holiday have 2 children, Hannah S.
A. and Ambrose S. Jr.