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Author: ELLinSpain
Surnames: HOLLARS
Classification: biography
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Laura Ann Silvers Hollars
Birth: 1885
Death: 1957
Laura Ann SILVERS who was born in 1885, the daughter of James Martin SILVERS.
Child:
Casey Jones Hollars (1915 - 1921)
Jesse Casey was born in Richland Township, Greene County in 1915, the son of Eli and Laura
Ann (SILVERS) HOLLARS. "Casey Jones" died at the age of 6 in 1921.
Spouse:
Elijah Hollars (1883 - 1943)
Eli HOLLARS, 60 year old Bloomfield farmer, died last night at 10 o'clock in the
Robert Long Hospital at Indianapolis. Mr. HOLLARS had been in ill health for the past two
months, having undergone a major operation, nine weeks ago, for a strangled hernia. He had
never fully recovered from the operation.
He was born, January 9, 1883 at Frazer, Kentucky, the son of James and Sally (CORRELL)
HOLLARS. He had lived on his farm north of Bloomfield for a number of years and was well
known throughout the county.
Survivors are the wife, nine sons, Edward HOLLARS, Bloomington; Wilbur and Harold HOLLARS,
Rock Island, Illinois; Chester and Roland HOLLARS of Evansville; Glenburn HOLLARS,
Edwardsport; Alfred and Arnold HOLLARS, U. S. Army and Woodrow HOLLARS, of Anderson; two
daughters, Miss Esther HOLLARS, Rock Island, Illinois, and Edna Mae HOLLARS at home. Also
surviving are the following brothers and sisters: William C. HOLLARS and Mrs. Martin
STRAUSER, Bloomfield; Charles B. HOLLARS and Mrs. Lura CAIN, Switz City and Mrs. Nora
THOMSPON, Tulon, Illinois. One son, Jesse "Casey" HOLLARS died about 20 years
ago.
The time of the funeral has not been set, pending word from the sons who are in the armed
service. Services will be held at the Mt. Zion Church with burial in the Union Bethel
Cemetery.
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INDEX TO MARRIAGE RECORDS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, 1939, WPA, Index Page 105: HOLLARS,
Elijah to Laura A. SILVERS, 13 Feb 1901, Book P, Page 418
CEMETERIES OF EASTERN GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, 1994, G.C.H.S., Union Bethel Cemetery, Page
161, Column 1: HOLLARS, Eli 1881-1943, HOLLARS, Laura Ann 1885-19
Burial:
Union Bethel Cemetery
Bloomfield (Greene County)
Greene County
Indiana, USA
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