When John Isaac Hollis was born in 1857, in Harrison, Texas, United States, his father, James Madison Hollis, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Satterwhite, was 37. He married Matilda Cox on 13 January 1881, in Cooke, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Mountain View, Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Wichita, Texas, United States in 1920. He died in Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1858: Wichita, Texas, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
English (Midlands): topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) holly or holly trees’, from Middle English holi(e), holin (Old English holegn, holen). Compare Hollen and Holley 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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