When James Madison Holloman was born on 7 January 1861, in Meigs, Tennessee, United States, his father, Jeremiah Chapman Hollomon, was 20 and his mother, Elizabeth Susan Brown, was 17. He married Mary Jane Stewart on 6 September 1881, in White, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Hardeman, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 5, Collingsworth, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 February 1934, in Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Memory Garden, Dawson, Texas, United States.
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English (southeastern): nickname, probably pejorative, from Middle English holi ‘holy’ + man (Old English hālig + mann). Compare Hollamon .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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