When Caroline "Lena" Pollard was born on 21 November 1857, in Carthage, Panola, Texas, United States, her father, Hamilton Pollard, was 35 and her mother, Sarah Jane Davis, was 19. She married Collin Pitts Holland on 17 December 1878, in Rusk, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 1, Panola, Texas, United States for about 30 years. She died on 27 December 1928, in Carthage, Panola, Texas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Carthage, Panola, Texas, United States.