James Thomas Holladay

17 August 1864–14 June 1904 (Age 39)
Lowndes, Alabama, United States

The Life of James Thomas

When James Thomas Holladay was born on 17 August 1864, in Lowndes, Alabama, United States, his father, James Henry Holladay, was 38 and his mother, Martha Jane Hawkins, was 29. He lived in Mount Willing, Lowndes, Alabama, United States in 1880. He died on 14 June 1904, at the age of 39.

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Family Time Line

James Henry Holladay
1825–1899
Martha Jane Hawkins
1834–1902
John Calvin Holladay
1852–1910
Mary Jane Holladay
1853–1936
Henry Shufford Holladay
1856–1929
Nancy Ellafare Holladay
1858–1940
Priscilla Holladay
1860–1879
Margaret Elizabeth Holladay
1861–1949
James Thomas Holladay
1864–1904
Steven Watts “Steve” Holladay St
1864–1948
William Nathan Holladay
1867–1929
Lou Ida Holladay
1869–1885
Joseph Scott Holladay
1870–1962
Bishop Andrew Holladay
1871–1945
George Washington Holladay
1873–1939

Parents and Siblings

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World Events (8)

1865

Age 1

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · Alabama Ratifies the 13th Amendment

Age 1

Alabama ratified the 13th Amendment on December 2, 1865. The Thirteenth Amendment officially became part of the Constitution on December 6, 1865. Roughly 440,000 Alabamians born into slavery were freed and made citizens. However, loopholes in the law made this a slow process.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 11

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: from Old English hāligdæg ‘holy day’, ‘religious festival’. The reasons why this word should have become a surname are not clear; probably it was used as a byname for one born on a religious festival day.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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  • James T Holliday in household of James H Holliday, "United States Census, 1880"

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