When Charlotte Lucretia McKillop was born on 27 June 1826, in Vermont, United States, her father, McKillop, was 26 and her mother, Mrs. McKillop, was 22. She married Francis Hollis in 1842, in Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Washington Township, Webster, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Webster Township, Hamilton, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 16 June 1906, in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, Hamilton, Iowa, United States.