John Daniel Holladay Jr

Brief Life History of John Daniel

When John Daniel Holladay Jr was born on 22 June 1826, in Moscow, Marengo, Alabama, United States, his father, John Daniel Holladay Sr, was 28 and his mother, Catherine Beasley Higgins, was 28. He married Mahalia Ann Rebecca Matthews on 2 November 1848, in Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1858 and Utah, United States in 1870. In 1895, his occupation is listed as delegate to form the constitution of the state of utah when it was admitted to the union (u.s.) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 16 September 1909, in Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Santaquin City Cemetery, Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Daniel Holladay Jr
1826–1909
Mahalia Ann Rebecca Matthews
1833–1916
Marriage: 2 November 1848
Mahalia Ann Rebecca Holladay
1849–1937
John Daniel Holladay III
1850–1926
Lenora McCray Holladay
1854–1872
Rhoda Catherine Holladay
1856–1920
Isaiah Holladay
1859–1953
Joseph Augustus Holladay
1861–1936
Julia Antonette Holladay
1863–1897
Lunia Agnes Holladay
1866–1953
David Thomas Holladay
1868–1873
Katherine Blake Holladay
1870–1969
Archibald Franklin Holladay
1871–1905
Eva Nellie Holladay
1873–1939
Minnie Maybell Holladay
1876–1959

Sources (74)

  • John Holladay, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Daniel Holladay Jr - Published information: birth: 1826; Alabama, United States
  • John D. Holladay, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966"

World Events (8)

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1848 · Fire Destroys the Temple

On October 9, 1848, an arsonists fire claimed everything but the outer walls of the Nauvoo Temple since the structure was made out of limestone and wood. It was meant to discourage the Saints that had fled to never come back.

Name Meaning

English (Kent): variant of Holliday .

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

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Life Sketch of John Holladay (1798-1862)

John Holladay was born on 10 March 1798, the third child and second son of Daniel Holladay and his second wife, Keziah Rebecca Terry, in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA. (Daniel's first wife …

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