Pike County AlArchives Photo Tombstone.....Hollis, Solomon And Ann 
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Tamari Hall thga21@yahoo.com February 16, 2010, 10:15 pm

Cemetery:           Antioch Cemetary
Name:               Solomon And Ann Hollis

Date Of Photograph: May 13, 2009
Photo can be seen at:
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Grave slabs of husband and wife Solomon " Sol" Hollis sr. 1842-1926 and Ann 
Carrol Smith 1846-1932. Ann was the daughter of two Black slaves Charles Smith
(1818-after 1880) and Mariah Jane Carrol(1825-1874), Sol was the son of 
Ezekiel Hollis(1820-1886) and his slave Josephine. Sol and Ann had 12 children-
 Mack C. Hollis 1865-1944, John H. Hollis- 1868-1935, Josephine(Hollis)
Cleveland 1871-1948, Mariah jane (Hollis)Cowart - 1874-1935, Solomon 
H. "Solly" Hollis jr 1876-1926,Minnie (Hollis) McCullough 1880-1978, Bethenia
(Hollis) McCullough 1884-1938, Forest "Foy" Hollis Flowers 1886-1967, Allie 
(Hollis)Fagins 1887-1947, and Loomie (Hollis) Bush 1893-1967. Sol purchased 
185 acres in 1890 and was  very wealthy Negro, he is listed in the Pike county 
History book , published in 1953, as being a substaniel Negro who was the 
Blacksmith for the Paran community. 

Additional Comments:
The original headstones were destroyed in a storm, relatives are in the 
process of putting a memorial their.

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