L. J. Hollis, Calhoun County, AR

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SOURCE: Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
Contributed by Carol Smith.
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Calhoun County, Arkansas - from Goodspeed's History of Arkansas

L. J. Hollis. One of the most enterprising farmers of this section, and one who possesses more than ordinary business ability, is Mr. L. J. Hollis,
whose name heads this sketch. He resides in River Township, Calhoun County, on his fine farm, comprising 400 acres of land, about 125 acres
of which he has under an excellent state of cultivation. He has erected on this farm a steam saw and grist mill and cotton-gin on all of which he
does work for the public. His steam gin is the largest and most complete in River Township. Mr. Hollis was born in Tippah County, Mississippi,
April 3, 1843, a son of Jeremiah and Sarah Hollis, who moved from Mississippi to Arkansas, in December, 1843, and settled in Ouachita County,
whence they moved to Calhoun County in 1850. Here they settled permanently and resided until their death. Our subject was reared in Calhoun
County, where he obtained a limited education. At the age of twenty-years he began doing for himself, engaging in farming, which occupation
he has since followed. In 1868 Mr. Hollis was married to Miss Alice Haslan, a daughter of J. H. and L. C. Haslan. She was born and reared in
Arkansas. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hollis have been born seven children, viz: Sarah B. (who died in 1870), Mittie L., John H., Lou H.,
Mattie, Jerry T., Emmet A. In June 1861, Mr. Hollis enlisted in the late war as private in Company C, Thirty-third Arkansas Infantry, from which
company he was transferred in 1864, to the Third Arkansas Cavalry, where he served until the close of the war. He was in the battles of
Mansfield, Jenkins' Ferry, and was in the famous Missouri Raid. He is a member of the Farmers' Union, which he joined in 1887. He is an
Independent in his political views, but does not take an active part in politics. He is a good farmer and neighbor, and takes a deep interest in the
public welfare.