Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - Mrs. Catherine Hollis

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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Mrs. Catherine Hollis.  James Little (deceased) was born in Georgia in 
1801. When a young man he immigrated to Clark County, Ark., and there 
married Nancy Gentry, a native of Nashville, Tenn., born in 1802, who 
came with her parents to Clark County. After his marriage Mr. Little 
moved to Washington County, in 1828, and engaged in farming and stock 
raising. He was left a widower in 1840, with four sons and three 
daughters. He then married Elizabeth Franklin, who bore him two sons. 
He was a Democrat, and in religion was a Primitive Baptist, as was his 
first wife. Mrs. Little is still living, and is a Methodist. The death 
of Mr. Little occurred in 1844, and was much mourned by his friends 
and acquaintances. Catherine, the fourth child, one of his first 
wife's children, and the widow of the highly esteemed Luther N. 
Hollis, was born October 10, 1825, in Clark County, Ark. She was there 
united in marriage, in 1848, to Alex. A. Steward, who was born in 
Indiana in 1820. Mr. Steward came to Arkansas when a boy, and had been 
previously wedded to Esther Hinds, who lived but a short time. Mr. 
Steward was a shrewd business man, second lieutenant in the Mexican 
War, and a Democrat. He died in 1853. The following year his widow 
married Luther N. Hollis, who was born in Indiana in 1826. Having 
learned the tanner's trade when a boy he worked at that business in 
Cincinnati, Ohio, Cassville, Mo., and Fayetteville, Ark. Later in life 
he turned his attention to farming. He also served in the Mexican War, 
and upon the outbreaking of the Rebellion enlisted in the first 
Confederate company-Capt. Carroll's-that left Crawford County, serving 
as first lieutenant until the close of the war. He was twice taken 
prisoner and twice released. He died in 1877, lamented as a kind-
hearted neighbor, loving father and faithful friend. Mrs. Hollis has 
but one living child, Miss Luther Maud Lee, who was born June 14, 
1865, but she has cared for an orphan boy, Dick Hollis, who lives upon 
the farm. Mrs. Hollis owns 357 acres of land besides town property. 

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