Contra Costa-Santa Clara County CA Archives Biographies.....Holloway, Barnes 1811 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 27, 2005, 3:43 am Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882) BARNES HOLLOWAY.—This old and respected citizen of Contra Costa county was born in Blount county, Tennessee, March 9, 1811, and there resided until his twelfth year, when he was taken by his parents to the adjoining county, where they settled and our subject received his education and resided until 1835. In that year he moved with his parents to Missouri, where he engaged in farming, in Cass county, for about fourteen years. In the memorable year of 1849, Mr. Holloway—among the many at that time being attracted to the New Dorado — on April 25th, accompanied by his wife and family, commenced the arduous journey across the plains to California, where they arrived October 9, 1849. He engaged in hauling wood until the Spring of 1850, at Sutter's Fort, and then removed to Santa Clara county, locating where now stands the little town of Mountain View Station. Here Mr. Holloway, in company with Revs. C. Yager and Wesley Gallimore, and Edward Dale, rented land from Mariano Castro, although each farmed on his own account. On February 15, 1855, he moved to Contra Costa county, purchased seventy acres of land seven miles southeast of Martinez, where he has since dwelt, engaged chiefly in grape growing and general farming. Being a man of sterling merits, Mr. Holloway is respected by all who know him. He married, in Cass county, Missouri, February 30, 1836, Jane A. McLellan, a native of Tennessee, and has two children—Amanda M. (now Mrs. Tucker) and Helen M. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION; TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE; ALSO, Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS 1882. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/contracosta/bios/holloway41nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb