Yuba-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Hollingshead, Joseph Easton 1859 - 
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Author: Peter J. Delay

    JOSEPH EASTON HOLLINGSHEAD.— An energetic rancher who worthily represents
both the spirit and the attainment of Yuba County, an ideal section for the
progressive farmer, is Joseph Easton Hollingshead. He was born at Provo, Utah,
June 6, 1859, a son of Aner M. and Abigail (Jones) Bennett Hollingshead, natives
of Toronto, Canada, and Ohio, respectively. Mrs. Hollingshead was the
granddaughter of a soldier of the Revolutionary War; he was one of George
Washington's life-guards. Mr. and Mrs Hollingshead were married in Utah, where
they resided for eight years. In 1861 they came to California in an emigrant
train. Mr. Hollingshead settled four miles west of Wheatland on the Bear River,
and purchased 375 acres of the Johnson grant, where he lived and farmed until
1912. He sold the place and retired, moving to Wheatland, and four years later
he was laid to rest. J. E. Hollingshead's mother was first married to Moses
Bennett, who died in Illinois, leaving three sons, George, John, and Thomas. Mr.
and Mrs. Hollingshead were the parents of eight children: Lillian and Luella,
twins, deceased; Aner, deceased; a child who died in infancy; Joseph Easton, of
this sketch; M. F., died January 2, 1924; Lizzie Jane, Mrs. McDonald, of
Wheatland; and Phillip Henry S., deceased. 

    Joseph Easton Hollingshead was educated at the Plumas district school
situated four and one-half miles from his home. He was always associated with
his father in ranching until his marriage, on January 1, 1890, at Wheatland, to
Miss Elizabeth Jane Gardner. She was born on the ranch on which they now reside.
This ranch is located four miles northwest of Wheatland and was previously owned
by her father, Edwin Gardner, born in West Virginia, who came to California in
1858. He died when Elizabeth Jane was a small girl. Her mother, Margaret
(Killroy) Gardner, was born in Montreal, Canada, and came to California in the
early sixties. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner were united in marriage at Cherokee, Nevada
County, Cal. Mr. Gardner came to Yuba County and purchased a quarter-section of
land, the land on which Mrs. Hollingshead, their only daughter, now resides. Mr.
and Mrs. Hollingshead have developed this place into a fine, productive farm.
They are the parents of three children: Joseph Edwin, a school teacher, at
Haywards: Hazel Irene; and Phillip Leslie, at Wheatland. Joseph Edwin married
Miss Kinkler, of Roseville; and their union was blessed with two children, Edwin
Leslie and Virginia. Hazel Irene married R. H. Lewis; and they are the parents
of three children: Clay A., Clyda Rose, and Virginia Ellen. Phillip Leslie
married Irene Hill; and they have one child, Leslie Lavern. The ranch is devoted
to raising grain and poultry. They raise about 400 turkeys a year. For sixteen
years Mr. Hollingshead was constable for West Bear Township. He tendered his
resignation from this responsible position in 1922. Mr. and Mrs. Hollingshead
endorse the platforms of the Republican party. Deeply interested in Yuba County,
they are numbered among the public-spirited citizens of their community. 


Additional Comments:

HISTORY OF YUBA and SUTTER COUNTIES 
CALIFORNIA 
WITH 
Biographical Sketches OF 
The Leading Men and Women of the Counties Who Have Been Identified with Their
Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present 

HISTORY BY 
PETER J. DELAY 

ILLUSTRATED 
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME 

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1924


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