Holland, Timothy D, 1905 Bio, Rio Blanco County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/rioblanco/bios/hollndtd.txt --------------------------------------- Donated March 2001 Transcribed by Judy Crook from the book: Progressive Men of Western Colorado Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill. --------------------------------------- Timothy D. Holland Born of Irish parents who sought in this country a better chance in life than was offered in the inhospitable land of their birth, and bringing to their new home the characteristic energy and versatility of their race which they transmitted to their offspring, Timothy D. Holland has well borne out in his own labors the thrift and frugality they exemplified in theirs, and built for himself a substantial estate in the western portion of the country just as they did for themselves in the eastern. His life began in Onondaga county, New York, on September 17, 1852, and there he received an ordinary common-school education, finishing with a high-school course. At the age of thirteen he began to earn money with a view to his advancement in life, doing with a will and a cheerful disposition whatever he found to do. In 1875 he entered business life as a grocer, and continued in that line until 1879, when he sold his interests. In the ensuing spring he came to Colorado and took up his residence at Denver where he was associated with the Denver Omnibus Company for a period. He then moved with a party of sixteen men over Mosquito pass to Leadville, and there for a year worked in the lumber industry of George Bennett. At the end of that time he bought a team and outfit and began hauling ore from the various mines, continuing his operation in this occupation until January, 1893. The work was hard and trying but the profits were large, and so he was enabled to gain from it both strength of body and a stake for a start in a more congenial engagement. Selling out his outfit at the time last mentioned, he turned his attention to the livery business, which he continued with gratifying success until conditions were made less favorable by the strike of 1896. He kept on in his enterprise, however, until 1899, then, disposing of his holdings at Leadville, he moved to the vicinity of Meeker and moved to the ranch on which he now lives, one-half of which he had pre-empted in 1885, the other half having been since acquired by purchase. He has now three hundred and twenty acres, one-half of which can be cultivated with good returns, and on the entire tract he runs a good band of cattle and horses. The ranch is located fourteen miles southeast of Meeker, so that a ready market is easily within reach, and as he owns independent ditches, the water supply is abundant. He has made all the improvements on the land himself, putting into the property all his energy and business capacity, and from a state of natural wildness he has transformed it into an attractive and fruitful home. He is a Republican in political faith and takes an earnest interest in the success of his party. His parents were Thomas and Hannah (Tobin) Holland, natives of Ireland, who were born in county Cork. They emigrated to the United States in 1849 and settled in New York city. The father was a prosperous paper manufacturer, a Democrat in politics, and a Catholic in church affiliations, as was also his wife. He died on October 19, 1891, and the mother on June 12, 1897. They had a family of seven children, five of whom are living, Ellen, Timothy D., Katharine, John and Charles. Timothy was married on January 25, 1875, to Miss Mary Jane Casey, a native of Onondoga county, New York, the daughter of James and Mary (Matthews) Casey, the father born in county Tipperary and the mother in county Meath, Ireland. The father was a carpenter and builder and prospered greatly at the business. Although born in Ireland he was reared in England. In the politics of this country he supported the Republican party. He served as constable for a period of eighteen years. Both he and his wife were Catholics. They had nine children, seven of whom are living, Katharine (Mrs. Owen Sullivan), Mrs. Richard Tague, Mrs. Holland, John, Michael, James and William. Mr. and Mrs. Holland have three children, Nora L., the wife of Michael Schneider, Katharine T. and John A. Mrs. Holland's mother died on June 27, 1890, and her father on April 26, 1896. 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