Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Holroyd, Benjamin 
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Author: History of Grundy County 1914

Holroyd, Benjamin (deceased) – The late Benjamin Holroyd was one of the best 
types of honorable manhood Grundy County has ever known.  Not only was he 
successful in a material sense, but he accomplished that which was far more 
important, for he established a reputation for fair and honorable dealing, and 
became known far and wide as a man of high principles.  Mr. Holroyd was born 
at Hallham Yorkshire, England, where in 1845, he married Susie Law.  In 1853 
he came to Essex, Ill., and worked at any employment that he could secure that 
was honest.  A little later he sent for his wife and family, and upon their 
arrival, settled on a farm at Essex, but later moved to a farm at Lisbon, 
Ill.  Selling this property some years later, he bought one in Wauponsee 
Township, where he resided until his retirement, at which time he came to 
Morris.  His first wife died on the farm in Wauponsee Township, in 1890.  By 
her he had eleven children:  Libbie, who is of Morris; Sarah, Mrs. Thomas, who 
lives with her sister, Libbie; Mary, who is Mrs. Thomas Thirlby; Annie, who is 
Mrs. Joshua H. Collins, of Morris; Phoebe, who was Mrs. Philip Collins; 
William, who is of Marshaltown, Iowa; Martha, who is Mrs. Dawson, of Morris; 
Alice, who is Mrs. Oscar Collins, of Morris; and Frank B., who is of Wauponsee 
Township.  The second wife of Mr. Holroyd was a Mrs. Schofield, who died in 
1898.  On May 3, 1899, Mr. Holroyd married Ann, widow of George A. Acton, 
there being no issue to this marriage.  George A. Acton was born in 
Nottingham, England, as was Mrs. Holroyd, and he came to Morris in 1853.  By 
his first marriage, Mr. Acton had two children:  Martha, who is Mrs. John 
Myers of Red Bluff, Cal.; and George, who is of Tucson, Ariz.  Mrs. Holroyd 
never had any children.

On May 11, 1901, Mr. and Mrs. Holroyd left Morris for a trip to England, 
landing on May 31 at Liverpool, where they visited with a sister, Mrs. John 
Lister, and there Mr. Holroyd died June 3, 1901, his remains being interred in 
the family burial ground there. Mrs. Holroyd returned to Morris where she 
still resides with her adopted daughter, Mrs. Harry Gipes.  Mrs. Holroyd is a 
lady of considerable means, owing ten good residences in Morris, which she 
rents, in addition to her own home.  Mr. Holroyd was a Baptist and a man of 
high standing in his church as well as in the community.

Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914, p831-2

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