Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Hollinshead, Reuben P 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Reuben P. Hollinshead, of the firm of Hollinshead & West, dealers in clothing 
and furnishing goods at Morrison, is a native citizen of Whiteside County, 
Ill., having been born May 3, 1857, at Fulton. Joshua Hollinshead, his father, 
is a native of Canada, and is a farmer in Ustick Township. The mother, Nancy 
(Ingham) Hollinshead, was born in the State of New York, and died at Fulton, 
this county, leaving two children, both sons. John D. is a pilot on the 
Mississippi River. Mr. Hollinshead left home when he was 19 years of age to 
learn the jewelry business, and bought out an establishment at Fulton, where 
he acquired a practical knowledge of its details. In September, 1879, he came 
to Morrison, where he entered the clothing house of H. Worthington as a 
salesman. In January, 1881, associated with J. A. West, he became one of the 
proprietors of the stock and business interests of his former employer, to 
which they succeeded by purchase. They are doing a successful and popular 
business. Mr. Hollinshead is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the 
Order of Odd Fellows. His marriage to Mary S. Brumagrin took place at 
Morrison, Oct. 25, 1882; they have one son, Frank Glenmore, born Jan. 10, 
1884. Mrs. Hollinshead was born March 26, 1863, in Spotswood, N. J., and is 
the daughter of Dr. R. J. and Jane D. (Van Cleef) Brumagrin.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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