Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Hollinshead, Jacob W 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Jacob W. Hollinshead, a farmer in Ustick Township, located on section 7, is 
the son of John and Betsey (Rush) Hollinshead, of whom a personal sketch is 
given elsewhere, with that of Joshua Hollinshead. They died in Ustick 
Township, respectively in March, 1843, and in June, 1863. Their children were 
named Joshua, Julia A., Jacob W., Daniel, Lydia, Charles, Mary and Emily. Mr. 
Hollinshead was born Aug. 22, 1831, in Canada, and he was about nine years of 
age when he came with his parents to Whiteside County. He received the 
advantages of the common schools, and was occupied on the home farm until he 
was 28 years of age. He then undertook the management of the homestead, in 
which he continued two years, and after that bought 94 acres of land situated 
on sections 7 and 8, in Ustick Township. On this he at once located and 
erected the buildings which he has since occupied and utilized in his 
agricultural operations. He is now the owner of about 217 acres in the county, 
and has 194 acres under good tillage. In political connections Mr. Hollinshead 
is in sympathy with the Democrats. He has been Constable three years, 
Collector four years, Road Commissioner about ten years, has served as School 
Director, and in the spring of 1885 was elected Assessor. He is a member of 
the Masonic Order, and, with his wife, belongs to the Presbyterian Church. He 
was married in Mt. Carroll, Ill., Sept. 12, 1858, to Jeannette, daughter of 
Orange and Margaret (Johnson) Benton, who had nine children, named as follows: 
Johnson, Lafayette, Rebecca, Edwin, Willard, Maria, Jasper, Jeannette and 
Emmett. Mrs. Hollinshead was born Feb. 11, 1837, in Chenango Co., N. Y., and 
to her and her husband three children have been born: Ethel L., Elizabeth M. 
and Frank L.

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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