HOLLOPETER BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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HOLLOPETER, H. Bryant - b: 1859 York Co, PA
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 404
residence: Bear Creek Twp

H. Bryant Hollopeter. Born and reared upon the farm in Henry County, H. B. 
Hollopeter of Bear Creek township, achieved a success as a railroad man, and 
then returned to his first love, after having accumulated sufficient funds to 
purchase a splendid farm near his old home in this township. Unlike many of 
those who have been employed in salaried positions for a number of years, he 
carefully saved his earnings, always with a view to becoming a tiller of the soil 
and thus be independent of the tenure of a railroad job, and to become his own 
boss on the farm. Mr. Hollopeter was born in 1859 in York County, Pennsylvania, 
the son of Frederick (born July 4, 1808; died March 3, 1893) Hollopeter, the son 
of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. Frederick Hollopeter was reared in Pennsylvania 
and was there married in 1858 to Christian Troy, who was born August 26, 1836, 
in Clearfield County Pennsylvania, the daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Miles) 
Troy, natives of Pennsylvania. Frederick Hollopeter came to Henry County in 1871 
and purchased an eighty-acre tract of prairie land upon which he erected his 
permanent home in this county. Here he tilled his acres and lived to a good old 
age, surrounded by the comforts of his industry and thrift. He was father of four 
children: H. Bryant, subject of this review; Mrs. Phoebe Catharine Etter, Kansas 
City, Missouri; Mary, deceased; Irvin, Kansas City, Missouri; Lydia, deceased; 
Nellie, at home with her widowed mother, who has three grandchildren. Mr. 
Hollopeter was a Republican in his political faith and a member of the Brethren 
Church. Bryant Hollopeter attended the Glenwood district school and also studied 
at Lamkin's Academy at Clinton. Like the greater number of Prof. Lamkin's 
students he has achieved a success of his life. Prior to his marriage, in 1887, he 
had purchased a forty-acre tract of land which formed the nucleus around which 
he has built up his splendid 200-acre farm. When he was twenty-one years of age 
he began teaching school and continued teaching and farming until his marriage. 
In 1890 Mr. Hollopeter engaged in railroad work with the Ft. Scott & Memphis 
Railroad Company and followed the profession of telegraph operator and station 
agent for twenty years. He was stationed at Deepwater, first as a helper, and 
then transferred to Cherokee, Kansas. Later he had charge of the railway station 
at Aldrich, Missouri; then he went to Creighton, Missouri, and after a term of 
service at Garden City, Missouri, he returned to his farm in 1910. During his 
career as a railroad man he purchased an additional 160 acres of land. In the year 
1903, he erected a handsome brick residence upon his farm. Mr. Hollopeter has 
120 acres in his home place, and an eighty-acre tract located two miles east of 
his home which he uses for pasture land. During this year (1918) he is cultivating 
twenty acres of corn, twenty acres of oats, and has seventy acres in grasses. Mr. 
Hollopeter is using fertilizer for his crops with the idea that it is his duty to 
raise bumper crops in this year of all years for the good of the country. He was 
one of the organizers of the Bank of La Due and served as cashier of the bank for 
some time, and is now a director and the assistant cashier of this bank. The 
marriage of Bryant Hollopeter and Miss Ella Varner took place in 1887 and has 
been blessed with four children, two of whom are living: Freddie and Edith are 
deceased; Paul, is railroad agent for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad 
Company at La Due and is making a success of his profession, being one of the 
youngest agents of the line; Ray is at home with his parents. Mrs. Ella (Varner) 
Hollopeter was born in Ohio and is the daughter of Daniel and Mary Varner, who 
came to Henry County from Ohio in 1885. The Republican party has generally had 
the allegiance of Mr. Hollopeter. He is a member of the Brethren Church and is 
regarded as a highly desirable and progressive citizen of Henry County and ranks 
among the successful men of this county.

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