Ray County, Missouri Biographies - Holland Vanderpool (born 1860 Source: History of Ray County, Missouri 1881; p.583-584 HOLLAND VANDERPOOL. The early pioneers of our county are rapidly passing away; ere long the last of them will have been “gathered to their fathers. Among the few who yet survive is Holland Vanderpool, a native of Campbell county, East Tennessee. He was born December, 24, 1806. His father, John Vanderpool, was the very first settler in Ray county. He came in the summer of the year 1815, and located on Crooked river, in the southeastern part of the county, and the early years of our subject's life were those of the pioneer. School advantages were meagre [ibid]-in fact there were no schools-and Mr. Vanderpool's literary training is, in consequence, limited to such as he acquired at home, with no further assistance from others than the teaching him of the alphabet by his parents. August 28, 1828, Mr. Vanderpool was married to Miss Leah Linville, also a native of Tennessee. The result of this union was ten children, only four of whom are now living, as follows: Franklin, James K., George W. and Martha. Holland Vanderpool has spent almost his entire life in Ray county, and now that his head is blossoming for the grave, he is sustained and blessed by the reflection that he has “lived honorably, hurt nobody, and rendered every man his due.” For more than forty years he has been a faithful, consistent member of the Old School Baptist Church. A man of proverbial kindness, he has done much to relieve the sufferings of others-ministering to the distressed, healing the sick and dispensing charity to those truly in need, whenever and wherever he could. Mr. Vanderpool took no part in the civil war. He remained at home, pursuing his life-long vocation of farming. He has made it the ruling principle of his life :to do unto others as he would be done by,” and has therefore the respect of all who know him. A worthy citizen, a warmhearted, obliging gentleman. We are happy to pay this tribute to a character deserving a more extended notice than the plan of this work will allow. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by County Coordinator USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------