Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Holland, Augustus A., 1912 

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AUGUSTUS ABRAM HOLLAND 

A. A. HOLLAND DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS 

  Suffolk, Va., Dec. 2. - Augustus A. Holland, a prominent citizen of 
Nansemond county and a man widely known throughout this section, died suddenly 
this morning at his home in Holland in the 46th year of his age.  He had been 
sick but one day.  He was the son of the late William L. [sic; T.] Holland and 
Mrs. Sarah C. Holland. 

  He is survived by a widow, who was Miss Mamie Norfleet, one daughter, Mrs. 
Mary Odenhal [sic; Odend'hal] of Norfolk, Va., three [sic; two] brothers, 
Joseph G. Holland of Holland, Va., and Owen C. Holland of Montgomery, Alabama; 
three sisters, Mrs. P.L. Everett and Mrs. Elihu Joyner of Holland, Va., and 
Mrs. W.G. Elam of Suffolk.  The funeral services will be conducted at the 
residence on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. J.F. Lawless, assisted by 
Rev. N.G. Newman.  The body will be interred in the family burying ground. 


Augustus Abram HOLLAND, farmer, 
b. 10 Apr 1867*, Holland, d. 2 Dec 1912, at home, Holland, 
interred in the HOLLAND family cemetery*, off US Hwy. 58, 4 Dec 1912, 
re-interred in the Holland Municipal Cemetery*, off US Hwy. 58, 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 16, No. 64, Tues., Dec. 3, 1912, 
   p. 10 

*Additional information: 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (NV-I-36), an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

His parents, William Turpin & Sarah Catherine Abra (CROSS) HOLLAND, and 
   brother Dr. W.T. II (1869 - 1894) are also buried there. 

Find a Grave conflates it with several other HOLLAND family cemeteries - 
   what we have as NV-II-11 & -12 and NV-III-5: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol3.txt 

Holland list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Budjr - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92277552, as is a scan of D.Cert. 13939 
   (Holy Neck #6) - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum; they give b. 4 Apr 1867, 
   following our previous typo. 

His brother Joseph Godwin HOLLAND (1871 - 1937) also was moved from the 
   family cemetery, to Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Their father's obits ("Virginian-Pilot," June 13, 1899, p. 8, & 
   "Christian Sun," July 6, 1899, p. 2) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453w17o.txt 


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file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453a11o.txt