Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Sarah A. Dixon, 1942 

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SARAH ANN DIXON HOLLAND 

MRS. SARAH ANN HOLLAND DIES SUN. 

  Mrs. Sarah Ann Holland, 94*, widow of James Richard Holland, a Confederate 
veteran, died at her home in Nansemond County Sunday afternoon at 1:50 
o'clock.  She was the daughter of the late Geo. and Nancy Mathews Dixon. 

  The funeral procession left the R.W. Baker Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon 
in time for services at Oakland Church at 3 o'clock.  Dr. I.W. Johnson and 
the Rev. E.H. Rawlings officiated.  Burial was in the church cemetery. 

  Mrs. Holland is survived by two sons Henry Clifton Holland, of Portsmouth 
and Herbert Hilton Holland, of Isle of Wight; four daughters, Mrs. Wortley 
Cuppy, of Cumberland, W.Va.; Mrs. Eva M. Manning of Suffolk; Mrs. Maggie E. 
Holland, of Nansemond and Mrs. Florence Everton, of Nansemond; 21 
grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. 


"Sallie" Sarah Ann (DIXON; Mrs. James R.) HOLLAND, 
b. 23 May 1847*, Nansemond Co., d. 3 May 1942, at home, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Newman Memorial Cemetery*, Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck, 
   5 May 1942, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 24, No. 6, May 7, 1942, p. 1, col. 1 

*Additional information: 

Her D.Cert. #11784 (Chuckatuck #3) gives b. 23 May 1848. Sarah had a twin, 
   George R. Franklin DIXON. 

She & her husband share a marble obelisk, pictured with their Find a Grave 
   Memorials, #39939931 & #9738587.  It shows the correct dates.  Her 
   husband also has a modern V.A. Confederate marker. 

Her parents are buried there also. 

Sarah was the third wife of James Richard HOLLAND, according to his 
   biographical sketch, posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/military/civilwar/cw_vets.txt 


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Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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