From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com)
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THOMAS H. HOLLAND
	Thomas H. Holland,one of the leading and eminently successful
lumbermen of Stevens county,was born in York,New Brunswick,June 24,1855. 
His parents, Francis and Mary (Haley) Holland,were natives of Ireland,
coming to New Brunswick in in 1837 where they passed their lives,the father 
dying at the age of ninety-one,the mother at eighty-seven. To them were 
born these children.viz.:John,deceased,Daniel,Francis,William,all of New 
Brunswick;James,in Lincoln county,Washington;Patrick,of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania;Jeremiah;Julia A.,deceased;Ellen,wife of William Daley,York 
county,New Brunswick; and Thomas,subject of this article.
   An excellent education was obtained by the latter in the public schools 
of his neighborhood,and at the age of twenty-one years he came to the United
States,at first to California. This was in 1876,and he remained in the Golden
state for two years,going to Oregon where he engaged in the sawmill business
for five years. In 1888 Mr. Holland went to Spokane and entered into his 
favorite pursuit,that of the manufacture of lumber,and which he has since 
continued. He settled in Stevens county in 1892,and formed a partnership 
with the Horr Brothers under the firm name of the Holland-Horr Lumber
Company. They have mills at Loonlake and Clayton,and a sash and door factory
at Spokane. The company controls nineteen thousand acres of land in Stevens
county,and Mr. Holland owns,personally,four hundred and forty acres.Their
output of Loonlake lumber is five million feet annually.
   In 1881 Mr. Holland was married to Joesphine Wattier,daughter of Volier
and Silva (Barbra) Wattier,the father a nativer of France and the mother of
Germany. They are the parents of seven children;George,deceased,William,
Francis,Volier,Silva,Baarbara,and Joesphine,wife of our subject. The union
of Mr.and Mrs.Holland has been blessed with two children,Mary and Silva,
both of whom reside with their parents.
   Politically Mr. Holland is in line with the Democratic Party. In the camp-
aign of 1902 he was nominated by his party for state senator against M.E.
Stanwell,the Republican candidate,and running ahead of his ticket,was 
defeated by only eighty-seven plurality. He has served as school director 
for many terms,and was re-elected in 1903,which office he still holds. 
Fraternally he is a member of the K.O.T.M. and the M.W.A.
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