Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Holway, N. B. 1824 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com April 13, 2007, 3:07 am Author: Unknown N. B. HOLWAY, manufacturer of and dealer in lumber, lath and shingles, has been a resident of the city of La Crosse since April, 1854, and has been in the lumber business during the whole time. He is a native of Somerset Co., Me., born in 1824, son of Zacheus and Azuba (Jones) Holway. He resided in his native State till the spring of 1851; then went to California via the Panama route and returned to Maine in the fall of 1853. He came from there to La Crosse the spring following. His first wife was Sarah Jane Blackwell, of Maine. She died June 4, 1871, leaving four children - Orlando, Lilla, Eugene and Fred. His second wife was Miss Jessie M. Hogan, of La Crosse. He has three children by the second marriage - Harry, Charles and Bernard. Additional Comments: From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 763. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/holway326nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb