Biography: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Joseph Robert Holland ************************************************************************ Submitted by Kathy Grace, November 2004 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ History of northern Wisconsin: containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources, an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories, biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers, views of county seats, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881 p. 1149 J.R. Holland, yard foreman, Radford Bros., was born in Winnebago Co, Wis., Sept. 3, 1856. His parents, William and Sophia (Abrams) Holland, came to Winnebago County in 1855, and to Oshkosh in 1859. The subject of this sketch attended the common schools, and also the Oshkosh Business College, and afterward kept books for McMillen and others. Has been yard foreman for several firms; was with Paine six years, Hy Sherry two years, and after this with his present employers. He was married in Oshkosh Sept. 24, 1879, to Miss Sarah Howard, of Oshkosh. Miss Howard was born in Racine. Mr. Holland is a member of K. of P.