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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Saline County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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A. B. Holland, of Brazil, Ark., owns a fine farm in Section 36. He was born in Holland Township, of this county, in 1858, being the fourth in a family of six children, in the family of William T. and Catherine (Crow) Holland. The father was a well-to-do Tennessee farmer, who moved to Saline County in 1852, and settled in Union (now Holland) Township, which was named in his honor. He entered eighty acres of land, and later took another eighty acres under the Homestead Act, which he improved, and made his home until his death, excepting one year spent in Hot Spring County. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army, and served for three years, being under Gen. Price on his raid through Missouri. At the close of the war he returned to his farm in Saline County, remaining until his death, in 1885. His excellent wife still survives him. They were the parents of the following children: John (married, and resides in this township), Robert N. (married, in Texas), Benjamin (who died in 1874), A. B. (the subject of our sketch), Sarah Louisa (now Mrs. Foster, of Holland Township), and Mary Elizabeth (widow of James Thompson, living with her brother, A. B.). A. B. Holland was reared to farm life, and educated in the district schools of Holland Township, commencing farming for himself at the age of seventeen years. He was married in Holland Township, in 1879, to Miss Margaret Green, a native of Saline County, daughter of Harvey and Jane (White) Green. Mr. and Mrs. Green came to Saline County from South Carolina at an early day, where the former died during the war and his wife in 1883. After his marriage Mr. Holland settled on a farm in Holland Township, following which he moved on the old homestead; this he now owns, and has also enlarged. He has a farm of 240 acres, with about 100 acres under cultivation, it having been mostly cleared by himself. He has always been a strong Democrat, and for adherence to party principles has received the reward of being made constable of the township, which office he has held for six years. Mr. Holland is a member of the school board, also of Paran Lodge No. 309, A. F. & A. M., and in this society has held the position of J. W. Mrs. Holland is a member of the Baptist Church. The father of Mr. Holland served in the Mexican War under Capt. Waterhouse. He (A. B.) has seen a great improvement in the county since his boyhood days and can review with just pride the influential share which he has had in its development.

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This family biography is one of 100 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Saline County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Saline County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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