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Dr. William Smith Holliday

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Dr. William Smith Holliday

Birth
Lucasville, Scioto County, Ohio, USA
Death
6 Nov 1915 (aged 64)
Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.9192598, Longitude: -90.6401157
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Son of Alexander John Holliday and Nancy Mary Mitchell Holliday

Education, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
Medical School, Louisville Medical College

Married (1) Emma Jewell, April 29, 1875 in Warren County, Illinois

Married (2) Lynette Baldwin, May 19, 1892 in Warren County, Illinois

From 1903 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Warren County,
William Smith Holliday, M.D., physician and surgeon, Monmouth, was born in Sciota County, Ohio, December 4, 1850, a son of Alexander and Nancy (Mitchell) Holliday, natives of Ireland. His maternal grandparents, Matthew and Mary Mitchell were both natives of Scotland.
Dr. Holliday's education was begun in the public schools of Ohio. At the age of sixteen years, he came to Monmouth residing with his brother Matthew until he attained maturity. After attending Monmouth College for two years, he read medicine with Drs. Webster and Crawford, and in 1872 entered the Louisville Medical School at Louisville, Kentucky from which he was graduated with the degree of M.D. In 1874 received Clinical Surgery prize and Anatomical prize.
Since May of that year, he has practiced his profession continuously in Monmouth. He served as County Physician from 1876 to 1882, and in 1881 was elected Coroner of Warren County, filling that office from December of that year to December 1883. He was a member of the Board of Alderman of the City of Monmouth (1884-1886) and for twenty-five years has been a member of the executive committee of the Warren County Agricultural Society. He is a member of the Baptist Church, of which he has been a trustee since 1882. He is a stockholder in the Warren County Driving Park Association. Is vice president of the Monmouth Homestead and Loan Association and was a director in the Warren County Publishing Company. He was received as an Entered Apprentice, passed the Fellow Craft Degree and was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in Monmouth Lodge, No. 37, A.F.&A.M; also took the degrees of Chivalric Masonry and was constituted, dubbed and created a Knight Templar in Galesburg Commandery, No. 7, K.T.
Doctor Holliday married Emma Jewell at Monmouth, April 29, 1875. She died in 1890, leaving four children, Jessie Mabel, Alexander G, Charles Jewell and Emma Evaline.
May 19, 1892, he married Lynette Baldwin, they have three children, Robert Baldwin, Stanldy Matthews and Marion Lewis.
Son of Alexander John Holliday and Nancy Mary Mitchell Holliday

Education, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
Medical School, Louisville Medical College

Married (1) Emma Jewell, April 29, 1875 in Warren County, Illinois

Married (2) Lynette Baldwin, May 19, 1892 in Warren County, Illinois

From 1903 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Warren County,
William Smith Holliday, M.D., physician and surgeon, Monmouth, was born in Sciota County, Ohio, December 4, 1850, a son of Alexander and Nancy (Mitchell) Holliday, natives of Ireland. His maternal grandparents, Matthew and Mary Mitchell were both natives of Scotland.
Dr. Holliday's education was begun in the public schools of Ohio. At the age of sixteen years, he came to Monmouth residing with his brother Matthew until he attained maturity. After attending Monmouth College for two years, he read medicine with Drs. Webster and Crawford, and in 1872 entered the Louisville Medical School at Louisville, Kentucky from which he was graduated with the degree of M.D. In 1874 received Clinical Surgery prize and Anatomical prize.
Since May of that year, he has practiced his profession continuously in Monmouth. He served as County Physician from 1876 to 1882, and in 1881 was elected Coroner of Warren County, filling that office from December of that year to December 1883. He was a member of the Board of Alderman of the City of Monmouth (1884-1886) and for twenty-five years has been a member of the executive committee of the Warren County Agricultural Society. He is a member of the Baptist Church, of which he has been a trustee since 1882. He is a stockholder in the Warren County Driving Park Association. Is vice president of the Monmouth Homestead and Loan Association and was a director in the Warren County Publishing Company. He was received as an Entered Apprentice, passed the Fellow Craft Degree and was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in Monmouth Lodge, No. 37, A.F.&A.M; also took the degrees of Chivalric Masonry and was constituted, dubbed and created a Knight Templar in Galesburg Commandery, No. 7, K.T.
Doctor Holliday married Emma Jewell at Monmouth, April 29, 1875. She died in 1890, leaving four children, Jessie Mabel, Alexander G, Charles Jewell and Emma Evaline.
May 19, 1892, he married Lynette Baldwin, they have three children, Robert Baldwin, Stanldy Matthews and Marion Lewis.


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