Alanson Holly
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Columbia 1st district
In office
January 6, 1868 – January 4, 1869
Preceded byW. Scott Schermerhorn
Succeeded byAndrew Jackson Turner
Personal details
Born(1810-07-21)July 21, 1810
Granville, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 15, 1882(1882-09-15) (aged 72)
Kilbourn City, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeSpring Grove Cemetery, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
Occupationnewspaperman

Alanson Holly (July 21, 1810 – September 15, 1882) was an American newspaper editor and Republican politician. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing western Columbia County.

Biography

Born in Granville, New York, Holly taught school and was in the mercantile and newspaper business in Wyoming County, New York. In 1855, Holly settled in Kilbourn City, Wisconsin, Holly started the newspaper the Wisconsin Mirror in 1856.[1] In 1860, Holly shut down the newspaper[2] and moved to Lockport, New York. In 1866, Holly returned to Kilbourn City and restarted the newspaper. In 1868, Holly served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Holly died in Kilbourn City, Wisconsin.[3][4][5]

Notes

  1. ^ "An Ancient Paper". Portage Daily Register. Portage, WI. July 17, 1903. p. 4. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Alanson Holly". Fox Lake Gazette. Fox Lake, WI. November 15, 1860. p. 2. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 10, Reuben Gold Thwaites-editor, Democratic Printing Publishing Company, Madison, Wisconsin: 1909, Wisconsin Necrology 1882-Alanson Holly, p. 487.
  4. ^ Hidden History of the Wisconsin Dells Area, Ross Milo Curray, The History Press: Charleston, South Carolina: 2010, "Alanson Holly Settled Here 160 Years Ago," pp. 30–31.
  5. ^ The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin, 1877, p. 193.

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Wisconsin State Assembly Preceded byW. Scott Schermerhorn Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Columbia 1st district January 6, 1868 – January 4, 1869 Succeeded byAndrew Jackson Turner


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