Alanson Holly Explained

Alanson Holly
State:Wisconsin
State Assembly:Wisconsin
District:Columbia 1st
Term Start:January 6, 1868
Term End:January 4, 1869
Predecessor:W. Scott Schermerhorn
Successor:Andrew Jackson Turner
Party:Republican
Birth Date:21 July 1810
Birth Place:Granville, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Kilbourn City, Wisconsin, U.S.
Restingplace:Spring Grove Cemetery,
Occupation:newspaperman

Alanson Holly (July 21, 1810September 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 and References

  1. News: An Ancient Paper . Portage Daily Register . July 17, 1903 . Portage, WI . 4 . . October 23, 2021.
  2. News: Alanson Holly . Fox Lake Gazette . November 15, 1860 . Fox Lake, WI . 2 . . October 23, 2021.
  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.