
According to James Winslow Holland’s Illinois death record, he was born in Carbondale, Illinois on November 23, 1866 to Jerome Bryce Holland and Mary Jane Calvert. By the time the 1870 census was taken, the parental family unit of Jerome 32 and Janie 25 were living in West Marion Township and using Marion as their post office. Children in the home were Jessie 5, James W. 3, Sarah 1 and Florence aged 3 months. Jerome was a farmer.
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