Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-07-30
Hon. Isaac Holloway, Is Dead"

dFlushing, was very low, and not expect
5ed to recover, and on Friday morning
.1while people were mourning the dealt
4of Gen. Grant, the sentence with which
5this notice is headed, flashed over the
1wlreS, and brought a nearer sorrow Il
: Smany hearts, who had known the good
Esman and loved him, not only for his pub
|allc splrItedneSs and many acts for the
swelfare of his community, but also for
ahis charitableness in the ways which He
EWho watches over the sparrow, loves and
remembers IN the promise, "Inasmuch AS
I've have done it unto one of the least of
athese, ye have done it unto me-"
! Hon. Isaac Holloway was born in
SStaffOrd county, Va, December 81, 1905,
land was consequently in his SOth year
] He removed to Belmont county in 1927,
land engaged in teaching. which he fol-
lowed for little over year. and then
1 Engaged in general merchandising and
farming. In April, 1881, he was married
: TO Miss Harriet Sheets, and the fruits of
] this union were four children, three of
dwhom survive, viz: Ohio S. Mrs. Annie
! NJ. Atchison and Nathan. In 1S47, Mrs.
Holloway died, and in May, 1850, he
5uarried Ann Eliza Norton, who survives
zto mourn the death of her husband, after
s35 years of welded life.
Mr.. Holloway served for fifteen years
as justice of the peace, and represented
snis district in the state Senate for the
years 1859.
He was public spirited man, ahd
Slabored for the interests of thescemmur
unity IN which he lived, being of that
broad scope of intelligence which showed
J nim that in SO doing he advanced his in
sdividual interests; and was, so to speak,
an adviser and leader during long life
lin Flushing. He was always an advo !
cate of railroad facilities for his town,
i and was one of the active men in secur+
ling the g. L. & W. road. After a reso-
luton had been passed by its projectors
to run the road by way of New Athens,
principally by the efforts of Hon. Isaac
J Holloway, they were induced to change
sthe route and go by way of Flushing,
and in this alone done more for that
township than any other enc man.
Being so fully identified with the well
! fare and prosperity of his section, as a.
consequence he was held in the highest
5esteem by very large circle of friends.
and completing long life of usefulness.
Z he goes down to the grave highly honor
led, and makes a gap which it will be
almost impossible to fill.
He was fortunate in his business aft
fairs, and by intelligent management
succeeded in building up competence,
and is known to be one of the heaviest
Taxpayers in Belmont county. His will.
written by himself, was admitted toI
Probate On Tuesday evening. In it heI
mentions his sons Otho and Nathan, and
shis widow, his executors. He leaves
about 1900 acres of land in Belmont
county, and about $4,000 of PERSONAL
property, besides other property in the!
1 west. He was Vice President of theI
new Flushing bank, whose directors will
take suitable action at their meeting on
Saturday.
In his death the community mourns al
1 representative man and steadfast|
friend, wife loses a companion made
sdoubly dear by years of constant fellow
Ship, and the sons and daughter parent
in every true sense of the word.
We give below an account of the OBJ
5sequies, written by our we'll known corr
respondent:
Funeral of Hon. Isaac Holloway.
The funeral of Hon. Isaac Holloway
of Flushing, took place on Sabbath, the
s26th inst. A very large concourse of rel
latives and friends gathered to pay their
i last tribute of respect, ald hundreds
formed the solemn cortege which follow
led him to the grave. A special trainI
came over the c., L. & w. from Whee-i
ling and Bridgeport, and a number of
distinguished men came up on that morn
ling.
The hour of meeting was 10 a. m, att
the former residence of the deceased
Mrs. Lucinda Kirk led in prayer. TheI
choir then sang, "Shall We Meet BeyondE
The River" Sweet Bye and Bye" and:
other selections. The people were them
permitted to view the remains. The!
lcasket was very rich, but there was no;
excess of ornamentatiOn. 1t was trim>i
lmed by B. R. johnson & Son, of St.I
IClaiTsvilie, who had charge of the fune-s
raj as undertakers. Mr.. Holloway wass
neatly dressed in black; on the coffin, at
lthe foot, WAS wreath of flowers, and al
the head floral pillow. with the wordsl
Fat Rest" in the center On the coffin
was silver name plate engraved, "Isaacs
Holloway, aged So" After the vasts
number of people had passed through to5
take last look at the one who had beeDs
among them for so many years. there:
was brief but fervent prayer by Rev.
Jackson, of the M. E. church, and the fu- |
neral procession was formed.
Hacks and carriages were furnished
10y Mr.. Samuel Campbell, of ST. Clairs
willie, and Mr.. d. w. Huff, of Flushing.i
ling ground at "Rock Hill," or Kennon.
TO-, and services we're held in the church
!; The general services were opened 'byE
Rev. Jackson, who reviewed briefly theE
life of the deceased, and then spokes
words of comfort and profit for the liv
ing. He was followed by Rev. G. CT
ISedgwick, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, whos
read the third chapter of Ecclesiastes,: !:
forming his discourse from the subject of:
that chapter, and also speaking of the;
life of the one who was 'soOn to be laidi
sat rest to await the resurrection morn-E
ling"
The congregation then repaired to thel
grave to finish the last sad rites connect
led with the burial. His body was laidI
beside his 6rst wife and his little daugh-!
ter. The choir sang while the casket|
was being lowered into the grave. Thei
services were very impressive. and theI
singing was beautiful. They were ledl
sby Prof. jackson. Owing to the crowds
sof people present, your correspondent re-
zgrets that he could not mention occur
srerces in detail, as it was difficult to Sc
Scure position within hearing.
Mr.. Holloway's children did not arrive
until after their fathers death. They
7are Capt. Otho s. Holloway, of Dakota !
Mrs. Annie Atkinson, Dewitt. Iowa, and
/ Nathan Holloway, of Chicago. Isaac
Holloway lived happily for many years
with Mrs. Annie E. (Norton) Holloway
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