Newton Co., IN Biography

Newton County, Beaver Township.  From a Standard History of Jasper and 
Newton Counties, 1915, Vol. II, p. 773.

   GUY P. HOLLY is one of the prominent young business men of Morocco,
and represents an old and substantial family of Newton County. 
   He was born in Newton County, December 29, 1886, a son of the late
Charles E. and Alice A. (Smith) Holly.  Charles B. Holly was born in 
New York State, and when he was quite young his parents moved west and 
located in Kankakee County, Illinois.  They lived there for twelve years, 
and in 1870 the family came to Newton County, Indiana.  Charles B. Holly
found his first work as a cattle herder in Illinois, and after coming to
Newton County took up farming, buying 132 acres of land two miles east
of Beaver City.  That was the home and the stage of his successful 
efforts as a husbandman for eighteen years.  In 1898 he removed to 
Morocco, and for two years was in the hardware business alone.  He then
formed a partnership, and the store was conducted by himself and his 
partner for seven years.  This partnership was followed by the firm 
of Kay & Holly, which continued for five years.  After that Charles
Holly lived retired from active business until his death in 1914.
His wife's people came from Pennsylvania.
   Guy P. Holly grew up and received his education in Newton County and
he also attended Valparaiso University.
   On December 27, 1906, he married Miss Bessie K. Smith.  They are the
parents of four children: Zeland, Corice, Esther and Frank.


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