Barton County, Missouri Biographies-G. W. HOLLIDAY

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Pages 905, 906

G. W. Holliday, a leading real estate agent of Golden City, has been a
resident of Southwest Missouri for twenty years.  He was born in Morgan
County, Ill., and is the son of Hiram and Viana (McLaughlin) Holliday,
natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively.  The father was an early
settler of Morgan County, Ill., and was the first postmaster at Whitehall,
Ill., having named that town.  He was a soldier in the late war, in the
Sixty-first Illinois Volunteers; was taken prisoner, and died at Macon,
Ga., August 24, 1862, while in prison.  The mother still lives at Waverly,
Morgan County, Ill., and is seventy-nine years of age. G.W. Holliday was 
reared on the farm, and received his education in the public schools of 
Greenfield, Ill., At the age of twenty-one years, or on August 14, 1861, 
he enlisted in the Union Army, Sixth Illinois Cavalry, Company C., and 
served three years and four months.  He participated in Grierson's raids, 
which consisted of sixty battles, and was also at Port Hudson.  He was 
principally engaged in scouting and skirmishing.  After the battle of 
Franklin he was discharged, and returned to Illinois, where he remained 
until 1869, when he purchased a farm in Dade County, Mo., and two years 
later moved to it.  There he made his home until 1880, when he moved to 
Golden City, and commenced the real estate business, which he still 
continues.  He chose for his companion in life Miss Mary V. Garey, a 
native of Macoupin County, Ill., and this union has resulted in the birth 
of three children: Charles Frederick, Effie and Fannie.  In his political 
views Mr. Holliday is a Republican. He is a member of the G.A.R.  He owns 
800 acres of land, carries on farming and stock raising, and has 100 head 
of cattle and sixteen head of horses.  He is one of the prominent men of 
the county.  Eighty acres of his land at Cross Timbers, Hickory County, 
is said to have good lead and silver ore in paying quantities if 
transportation was furnished.

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