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Lizzie Whitesides m. Nov 2, 1873 GA? b. 1872 d. Apr 1879 Ashley Co. AR |
Alice M. b. 1879 Franklin Co. MS d. 1890? |
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Sallie Edna Austin
m. Feb 6, 1889 AR b. Nov 1, 1869 Lafayette AL d. Nov 9, 1919 |
James Lee b. Dec 7, 1889 Ashley Co. AR d. Aug 23, 1892 Ashley Co. AR |
Allen W. b. Sep 5, 1891 Ashley Co. AR d. Apr 9, 1894 Portland, Ashley Co. AR |
Clarence A. b. Jun 13, 1893 Ashley Co. AR d. Mar 26, 1897 Portland, Ashley Co. AR |
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John J. "Hunter" b. Oct 22, 1895 Portland, Ashley Co. AR d. Nov 26, 1997 AR |
Gladys b. Ashley Co. AR d. Apr 9, 1894 Portland, Ashley Co. AR |
Mary Ella b. Oct 30 1901 Ashley Co. AR d. Oct 8, 1961 AR |
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Portland is still a very small town though it was incorporated in 1893.
(see Map
of Ashley Co. AR shows location of Portland in the eastern part of the
ciunty. |
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Ashley Co. AR was founded in 1848
(see present day map
for location), and borders Louisiana. |
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Father James was a large plantation owner in Hamburg, Ashley Co. AR. |
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After wife Lizzie died, John married Sally Edna Austin (1869-1919) in 1889.
She was the older sister of Louella "Ella" W. Austin, who in 1907 became
the second wife of John's stepbrother Willie Lee Holloway
(1860-1933). Both were daughters of Allen Wesley Austin (1840-1917). |
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Willie's eldest daughter Clyde (1885-1972) also married another child of Allen
Wesley Austin, Benjamin Hill Austin (1881-1917?), in 1909. About 1922, she married
Charles Bainbridge (c.1870-1957). |
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John is buried with his wife Sallie in Portland Cemetery along with other
family members who died young, son Hunter who lived to be 102, and youngest
daughter, Mary Holloway Mullis. |
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Photo of grave marker of
Mary Holloway Mullis (1901-1961) at Portland Cemetery, Ashley Co. AR. |
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SOURCES: Grave markers, Portland Cemetery, Ashley Co. AR. "John Holloway, 1851", File H-3, on p. 208 of "The MS Cains", website. US Census, 1850-1860-1870-1900,1910. Veach, Damon, "Louisiana Ancestors", article in Sunday Advocate Magazine, Baton Rouge LA, Feb 21, 1982. |
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