Source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Whiteside County, IL
Originally published 1885 Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL

Transcribed by: Becky

Jones Page 571

Daniel Hollishead, farmer, section 8, Ustick Township, is the third son and fourth child of John and Elizabeth (Rush) Hollinshead, who were pioneers of Whiteside County of 1839. John Hollinshead was born Jan. 6, 1798, in Jersey City. N. J. He went to Canada and came thence to Clyde Township in Whiteside County. While in Canada he was a participant in the Patriot War, and his Yankee shrewdness made him a valuable auxiliary to the insurgents.

His wife, Elizabeth Rush, was a grandniece of Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Julia Ann Rush, her mother, lived in the stirring times that preceded the Revolution, and endorsed the cause of the colonists with all the energies she possessed, which were of no mean character. She put on male attire and performed picket duty whenever her services were needed. She accompanied her son-in-law to Canada and came with his family to Ustick Township in 1839. She died in 1842 and was the first person buried in the cemetery on the Hollinshead farm, where John Hollinshead is buried.

Mr. Hollinshead was born Feb. 7, 1833, in Canada. He came to Whiteside County with his parents in the summer of 1839, and he lived at home until he was 21 years of age, when, in company with his brother Jacob, he rented the old homestead of his mother. He is now the owner of 230 acres of improved land and has placed 80 acres under tillage. A part of the estate is on the first half-section of land claimed in Ustick Township, which was made by Ed. Rolfe and was entered by Daniel Reed.

Mr. Hollinshead was a Democrat in principle, but latterly adopts the views of the National party, and is also a strong adherent of prohibition. He has held several official positions of various degrees of importance.

He was first married in Mt. Carroll, Ill., July 2, 1859, to Mary L. Knight. She was born July 3, 1842, in Nauvoo, Ill. She died after having given birth to four children,--Viola, Emma, Dora and Agnes. Dora is the only survivor. The mother’s death transpired in Ustick Township April 8, 1867.

Mr. Hollinshead was a second time married, Sept. 16, 1868, in St. Clair Co., Mich., to Rebecca, daughter of Matthew and Betsey (Foote) Hubbell. Her parents were born respectively in Connecticut and New York, and had four children, born in the following order: Lucy, Lois, Angelina and Rebecca. Mrs. Hollinshead was born July 31, 1837, in Summit Co., Ohio. She has been the mother of five children,--Delia O., L. Hubbell, D. Earle, Archie F. and C. Burton. Archie died when five years old. Mrs. Hollinshead is a communicant of the Episcopal Church.

The portrait of Mr. Hollinshead, which appears on the opposite page, forms a valuable addition to the collection in this volume. He is a representative of the best class who were factors in the first development of the county, and sustains the honor of the line of descent to which he belongs.