William C Holahan was born June 4, 1842 at Boalsburg, Pennsylvania. His first wife was Eliza, and second Edith Ludwig.
William served in the Civil War, a Lieutenant and/or Sergeant in Co. G., 148th Reg. Inf. from Aug. 18, 1862 to Nov. 8, 1865.
The Daily Gazette and Bulletin, Williamsport, PA, Fri., Nov. 16, 1883, p. 3.
Civil War Pensioners of Clinton County, Renovo
William C. Hollahan, gunshot wound in neck, March 1881, $8.00
1880 Renovo, Clinton, PA, Wm C Holahan 35 born abt 1845 PA, an Attorney at Law, Eliza 30 born abt 1850 PA, Cassie A 6, Alma 2, Stella 3 months.
William's wife Eliza died in 1882.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Aug. 10, 1882.
Obituary.
Holahan. Died in this place, on the 2d inst., Eliza A., wife of Wm. C. Holahan, Esq., aged 32 years, 11 months and 1 day.
Mrs. Holahan was a lady identified with out town for over eleven years, here establishing her household and assuming and maintaining a position of respectability and worth from the beginning to the end. As a wife and mother she had no superior, and she was beloved by the entire circle of our acquaintance. For over four years she was an invalid, her health having been broken down by a severe fever. Since then she was visited with severe menacing attacks and her lungs in particular were noticeably weak. Every advantage which human skill could devise, the best in the land, was given her. She was under treatment of the best physicians in Buffalo and in the eastern cities, where she made many warm friends. During the past winter she spent the season in Florida, and by exceeding great care her life was prolonged for many months. But gradually and surely the destroyer gained upon her health until human efforts failed and the God of the righteous claimed her as His own. Her last words were, "I am going home, let me rest!" She was a devout christian woman of very marked attainments and peculiar merit. During her prolonged sickness she did not fear death. Her only concern was for her devoted husband and little children. Her domestic relations were of the highest and purest order, and her promise of life was above the average, and it seemed severe to see her fade away and die in the prime of her life and earthly promise, but the christian resignation of her dying words is a great comfort to all who knew her. Her body rests on the top of the promontory of Highland Cemetery in Lock Haven, overlooking all the beauties of the world and in suggestive proximity to the realms of her God.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Aug. 17, 1882.
In Memorium.
Mrs. W. C. Holahan died Aug. 2d, 1882.
The body, at her request, was buried on the summit of Highland Cemetery in the city of Lock haven, overlooking the confluence of the Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Creek, and commanding an extended view of those beautiful valleys. These lines were written by her husband and published by request of friends:
On yonder promontory height
Appears a new celestial light
To the aspiring christian sight
On gleaming all the stars of night
Echanting and supreme;
Rich radiant halo's far around
Encircle consecrated ground
A lowly, unassuming mound
Where one pure gem from earth is found
Of price beyond esteem.
Our home so lately full of cheer
Has lost that light which she brought here
And
Yes, every dew drop is a tear.
And hope seems banished ever;
We hear her voice in every room,
Her very portrait speaks with gloom
Her ? still us ?
What pathos vacant roles assume
Once here, but never! never!!
The name so dear is precious sweet,
When infant lips her tones repeat,
They speak at meals of "mamma's seat"
And search the lawn to trace her feet.
Ere shadows close the door,
So may they call her all their days,
And never cease to speak her praise
And search her through her goodly ways,
They'll find her when our Saviour stays
And parting is no more.
Still the troubled dreams of night,
I hear her speak with vague delight
I wake that joy must suffer blight
For years of care I've one requite,
A sense of love and duty;
She's gone, she's gone! at last 'tis done,
That noble, patient, saintly one,
Her suffering o'er, new life begun,
The mist that veils the noon day sun,
Reveals her youth and beauty.
We've placed upon that cloud crowned crest
A ? the last and best,
Her dying words, her own request,
"I am going home, please let me rest,"
Are doubly verified;
There tall proud pines arise,
And murmer anthems to the skies,
For noble dust in waiting lies
The truth is told beyond disguise,
Her soul was justified.
Yon "Highland Cemetery" head,
That rising city of the dead,
Which robes his feet in grandeur spread,
On such a mount our Saviour bled
For her immortal gain;
From balmy shades let ambient air
Waft gently o'er the saved ones there,
Whispering a soft, sweet, silent prayer
Here let the "dust to dust" repair,
Christ did not bleed in vain.
Her daughters each desponding hour,
I'll point aloft to natures' tower,
And tell of her o'er seeing power.
How once she loved them, she, the flower
Which angels have transplanted;
And when in turn these bulbs must fall,
In answer to the Master's call,
There'll be no gloom in such a pall,
Her grace sufficient for them all
Will leave the way undaunted.
Twas hard to part if sure to meet,
To me and mine that life was sweet,
Triumphant death t'was my defeat,
She sank to rest at Jesus feet.
Beloved and lamented;
And then I view landscape wide,
See winters meet to ne'er divide,
Transport my soul beyond the tide,
And to to sleep at Lidie's side.
Redeemed! Assured! Contented!
Her Last Will. (part is attached in photos here).
Clinton County, PA Wills
Holahan Eliza A, Renovo, PA, died 8-2-1882, File No. 1170, Will Book C, p. 429-434, Adm. W. C. Holahan.
1. Wanted to be buried in Highland Cemetery with a lot for her husband and five children.
2. To Husband, all household goods, to keep and maintain a home for their children, and to always keep them together and teach them the story of their mother's love.
3. To oldest daughter her gold watch, 2nd daughter her gold chair, daughter Stella her large amethyst ring, to daughter Lottie her other gold ring, to be kept by their father until old enough to care for them to keep as heirlooms.
4. Husband to keep the property and not sell it, but invest in it.
5. If her father releases her and her husband from a claus from his estate, wants all grudges to be gone and her husband to care for the mother.
6 Sworn and subscribed by her from St Augustine, Fla., April 27, 1882.
The Clinton Democrat, Clinton County, PA., Thur., June 8, 1893.
Renovo Items.
W. C. Holahan, Esq., while driving from North Bend cemetery on Memorial day accompanied by Mr. Ludwig, his Mexican mustang became unmanageable and threw both gentlemen out of the buggy. Mr. Holahan fell forward under the horse's feet and as he struck the ground the animal kicked him above the eye. He sustained other injures by the fall and was in an unconscious condition for a short time. Mr. Ludwig fell of of the rear of the buggy and escaped injury. Both gentlemen soon recovered.
William was married to Edith S Ludwig on Dec. 19, 1894 at Loganton by Elmen E. Dietterich. He was 52 years old, lived at Renovo, widowed since 1882, and an Attorney. She was 25 years old, never married, lived at Loganton, and her father was John Ludwig.
William died on May 16, 1898 at Erie, PA.
The Renovo Record, Fri., May 20, 1898.
Death of W. C. Holahan, Esq.
He Expired Monday at the Soldiers' Home at Erie, Pa.
A telegram was received Monday, from Erie, Pa., stating that W. C. Holahan, Esq., died at the Soldiers' Home near that city, on the same morning, aged about 57 years.
Mr. Holahan was widely known in this section of the State, having practices Law in Clinton and Cameron counties since 1871.
He was born at Boalsburg, Centre county, Pa.; was educated in the public schools of that place and at the State College, where for a time he had charge of the military department of that institution.
On June 2nd, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Co. G., 148th Reg. Pa. Vol., and served until December, 1865, when he was discharged as a lieutenant. He participated in a number of battles and was twice wounded.
After the war he read law with Hon. John Cessna of Bradford, Pa. and was admitted to practice in the courts at that county.
He came to Clinton county early in 1871, and after a few months' residence in Lock Haven he removed to Renovo, where he practiced his profession until two years ago, when his health failed him to such an extent that he became helpless. Through his soldier friends he was induced to enter the State Soldiers' Home at Erie, where death ended his sufferings.
While a resident of Renovo, Mr. Holahan did well his part to build up the town and make it what it is to-day. He built the large brick business block on the corner of Seventh street and Huron avenue, and a block of four large dwelling houses on Huron avenue, near Fifteenth street, now owned by S. M. McCormick, Esq.
Mr. Holahan was a Republican in politics. He was twice nominated by that party for district attorney and once for member of the legislature, but was defeated in every contest.
During his law practice he won several important suits in which his fees ran up into the thousands. He was also appointed assignee in the settlement of the R. B. Caldwell & Co. Bank affairs after the suspension of that institution in this place.
Mr. Holahan had a warm, genial nature. Many persons in the humbler walks of life were recipients of his favors. As long as he possessed means he was ready to share them with the poor.
He is survived by a wife, who resides at Erie, and three daughters, by his deceased wife, viz: Misses Clara, Alma, and Stella Holahan, the former residing in Newark, N. J., and the latter two at Lock Haven.
Interment was made at Lock Haven. Rev. Lewis Nichols had charge of the funeral services. The pall bearers – S. D. Ball, C. S. McCormick, J. (whole line missing), members of the Clinton county bar.
It is unclear who their other child was, 5 were listed in Eliza's last will. Also, their son died in 1875.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Dec. 9, 1875.
Died.
Holahan – In this place on the 3d inst., infant son of W. C. & E. O. Holahan.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Jan. 25, 1883.
Died.
Holohan – In Lock Haven, at the residence of Thos. Holohan, on the 17th inst. LOTTIE, youngest daughter of Wm. C. Holohan, Esq., of this place.
His two daughters Alma Moore and Estella Keeler share a cemetery plot at Globe Cemetery, Gila County, AZ.
William served in the Civil War, a Lieutenant and/or Sergeant in Co. G., 148th Reg. Inf. from Aug. 18, 1862 to Nov. 8, 1865.
The Daily Gazette and Bulletin, Williamsport, PA, Fri., Nov. 16, 1883, p. 3.
Civil War Pensioners of Clinton County, Renovo
William C. Hollahan, gunshot wound in neck, March 1881, $8.00
1880 Renovo, Clinton, PA, Wm C Holahan 35 born abt 1845 PA, an Attorney at Law, Eliza 30 born abt 1850 PA, Cassie A 6, Alma 2, Stella 3 months.
William's wife Eliza died in 1882.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Aug. 10, 1882.
Obituary.
Holahan. Died in this place, on the 2d inst., Eliza A., wife of Wm. C. Holahan, Esq., aged 32 years, 11 months and 1 day.
Mrs. Holahan was a lady identified with out town for over eleven years, here establishing her household and assuming and maintaining a position of respectability and worth from the beginning to the end. As a wife and mother she had no superior, and she was beloved by the entire circle of our acquaintance. For over four years she was an invalid, her health having been broken down by a severe fever. Since then she was visited with severe menacing attacks and her lungs in particular were noticeably weak. Every advantage which human skill could devise, the best in the land, was given her. She was under treatment of the best physicians in Buffalo and in the eastern cities, where she made many warm friends. During the past winter she spent the season in Florida, and by exceeding great care her life was prolonged for many months. But gradually and surely the destroyer gained upon her health until human efforts failed and the God of the righteous claimed her as His own. Her last words were, "I am going home, let me rest!" She was a devout christian woman of very marked attainments and peculiar merit. During her prolonged sickness she did not fear death. Her only concern was for her devoted husband and little children. Her domestic relations were of the highest and purest order, and her promise of life was above the average, and it seemed severe to see her fade away and die in the prime of her life and earthly promise, but the christian resignation of her dying words is a great comfort to all who knew her. Her body rests on the top of the promontory of Highland Cemetery in Lock Haven, overlooking all the beauties of the world and in suggestive proximity to the realms of her God.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Aug. 17, 1882.
In Memorium.
Mrs. W. C. Holahan died Aug. 2d, 1882.
The body, at her request, was buried on the summit of Highland Cemetery in the city of Lock haven, overlooking the confluence of the Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Creek, and commanding an extended view of those beautiful valleys. These lines were written by her husband and published by request of friends:
On yonder promontory height
Appears a new celestial light
To the aspiring christian sight
On gleaming all the stars of night
Echanting and supreme;
Rich radiant halo's far around
Encircle consecrated ground
A lowly, unassuming mound
Where one pure gem from earth is found
Of price beyond esteem.
Our home so lately full of cheer
Has lost that light which she brought here
And
Yes, every dew drop is a tear.
And hope seems banished ever;
We hear her voice in every room,
Her very portrait speaks with gloom
Her ? still us ?
What pathos vacant roles assume
Once here, but never! never!!
The name so dear is precious sweet,
When infant lips her tones repeat,
They speak at meals of "mamma's seat"
And search the lawn to trace her feet.
Ere shadows close the door,
So may they call her all their days,
And never cease to speak her praise
And search her through her goodly ways,
They'll find her when our Saviour stays
And parting is no more.
Still the troubled dreams of night,
I hear her speak with vague delight
I wake that joy must suffer blight
For years of care I've one requite,
A sense of love and duty;
She's gone, she's gone! at last 'tis done,
That noble, patient, saintly one,
Her suffering o'er, new life begun,
The mist that veils the noon day sun,
Reveals her youth and beauty.
We've placed upon that cloud crowned crest
A ? the last and best,
Her dying words, her own request,
"I am going home, please let me rest,"
Are doubly verified;
There tall proud pines arise,
And murmer anthems to the skies,
For noble dust in waiting lies
The truth is told beyond disguise,
Her soul was justified.
Yon "Highland Cemetery" head,
That rising city of the dead,
Which robes his feet in grandeur spread,
On such a mount our Saviour bled
For her immortal gain;
From balmy shades let ambient air
Waft gently o'er the saved ones there,
Whispering a soft, sweet, silent prayer
Here let the "dust to dust" repair,
Christ did not bleed in vain.
Her daughters each desponding hour,
I'll point aloft to natures' tower,
And tell of her o'er seeing power.
How once she loved them, she, the flower
Which angels have transplanted;
And when in turn these bulbs must fall,
In answer to the Master's call,
There'll be no gloom in such a pall,
Her grace sufficient for them all
Will leave the way undaunted.
Twas hard to part if sure to meet,
To me and mine that life was sweet,
Triumphant death t'was my defeat,
She sank to rest at Jesus feet.
Beloved and lamented;
And then I view landscape wide,
See winters meet to ne'er divide,
Transport my soul beyond the tide,
And to to sleep at Lidie's side.
Redeemed! Assured! Contented!
Her Last Will. (part is attached in photos here).
Clinton County, PA Wills
Holahan Eliza A, Renovo, PA, died 8-2-1882, File No. 1170, Will Book C, p. 429-434, Adm. W. C. Holahan.
1. Wanted to be buried in Highland Cemetery with a lot for her husband and five children.
2. To Husband, all household goods, to keep and maintain a home for their children, and to always keep them together and teach them the story of their mother's love.
3. To oldest daughter her gold watch, 2nd daughter her gold chair, daughter Stella her large amethyst ring, to daughter Lottie her other gold ring, to be kept by their father until old enough to care for them to keep as heirlooms.
4. Husband to keep the property and not sell it, but invest in it.
5. If her father releases her and her husband from a claus from his estate, wants all grudges to be gone and her husband to care for the mother.
6 Sworn and subscribed by her from St Augustine, Fla., April 27, 1882.
The Clinton Democrat, Clinton County, PA., Thur., June 8, 1893.
Renovo Items.
W. C. Holahan, Esq., while driving from North Bend cemetery on Memorial day accompanied by Mr. Ludwig, his Mexican mustang became unmanageable and threw both gentlemen out of the buggy. Mr. Holahan fell forward under the horse's feet and as he struck the ground the animal kicked him above the eye. He sustained other injures by the fall and was in an unconscious condition for a short time. Mr. Ludwig fell of of the rear of the buggy and escaped injury. Both gentlemen soon recovered.
William was married to Edith S Ludwig on Dec. 19, 1894 at Loganton by Elmen E. Dietterich. He was 52 years old, lived at Renovo, widowed since 1882, and an Attorney. She was 25 years old, never married, lived at Loganton, and her father was John Ludwig.
William died on May 16, 1898 at Erie, PA.
The Renovo Record, Fri., May 20, 1898.
Death of W. C. Holahan, Esq.
He Expired Monday at the Soldiers' Home at Erie, Pa.
A telegram was received Monday, from Erie, Pa., stating that W. C. Holahan, Esq., died at the Soldiers' Home near that city, on the same morning, aged about 57 years.
Mr. Holahan was widely known in this section of the State, having practices Law in Clinton and Cameron counties since 1871.
He was born at Boalsburg, Centre county, Pa.; was educated in the public schools of that place and at the State College, where for a time he had charge of the military department of that institution.
On June 2nd, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Co. G., 148th Reg. Pa. Vol., and served until December, 1865, when he was discharged as a lieutenant. He participated in a number of battles and was twice wounded.
After the war he read law with Hon. John Cessna of Bradford, Pa. and was admitted to practice in the courts at that county.
He came to Clinton county early in 1871, and after a few months' residence in Lock Haven he removed to Renovo, where he practiced his profession until two years ago, when his health failed him to such an extent that he became helpless. Through his soldier friends he was induced to enter the State Soldiers' Home at Erie, where death ended his sufferings.
While a resident of Renovo, Mr. Holahan did well his part to build up the town and make it what it is to-day. He built the large brick business block on the corner of Seventh street and Huron avenue, and a block of four large dwelling houses on Huron avenue, near Fifteenth street, now owned by S. M. McCormick, Esq.
Mr. Holahan was a Republican in politics. He was twice nominated by that party for district attorney and once for member of the legislature, but was defeated in every contest.
During his law practice he won several important suits in which his fees ran up into the thousands. He was also appointed assignee in the settlement of the R. B. Caldwell & Co. Bank affairs after the suspension of that institution in this place.
Mr. Holahan had a warm, genial nature. Many persons in the humbler walks of life were recipients of his favors. As long as he possessed means he was ready to share them with the poor.
He is survived by a wife, who resides at Erie, and three daughters, by his deceased wife, viz: Misses Clara, Alma, and Stella Holahan, the former residing in Newark, N. J., and the latter two at Lock Haven.
Interment was made at Lock Haven. Rev. Lewis Nichols had charge of the funeral services. The pall bearers – S. D. Ball, C. S. McCormick, J. (whole line missing), members of the Clinton county bar.
It is unclear who their other child was, 5 were listed in Eliza's last will. Also, their son died in 1875.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Dec. 9, 1875.
Died.
Holahan – In this place on the 3d inst., infant son of W. C. & E. O. Holahan.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Jan. 25, 1883.
Died.
Holohan – In Lock Haven, at the residence of Thos. Holohan, on the 17th inst. LOTTIE, youngest daughter of Wm. C. Holohan, Esq., of this place.
His two daughters Alma Moore and Estella Keeler share a cemetery plot at Globe Cemetery, Gila County, AZ.
William C Holahan was born June 4, 1842 at Boalsburg, Pennsylvania. His first wife was Eliza, and second Edith Ludwig.
William served in the Civil War, a Lieutenant and/or Sergeant in Co. G., 148th Reg. Inf. from Aug. 18, 1862 to Nov. 8, 1865.
The Daily Gazette and Bulletin, Williamsport, PA, Fri., Nov. 16, 1883, p. 3.
Civil War Pensioners of Clinton County, Renovo
William C. Hollahan, gunshot wound in neck, March 1881, $8.00
1880 Renovo, Clinton, PA, Wm C Holahan 35 born abt 1845 PA, an Attorney at Law, Eliza 30 born abt 1850 PA, Cassie A 6, Alma 2, Stella 3 months.
William's wife Eliza died in 1882.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Aug. 10, 1882.
Obituary.
Holahan. Died in this place, on the 2d inst., Eliza A., wife of Wm. C. Holahan, Esq., aged 32 years, 11 months and 1 day.
Mrs. Holahan was a lady identified with out town for over eleven years, here establishing her household and assuming and maintaining a position of respectability and worth from the beginning to the end. As a wife and mother she had no superior, and she was beloved by the entire circle of our acquaintance. For over four years she was an invalid, her health having been broken down by a severe fever. Since then she was visited with severe menacing attacks and her lungs in particular were noticeably weak. Every advantage which human skill could devise, the best in the land, was given her. She was under treatment of the best physicians in Buffalo and in the eastern cities, where she made many warm friends. During the past winter she spent the season in Florida, and by exceeding great care her life was prolonged for many months. But gradually and surely the destroyer gained upon her health until human efforts failed and the God of the righteous claimed her as His own. Her last words were, "I am going home, let me rest!" She was a devout christian woman of very marked attainments and peculiar merit. During her prolonged sickness she did not fear death. Her only concern was for her devoted husband and little children. Her domestic relations were of the highest and purest order, and her promise of life was above the average, and it seemed severe to see her fade away and die in the prime of her life and earthly promise, but the christian resignation of her dying words is a great comfort to all who knew her. Her body rests on the top of the promontory of Highland Cemetery in Lock Haven, overlooking all the beauties of the world and in suggestive proximity to the realms of her God.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Aug. 17, 1882.
In Memorium.
Mrs. W. C. Holahan died Aug. 2d, 1882.
The body, at her request, was buried on the summit of Highland Cemetery in the city of Lock haven, overlooking the confluence of the Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Creek, and commanding an extended view of those beautiful valleys. These lines were written by her husband and published by request of friends:
On yonder promontory height
Appears a new celestial light
To the aspiring christian sight
On gleaming all the stars of night
Echanting and supreme;
Rich radiant halo's far around
Encircle consecrated ground
A lowly, unassuming mound
Where one pure gem from earth is found
Of price beyond esteem.
Our home so lately full of cheer
Has lost that light which she brought here
And
Yes, every dew drop is a tear.
And hope seems banished ever;
We hear her voice in every room,
Her very portrait speaks with gloom
Her ? still us ?
What pathos vacant roles assume
Once here, but never! never!!
The name so dear is precious sweet,
When infant lips her tones repeat,
They speak at meals of "mamma's seat"
And search the lawn to trace her feet.
Ere shadows close the door,
So may they call her all their days,
And never cease to speak her praise
And search her through her goodly ways,
They'll find her when our Saviour stays
And parting is no more.
Still the troubled dreams of night,
I hear her speak with vague delight
I wake that joy must suffer blight
For years of care I've one requite,
A sense of love and duty;
She's gone, she's gone! at last 'tis done,
That noble, patient, saintly one,
Her suffering o'er, new life begun,
The mist that veils the noon day sun,
Reveals her youth and beauty.
We've placed upon that cloud crowned crest
A ? the last and best,
Her dying words, her own request,
"I am going home, please let me rest,"
Are doubly verified;
There tall proud pines arise,
And murmer anthems to the skies,
For noble dust in waiting lies
The truth is told beyond disguise,
Her soul was justified.
Yon "Highland Cemetery" head,
That rising city of the dead,
Which robes his feet in grandeur spread,
On such a mount our Saviour bled
For her immortal gain;
From balmy shades let ambient air
Waft gently o'er the saved ones there,
Whispering a soft, sweet, silent prayer
Here let the "dust to dust" repair,
Christ did not bleed in vain.
Her daughters each desponding hour,
I'll point aloft to natures' tower,
And tell of her o'er seeing power.
How once she loved them, she, the flower
Which angels have transplanted;
And when in turn these bulbs must fall,
In answer to the Master's call,
There'll be no gloom in such a pall,
Her grace sufficient for them all
Will leave the way undaunted.
Twas hard to part if sure to meet,
To me and mine that life was sweet,
Triumphant death t'was my defeat,
She sank to rest at Jesus feet.
Beloved and lamented;
And then I view landscape wide,
See winters meet to ne'er divide,
Transport my soul beyond the tide,
And to to sleep at Lidie's side.
Redeemed! Assured! Contented!
Her Last Will. (part is attached in photos here).
Clinton County, PA Wills
Holahan Eliza A, Renovo, PA, died 8-2-1882, File No. 1170, Will Book C, p. 429-434, Adm. W. C. Holahan.
1. Wanted to be buried in Highland Cemetery with a lot for her husband and five children.
2. To Husband, all household goods, to keep and maintain a home for their children, and to always keep them together and teach them the story of their mother's love.
3. To oldest daughter her gold watch, 2nd daughter her gold chair, daughter Stella her large amethyst ring, to daughter Lottie her other gold ring, to be kept by their father until old enough to care for them to keep as heirlooms.
4. Husband to keep the property and not sell it, but invest in it.
5. If her father releases her and her husband from a claus from his estate, wants all grudges to be gone and her husband to care for the mother.
6 Sworn and subscribed by her from St Augustine, Fla., April 27, 1882.
The Clinton Democrat, Clinton County, PA., Thur., June 8, 1893.
Renovo Items.
W. C. Holahan, Esq., while driving from North Bend cemetery on Memorial day accompanied by Mr. Ludwig, his Mexican mustang became unmanageable and threw both gentlemen out of the buggy. Mr. Holahan fell forward under the horse's feet and as he struck the ground the animal kicked him above the eye. He sustained other injures by the fall and was in an unconscious condition for a short time. Mr. Ludwig fell of of the rear of the buggy and escaped injury. Both gentlemen soon recovered.
William was married to Edith S Ludwig on Dec. 19, 1894 at Loganton by Elmen E. Dietterich. He was 52 years old, lived at Renovo, widowed since 1882, and an Attorney. She was 25 years old, never married, lived at Loganton, and her father was John Ludwig.
William died on May 16, 1898 at Erie, PA.
The Renovo Record, Fri., May 20, 1898.
Death of W. C. Holahan, Esq.
He Expired Monday at the Soldiers' Home at Erie, Pa.
A telegram was received Monday, from Erie, Pa., stating that W. C. Holahan, Esq., died at the Soldiers' Home near that city, on the same morning, aged about 57 years.
Mr. Holahan was widely known in this section of the State, having practices Law in Clinton and Cameron counties since 1871.
He was born at Boalsburg, Centre county, Pa.; was educated in the public schools of that place and at the State College, where for a time he had charge of the military department of that institution.
On June 2nd, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Co. G., 148th Reg. Pa. Vol., and served until December, 1865, when he was discharged as a lieutenant. He participated in a number of battles and was twice wounded.
After the war he read law with Hon. John Cessna of Bradford, Pa. and was admitted to practice in the courts at that county.
He came to Clinton county early in 1871, and after a few months' residence in Lock Haven he removed to Renovo, where he practiced his profession until two years ago, when his health failed him to such an extent that he became helpless. Through his soldier friends he was induced to enter the State Soldiers' Home at Erie, where death ended his sufferings.
While a resident of Renovo, Mr. Holahan did well his part to build up the town and make it what it is to-day. He built the large brick business block on the corner of Seventh street and Huron avenue, and a block of four large dwelling houses on Huron avenue, near Fifteenth street, now owned by S. M. McCormick, Esq.
Mr. Holahan was a Republican in politics. He was twice nominated by that party for district attorney and once for member of the legislature, but was defeated in every contest.
During his law practice he won several important suits in which his fees ran up into the thousands. He was also appointed assignee in the settlement of the R. B. Caldwell & Co. Bank affairs after the suspension of that institution in this place.
Mr. Holahan had a warm, genial nature. Many persons in the humbler walks of life were recipients of his favors. As long as he possessed means he was ready to share them with the poor.
He is survived by a wife, who resides at Erie, and three daughters, by his deceased wife, viz: Misses Clara, Alma, and Stella Holahan, the former residing in Newark, N. J., and the latter two at Lock Haven.
Interment was made at Lock Haven. Rev. Lewis Nichols had charge of the funeral services. The pall bearers – S. D. Ball, C. S. McCormick, J. (whole line missing), members of the Clinton county bar.
It is unclear who their other child was, 5 were listed in Eliza's last will. Also, their son died in 1875.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Dec. 9, 1875.
Died.
Holahan – In this place on the 3d inst., infant son of W. C. & E. O. Holahan.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Jan. 25, 1883.
Died.
Holohan – In Lock Haven, at the residence of Thos. Holohan, on the 17th inst. LOTTIE, youngest daughter of Wm. C. Holohan, Esq., of this place.
His two daughters Alma Moore and Estella Keeler share a cemetery plot at Globe Cemetery, Gila County, AZ.
William served in the Civil War, a Lieutenant and/or Sergeant in Co. G., 148th Reg. Inf. from Aug. 18, 1862 to Nov. 8, 1865.
The Daily Gazette and Bulletin, Williamsport, PA, Fri., Nov. 16, 1883, p. 3.
Civil War Pensioners of Clinton County, Renovo
William C. Hollahan, gunshot wound in neck, March 1881, $8.00
1880 Renovo, Clinton, PA, Wm C Holahan 35 born abt 1845 PA, an Attorney at Law, Eliza 30 born abt 1850 PA, Cassie A 6, Alma 2, Stella 3 months.
William's wife Eliza died in 1882.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Aug. 10, 1882.
Obituary.
Holahan. Died in this place, on the 2d inst., Eliza A., wife of Wm. C. Holahan, Esq., aged 32 years, 11 months and 1 day.
Mrs. Holahan was a lady identified with out town for over eleven years, here establishing her household and assuming and maintaining a position of respectability and worth from the beginning to the end. As a wife and mother she had no superior, and she was beloved by the entire circle of our acquaintance. For over four years she was an invalid, her health having been broken down by a severe fever. Since then she was visited with severe menacing attacks and her lungs in particular were noticeably weak. Every advantage which human skill could devise, the best in the land, was given her. She was under treatment of the best physicians in Buffalo and in the eastern cities, where she made many warm friends. During the past winter she spent the season in Florida, and by exceeding great care her life was prolonged for many months. But gradually and surely the destroyer gained upon her health until human efforts failed and the God of the righteous claimed her as His own. Her last words were, "I am going home, let me rest!" She was a devout christian woman of very marked attainments and peculiar merit. During her prolonged sickness she did not fear death. Her only concern was for her devoted husband and little children. Her domestic relations were of the highest and purest order, and her promise of life was above the average, and it seemed severe to see her fade away and die in the prime of her life and earthly promise, but the christian resignation of her dying words is a great comfort to all who knew her. Her body rests on the top of the promontory of Highland Cemetery in Lock Haven, overlooking all the beauties of the world and in suggestive proximity to the realms of her God.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Aug. 17, 1882.
In Memorium.
Mrs. W. C. Holahan died Aug. 2d, 1882.
The body, at her request, was buried on the summit of Highland Cemetery in the city of Lock haven, overlooking the confluence of the Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Creek, and commanding an extended view of those beautiful valleys. These lines were written by her husband and published by request of friends:
On yonder promontory height
Appears a new celestial light
To the aspiring christian sight
On gleaming all the stars of night
Echanting and supreme;
Rich radiant halo's far around
Encircle consecrated ground
A lowly, unassuming mound
Where one pure gem from earth is found
Of price beyond esteem.
Our home so lately full of cheer
Has lost that light which she brought here
And
Yes, every dew drop is a tear.
And hope seems banished ever;
We hear her voice in every room,
Her very portrait speaks with gloom
Her ? still us ?
What pathos vacant roles assume
Once here, but never! never!!
The name so dear is precious sweet,
When infant lips her tones repeat,
They speak at meals of "mamma's seat"
And search the lawn to trace her feet.
Ere shadows close the door,
So may they call her all their days,
And never cease to speak her praise
And search her through her goodly ways,
They'll find her when our Saviour stays
And parting is no more.
Still the troubled dreams of night,
I hear her speak with vague delight
I wake that joy must suffer blight
For years of care I've one requite,
A sense of love and duty;
She's gone, she's gone! at last 'tis done,
That noble, patient, saintly one,
Her suffering o'er, new life begun,
The mist that veils the noon day sun,
Reveals her youth and beauty.
We've placed upon that cloud crowned crest
A ? the last and best,
Her dying words, her own request,
"I am going home, please let me rest,"
Are doubly verified;
There tall proud pines arise,
And murmer anthems to the skies,
For noble dust in waiting lies
The truth is told beyond disguise,
Her soul was justified.
Yon "Highland Cemetery" head,
That rising city of the dead,
Which robes his feet in grandeur spread,
On such a mount our Saviour bled
For her immortal gain;
From balmy shades let ambient air
Waft gently o'er the saved ones there,
Whispering a soft, sweet, silent prayer
Here let the "dust to dust" repair,
Christ did not bleed in vain.
Her daughters each desponding hour,
I'll point aloft to natures' tower,
And tell of her o'er seeing power.
How once she loved them, she, the flower
Which angels have transplanted;
And when in turn these bulbs must fall,
In answer to the Master's call,
There'll be no gloom in such a pall,
Her grace sufficient for them all
Will leave the way undaunted.
Twas hard to part if sure to meet,
To me and mine that life was sweet,
Triumphant death t'was my defeat,
She sank to rest at Jesus feet.
Beloved and lamented;
And then I view landscape wide,
See winters meet to ne'er divide,
Transport my soul beyond the tide,
And to to sleep at Lidie's side.
Redeemed! Assured! Contented!
Her Last Will. (part is attached in photos here).
Clinton County, PA Wills
Holahan Eliza A, Renovo, PA, died 8-2-1882, File No. 1170, Will Book C, p. 429-434, Adm. W. C. Holahan.
1. Wanted to be buried in Highland Cemetery with a lot for her husband and five children.
2. To Husband, all household goods, to keep and maintain a home for their children, and to always keep them together and teach them the story of their mother's love.
3. To oldest daughter her gold watch, 2nd daughter her gold chair, daughter Stella her large amethyst ring, to daughter Lottie her other gold ring, to be kept by their father until old enough to care for them to keep as heirlooms.
4. Husband to keep the property and not sell it, but invest in it.
5. If her father releases her and her husband from a claus from his estate, wants all grudges to be gone and her husband to care for the mother.
6 Sworn and subscribed by her from St Augustine, Fla., April 27, 1882.
The Clinton Democrat, Clinton County, PA., Thur., June 8, 1893.
Renovo Items.
W. C. Holahan, Esq., while driving from North Bend cemetery on Memorial day accompanied by Mr. Ludwig, his Mexican mustang became unmanageable and threw both gentlemen out of the buggy. Mr. Holahan fell forward under the horse's feet and as he struck the ground the animal kicked him above the eye. He sustained other injures by the fall and was in an unconscious condition for a short time. Mr. Ludwig fell of of the rear of the buggy and escaped injury. Both gentlemen soon recovered.
William was married to Edith S Ludwig on Dec. 19, 1894 at Loganton by Elmen E. Dietterich. He was 52 years old, lived at Renovo, widowed since 1882, and an Attorney. She was 25 years old, never married, lived at Loganton, and her father was John Ludwig.
William died on May 16, 1898 at Erie, PA.
The Renovo Record, Fri., May 20, 1898.
Death of W. C. Holahan, Esq.
He Expired Monday at the Soldiers' Home at Erie, Pa.
A telegram was received Monday, from Erie, Pa., stating that W. C. Holahan, Esq., died at the Soldiers' Home near that city, on the same morning, aged about 57 years.
Mr. Holahan was widely known in this section of the State, having practices Law in Clinton and Cameron counties since 1871.
He was born at Boalsburg, Centre county, Pa.; was educated in the public schools of that place and at the State College, where for a time he had charge of the military department of that institution.
On June 2nd, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Co. G., 148th Reg. Pa. Vol., and served until December, 1865, when he was discharged as a lieutenant. He participated in a number of battles and was twice wounded.
After the war he read law with Hon. John Cessna of Bradford, Pa. and was admitted to practice in the courts at that county.
He came to Clinton county early in 1871, and after a few months' residence in Lock Haven he removed to Renovo, where he practiced his profession until two years ago, when his health failed him to such an extent that he became helpless. Through his soldier friends he was induced to enter the State Soldiers' Home at Erie, where death ended his sufferings.
While a resident of Renovo, Mr. Holahan did well his part to build up the town and make it what it is to-day. He built the large brick business block on the corner of Seventh street and Huron avenue, and a block of four large dwelling houses on Huron avenue, near Fifteenth street, now owned by S. M. McCormick, Esq.
Mr. Holahan was a Republican in politics. He was twice nominated by that party for district attorney and once for member of the legislature, but was defeated in every contest.
During his law practice he won several important suits in which his fees ran up into the thousands. He was also appointed assignee in the settlement of the R. B. Caldwell & Co. Bank affairs after the suspension of that institution in this place.
Mr. Holahan had a warm, genial nature. Many persons in the humbler walks of life were recipients of his favors. As long as he possessed means he was ready to share them with the poor.
He is survived by a wife, who resides at Erie, and three daughters, by his deceased wife, viz: Misses Clara, Alma, and Stella Holahan, the former residing in Newark, N. J., and the latter two at Lock Haven.
Interment was made at Lock Haven. Rev. Lewis Nichols had charge of the funeral services. The pall bearers – S. D. Ball, C. S. McCormick, J. (whole line missing), members of the Clinton county bar.
It is unclear who their other child was, 5 were listed in Eliza's last will. Also, their son died in 1875.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Dec. 9, 1875.
Died.
Holahan – In this place on the 3d inst., infant son of W. C. & E. O. Holahan.
The Renovo Record, Thur., Jan. 25, 1883.
Died.
Holohan – In Lock Haven, at the residence of Thos. Holohan, on the 17th inst. LOTTIE, youngest daughter of Wm. C. Holohan, Esq., of this place.
His two daughters Alma Moore and Estella Keeler share a cemetery plot at Globe Cemetery, Gila County, AZ.
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