According to the death certificate Nathaniel was the son of Joseph Holley.
Nathaniel A. "Nat" Holley was born near Paris, Tennessee, and lived on a farm until he came to Texas at age 23. He raised sugar cane, vegetables, and orchard fruits on his farm near Balch Springs, Dallas County, according to the book A Stake in the Prairie.
He farmed until 1902 and then began a business career that was to make him one of the area's largest property owners. Nat and his wife, Adell, owned a grocery store located on Main Street in Mesquite, Dallas County. A photo of the couple in the store with their sons, Anson and Raymond, is on page 81 of the book mentioned previously. Nat served on the Mesquite I.S.D. Board of Education in the 1920s.
At the time of his death Nat and members of his family were major stockholders in Mesquite's First National Bank. His obituary in The Dallas Morning News described him as "one of eastern Dallas County's wealthiest merchants."
Nat was a member of the First Christian Church in Mesquite.
Nat was buried in Mesquite Cemetery but was later reinterred in Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.
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Nathaniel A. "Nat" Holley was born near Paris, Tennessee, and lived on a farm until he came to Texas at age 23. He raised sugar cane, vegetables, and orchard fruits on his farm near Balch Springs, Dallas County, according to the book A Stake in the Prairie.
He farmed until 1902 and then began a business career that was to make him one of the area's largest property owners. Nat and his wife, Adell, owned a grocery store located on Main Street in Mesquite, Dallas County. A photo of the couple in the store with their sons, Anson and Raymond, is on page 81 of the book mentioned previously. Nat served on the Mesquite I.S.D. Board of Education in the 1920s.
At the time of his death Nat and members of his family were major stockholders in Mesquite's First National Bank. His obituary in The Dallas Morning News described him as "one of eastern Dallas County's wealthiest merchants."
Nat was a member of the First Christian Church in Mesquite.
Nat was buried in Mesquite Cemetery but was later reinterred in Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.
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View Cenotaph at HERE.
According to the death certificate Nathaniel was the son of Joseph Holley.
Nathaniel A. "Nat" Holley was born near Paris, Tennessee, and lived on a farm until he came to Texas at age 23. He raised sugar cane, vegetables, and orchard fruits on his farm near Balch Springs, Dallas County, according to the book A Stake in the Prairie.
He farmed until 1902 and then began a business career that was to make him one of the area's largest property owners. Nat and his wife, Adell, owned a grocery store located on Main Street in Mesquite, Dallas County. A photo of the couple in the store with their sons, Anson and Raymond, is on page 81 of the book mentioned previously. Nat served on the Mesquite I.S.D. Board of Education in the 1920s.
At the time of his death Nat and members of his family were major stockholders in Mesquite's First National Bank. His obituary in The Dallas Morning News described him as "one of eastern Dallas County's wealthiest merchants."
Nat was a member of the First Christian Church in Mesquite.
Nat was buried in Mesquite Cemetery but was later reinterred in Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.
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View Cenotaph at HERE.
Nathaniel A. "Nat" Holley was born near Paris, Tennessee, and lived on a farm until he came to Texas at age 23. He raised sugar cane, vegetables, and orchard fruits on his farm near Balch Springs, Dallas County, according to the book A Stake in the Prairie.
He farmed until 1902 and then began a business career that was to make him one of the area's largest property owners. Nat and his wife, Adell, owned a grocery store located on Main Street in Mesquite, Dallas County. A photo of the couple in the store with their sons, Anson and Raymond, is on page 81 of the book mentioned previously. Nat served on the Mesquite I.S.D. Board of Education in the 1920s.
At the time of his death Nat and members of his family were major stockholders in Mesquite's First National Bank. His obituary in The Dallas Morning News described him as "one of eastern Dallas County's wealthiest merchants."
Nat was a member of the First Christian Church in Mesquite.
Nat was buried in Mesquite Cemetery but was later reinterred in Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.
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View Cenotaph at HERE.
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