Gaston, Joseph. "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912." Vol. 2. Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 1049. LEVI HOLLENBECK after many years of successful active business life, is one of the highly respected retired resident citizens of Mapleton, this state. He is an honored veteran of the Civil war, having been a member of the Twentieth Iowa Volunteer Regiment. He was born in the state of Indiana in 1837 and is a son of Jacob and Mahalie (Goer) Hollenbeck. His parents were both natives of Holland and to them six children were born: Levi, of this review; Margaret, the widow of Sam Knight; Hulda Ann, a resident of Illinois; James, who lost his life in battle during the Civil war; Permelia, who is the wife of Thomas McDermott, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and William, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Levi Hollenbeck was reared in his parents' home and educated in the public schools. He remained under the parental roof until he was nineteen years of age, after which he worked at various kinds of employment until the time of his marriage, which occurred on April 8, 1856, in Iowa. Immediately following his marriage he was engaged as superintendent and general manager of a large firm in that state and in that capacity continued to devote his entire time until 1862, when he enlisted in the Twentieth Iowa Volunteer Infantry and during his first year of service he was wounded at the battle of Prairie Grove, Missouri, which proved to be so serious as to necessitate his discharge and at the end of his first year he was mustered out of active service and returned to his home in Iowa. In Inn weakened and disabled condition he engaged in the business of trapping, in which he continued until 1884, and in that year he removed to this state and established his home in Eugene, where he engaged in blacksmithing and there continued to live for three years. He then filed upon a government homestead to which he later added by purchase and upon that land he continued to reside until 1900, when he removed to Mapleton and has since lived a retired life. He is at present the owner of thirty-six acres of valuable land across which two railway right-of-ways have been surveyed, for which he anticipates a handsome compensating price to be paid by these companies. Mr. Hollenbeck was united in marriage to Miss Martha E. Spurgen on April 8, 1856, in Iowa. She is a daughter of John and Nan (Dittamos) Spurgen, both of whom are natives of Ohio, and in whose family were twelve children: James W., deceased; Sam, who has also passed away; Matilda, a resident of Iowa; Mary Ann, Abraham and Malinda, all deceased; Martha E., the wife of Mr. Hollenbeck; Gideon, living in Canada; Lucy, Sarah and Charles M., who have all passed away; and John L., of Lake City, Iowa. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hollenbeck eight children have been born: Alonzo L., deceased; Leona J., the wife of George Jones, of Goldson, Oregon, and the mother of seven children; Anzoletta, who married George Ferguson, of eastern Oregon, and who has five children; Alva A., a blacksmith of Mapleton, who is married and has four children; William, deceased; Lillie, who is married and living in eastern Oregon and has three children; Charles M., of Canada; and George W., of Rainier, Oregon. The mother of these, children is actively identified with the care of her home at the advanced age of seventy- four years. Mr. Hollenbeck is affiliated with the republican party but has never been a candidate for political preferment of any kind. He is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He has been for many years one of the highly respected men of the county in which he has spent so many years of his active life, and during his entire residence in this state he has been known among his friends and associates as a man of strict integrity in his business transactions and in his social life among the people of his community he has maintained an enviable and honored, character. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2011 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.