Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 3.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 347.
 
WILLIAM HOLLISTON

      Agriculture and horticulture have long been the basis of the prosperity of
the Willamette Valley and among those who are devoting their time and attention
to these lines of business William Holliston, of Creswell, Lane county, is
deserving of specific mention in the annals of his locality, for he has shown
such qualities of character and judgment in his business affairs as stamp him as
a man of genuine worth. Mr. Holliston was born in Oronoco, Minnesota, April 20,
1861, and is a son of James and Mary (Stephenson) Holliston, both of whom died
in Hutchinson, Minnesota, where the father was engaged in farming.
     Having secured his education in the public schools of his native state,
William Holliston remained at home with his parents until twenty-one years of
age. In 1887 he went to Tacoma, Washington, and engaged in the livery business,
keeping fifty head of horses. He conducted that business until 1894, when he
sold out and, returning to Minnesota, bought two hundred acres of land, on which
he successfully engaged in farming until 1899, when he rented the place and
moved to Hutchinson, where he became interested in the real estate business, to
which he devoted his attention until 1913, when he came to Creswell as secretary
for the Creswell Orchard Company, the most successful orchard company in Lane
county. He has most capably directed this enterprise and he is also the owner of
three well improved and productive farms in the vicinity of Creswell, on which
he has pure bred cattle and sheep.
     In 1913 Mr. Holliston was united in marriage to Miss Anna Kjemhus, daughter
of Knute and Lena (Stevens) Kjemhus. Her father was born and reared in Norway,
from which country he came to the United States at the age of nineteen years. He
enlisted for service in the Union Army during the Civil war and was wounded in
battle. Soon after the close of the war, he went to Minnesota and took up a
homestead, which he developed into a good farm, living there to the time of his
death, when eighty-five years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Holliston had one daughter,
Eva Dorothy, who was born July 1, 1914, and died on the 12th of the same month.
Mr. Holliston was a member of Equity Lodge, No. 221, A. F. & A. M., and Hassan
Valley Lodge, No. 109, I.O.O.F., both of Minnesota. In his political alignment
he is a democrat. During his residence in Lane county he has shown a commendable
disposition to cooperate in every possible way with his fellow citizens in the
advancement of the community's best interests and fairness has characterized all
his business dealings.  He has been a worthy example in all that constitutes
good citizenship and is well deserving of the respect in which he is held.

     
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