BIO: John F. Mulhollan, Jefferson County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kitty Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/pa/jefferson/ http://usgwarchives.net/pa/jefferson/beers/beers-bios.htm _____________________________________________________________________ Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens. Chicago, Ill.: J. H. Beers, 1898, pages 1082-1083. _____________________________________________________________________ JOHN F. MULHOLLAN (deceased). Among the prominent citizens of Jefferson county who have passed away in recent years, the late John F. Mulhollan holds an honorable place. A native of Centre county, Penn., he was born January 17, 1823, in Boggs township, a son of William and Mary (Yothers) Mulhollan, the former of whom was a native of Centre county, Penn., the latter of York county, same State. Rudolph and Elizabeth (Weirham) Mulhollan, paternal grandparents of our subject, natives of Ireland and England, respectively, came to America in an early day, and settled at Wallace Run, Centre county, Penn., there remaining until 1832, when they removed to Ohio. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Daniel Yothers, of York county, Penn., came to Centre county among the early settlers of that portion of the State. William Mulhollan, father of our subject, was a teamster in the war of 1812, and also for many years did teaming between Baltimore and Pittsburg. He died in Centre county, January 28, 1839, aged forty- seven years, and was buried over the line in Clearfield county, Penn. His wife, Mary (Yothers), passed away July 20, 1875, at the age of eighty-two years, in Virginia, where she lies buried. To them were born children as follows: Elizabeth, married Evan Steers, and both died in Virginia; Rebecca married Thomas Bowes, and both died in Missouri; Deborah married James Gunsalus, and both died in Nebraska; Joseph died in Centre county, and is buried in Clearfield county; John F. comes next in order of birth; and Lafayette is a retired machinist living in Curwensville, this State. The boyhood days of John F. Mulhollan, our subject, were passed on the home farm with his parents, his education in the meantime being secured in the common schools of the district. Up to 1854 he was employed exclusively in lumbering, at which time he also commenced farming, at the same time operating a sawmill extensively at Stanley, Penn., in all of which industries he continued until 1877, in that year retiring from business, and moving to the village of Prospect, Jefferson Co., Penn., where he made his home until 1892, then selling out and removing to Reynoldsville, where his widow and son are now residing. During the war of the Rebellion he was a member of Company G, 48th Regt. Penn. Vols., having enlisted January 11, 1865, and served until the close of the struggle, receiving an honorable discharge at Alexandria, Va., July 17, 1865. On May 30, 1848, Mr. Mulhollan was united in marriage with Rebecca J. Passmore, Rev. Eugene Kincaid, a Baptist missionary, performing the ceremony. A brief record of the children born to this union is as follows: (1) William A. (whose sketch appears elsewhere), born August 5, 1849, is ex-commissioner of Jefferson county, and a merchant of Rathmel, Penn. (2) Louis E., born August 18, 1851, died May 13, 1852. (3) James F., born February 21, 1853, is an ex-school teacher, having taught occasionally from 1872 to 1890 - ten years in all, after which he acted as private tutor for other teachers; of late years he has lived with his mother; he served on the election board for fifteen consecutive terms, until moving to Reynoldsville. (4) John E., was born April 13, 1856, is a farmer and proprietor of a meat market in Winslow township, Jefferson county. (5) Jesse, born February 21, 1859, is a farmer in McCalmont township, Jefferson county. (6) Elmer E., born April 1, 1862, died February 15, 1870; he was on his way home from school, and while riding on a log wagon, a log rolled on him, fatally crushing him. (7) Clara M., born April 16, 1866, died December 30, 1893; she was the wife of D. B. London, who is now residing in Winslow township, Jefferson county. The father of this family died January 2, 1894, leaving a wide circle of sincere friends to mourn his departure from their midst. He was a member of the M. E. Church, and in 1890 erected the buildings for that denomination at Rathmel. In politics he was a stanch Democrat (as were also his father and grandfather before him), and he held several township offices. Always industrious, careful and judicious, he amassed a comfortable competence, and left behind him no small amount of wealth. Mrs. Rebecca J. (Passmore) Mulhollan, widow of our subject, was born February 8, 1827, in Boggs township, Centre Co., Penn., a daughter of Enoch and Rebecca (Evans) Passmore, of Chester and Mifflin counties, Penn., respectively. Enoch Passmore died March 15, 1842, in Centre county, aged seventy-five years, and is buried in that county. He was an extensive land owner, having about 40,000 acres in Tioga county, Penn., and 3,000 acres in Centre county; his business in his younger days was that of a shoe merchant at Bellefonte, Penn. His wife, Rebecca (Evans) Passmore, died in Clearfield county, Penn., December 4, 1872, aged eighty-nine years, seven months and a few days, and her remains rest in Clearfield county. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, while her husband was an adherent of the Quaker faith, They had but one child - the lady of whom we are writing. Joseph and Elizabeth (Martin) Passmore, paternal grandparents of Mrs. Mulhollan, were natives of England, whence, about two years after their marriage, they came to America, settling in Chester county, Penn. Some time afterward Mr. Passmore returned to England for the purpose of securing an estate that had been left him, but on his arrival in New York City he died. His widow remained on the farm in Chester county, Pennsylvania. David and Rosanna (Milroy) Evans, maternal grandparents of Mrs. Mulhollan, were natives of Berks county, Penn., and were married November 11, 1777. To them came children as follows: Mary, born October 5, 1778, married Alexander Criswell, and died in Dearborn county, Ind.; Martha, born November 15, 1779, married John Lamburn, and they both died in Centre county, Penn.; Thomas, born January 10, 1782, was killed December 29, 1846, by a falling tree which he was chopping; Rebecca, born February 24, 1784, was the mother of Mrs. Mulhollan; Eleanor, born January 26, 1787, married Joseph Steer; Jane L., born May 10, 1789, died when young; and Rosanna, born April 20, 1792, married John Hansom.