Samuel L. Holland's Histories of Holland Families: Fairplay Texas

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Sam Holland with his brothers and sister in the back yard of his father's home in Fairplay, Texas

Leland, Sam, Bill and Margarite at Fairplay, TX

Leland Holland , Sam Holland, Bill Holland and Margarite Holland at the home of David M. Holland in Fairplay, TX

About the Author

I was born on Thursday, December 25, 1919, in the community of Fairplay, Texas which is located in Panola County near Carthage, Texas. I was the second born of five children to Mordie Holland and Lois Allison Holland. My Father, at the time of my birth, was a sharecropper for his uncle, and worked as a farmer, rancher and carpenter all of his life. Under this setting I learned many things, not written in books, that were unknown to city reared boys; one being the pleasure of accomplishment in doing a difficult job well. At an early age I could tell time accurately by the sun, make my own toys, run miles without a letup and make a mule walk the top of a high furrow.