History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 890, Union Township
Chandler Hollister, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Avon; son of
Dr. Elisha Hollister, was born in Gill, Franklin Co., Mass., Aug. 14,
1804; received a common-school education in Mass., and moved to
Catteraugus Co., N. Y., in 1833; thence to Trumbull Co., O., in 1836,
and to this county in 1837. Mr. H. has served in many local offices. He
was married in Oct., 1833, to Delana Stubbins, who is a native of N. Y.
They had 7 children born to them, 5 of whom are living. Both Mr. and
Mrs. H. are members of the M. E. Church. He kept hotel in Ellisville 4
years; went to his native State in 1878, visiting every State on the
way.
