City: Camden
HOLLADAY, George Blanton, Circuit Court Clerk of Benton Co.; born Holladay, Tenn., Feb. 24, 1873; English, German, Scotch-Irish descent; son of John M. and Rachel B. (Mathews) HOLLADAY; father’s occupation merchant, tax collector, 1874-5, County Court Clerk 1875-8; paternal grandfather George W. HOLLADAY, paternal grandmother Catherine (Crider) HOLLADAY, maternal grandfather Joseph R. MATHEWS, maternal grandmother Sallie B. (Ryan) MATHEWS; educated Holladay Independent Normal, Holladay, Tenn., and graduated from same with degree of B. S. July 4, 1890; began business career as a clerk and merchant; member of Camden Lodge No. 179, F. and A. M., Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, Red Men, W. O. W., M. W. A., Knights of Honor (Reporter); school director city schools at Camden 1898-9; census enumerator 1900; Justice of Peace 1900-02; member of Benton county finance committee 1898-1900, and from 1904-06; elected circuit court clerk Benton county in 1906, and re-elected without opposition in 1910; director in Benton County Bank; manufacturer of tobacco; formerly lumber and stave manufacturer and dealer; elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
