Mark Hollister, one of the most pleasant rural abodes in Waterford Township is that of a gentleman above named which is located on section 16, in the midst of the fertile fields, where everything necessary in the way of farm buildings has been erected and all other improvements made which would add to the value of the estate or the comfort of those who accompany it. Mr. Hollister is quite well known as a man of means, possessed of decided business ability, and unlimited energy and perseverance. He is now living retired from the more active duties of life, and a pleasant home in Pontiac, while his son, Frank B., operates the home farm.

The father of Mr. Hollister, whose given name was Henry L., Was born in 1796 in Saratoga County, New York, and was reared on a farm. At that early day educational privileges were limited, and he had none of the opportunities offered to use of the present day. Upon attaining maturity you was united in marriage with Miss Eunice Avery, also a native of the Empire state, M born in 1804. She possessed robust help, and was a spinner and Weaver by trade, which came in good play after the death of her husband, as she is able to close two children by spinning and weaving flax on shares. Eight children were born to her and her husband, of whom four survived, three resided in Michigan and one in New York. All the children unattended common schools, while one brother was a student in a normal school; another, who was educated in his seminary, is now minister in the Methodist Episcopal Conference in Michigan. The father was a Methodist exhorter, and a man of people helped. He died April 12, 1840, leaving his family without means.

Our subject was born in Wayne County, New York, August 9, 1825, and was the eldest of eight children included in the family circle. When he was fifteen years of age his father died, and the care of the small children the vault upon him, thus throwing upon him early in life the responsibilities of manhood. He worked out by the month of the summer, giving his wages to his mother, and in the winter he did chores for his board and schooling. At the age of eighteen he and a brother took a contract the cut 100 cords of wood for $31.25 and board themselves. From that time until he was twenty-one he took some land on shares, thus utilizing the younger children, and by this means he and his brother kept the family together. One of his brothers, Henry L., Spent five years in the late war, and now owns and operates a farm in Shiawassee County, Michigan, while George E. Is a minister, is spoken of elsewhere.

A very important event and a life of Mr. Hollister was his marriage with Tryphena Benton, a native of New York. Of the two children born to them, one survives; Frank B., Who was married in 1881 to Miss Jessie L., The daughter of Oliver W. And Mary E. Seger, natives of this state. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hollister have a family of four children, namely: Frank B., Edwin A., Pearl C., and a daughter as yet unnamed. In 1866 Mr. Hollister came to Michigan, accompanied by his family, and located in Waterford Township, Oakland County, where he lived five years. He then traded for from and Royal Oak Township, where he remained for twenty years. He improved of good farm and became well-to-do. In 1889 he purchased 70 acres in Waterford Township, which is son has sense occupied. Two years later he bought another farm comprising 80 acres on section 17, adjoining the first purchase, and this the son also operates. His estate comprises 150 acres of good land, upon which various improvements have been made which marked the owner as a man of energy and enterprise.

Religiously Mr. Hollister belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his political affiliation he was formerly a Republican, but now a Prohibitionist. He is held the office of Justice of the Peace, and in him the Township finds a loyal citizen, whose public spirit promised him to pushed forward every movement for the benefit of the community.