J.H. Jolly is one of the representative citizens of Holmes County, where he was born in 1847. He is a son of William H. and Mary (Neely) Jolly, and a grandson of Peter Jolly, who came to Ohio about 1798, and located in Killbuck Township as a squatter, and then moved to Richland Township, where he entered 140 acres of Government land, where he spent the rest of his life, dying at the advanced age of ninety-seven years.

J. H. Jolly has spent his life in the county of his birth, and was here educated in the common schools. He is the third of a family of seven children, the names being Susan M., Joseph H., John H., James T., Margaret, Mary Jane and Emmet. He remained at home until after the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion, and in March, 1863, enlisted in Company B., Sixtieth Ohio Infantry, and served till the close of the war, when he enlisted in Company F, Twentieth United States Infantry, and served two years.

He learned the trade of an engineer, which has been his employment since 1869, and for seven years he worked for the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company. He is now employed at Nashville, where he has charge of the stationary engine works. Mr. Jolly was married, in 1868, to Miss Lutitia C., daughter of James and Mary (Keiner) Bell. They have no children. Mr. Jolly is a member of the Grand Army of Post No. 298 two years. He is a Republican in his political views. He and his wife are members of the Disciples Church.

Biographical Record of Holmes County. 1889.

This information was transcribed and posted on the Internet under the Ohio Biographies Project for Holmes County, Ohio.

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