Holley, John M
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1802, in Salisbury, Conn. He was a member of the New York assembly from 1838 to 1841; and was elected a representative in congress from New York from 1847 to 1848. He died March 8, 1848, in Jacksonville, Fla.
HOLLEY, MARIETTA-Josiah Allen's Wife-author, poet, was born in 1844, in New York. She is a well-known and popular humorous writer whose home has always been at Ellisburg, N. Y. She is the author of My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's; My Wayward Pardner; Josiah Allen's Wife as a P. A. and a P. I.; Samantha at the World's Fair; Samantha in Europe; Samantha Among the Brethren; Samantha at Saratoga; Samantha at the Centennial; Poems; Sweet Cicely; and Alarm.