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and three children also survive: David, Frances Catherine and Augustus DeWitt, who was captain of the Greenville volunteers in the recent war with Spain.
Daniel W. Holland
Daniel W. Holland, of Greenville county, S. C., was born in that county, May 7, 1833, the son of Benjamin and Mary W. (Geargin) Holland.
He was reared onDaniel W. Holland, of Greenville county, S. C., was born in that county, May 7, 1833, the son of Benjamin and Mary W. (Geargin) Holland.
He was reared on a farm and prior to the war followed that occupation and taught school.
On July 19, 1862, he became a member of the Butler Guards, Capt. J. W. Cagle, Company B, Second South Carolina regiment, and served with this command as a private throughout the war, participating in the battles of Harper's Ferry, Chickamauga, siege of KnoxviHolland.
He was reared on a farm and prior to the war followed that occupation and taught school.
On July 19, 1862, he became a member of the Butler Guards, Capt. J. W. Cagle, Company B, Second South Carolina regiment, and served with this command as a private throughout the war, participating in the battles of Harper's Ferry, Chickamauga, siege of Knoxville, Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Second Cold Harbor, Cedar Creek, the battles around Petersburg, and Bentonville.
He was in active service the greater part of the time and was once slightly wounded, at Cedar Creek.
He was married, December 23, 1858, to Martha Ann Smith, daughter of John P. Smith, of Greenville county,