Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - J. L. Jolliff

J. L. JOLLIFF

J. L. Jolliff, a merchant in Magnetic Springs, son of Eli Jolliff, deceased. and Margaret (Wells) Jolliff, was born in Union County, Ohio, January 20, 1857, and on April 11, 1880, married Emma Hoskins, a daughter of J. M. and Elizabeth (Fleming) Hoskins, and a, native of Leesburg Township. By this union one child was born, namely: Clyde H., born April 5, 1881. Our subject's mother married for it second husband William Holt, with whom she and family moved to Missouri in 1874. While there, J. L. taught school for five years in Grundy County. he also read law for eighteen months. On January 23, 1882, he engaged in mercantile business., in which he still continues under the firm name of Hill & Jolliff. He Is a member of Mt. Carmel Lodge, No. 303, F. & A. M., Richwood Lodge, No. 448, I. O. O. F.; a Republican in politics and a member of the Christian Church. Mrs. Jolliff is also a member of the Christian Church and of Leesburg Lodge of Daughters of Rebekah.