Anton Holly

Anton Holly (March 19, 1875 – September 26, 1932) was an American farmer, butcher, and politician.

Born, on a farm, in the town of Franklin, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, Holly learned the butcher's trade when he was nineteen years old and established a record of slaughtering and dressing a beef complete for the block in 4 minutes and 26 seconds. He owned a meat market in Tisch Mills, Wisconsin, for eighteen years, and since 1910, owned a farm in the town of Carlton, in Kewaunee County. Holly served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1921 to 1927 and was a Republican. Holly was in the dairy and cheese cooperative movements. Holly died at his daughter's house in Kewaunee, Wisconsin after being in failing health.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1925,' Biographical Sketch of Anton Holly, pg. 666
  2. ↑ 'Anton Holly, Tisch Mills Farmer, Dies At 57-Had Assembly Post, Butcher For Long Time,' Manitowoc Herald-Times, September 26, 1932, pg. 2


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