Franklin Pierce Holland


Franklin Pierce Holland, publisher, was mayor of Dallas in 1895–97.

Biography

Franklin Pierce Holland was born September 22, 1852, in Galveston, Texas to Dr. Gustavus Holland, a native of Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, Germany and Evelyn Compton of Louisiana. He married Pamelia Allen, daughter of Joseph D. Allen and Pamelia Roberts on 25 Dec 1877, in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas. They had six children: Franklin P. Holland, Jr., Reginald Vincent Holland, Ira Holland, Augusta Holland, J. Porter Holland, and Marsh W. Holland.



Following his schooling at Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, F. P. Holland returned to Texas and found work as a sewing machine and farm implement salesman in Austin, Texas. He began working for as an editor. Later, he started and served as its editor and publisher. He was involved in the establishment Dallas State Fair, serving as the first general manager of the fair.
Franklin P. Holland was elected alderman in 1891. He was elected mayor April 2, 1895, beating Bryan T. Barry, Frank Wozencraft, and John B. Louckx. In 1905, he began publishing Holland's Magazine.
F. P. Holland died January 18, 1928 in Dallas, Texas and was interred at the Oakland Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.