Holland, George W.
(born: 1874 - died: 1929)George W. Holland was born in Ruddles Mills, KY. He taught school in Kentucky, then in 1895 moved to Springfield, OH, where he was employed as a postal clerk. He later became head of the postal division of Crowell Publishing Company in Springfield, which was owned by Lexington, KY, native John Stephen Crowell (1850-1921). In 1934, the company merged to become Crowell-Collier Publishing Company.
In addition to being an employee at the publishing company, Holland was also president of the Colored Men's Council and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of 1924.
Holland's wife Maude died when George was injured in a car accident on September 15, 1929; he died five days later [source: State of Ohio, Certificate of Death File #56683] and is buried in the Ferncliff Cemetery in Springfield.
For more about George Holland see Chapter 9 of The History of Prince Hall Grand Lodge in Ohio, by C. H. Wesley. For more about the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company see the company records, 1931-1955 at New York Public Library.