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Note: The Holford family, including my father was listed in the 1900 census as living in the Arlington District of Alexandria County, Virginia, on South Glebe Road. Castello was listed as head of household, a male born in September, 1844 (wrong date), age 55, married 25 years, his occupation listed as "writes book."
The Washington Post, June 17, 1914, page 3
Lists the Graduates of Georgetown University
Bachelor of Laws
. . . ., Frank N. Holford, . . . .
The Washington Post, October 7, 1914, page 6
List the candidates who passed the D.C. Bar
. . . ., Frank N. Holford, Virginia, . . . .
The Washington Post, November 23, 1915
BIRTHS REPORTED
. . . .,
Frank N. and Ruth Holford, boy.
. . . .
The Holford family, including my father was listed in the 1900 census as living in the Arlington District of Alexandria County, Virginia, on South Glebe Road. Castello was listed as head of household, a male born in September, 1844 (wrong date), age 55, married 25 years, his occupation listed as "writes book."
Frank was listed as "farmer" and he was 14 years old.
Anne Hart writes: Frank Holford was my father. He was born in Wisconsin and lived there until he was about seven, I believe. His father, Castello, moved his family to Arkansas so that he would be a resident of the state and eligible for a civil service position. The "quota" was full from Wisconsin. They lived there for about four (to seven?} years. Then the family moved to Washingotn, D.C.
I once heard a story that he was "sold" into bondage by his mother to an Arlington farmer when he was a boy and that there was some kind of trouble in the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Whoever was the "judge" said Dad was too young and let him go back to his mother. I wonder about this story, as it is almost identical to that of his grandfather, John Brooks.
Dad went to Georgetown Law School. He did not go to undergraduate school that I know of. He took an exam to get into Georgetown University's law school and made very good grades there. I had a page of those grades which I gave to Diana Holford when she was married. He lived in rural Arlington on my Grandmother's farm (less than 3 acres). He built a Sears kit house on Columbia Pike in Arlington for my mother in th first few years of their marriage. It is gone now and is commercial. He built a beautiful brick house for my mother on part of Grandma Holford's farm. The house on 14th Street is also gone and townhouses sit on the lot, as well as most of the rest of Grandma's farm.
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