Background
Holland, Josiah Gilbert was born on July 24, 1819 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harrison and Anna (Gilbert) Holland.
Holland, Josiah Gilbert was born on July 24, 1819 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harrison and Anna (Gilbert) Holland.
Graduate Berkshire Medical College, 1844.
Became editor Springfield (Mass) Republican, 1850. A founder Scribner’s Magazine, 1870. Editor Scribner’s Monthly (became Century Magazine), 1870-1881.
Author: Bitter Sweet (poem), 1858.
Mission Gilbert’s Career, 1860. Lessons in Life, 1861.
Letters to the Joneses, 1863. Plain Talk on Familiar Subjects, 1865.
Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1865.
Kathrina, 1867. Arthur Bonnicastle, Seven Oaks, Nicholas Minturn (all novels).
Married Elizabeth Chapin, October 7, 1845, 3 children.