Background
Holaday, Ross Edgar was born on July 14, 1869 in Westboro, Ohio, United States. Son of Samuel Andrew and Patience Louise (Pobst) Holaday.
Holaday, Ross Edgar was born on July 14, 1869 in Westboro, Ohio, United States. Son of Samuel Andrew and Patience Louise (Pobst) Holaday.
Graduate Wilmington (Ohio) High School, 1890.
Clerk in postoffice, Wilmington, 1890. Teacher public schools, Ohio., 1891-1894. Principal Academic Department, Davis Military School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1894-1897.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1898.
Practiced at Wilmington, 1898-1902. Member Ohio House of Representatives, from Clinton County, 1899-1902 (resigned).
United States consul at Santiago de Cuba, 1902-1915, Manchester, England, since 1915.
Member Ohio House of Representatives, from Clinton County, 1899-1902 (resigned). Member Society of Friends (Quakers).
Married Harriet Curl, June 24, 1902.