The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Brown Township, page 477
Joseph Holloway is a native of Surrey County, Va., a son of William and Winifred Holloway, and was born Sept. 10, 1811. In 1831 he accompanied his father to Marion County, Ind., but the same year his father went to Tennessee, where he remained five years and then came again to Indiana. Joseph entered 164 acres of Government land in Brown Township, Hendricks County, and went bravely to work to make a farm out of an uncultivated and heavily timbered tract of land. His industry and energy have won him success and he now has one of the best farms in the township and has a pleasant home for his declining years. He was married in 1832 to Elizabeth Cool, daughter of William and Polly Cool, natives of Pennsylvania. To them have been born eight children--Mary E., John W., Eliza A., Henry E., David W., Indiana, Willis G. and George W.; the latter is deceased. In politics Mr. Holloway is a Democrat. He is a member of Brownsburg Lodge, No. 241, F. & A.M.