“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


A. SOLLIDAY, dentist; born in Lehigh Co., Penn., Feb. 13, 1842; came 
to Wisconsin in the spring of 1868, locating at Watertown; he practiced 
on his own account in 1867, in Circleville, Ohio, under the firm name of 
Solliday & Moore; this he continued for one year, when he moved to 
Watertown and opened parlors over the Bank of Watertown; remained 
for three years, then moved to his present location on the south side of 
Main street between First and Second, where he has been doing a highly 
successful business.  In the spring of 1879, he was elected School 
Commissioner of the Third Ward.  He enlisted, in the fall of 1862, in the 
114th Ohio V.I. a Principal Musician, and was after leader of the division 
band attached Gen. Lawler’s headquarters, and also of the post band at 
Galveston, Tex.  He married, Oct. 28, 1869, Elizabeth A. Van Ness, of 
Watertown; he has one child – A. Fayette.  Mrs. Solliday is a member of 
the Episcopal Church.



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