John C. Hollister

In his early manhood Hollister took a deep interest in military affairs. He was appointed Captain of the New Haven "Blues" militia, for ten years. In 1855 Hollister was elected as Connecticut Adjutant General by Governor W. T Minor. Hollister for two years was an instructor in General Russell's military school.^[2]

John Clark Hollister was the son of Marinus and Hannah Burton Hollister. He prepped for college at the Burr Seminary in Manchester, and graduated from Yale College in the class of 1840,^[3] followed by the study of law at Yale Law School and with the firm of Bates and Huntington in Northampton, Mass. In 1842 he was admitted to the Connecticut bar. He moved from Manchester, Vermont to New Haven. On February 17, 1841, he married Martha L. Bradley of New Haven, Connecticut. He married his second wife, Sarah S. Shipman, October 31, 1850.^[4] He had three children one boy and two girls; Herbet H. Hollister, Mary I. Hollister, and Caroline S. Hollister. Hollister died of paralysis on August 29, 1903, in New Haven.^[5]