| Birth | 10 Oct 1805 | | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1826 | moved with his brother Josiah - Buffalo, Erie County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Abt May 1827 | moved with his brother Josiah - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | Bet 1827 and 1837 | merchant with his brother Josiah under the firm J.W. Hollister & Co. - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Marriage | 15 Sep 1834 | at Oldenbarneveld Reformed Christian Church, Trenton, Oneida County, New York - Emily PERKINS | | | |
| Residence | 15 Sep 1834 | and was a merchant - Sandusky, Huron, Ohio, United States | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1837 | moved - Buffalo, Erie County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | Bet 1837 and 1849 | merchant engaged in western dry-goods jobbing business - Buffalo, Erie County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Nov 1837 | with David Van Fleet and Samuel Caldwell, was an appraiser of the estate of Durin Tuttle - Huron County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | Bet 1850 and 1857 | president of the Hollister Bank of Buffalo with his brother Robert as Vice President - Buffalo, Erie County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | Aft 1857 | coal trader and grain commission worker - Buffalo, Erie County, New York | | | |