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Horace Holley ( 1887 - 1960 ) was a prominent follower of the Bahá'í Faith , having been elected to several Spiritual Assemblies , appointed by Shoghi Effendi in 1951 to be a Hand Of The Cause , and later elected to be one of the nine Custodians who stewarded the religion from 1957-1963.

Holley was born in Torrington, Connecticut in 1887. He was introduced to the Bahá'í Faith in 1909, and later served as a member and secretary to the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada, first being elected in 1923. He also became editor of '' World Unity Magazine ''. He was elected by his fellow Hands of the Cause to be a Custodian in 1959.

He died in Haifa , Jul 1960.


MARRIAGES AND CHILDREN

  • Married Bertha Herbert Oct 1909, divorced in 1919

  • #Hertha was born in Italy 1910 or 1911.

#Marcia born in Greenwich Village , New York City in 1916
  • Married Doris Pascal in 1919.



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