Born in Northfield, Vermont, where he went to school, Latham moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, in 1836. In 1837, he moved to the town of Spring Prairie, Wisconsin Territory and then settled on February 27, 1837, in Elkhorn where he was a farmer; he would remain there for the rest of his life. He married Lemira Bradley in April 1838.
Lemira L. Latham died July 25, 1885.[11] Hollis died February 22, 1886, after several weeks' illness.[12]
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^"Obituary. Hon. Hollis Latham". Lake Geneva Herald. Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: The Herald. February 26, 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2021. via Newspapers.com