Retired physician and surgeon, Pleasantville. A native of Licking county, Ohio, and was born February 16, 1827. At seventeen years of age he commenced teaching school and for ten years devoted his attention to that occupation and in his leisure hours engaged in the study of medicine. He attended lectures and graduated in the city of Philadelphia at the Philadelphia University. He commenced the practice of medicine in Effingham county, Illinois, in the year 1853. In 1858 he emigrated to Sandyville Warren county, Iowa. In 1871 he removed to Pleasant Grove township and continued the practice of medicine until 1878. He owned a fine farm in Pleasant Grove township and was one of its most respected citizens. He was married September 22, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Rhodes, also a native of Licking county, Ohio. Mr. Jolly was elected to represent Marion county in the Twenty-second General Assembly, 1888.