Family Group Sheet If you can link to any of the following people, please contact Chris Gaunt at cgaunt@umich.edu. Thanks! Husband: Isham HOLMES Born: May 1790 in: VA Died: 12 Sept 1869 in: Newton Co, MO Buried: in: Rocky Comfort Cemetery, Rocky Comfort MO Father: William HOLMES? Have no proof for this. Mother: ? Wife: Millie B. JONES Some say that the B stands for Ballanger. Born: 7 Mar 1805 in: GA Died: 7 Nov 1861 in: Newton Co, MO Buried: in: Rocky Comfort Cemetery, Rocky Comfort MO Father: ? Mother: ? Married on: ? in: ? F Child 1 Mary S. Holmes Born: 5 Jan or Jun 1825 in: Tennessee Died: 29 Jun 1906 in: Atwell, Callahan, Texas Buried: Scranton Cemetery, Scranton, Eastland County, Texas Spouse: Robert Pryce CALLAHAN Born: 1817 in: Tennessee (per 1850 Census in Shelby Co, TX) Died: early 1870, buried Masonic section of Old Hall Cemetery, Lewisville, TX Married: 11 Dec 1844 in: Tishomingo Cty, Mississippi Source: Robert E Callahan, bob.cal242@stic.net, great-grandson of Mary S. Holmes and Robert Callahan, per email sent 6 Dec 1999. Email address updated 1/26/2006. Also found this data on Ancestry.com, Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 F Child 2 Sarah Raleigh Holmes Born: 20 Jun 1827 in: Elk River, Lincoln, Tennessee Died: 2 Dec 1898 in: Tippah County, Mississippi Spouse: Mark Perrin Lowrey (who became a Confederate general) Source: Ethan Cramer M Child 3 William Francis Marion Holmes Born: 3 Feb 1829 in: Lincoln, Tennessee Died: 7 May 1903 in: Leesville, Gonzales, Texas Spouse 1: Matilda Y BROWN Married 31 Jan 1861 in Wilson, Texas Spouse 2: Melissa Thomas QUAIL Married 1881 William is listed on the Gonzalez County Texas Census of 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900. M Child 4 Stephen Jones Holmes Born: 11 Jan 1831 in: Tennessee Died: 13 Feb 1922 in: McLean, Gray, Texas Spouse: So far I've been unable to find Stephen on the 1860 or 1870 census. The 1880 census has him living with Elizabeth and CC Reynolds in Texas, and lists his marital status as widower. F Child 5 Nancy Jane Holmes Born: 24 Oct 1832 in: Tennessee Died: 4 May 1904 in: Gonzales, Gonzales, Texas Spouse: Zachariah Hayden POTTS abt 1853 in Corinth, Adams, Mississippi, USA (Date based on age of eldest child.) M Child 6 James Franklin Holmes Born: 24 Aug 1834 in: Lincoln Co, Tennessee Died: 15 Jul 1899 in: Newton Co, Missouri Buried: in: Rocky Comfort Cemetery, Rocky Comfort, Missouri Other: till 1863 in: served in Federal Army see http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cappscreek/civilwar/76iemm.html Ref: Occupation: farmer Spouse: Rebecca A. KELLY Married: 1858 in: Newton Co, Missouri F Child 7 Elizabeth Frances Holmes Born: 29 Mar 1836 in: Lincoln county, Tennessee Died: 30 Jan 1917 in: Upshur county, Texas Buried: in: Tidwell Cemetery, West Mountain, Upshur, Texas source: Find A Grave Memorial# 25650885 Spouse: Christopher C. REYNOLDS born: 10 Apr 1830 died: 10 Apr 1884 buried in Tidwell Cemetery with Elizabeth Note: Elizabeth and Eliza are often confused. I have no idea why Isham and Millie gave these daughters similar names! F Child 8 Eliza Ann Holmes Born: 5 May 1837 in: Tennessee Died: 28 Mar 1922 in: Mt. Vernon, Skagit, Washington Spouse: Michael MURRAY M Child 9 Napolien B. Holmes Born: 5 Mar 1839 in: Tennessee? Died: 1845-1850 in: Napolean was likely enumerated on the 1845 MS census (5 males, 8 females), but is missing from the 1850 US census for Tishomingo county, MS. F Child 10 Martha A Holmes Born: 11 Mar 1841 in: Mississippi Ref: twin to Amanda Died: 1912 in: Handley, Tarrant, Texas (BUT I HAVE NO SOURCE!) Spouse: Radford TIDWELL F Child 11 Amanda (Mauda A?) Holmes Born: 11 Mar 1841 in: Mississippi Ref: twin to Martha Died: 31 Oct 1915 in: Denton, Texas Spouse: William SHANNON Married: 24 Feb 1874 in: Newton County, MO F Child 12 Margaret Finetta Holmes [my line] Born: 27 Jan 1843 in: Tishomingo, Miss Died: 11 Jul 1929 in: Kennewick, Benton, WA Ref: Occupation: housewife Spouse: Samuel Tate PACKWOOD Married: 24 Dec 1860 in: Rockey Comfort, MO F Child 13 Emelia Madenia Holmes Born: 11 Nov 1845 in: Mississippi Died: 8 Feb 1931 in: Mount Vernon, Skagit, Washington Spouse: Edward RUSSELL Married: 8 Dec 1869 in: Newton County, MO Sources: 1. family Bible that was in possession of Maurice William "Maury Bill" McClay. I don't know where it's gone since his death. 2. Biography of James F. Holmes, in History of Newton County, MO, Goodspeed Publishing (Chicago), 1888, p. 842. Found at the Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO. MV 977.873 N56. 3. International Genealogical Index for TN. 4. Biography of Samuel Tate Packwood, in "History of Lake and Mendocino Counties, CA", by Aurelius O. Carpenter, Historic Record Company, 1914, pages 644-649. Copy found in family documents. Available at California State Library, CSL Main Lib q 979.415 C2 California. Also available online at http://www.archive.org/details/historyofmendoci00carp 5. Pioneers of Six Bulls, volumes 12 (p. 38-39), 17 (p. 17) and 28 (p. 13 and 27), by Larry James. Series found at the Allen County Public Library. 6. 1860 US Census for Franklin Twp, Newton Co, MO. House numbers 1297 and 1303. 7. 1850 US Census for Southern Division, Tishomingo, Mississippi: Isham Haynes, age 53, male, farmer, born VA Milla or Millie, 45, female, born GA William, 21, male, farmer, born Tenn Stephen, 19, male, farmer, born Tenn James, 15, male, farmer, born Tenn Elizabeth, 14, female, born Tenn Ann, 13, female, born Tenn Amanda S, 9, female, born Mi not listed: Martha! Finetta, 7, female, born Mi Modena, 4, female, born Mi 8. 1845 Mississippi state census for Tishomingo county: Isham Holmes: 5 males, 8 females 9. Texas Death Index 1903-2000, database on Ancestry.com 10. Washington Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ 11. 1900 US Census for Justice Precinct 4 (North Part), Gonzales, Texas 12. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935, database on Ancestry.com