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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?
      Mother: ?

Wife: Millie B. JONES
	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 1825      in:
      Died:                 in:
    Spouse: Robert Pryce CALLAHAN
    Married in Tishomingo Cty MS on 11 December 1844, according to 
    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.

  F Child 2 Sarah R Holmes
      Born: 20 Jun 1825     in:
      Died:                 in:
    Spouse: Mark LOWRY/LAURY

  M Child 3 William F. M. Holmes
      Born: 3 Feb 1829      in:

  M Child 4 Stephen Holmes 
      Born: 11 Jan 1831     in:

  F Child 5 Nancy Holmes
      Born: 24 Oct 1832     in:

  F Child 6 Jane Holmes
      Born: ?               in:
      Died:                 in:
    Spouse: Zachariah POTTS
Note: Nancy and Jane may be the same person.  There was no listing for 
Jane in the Bible listing for this family.

  M Child 7 James Franklin Holmes
      Born: 24 Aug 1834     in: Lincoln Co, TN
      Died: 15 Jul 1899     in: Newton Co, MO
    Buried:                 in: Rocky Comfort Cemetery, Rocky Comfort MO
     Other: till 1863       in: served in Federal Army
       Ref:                     Occupation: farmer
    Spouse: Rebecca A. KELLY
   Married: 1858            in: Newton Co, MO

  F Child 8 Elizabeth F. Holmes
      Born: 29 Mar 1836     in: TN
    Spouse: C. C. REYNOLDS

  F Child 9 Eliza Ann Holmes
      Born: 5 May 1837      in: TN
    Spouse: Michael MURRAY

  M Child 10 Napolien B. Holmes
      Born: 5 Mar 1839      in: TN?

  F Child 11 Martha Holmes
      Born: 11 Mar 1841     in: Mississippi
       Ref: twin to Amanda
    Spouse: Radford TIDWELL

  F Child 12 Amanda (Mauda A?) Holmes
      Born: 11 Mar 1841     in: Mississippi
       Ref: twin to Martha      Occupation:
    Spouse: William SHANNON
   Married: 24 Feb 1874     in: Newton County, MO

  F Child 13 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 14 Emelia Madenia Holmes
      Born: 11 Nov 1845     in: Mississippi
    Spouse: Edward RUSSELL
   Married: 8 Dec 1869      in: Newton County, MO

Sources:

1. Holmes family Bible in possession of Maurice William "Maury Bill" McClay.

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.

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.