- J. W. HOLMES was born Jan. 11, 1850, in Ashland Co., Ohio.
He is the son of David and
- Mary (WEAVER) HOLMES, who now live in the town of Jefferson.
J. W. HOLMES, at the age of sixteen, came to Green County and
settled upon section 22, where his parents now reside. He now
lives on section 5, of the same town, and owns 230 acres of land.
He was married Nov. 17, 1872, to Isabel CHRYST, a native of Green
County, born in the house in which they now live. They have four
children - Jasper E., Leroy E., Clayton O., and John D. Mr. HOLMES
is engaged in grain and stock raising and is politically a democrat.
Both he and his wife are members of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church.
Taken from "History of Green County, Wisconsin,"
(c)1884 Union Publishing, p. 885.
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- Courtesy of the Smiths.
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