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    Govenor Prier Holmes

    Male 1859 - 1948  (88 years)


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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  Govenor Prier Holmes was born on 11 Jan 1859 in Carroll County, Arkansas U.S.A. (son of Luke Prier Holmes and Eliza Leoti Hopper); died on 08 Jan 1948 in Lostine, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Boone County was formed out of Carroll County in 1869.

      DOB from Edna Holmes; she may have had a Bible record; but it
      disappeared after her death.

      Census:
      1860 Carroll Co AR p 859 w/parents
      1870 Polk Co MO book p 82
      1880 Polk Co MO Madison Twp
      1900
      1910
      1920

      !MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO E-109

      Buried Lostine, Oregon U.S.A. Cemetery

      Govenor married Margaret Parthenia Devin on 17 Dec 1882 in Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Margaret (daughter of Alfred Harrison Devin and Mary Agnes Campbell) was born on 02 Jan 1862 in Dunnegan, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; died on 02 May 1926 in Lostine, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

      Children:
      1. Alfred Harrison Holmes was born on 08 Aug 1884 in Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died on 05 Jul 1968 in Lostine, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A..
      2. Eliza Leoti Holmes was born on 10 Oct 1886 in Dunnegan, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; died on 22 Mar 1933 in Wallowa, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A..
      3. Govenor Prier Holmes, Jr was born on 18 Nov 1888; died on 13 Jul 1968 in Lostine, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A..
      4. Edna Parthenia Holmes was born on 24 Nov 1890; died in Apr 1978 in Lostine, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A..
      5. Andrew Holmes was born on 16 Mar 1894; died on 07 Sep 1894 in Dunnegan, Polk, Missouri U.S.A..

    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  Luke Prier Holmes was born on 29 May 1830 in Tennessee U.S.A. (son of Robert Holmes and Jane Mitchell); died on 26 Dec 1904.

      Notes:

      Luke P. Holmes died Dec. 26th 1904 at 4:46 p.m. (from Luke P. Holmes bible).

      1820 Census Williamson County Tennessee
      Luke Holmes 300010-10010 (page 116 reel #M33-125 index page 12)
      John Holmes 100100-10100-0100-0000-1000- (page 115 reel #M33-125 index page 11)

      Luke married Eliza Leoti Hopper on 06 Mar 1853. Eliza (daughter of Moses Hopper and Rebecca Hicks) was born on 21 Feb 1830 in Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 24 Nov 1902. [Group Sheet]


    2. 3.  Eliza Leoti Hopper was born on 21 Feb 1830 in Tennessee U.S.A. (daughter of Moses Hopper and Rebecca Hicks); died on 24 Nov 1902.

      Notes:

      Eliza L. Holmes died November the 24th 1902 at 2:49 o'clock p.m. (from Luke P. Holmes bible).

      Children:
      1. James Moses Holmes was born on 06 Jan 1854; died on 05 Aug 1858.
      2. Robert Enos Holmes was born on 15 Apr 1855; died on 20 Dec 1904.
      3. Gillum Samuel Holmes was born on 15 Dec 1856; died on 12 Dec 1942.
      4. 1. Govenor Prier Holmes was born on 11 Jan 1859 in Carroll County, Arkansas U.S.A.; died on 08 Jan 1948 in Lostine, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A..
      5. Eliza Jane Holmes was born on 07 Aug 1863 in Carroll County, Arkansas U.S.A.; died on 26 July 1922 in Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho U.S.A.; was buried on 28 July 1922 in Flora Cemetery, Flora, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A..
      6. William David Holmes was born on 06 Nov 1866; died on 16 Sep 1867.
      7. Andrew Townsend Holmes was born on 26 Jul 1868; died on 25 Mar 1923.


    Generation: 3

    1. 4.  Robert Holmes was born on 07 Mar 1793 in Orange County, North Carolina U.S.A. (son of Moses Holmes and Jennet Rogers); died on 07 Apr 1861 in Boone County, Arkansas U.S.A.; was buried in Holmes Cemetery, Boone County, Arkansas U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Robert and his second wife, Nancy FORGEY, came to Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas from Tennessee (possibly Maury County, TN). They had two sons at this time, Moses and Samuel. Robert homesteaded on 80 acres and purchased a lot of land. Robert donated the land for the Holmes Cemetery in which he is buried. His second wife and several descendents are also buried there. The cemetery is five miles south of Bellefonte, Arkansas.

      Robert married Jane Mitchell about 1811. Jane (daughter of Andrew Mitchell and Polly Tate) was born on 18 Feb 1791 in North Carolina U.S.A.; died on 13 Jul 1834 in Maury County, Tennessee U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    2. 5.  Jane Mitchell was born on 18 Feb 1791 in North Carolina U.S.A. (daughter of Andrew Mitchell and Polly Tate); died on 13 Jul 1834 in Maury County, Tennessee U.S.A..
      Children:
      1. 2. Luke Prier Holmes was born on 29 May 1830 in Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 26 Dec 1904.

    3. 6.  Moses Hopper was born in 1802 in Pulaski County, Kentucky U.S.A.; died in Nov 1862 in Harrison, Boone, Arkansas U.S.A..

      Moses married Rebecca Hicks in 1822 in Warren, Fayette, Tennessee U.S.A.. Rebecca (daughter of Archibald O. Hicks and Rutha Blanton) was born in 1804 in Cannon, Tennessee; died in Oct 1862 in Harrison, Boone, Arkansas C.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    4. 7.  Rebecca Hicks was born in 1804 in Cannon, Tennessee (daughter of Archibald O. Hicks and Rutha Blanton); died in Oct 1862 in Harrison, Boone, Arkansas C.S.A..
      Children:
      1. 3. Eliza Leoti Hopper was born on 21 Feb 1830 in Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 24 Nov 1902.


    Generation: 4

    1. 8.  Moses Holmes was born about 1770; died in 1841 in Maury County, Tennessee U.S.A..

      Moses married Jennet Rogers. Jennet was born in 1775; died in 1843 in Maury County, Tennessee U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    2. 9.  Jennet Rogers was born in 1775; died in 1843 in Maury County, Tennessee U.S.A..
      Children:
      1. 4. Robert Holmes was born on 07 Mar 1793 in Orange County, North Carolina U.S.A.; died on 07 Apr 1861 in Boone County, Arkansas U.S.A.; was buried in Holmes Cemetery, Boone County, Arkansas U.S.A..

    3. 10.  Andrew Mitchell was born in 1764.

      Andrew married Polly Tate. [Group Sheet]


    4. 11.  Polly Tate
      Children:
      1. 5. Jane Mitchell was born on 18 Feb 1791 in North Carolina U.S.A.; died on 13 Jul 1834 in Maury County, Tennessee U.S.A..

    5. 14.  Archibald O. Hicks was born in 1782 in Wallens Creek, Lee, Virginia; died on 1 Sep 1860 in Cannon, Tennessee.

      Archibald married Rutha Blanton Rutha was born about 1778 in Virginia. [Group Sheet]


    6. 15.  Rutha Blanton was born about 1778 in Virginia.
      Children:
      1. 7. Rebecca Hicks was born in 1804 in Cannon, Tennessee; died in Oct 1862 in Harrison, Boone, Arkansas C.S.A..


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