Clarissa (Crane) Holden (1827 - 1878)

Born 3 Nov 1827 in Bethel Township, Windsor County, Vermont

Wife of James Joshua Holden — married 12 Aug 1849 in Bethel, Vermont

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1878 at age 50 in Haney Township, Crawford County, Wisconsin

Biography

CLARISSA CRANE HOLDEN

CLARISSA CRANE was born on 3 November 1827, at Bethel Township, Windsor County, Vermont. She was the daughter of MERCY COBURN and IRA CRANE.

On 12 August 1849, at Bethel, Windsor County, Vermont, she married JAMES JOSHUA HOLDEN born on 17 March 1825, in Vermont. He was the son of ALVIRA MASON SOUTHARD and IRA HOLDEN. He died on 14 August 1906, at Haney, Crawford County, Wisconsin

Their children were

1. GEORGE HENRY HOLDEN (1851–1929)​​
2. CLARA IRENE HOLDEN BACON COOPER (1855–Deceased)
3. LENORA "Nora" A HOLDEN CAMPBELL (1857–1947)
4. GENARA A HOLDEN (1860–Deceased)
5. ABRAHAM 'Abbie' B HOLDEN (1864–1877)​​
6. ADELADE FLORENCE HOLDEN WOOD (1866–1905)

CLARISSA HOLDEN died on 7 October 1878, at Haney Town, Crawford County, Wisconsin. She is buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery (also known as) Kast Cemetery; Kast Cemetery Road; Mount Zion, Crawford County, Wisconsin

Vermont Vital Records 1760-1954

Groom..James J. Holden

Event-Type......Marriage

Date......12 August 1849

Place...Bethel, Vermont

Bride.......Clarissa Crane

Citing the Record: "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFV7-ZXM : 18 October 2017), James J Holden and Clarissa Crane, 12 Aug 1849, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,520)

United States Federal Census, 1870

Haney, Crawford, Wisconsin

Name............James J Holden

Age......................................45

Race..............................White

Birth-Year (Estd).1824-1825

Birthplace...............Vermont

Page Number......................5

Household/Name.........Sex....Age........Birthplace

James J Holden...............M......45............Vermont

Clarissa Holden...............F......32............Vermont

George H Holden...........M......19.........Wisconsin

Clara I Holden.................F.......17.........Wisconsin

Nora A Holden................F.......10.........Wisconsin

Abraham B Holden........M.......6..........Wisconsin

Adelaide T Holden..........F........4..........Wisconsin

From: FIND A GRAVE memorial record page:

CLARISSA ‘CLARA’ CRANE HOLDEN

Birth:......................November 5, 1826

Death:........................October 7, 1878

Spouse: JAMES J. HOLDEN (1825-1906)

Inscription:

Aged 51 years, 11 months, 2 days. Wife of: J. J. Holden

Burial: Mount Pleasant Cemetery [also known as] Kast Cemetery; Kast Cemetery Road; Mount Zion, Crawford County, Wisconsin

Find A Grave Memorial# 69673843 Clarissa Holden

Cemetery notes and/or description:

The Kast Cemetery is recorded as starting on the deed date of April 12, 1869 and recorded on November 15, 1870. The land was bought from Elizabeth Dowling. It included the payment of $15.00 for the North West Quarter of the South West Quarter South West 18, in Town 9, Range 3 commencing.

Chauncy Kast was recorded as trustee of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery described as being in the one and a half acres in the South West corner, there of use for cemetery purposes in Section 18, Township 9, Range 3. Thus, the original and proper name for the Kast Cemetery is the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

Elizabeth Dowling bought her farm from Randolf Elliot & Mariana Elliot, his wife on January 2, 1866, for $1000. with other lands for $1.00. Elizabeth willed her farm to her son Alexander in 1870 and she lived there and died in 1888.

After Alexander's death, his widow Martha Dowling sold the land to Charles Brickner. At this time the Dowling buildings were all gone.

Frank Leggot bought the Kast Farm & some former Dowling land which included the cemetery in the 1970s

Sources

• Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954
  • name:......James J Holden
  • event:................Marriage
  • event date:..12 Aug 1849
  • event place: Bethel, Vermont
  • spouse:.....Clarissa Crane
  • film number:.....0027520
  • digital folder number: 004543199
  • image number:.....00785

• US Census 1850
  • name:...........Clarissa Holden
  • event:.........................Census
  • event place: Verona, Dane, Wisconsin
  • gender:......................Female
  • age:....................................22
  • birthplace:..............Vermont
  • estimated birth-year:..1828
  • dwelling house-number:686
  • family-number:...............686
  • line number:.....................40
  • nara publication-number:M432
  • nara roll-number:..........995
  • film-number:..............34509
  • digital folder-number:004191532
  • image-number:.........00462
    • James Holden, M, 25, Vermont
    • Clarissa Holden, F, 22, Vermont
    • George Holden, M, 0, Wisconsin

• US Census 1870
  • name: Clarissa Holden
  • estimated birth year: 1808
  • gender: Female
  • age in 1870: 62y
  • color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
  • birthplace: Vermont
  • home in 1870: Wisconsin, United States
    • James J Holden M 45y Vermont
    • Clarissa Holden F 62y Vermont
    • George H Holden M 19y Wisconsin
    • Clara I Holden F 17y Wisconsin
    • *Nora A Holden M 10y Wisconsin
    • Abraham B Holden M 6y Wisconsin
    • Adelaid T Holden F 4y Wisconsin

• Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930
  • groom's name: George H. Holden
  • groom's birth date:
  • groom's birthplace:
  • groom's age:
  • bride's name: Ann Hamerly
  • bride's birth date:
  • bride's birthplace:
  • bride's age:
  • marriage date: 07 Mar 1880
  • marriage place: Crawford, Wisconsin, United States
  • groom's father's name: James J. Holden
  • groom's mother's name: Clarissa Helden
  • bride's father's name: Leonard Hamerly
  • bride's mother's name: Elsbeth Hamerly
  • groom's race:
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  • groom's previous wife's name:
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  • indexing project (batch) number: I00978-3
  • system origin: Wisconsin-ODM
  • source film number: 1275887
  • reference number:

• Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930
  • groom's name: Edward Bacon
  • bride's name: Clara Holden
  • marriage date: 12 Mar 1880
  • groom's father's name: Sylvester Bacon
  • groom's mother's name: Poly Ann Bacon
  • bride's father's name: James J. Holden
  • bride's mother's name: Clarisa Holden
  • indexing project (batch) number: I00978-3
  • system origin: Wisconsin-EASy
  • source film number: 1275887
  • reference number: 1553

• Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930
  • groom's name: George W. Cooper
  • groom's birthplace: Ohio
  • bride's name: Clara Bacon
  • bride's birthplace: Dane Co., Wis.
  • marriage date: 31 Jul 1895
  • marriage place: Clayton, Crawford, Wisconsin
  • groom's father's name: James Phillip Cooper Jr.
  • groom's mother's name: Nancy Jane Cooper
  • bride's father's name: James Joshaway Holden
  • bride's mother's name: Clarissa Holden
  • groom's race: White
  • groom's marital status: Unknown
  • bride's race: White
  • bride's marital status: Unknown
  • indexing project (batch) number: M01904-9
  • system origin: Wisconsin-EASy
  • source film number: 1275889
  • reference number: p909

• "United States Federal Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4DX-GNM : 12 April 2016), Clarrisa Holden in the household of James Holden, Verona, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 686, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2K-71YX : 13 December 2015), Clarissa Holden, 1878; Burial, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States of America, Mount Pleasant Cemetery; citing record ID 69673843, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRFZ-HMT : 3 June 2016), Clarissa Holden in an entry for George W. Cooper and Clara Bacon, 31 Jul 1895; citing Clayton, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,889. From: Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJG-4VJ : 6 December 2014), Clarissy Crain, 03 Nov 1827, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,519.
• "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8LH-QM5 : 12 December 2014), Clarissy Crain, 03 Nov 1827; citing Bethel Twp, Windsor, Vermont, reference ; FHL microfilm unknown. *"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFVZ-K2L : 6 December 2014), James I Holden and Clarissa Crane, 12 Aug 1849, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,584.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFV7-ZX9 : 6 December 2014), James J Holden and Clarissa Crane, 12 Aug 1849, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,520.
• "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR53-SX6 : 4 December 2014), Clarissa Holden in an entry for George W. Cooper and Clara Bacon, 31 Jul 1895; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,275,889.
• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR6C-HTP : 3 June 2016), Clarisa Holden in an entry for Edward Bacon and Clara Holden, 12 Mar 1880; citing, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,887.
• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR6C-H5D : 3 June 2016), Clarissa Helden in an entry for George H. Holden and Ann Hamerly, 07 Mar 1880; citing, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,887.
• "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRTK-19M : 4 December 2014), Clarissa Helden in an entry for George H. Holden and Ann Hamerly, 07 Mar 1880; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,275,887. Notes: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
• "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XL3D-K2H : 4 December 2014), Clara Holden, 1878; citing Death, Haney, Crawford, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,310,185.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MN94-C24 : 12 April 2016), Clarissa Holden in the household of James J Holden, Wisconsin, United States; citing p. 5, family 40, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,206.
• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR6H-GBP : 3 June 2016), Louissa Holden in an entry for Joseph W. Campbell and Lenora A. Holdon, 24 Dec 1876; citing , Crawford, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,887.
• "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR53-BC1 : 4 December 2014), Louissa Holden in an entry for Joseph W. Campbell and Lenora A. Holdon, 24 Dec 1876; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,275,887. Notes: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
• "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR5Q-4J8 : 4 December 2014), Clarisa Holden in an entry for Edward Bacon and Clara Holden, 12 Mar 1880; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,275,887.