Wiley Alexander Holder (1877 - 1929)

Born 6 Aug 1877 in Wilkes County, NC

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Died 25 Aug 1929 at age 52 in Wilkes County, NC

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Biography

Wiley Holder was apparently an itinerant singing teacher. Dewey Lincoln Minton was the son of Alva Aresena Minton

Dewey Minton's living descendants know very little about he and Vernon's father, and therefore. Confusingly, there were apparently two Wiley Holder's born in NC within a year of each other. Wiley A Holder, Wilkes County, and another listed in a death record from Broadway, NC (near Raleigh). The Wilkes County WIley Holder was born 6 Aug 1877, while the Broadway Wiley Holder was born 20 Jun 1878. As Dewey and Vernon were raised by their grandparents, Purvis and Manerva, in Miller's Creek, the Wilkes County Wiley Holder (known only by his gravestone) seems to be the mostly likely match.

Two patron-submitted entries in FamilySearch shows a record of a Wiley Alexander Holder, husband of Lena Mary Minton son of Amanda Nichols and John Holder. Wiley has a birth and death date that match the Wilkes County Wiley Holder from Find A Grave. Knowing the close relationship between the Nichols and Minton family, this is a promising lead, but unfortunately no source is given for this information.

Possibly son of John Holder and Amanda Nichols. Census of 1880 lists an Alexander Holder in their household in Wilkes County who is the about the right age. Census of 1850 has an Amanda Nicholds of the right age also in Wilkes County.

Sources

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3SYV-28H : accessed 2016-09-13), entry for WILEY ALEXANDER /HOLDER/.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M9KD-KH4 : accessed 2016-09-13), entry for Wiley Alexander Holder.

• Find A Grave Entry http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44627171

• Minton, Dean Lincoln and Minton, Patsy Ruth (Hawkins) How We Two became We One! 2003. Self Published.

• North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQM-ZZ1 : 8 December 2014), Wiley Alexander in entry for Sallie Vera Holder, 01 Feb 1907; from North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000, database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 21, p. 217, Wilkes, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

• North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPL9-7N3 : 1 July 2015), Wiley Alexander Holder, 02 May 1958; citing Broadway, Harnett, North Carolina, Vol 13B, cn 13660, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,952,523.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCF9-BK7 : 11 August 2016), Alexander Holder in household of John Holder, Reddies River, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 221, sheet 209D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0987; FHL microfilm 1,254,987.

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF95-3WR : 8 July 2016), John Holder and Amandy Nichols, 1859.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BL-X58 : 9 November 2014), Amanda Nicholds in household of James W Nicholds, Wilkes county, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing family 1260, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).