Solomon L Holder (1811 - 1877)

Born 18 Sep 1811 in Old Zionsville, Upper Milford Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia Yeakel (Schelly) Holder — married 25 Sep 1835 in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Jan 1877 at age 65 in Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Solomon was born on 18 Sep 1811 (mis-indexed on ancestry.com as 18 August and his name was mis-transcribed as "Ferlomon Zoltnr") but original record is very readable). He was the eldest son of John Holder and Susanna Unknown. He was baptized 3 Nov 1811 at the Old Zionsville United Church of Christ.^[1][2]

Solomon appeared (by age count) on his father's 1820 census in Macungie, Lehigh County. His father John died 30 Apr 1828 and his mother Susanna remarried to the much older Johann Heinrich Romig who owned the neighboring property in 1829.

Solmon might have been the 15-19 year old male on the 1830 census with Henry Loras (indexed as "Lorosh" or "Lorsh")^[3] since on 17 Dec 1830 Solomon petitioned the Lehigh County Orphans Court to make Henry Loras his guardian along with his youngest sister Anna Maria Holder. Sister Hannah petitioned the court the same day for a guardian, she was assigned to John Butz which very likely led to Hannah's later marriage to Peter Butz, his son.^[4]

He married Lydia Yeakel Schelly on 25 Sep 1835 at Upper Milford. Lydia came from a Schwenkfelder family. The couple had these children:

1. Emaline Holder 1836–1914 (possibly named for Solomon's half-sister Emaline Gery, Susanna's daughter by her third husband)
2. John Holder 1842–1845
3. Mary Ann Holder 1845–1875
4. Susannah Holder 1847–1847
5. George Tillman Allen Holder 1848–1850
6. Franklin Albert Holder 1852–1932
7. Daniel David Holder 1854–1918 (possibly namesake of Solomon's uncle Daniel Holder)

The family enumerated in Upper Milford in the 1840 US census and the 1850 census. In 1860 they appeared in Lower Milford and in 1870 in Allentown, Lehigh County along with Solomon's mother Susanna, now widowed for the third time.^[5][6][7][8]

According to the obituary of their son Daniel David Holder, Solomon ran the Buck Horn Tavern at Hosensack during the Civil War.^[9]

Solomon wrote his will 25 Jul 1873,^[10] he appeared on a land ownership map of Allentown in 1876 and passed away on 15 Jan 1877, presumably still in Allentown. His estate was probated 18 Mar 1879 in Lehigh County. He is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Allentown near his mother Susanna.

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, Old Zionsville, church records, 1740-2000 FHL DGS film 4469810 transcription
2. ↑ Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 491 original image
3. ↑ United States Census, 1830 Pennsylvania Lehigh Macungie https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBS-93H8?i=24&wc=35YC-CN4%3A1588474703%2C1588477801%2C1588477804&cc=1803958
4. ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9S9-7Q3N?cc=1999196&wc=9PMR-DP8%3A268499001%2C282399501 : 3 July 2014), Lehigh > Orphans' Court dockets 1812-1842 vol 1-3 > image 568 of 1063; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY2-MLT : 2 March 2021), Solomon Halder, Upper Milford Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 223, NARA microfilm publication
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HT-DF2 : 22 December 2020), Soloman L Halder, Upper Milford Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXTC-FTW : 18 February 2021), Solomon S Holder, 1860
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZPL-8GJ : 4 January 2021), Soloman Holder, 1870
9. ↑ The Allentown Democrat Allentown, Pennsylvania 27 May 1918, Mon p. 5
10. ↑ Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994 Lehigh Estates 1812-1916 file no 5370-5427 and 5472-5508 Case #5399

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