Edmunds Ballard Holloway (abt. 1821 - 1861)

Born about 11 May 1821 in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza McClanahan (Thornton) Holloway — married 7 Jun 1848 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1861 at about age 40 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant Edmunds Holloway served with the United States Army during the Mexican-American War
Service Started: 26 Sep 1845
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Service Ended:

Colonel Edmunds Holloway served in the United States Civil War.
Side: CSA

Edmunds was born 1821 in Bourbon Co., KY. He was the son of George Holloway and Mary "Polly" McClanahan.

Edmunds was a United States Military Academy cadet. He was admitted July 1839 out of Madison Co., KY where he, his mother and several of his siblings had moved after the death of his father, George Holloway, about Dec 1836.

He was wounded in battle on 20 Aug 1847 at Churubusco, Mexico while serving as 2nd Lieutenant in 8th Infantry for the United States Army during the Mexican-American War. He was promoted in Sep 1847 to 1st Lieutenant.

Edmunds married his cousin Eliza McClanahan Thornton 1848 in Shelby Co, IL. His military service took them to Texas and then to Jackson Co., MO by 1860. Eliza penned a novel titled “Kate Comerford, or, Sketches of Garrison Life” (1881) under the pen name Teresa A. Thornet based on their travels.

He died 13 Jun 1861 on what became an unsuspected battle field at Rock Creek encampment near Independence, Jackson Co., MO while serving as leadership in the recently formed Missouri State Guard. The skirmish with federal forces happened over a year prior to the First Battle of Independence which occurred August 1862. He was killed by friendly fire in a battle claimed victorious by retreating union forces without having fired a shot of their own. He is commonly claimed to have been the first casualty of the Civil War in the state of Missouri, but there is little hope to back that claim with actual documentary evidence. He is also suspected to have been the second West Point cadet killed at the outbreak of the Civil War within a matter of days.

Col. Edmunds' life and times are depicted in the Colonel's House exhibit at the Missouri Town 1855 living history museum in Blue Springs, Jackson Co., MO.

He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Independence, MO.

Research Notes

The DeGolyer Library at Southern Methodist University has a large collection of documents pertaining to this Holloway family.

Sources

See also:

• Fold3, Edmunds B Holloway (Lieutenant) (https://www.fold3.com/memorial/641327258/edmunds-b-holloway-lieutenant : accessed February 25, 2023), database and images, https://www.fold3.com/memorial/641327258/edmunds-b-holloway-lieutenant
• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Z-P8RT : 22 July 2021), Edmund Bullard Holloway and Eliza Mcclanahan Thornton, 07 Jun 1848; citing Shelby, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,008,065.
• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M853-SWJ : Thu Oct 05 17:25:02 UTC 2023), Entry for William F Thornton and Ann Thornton, 1850.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ7-RTB : Tue Oct 11 00:49:26 UTC 2022), Entry for E B Holloway and Eliza Holloway, 1860.
• "United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7QQM-2XW2 : 6 September 2019), Edmunds Balard or Edmond B Holloway, 1861-1865.
• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Z-5RVD : 22 July 2021), Edmunds B Holloway in entry for Thomas Thornton Holloway and Edith Sidney Trower, 27 Oct 1885; citing Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,008,066.
• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3ML-BHJ : 20 February 2021), Edmunds B Holloway in entry for Thomas Thornton Holloway, 14 Mar 1940; citing certificate number 13383, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,118,472.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53717892/edmunds-ballard-holloway: accessed 21 February 2023), memorial page for Col Edmunds Ballard Holloway (11 May 1821–13 Jun 1861), Find A Grave: Memorial #53717892, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by PhilBo (contributor 47247137).
• Holloway family papers, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University (https://txarchives.org/smu/finding_aids/00210.xml).
• Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection, Series 2, Box 1, Call #Ag2008.0005, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Photographic reproduction of a portrait of Captain Edmund or Edmunds B. Holloway, in Mexican War uniform from painting or print, ca. 1846-1848. Holloway was in the West Point Military Academy class of 1843 and served in the 8th Infantry in the Mexican War and served on frontier duty in Texas before the Civil War. He joined the Confederate States Army and was killed early in the Civil War in 1861 at Independence, Missouri.
• Woodson, W. H. (1920). Chapter VII, Civil War Period. In History of Clay County, Missouri (p. 126). essay, Historical Publishing Company.
• FamilySearch Person: KNYG-6FS