Mary Rennick (Holman) Caldwell (1820 - 1900)

Born 31 Dec 1820 in Woodford, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Allen Caldwell — married 28 Jul 1838 in Callaway, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Jul 1900 at age 79 in Greenwood, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Mary, daughter of Henry Holeman and Eliza Jones, was born on 31 Dec 1820 at Woodford County, KY.^[1] She died on 6 Jul 1900 at Greenwood, Sebastian County, AR, at the home of her daughter America 'Mecca,' and was buried at Coop Prairie Cemetery, Mansfield, Sebastian County, AR, with a gravestone that says:^[1][2]

OUR MOTHER

AT REST

MARY RENNICK HOLMAN

BORN DEC.31, 1820, MARRIED TO ROBT.A.CALDWELL

JULY 25, 1838, ENTERED HER ETERNAL REST,

JULY 6, 1900 IN HER 80th YEAR.

She married Robert Allen CALDWELL on 25 Jul 1838 at Callaway County, MO; children (surname CALDWELL):^[3]

1. Henry Thomas (b. 19 Feb 1840; d. 25 Feb 1925; m. Sallie Martha MARTIN)
2. James Alfred (b. 6 Sep 1843; d. 1 May 1863, unm.)
3. Martha 'Mattie' Eleanor (b. 8 Jun 1845; d. 30 Jan 1947; m. James F. NELSON)
4. John Harrison (b. 22 Sep 1846; d. 31 mar 1935; m. Alma Ann JONES)
5. Charles 'Charlie' Newton (b. 11 Nov 1849; d. 19 Feb 1882; m. Laura C CRAWFORD)
6. America 'Mecca' Amanda (b. 8 Sep 1851; d. 31 Dec 1906; m. John Thomas BELL)
7. Grizella 'Zella' Ann (b. 20 Apr 1853; d. 24 Jul 1932; m. James Knox BELL)

She was likely one of the females age 5 to 10 with Henry HOLMAN Jr on the 1830 census of Callaway County, MO, her father.^[4]

She was likely the female 15-19 with Henry HOLMAN Jr on the 1840 census of Fulton, Callaway County, MO.^[5]

The 1870 census of Marion Twp., Sebastian County, AR, listed R.A. Caldwell (56, potter, $400 real estate, $175 personal property, b. KY) and Mary R. Caldwell (50, keeps house, b. KY) with their children John H. (23, carpenter, b. MO), Sonela A. (20, at home, b. MO), and Priscilla A (16, at home, b. MO).^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #29300597, Mary Rennick Holman Caldwell.
2. ↑ Thomas McVey Short II, "McVey - Short - Caldwell," 17 Apr 2019, WorldConnect Project, 20 Aug 2005.[1]
3. ↑ William J Utermohlen, The Holman Family of Kent County, Maryland and Woodford County, Kentucky: A Preliminary Study, version 11, (1916 Windsor Road, Alexandria, VA: n.pub., 1 Apr 1995), p 104.
4. ↑ 1830 United States Federal Census, digital image, Ancestry.com, NARA microfilm M19, roll 73, Callaway County MO, page 58, Henry Holman.
5. ↑ 1840 United States Federal Census, digital image, Ancestry.com, NARA microfilm M704, roll 221, Callaway County MO, page 215 (image 19 of 32), Henry Holman.
6. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census, digital image, Ancestry.com, NARA microfilm M593, roll 64, Sebastian County AR, page 132A (image 3 of 33), lines 19-23, R A Caldwell.

• Family Group Sheet for Edward & Henry Holman, handwritten page among the papers of Mary (Holman) Offutt, original in the possession of Kay Schmidt, see attached image.