Hiram Albert Holmes (1840 - 1904)

Born 10 Mar 1840 in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ellen (Bliss) Holmes — married 10 May 1860 (to before 1880) in Painesville, Lake, Ohio, United States

Husband of Emma Belle (Stearns) Holmes — married 27 Jan 1880 (to 10 May 1884) in Kipton, Lorain, Ohio, United States

Husband of Belle (Unknown) Holmes — married after 1885 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1904 at age 64 in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Hiram was born in 1840.

Books

The Descendants of George Holmes of Roxbury, 1594-1908

Hiram Albert Holmes (Ezra, Ezra, James, John, John, John, George). Born in Kirtland, Ohio, March 10, 1840, and died at Fort Dodge, Iowa, April 13, 1904.

He married (first) at Painesville, Ohio, May 10, 1860, Mary Ellen Bliss, born in Willoughby, Ohio, July 11, 1837, now (1907) living there (in the oldest house in town), daughter of Henry and Sally (Lucas) Bliss. She was divorced in 1888 and never married again.

He married (second) in Kipton, Ohio, In February, 1880, Emma Belle Stearns, born in Olmstead, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1862, died in Kipton, May 10, 1884, daughter of Sidney and Martha (Stevens) Stearns.

He married (third), in Chicago, Belle Owen, a widow, born in 1846, and died at Emmetsburg, Iowa, in Aug., 1903, of a cancer in the stomach. She had three sons by her first husband.

Mr. Holmes was a farmer, a cheesemaker and a travelling salesman. He was in the Rebellion, serving about three months in the 105th Ohio Infantry. Was sick in the hospital most of the time.

Children:

I. MORTON GILBERT, b. in Kirtland, O., Nov. 15, 1863; d. there Jan. 22, 1964.

II. LENA BELLE, b. in Kirtland, O., May 31, 1866, now (1907) living in Willoughby, O.; m. there Dec. 30, 1891, Samuel Herbert Dare, a general freight agent, b. in Cranbury, N. J., Mar. 13, 1863, son to Samuel Titus and Eliza (Craigh) Dare. Ch., both b. in Willoughby: 1. Vernon Bliss Dare, b. June 30, 1894; d. Apr. 23, 1895. 2. Leon Holmes Dare, b. Oct. 27, 1897.

III. STELLA MARIE, b. in Willoughby, Sept.13, 1867; d. in Casselton, No. Dakota, Feb. 17, 1905, of pneumonia; m. in Willoughby, May 6, 1890, William Gallup, a livery stable keeper, son of Ruel Gallop. One ch., Ruel Holmes Gallup, b. in Casselton, May 20, 1897.

IV. GUY SIDNEY, b. in Lorain, O., Aug. 8, 1882. ^[1]

The Story of a Thousand

Enlisted in to Company F of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on 1862-Jul-30 at age 22 as Private. He was discharged on 1862-Oct-11 for disability. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The Descendants of George Holmes of Roxbury, 1594-1908, Compiled by George Arthur Grey, Boston, Press of David Clapp & Son, 1908, page 270-271, https://books.google.com/books?id=9-VUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA270
2. ↑ The Story of a Thousand by Albion Winegar Tourgée, Appendices, published by S. McGerald & Son, 1896

Census

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQJ-87Q : 12 April 2016), Hiram Holmes in household of Ezra Holmes, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States; citing family 255, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M62R-LXY : 14 June 2019), Hiram Holmes, 1870.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89K-TXJ : 13 August 2017), Hiram Holmes, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 173, sheet 511A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1042; FHL microfilm 1,255,042.

"United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8SY-9ZF : 11 March 2018), Hiram A Holmes, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,183.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9L1-92S : accessed 22 September 2019), H A Holmes, Wahkonsa Township Fort Dodge city Ward 4, Webster, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 188, sheet 15B, family 311, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,465.

Marriage

“Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD44-W94 : 10 February 2018), Hiram A. Holmes and Mary E. Bliss, 10 May 1860; citing Lake, Ohio, reference Lic Appl Bk C, p292; FHL microfilm 974,915.

Military

"United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDYB-YQ8 : 13 March 2018), Hiram A Holmes, 1890.

Death

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