Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Holmes, Andrew J. 1841 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  ANDREW J. HOLMES, farmer, P. O. Eaton, was born in Licking County, Ohio,
August 30, 1841, to Reuben A. and Lucy (Fristo) Holmes. His father was born in
Virginia in 1798, where he was raised, educated and married. Soon after he
married, he removed to Ohio, and there remained until 1848, when he immigrated
to Illinois, and settled in Crawford County. Here he remained engaged in farming
until he died in December, 1853. During his younger days, he worked at the
carpenter's trade. He was Associate Judge of Crawford County, a very prominent
and enterprising citizen and the owner of about two thousand acres of land. His
wife, and mother of our subject, was born in Shenandoah County, Va., July 11,
1812, and died in Crawford County, Ill., in November, 1878. She was the mother
of nine children, of whom seven are now living, Andrew being the fourth child
and youngest son. He was brought to Crawford County by his parents when he was
seven years of age. He received the benefit of the common schools of the county,
and arriving at his majority embarked on his career in life as a farmer upon the
old homestead farm, where he now owns 320 acres of land. April 2, 1865, in
Crawford County, he married Miss Melissa, a daughter of Andrew and Nancy (Hill)
Newlin. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have four children—Orlin G., Evaline V., Augusta F.
and an infant unnamed. He and wife are members of the Christian Church. He is a
member of the Granger's Lodge, No. 825, of Eaton, and a Democrat in politics.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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