Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Holmes, Edward 1864 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County 1914

Holmes, Edward – The leading meat market of Braceville, Ill., is conducted by 
Edward Holmes, who has not alone occupied a prominent place in the business 
life of the city, but has also been a leader in public affairs, and is now 
serving efficiently as a member of the board of commissioners.  Mr. Holmes was 
born in England, in 1864, and is a son of Charles and Susan (Young) Holmes, 
both natives of that country.  There were eight children in the family:  
Charles, Edward, Alfred, Wallace, Lilly, deceased, and Jessie and two died in 
infancy.  The family came to the United States in 1872, and first settled in 
Braceville, where the father secured employment in the mines as weighmaster, a 
position which he continued to hold until his death.  After coming to America 
he and his wife had the four children:  Wallace, Mrs. Jessie Gleghorn, and the 
two who died in infancy.

The early education of Edward Holmes was secured in his native place in 
England, and in Kankakee County, Ill., for he accompanied his parents to the 
United States when about eight years of age, and went to live with his 
grandparents at Essex, Ill., where he attended school during the winter terms 
and assisted in the work of the farm during the summer months.  At the age of 
eighteen years he returned to Braceville and secured work in the mines, but 
after three years turned his attention to the butcher trade, in which he has 
been engaged to the present time.  Mr. Holmes has been proprietor of his 
present establishment since 1896, and through straightforward and honorable 
methods has built up an excellent trade.  He is known as a business man of the 
strictest integrity, and has the full confidence of his fellow-townsmen.

Mr. Holmes was married in 1891 to Miss Louisa Rothlisberger, and to this union 
there have been born two children:  William Henry and Edna Louise.  With his 
family Mr. Holmes attends the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been liberal 
in his support of its charities.  He is a Democrat, but inclined to be liberal 
in county politics, believing it his prerogative to vote for the man he deems 
best fitted for the office, without regard to party ties.  As one of the first 
of Braceville’s city commissioners, he is showing himself possessed of much 
executive ability and high ideals as to the responsibilities of public 
service.  He is fraternally connected with the Modern Woodmen of America, in 
which he is advisor, and with the Knights of Pythias.

Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914, p831

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