Iredell-Rowan County NcArchives News.....Holder Family Of Iredell County. January 16, 1880 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert F. Delay Fremill99@aol.com August 11, 2012, 1:38 pm Articles From “The Landmark” Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina January 16, 1880 Articles from “The Landmark” Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina The Landmark, Statesville, North Carolina; 1880, January 16. Statistics of Matrimony. During the month of December the register of Deeds of Iredell County issued marriage licenses to 29 couples—to 25 white and 4 colored couples. During the year 1879, 150 licenses were issued and this many couples were married in this county. The names of those to whom licenses were issued last month are as follows: WHITES. W.H. HOLDER, S.A. WHITE; 1/Sept/1882: Amity Hill Items. Mr. Henry A. Holder, of Newton, is at his father’s, Mr. A. G. Holder, where he has been with a spell of sickness for a week past, bur is fast improving. We have heard no complaint of THE LANDMARK not coming regularly to Amity Hill in the last two weeks. More Anon, A. H. P. Amity Hill, N. C., Aug. 29th, 1882. 31/March/1887: MARRIED. At the Lutheran parsonage at Troutman’s by Rev. H.M. Brown, on the 30th Inst, Mr. R.L. Holder of Morgan Farm, Rowan County, and Miss Mattie Ellis, formerly of Chinquapin, Davie County. No Cards. 5/April/1888: At the residence of the bride’s mother near Amity Hill, on the 29th 0f March, by Rev. W. M. Basby, Mr. L. C. Sides, of Statesville, and Miss Minnie, daughter of the late A. G. Holder. 3/January/1889: Mr. J. C. Holder, of the carriage firm of Masters & Holder, has gone to Blackstock, S. C., to take a position in a shop there, the above firm of this place having been dissolved. Sorry to lose Jim Holder; he is a tip-top fellow any way you take him. Guess his departure to Blackstock won’t raise quite as much of a rumpus at Amity Hill as did the visit to that place of your humble correspondent a year ago. 22/May2/1890: Messrs. J. D. Patterson and W. H. Holder conduct on West Front Street shops for the general repair of carriages, buggies and other vehicles and for the manufacture of the same to order. They use the poplar, white oak, ash and hickory of this section, and make a specialty of painting and trimming. They are skilled workmen in their line, prompt and industrious, and their blacksmith work is done by a man whose competency in the business is known to the entire community. In their carriage and buggy business Messrs. Patterson and Holder use a high grade of varnish and their work and materials are all guaranteed. 12/8/1892: Mr. H. A. Holder of Blackstock, S. C., is visiting at his Mother’s. Mr. J. C. Holder of Chester, S. C. is coming home to spend Christmas. Mr. Phil Alexander and Family and John L. Tolbert and Willie Simpson left this morning for Texas. Mr. R. L. Holder and Family will start the 3rd of January. 27/April/1893: Mr. Robert C. Holder, who has been feeble for some time, is up and about again. 26/April/1894: Amity: We hear that Mr. Jim Holder, who went to Texas a couple of months ago, has a job at $2 per day. He is a carriage smith by trade and a mighty good citizen. We hate to see such young men leave. Mr. Elmer Goodman, who went to Texas a few months ago, could have done very well here, or at least that is the way we look at it. Maybe they will come back and bring somebody along. 24/May/1894: Deaths in Chambersburg. Robt. C. Holder, whose death was noted last week, was buried at Bethesda church, of which he was an elder. He was about 59 years old and leaves a wife and four children. Amity, N. C., May 22, 1894. 16/August/1894: Mrs. Mattie Holder. Wife of Mr. Robert L. Holder, formerly of Amity, this county, died at her home at Clemma, Texas, on the 7th. Mrs. Holder was sick only one day. Her husband and two small children survive her. She was a consistent member of the Methodist Church and died in the triumph of a living faith. 16/August/1894: Mr. H.A. Holder, of Blackstock, S.C., who has been up for a few weeks visiting relatives in the county, was in Tuesday on his way back to Tillman’s country. “Politics,” says Mr. Holder, “is in such shape in South Carolina that I am ashamed to say I am from that State.” 3 January 1895: Thursday, Mr. W.H. Holder, of Statesville, reports the largest hog of the season. He butchered one a few days ago that netted 436 pounds. 12/November/1895: MINOR MATTERS. Marriage licenses were issued Saturday to W.L. Chester and Hattie Holder. 22/November/1895: Marriages. Mr. W.L. Chester and Miss Hattie Holder were married near Amity Tuesday, Rev. W.R. McFelland, of Statesville, officiating 1/3/1896: Mr. H. A. Holder, of Blackstock, S. C. was here this week, visiting relatives in Statesville and the county. 24/January/1896: I will give you some dots from Clemma, Tex., that may interest some of you readers. Clemma is situated between Palmer and Ferris, on the Houston & Texas Central Railroad, and the country is what we term “thicket land”, or in other words timbered land, and as good as can be found in Texas. Land is worth $20 to $35 and $40 per acre, according to the way it is cleaned up and cultivated. This place was christened lasy July a year ago with one store, a cotton gin and blacksmith shop (your humble servant is running the latter). Since last July we have had a great deal of improvement. The first step was a new gin with all the latest improvements and a capacity of 35 bales per day; two new storehouses and nine dwelling houses. I was in the thriving town of Waxahachie last Monday. They are building a fine stone court house which, when it is finished, will be as fine as that of Dallas or any other town in the state. Dallas court house is as fine a building of the kind as I ever saw. I also visited the clerk’s office while at Waxahachie and got what some of my old Tar Heel friends would call “double trees”. Now I hope you will not criticize me for what I have done. I saw in some of your last issues of The Landmark that you think that a man must go back to North Carolina to get a good wife; but you see, as Poovy Ramsuer says, doctors will differ, and so they do about some things. I have been here long enough to find one of Ellis county’s fairest daughters, Miss N. A. Riley, and will be married by the time you get this, as it is on the 19th of January. If it were not for the hard times I would be so glad to visit my old county, Statesville especially. I would like ever so much to see all of my old friends. Wishing all the good people much success and The Landmark double success. I remain yours, J. C. Holder. Clemma, Tex., Jan. 16, 1896. 10/March/1896: STATE NEWS; The World says Mrs. S. C. Holder has moved from Amity, this county, to Salisbury. 15/May/1896: Some Politics About Amity—Dry Weather and Much Sickness. Mr. Ed. Holder has sent his photograph back from Texas. He looks so much better we hardly knew him. We hope to see him in person this fall. J.A.B. Amity, N.C., May 13, 1896. 19/May/1896: Mrs. Sallie White Holder, wife of Mr. W. H. Holder and daughter of J. A. White, Esq. died at her home on West Front Street last Sunday afternoon from the measles, Mrs. Holder was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Her Husband and six children survive her. The interment was in Oakwood Cemetery yesterday afternoon. 6/2/1896: Card of Thanks. To the Editor of The Landmark: Allow me through your paper to thank the neighbors and friends who so kindly ministered to the family pf the late W. H. Holder during the severe affliction that was visited upon them. I assure that their kindness is remembered and appreciated. Respectfully, J. A. White. 6/2/1896: Mr. J. A. White has qualified as administrator of the estate of W. H. Holder. 25/Dec/1896: Marriages Galore, There has been much marrying in the county within the past week and there is more to follow. For the week ending yesterday Register Turner issued licenses for the marriage of 22 couples, 19 white and 3 colored. The whites are: John Lee Holder and Bessie Hoover. 22/Jan/1897: Amity Items. Mr. Ed. Holder, who came home from Texas some time ago, will stay here and farm, so I hear. J.A.B. Amity, N.C., Jan. 19, 1897. 5/ Feb /1897: Miss Harriet Holder died at her home near Oswalt Post Office, January 25th, aged 25 years. Miss Holder was a near relative of Mr. Lee Morrow of Statesville. 15/October/1897: Amity Items; Mrs. Susan C. Holder has gone to Tennessee to visit her daughter and to see the exposition. She was accompanied from Statesville by her son, Mr. H. A. Holder, of Blackstock, S. C. 31/May/1901: Accident at Amity—Death of a Child—Juror Deaton Was Scared. Mr. Will Chester and wife and two children are visiting Mrs. Mary E. Holder. They are just from Texas, Mr. Chester says he has enough of Texas for the balance of his days, and that in all the seven states he traveled over he prefers North Carolina to any. He expects to make his home in Mooresville. J.A.B. Goodman. Amity, N.C., May 29, 1901. 8/November/1901: Neill—Holder Marriage. Mrs. Alice Neill, of Statesville, and Mr. Edward R. Holder, of Amity, were married at Billingsley hospital yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock, Rev. C.M. Richards officiating. Mrs. Neill had been ill at the hospital for several weeks and the marriage had been postponed from time to time on this account. She has about recovered and left the hospital immediately after the ceremony and went to her home, where her friends had ready for her and her husband a wedding supper. The newly married pair have the best wishes of the friends. 2/4/1902: Mr. J. B. Douglas, of Winston, and Miss Effie Lou Holder, of Amity, were united in marriage on last Wednesday night in Mooresville at the home of the Bride’s brother, Mr. Ed. R. Holder. Mr. Douglas was originally from Amity and is highly esteemed by his many friends, who are glad to welcome him back. The bride is one of Amity’s fairest young ladies. Miss Vernie Cook, of Amity, attended the Douglas-Holder marriage. 10/24/1902: Mrs. Susan C. Holder, of Salisbury, is here visiting relatives. 1/8/1904: Well, now we will tell something about the younger folks. Mr. Bob Holder, of Texas, is here shaking hands with his old friends after a number of years in Texas. He has a farm, seems to be doing well and is well satisfied in Texas. 1/29/1904: I see a marked notice in the Dallas (Texas) News, a paper sent me by Mr. Robert L. Holder, That “Little King” cotton seed are for sale there at $1.20 per bushel, or in lots of 25 bushels for $1.00 per bushel. Mrs. Susan Holder, who contemplated going with her son back to Texas, did not go. 4/12/1904: LETTER FROM TEXAS, Mr. Holder Writes About Affairs There—Death of a Child. To the Editor of “The Landmark”… As it has been some time since I have been heard from, I will drop a few lines to let my friends know that I am Still in the land of the living and very thankful for the same. Clemma, Texas, is still coming to the front. We have just completed a Methodist Church that is an honor to any small county town, completely papered inside and painted, the whole cost being about $700. Ten years ago when I got off here we had preaching about once in two months and for a long time not a Methodist preacher heard at all. Three years ago a Methodist Brother came in here and organized. We few came together and with outside help have a nice little chapel built 30x40. Texas never half-way does anything in the way of public buildings. On this (Bristol Circuit) three churches have been built in the last 18 months. Some few days ago we had somewhat of a storm that lasted about three hours and moved the Methodist Church off its foundation, and the other church was moved out of line at one end; but we have in Texas what can yank houses around the same as my brother J. A. Alanson White, of Statesville, so we got them back in place again. The farmers have their corn all planted and most of it up, and are planting cotton right along. I have seen some cotton up in places. Our rains have not come so long and often the year last, but have been somewhat like the Governor of North Carolina said to the Governor of South Carolina, a long time between drinks. We have had good rains all around us and this morning we had a good rain, as much as we need at present. Well! Well! This is election year and you might think one would never lack for friends, but alas, after the primary is over they are gone for another two years. We are on an equal footing with North Carolina, we have to show tax receipt to vote. A good law it is, too. I now come to my last item, the sad death of Clarence Ross, the baby child of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Holder, who died Saturday morning, April 2nd, and was buried at Ferris, Texas on Sunday, April 3rd. He was a bright child, about 10 months old, and was the pride of his parents hearts, but it was God’s will that he was taken from our midst. It seems hard to part with dear loved ones, but we have to submit to God’s will and try to live in such a way that when the summons comes to us we may be ready to meet our loved ones that have gone before; and in the morning of the Resurrection we may rise with them in glory with our Heavenly Father. With best wishes to all my friends and “The Landmark”, I am Yours Truly, J. C. Holder. Clemma, Texas. 12/30/1904: Marriages; Wednesday morning at 8:30 o’clock, at the residence of the bride’s Grandfather, Mr. J. A. White, on Front Street, Miss Mattie Holder and Mr. C. C. Aderholdt were married, Rev. H. K. Boyer officiating. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Aderholdt left for the groom’s home at Friars Pt., Miss. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. A. H. Holder. The only attendants were: Miss Pearle Aderholdt, of Catawba, and Mr. Everett Sherrill; Miss Zooby Fry and Mr. John Aderholdt. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Holder, both deceased, and has been living with her Grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. White, of Statesville. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hart Aderholdt, of Catawba, and has been living in Mississippi for the past 6 years. 6/23/1905: THE DEATH RECORD—Some of Those Who Have Passed Away During The Week. Robert Leon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Holder, aged 10 months and 14 days, died at the home of the parents at Trumbull, Texas, Monday, 19th. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Holder in Iredell will regret to learn of the bereavement. 9/19/1905: HAPPY DAYS AT AMITY-- They Had a Good Time During The Summer Vacation-News Notes. We have visitors too numerous to mention, but among the latest were Mrs. Ida Holder Kerr, widow of the late Jas. Kerr, of Salisbury. 27/October/1905: The Holder Patterson Marriage Wednesday Evening. On Wednesday evening, at 8:30 o’clock, at the home of the bride’s Grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Alanson White, 505 West Front Street, Miss Lelia Holder, of Statesville, became the bride of Mr. Giles Alfred Patterson, of Tuscumbia, Ala. The ceremony was performed by Rev. C. M. Richards. The parlor, where the ceremony took place and hall were tastefully decorated in green and white, expressed in palms and ferns and chrysanthemums, The bride wore a blue going- away gown and carried white chrysanthemums. There were no attendants. It was a quiet, simple, and pretty home wedding, witnessed by only a few relatives and friends of the bride. After the ceremony refreshments of cream and cake in the colors of the hall and parlor decorations were served. Miss Holder taught the business course at Statesville Female College last year and the year before, and is a young lady of many estimable qualities. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Holder, both deceased, and has lived for some years with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. White. Mr. Patterson is a machinist in the machine shops of the Southern Railway at Sheffield, Ala. Some two years ago he came here with the remains of a friend, an Iredell county man who died in Memphis, Tenn., and it was then that he met the young woman who Wednesday night became his bride. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson left Wednesday night on the west-bound train No. 35 for Chattanooga. They will visit relatives of the groom there and at points in Tennessee and will be at home at Tuscumbia after November 1st. Mr. J. H. White of Greensboro, an uncle of the bride, and Miss Pearl Aderholdt, of Hickory, were the out-of-town people who attended the wedding. 2/23/1906: DOWN AMITY WAY—News and Personal Notes. I was pleased to see Mr. J. C. Holder’s letter from Texas. A man told me that had visited Texas a few years ago that when he got off the train at Ferris he asked a Liveryman if he knew Jim Holder, who lived there. He said: “Yes, if you are going out there, you can ride in my surrey. I am going to send out and have him paint it. He is the best painter in Texas and is getting on fine.” I am glad to hear such news from a good old friend of mine. I may not get to town soon to sit on “The Landmark’s” new office chairs and tell some of the things back in the 80’s, so I will just mention one little instance so Mr. Holder will know my memory still serves me. Once upon a time Mr. Geo. A. Masters, our noted carriage maker, where Mr. Holder was working, formed a co-partnership and it was J. C. Holder and G. A. Masters. Well, Mr. A. G. Holder (Jim’s father) was a sometime poet and so he came up to the store and post office and put up a notice about the new firm. Now about these times there were large suckers in Third Creek about Knox’s Bridge and squirrels not a few over back of Uncle Stokes McNeeley’s, and the new firm fished and hunted every week most, and beat everybody killing squirrels but Sam Moore, and everybody catching suckers but Ab Overcash. So Mr. A. G. Holder put up a notice something like this: Masters & Holder, Carriage-makers and Painters, New Trim, New Shop, Kill a squirrel every pop, New firm, Plenty of Work, Catch a Fish every Jerk. But that was back in the 80’s and now Mr. Holder is running a shop of his own in far away Texas and Mr. Masters is still running his shop at the old stand. He is getting up in years now, but does as good work as ever, but fishes less. He is a staunch Methodist now, is one of the salt of the earth, and, by the way, is the oldest man living who was born in Statesville. His father, Mr. Abe Masters, was once a resident of Statesville. Yes, Mr. Holder, write often and again. We’ll be sure to see it if you put it in The Landmark for we all read it—men, women, children and all. 31 August 1906: IN AMITY NEIGHBORHOOD, Revival Meeting---Personal Items--- Improvements, Correspondence of the Landmark. Among our most recent visitors was Mrs. Laura Parker Holder and grandchild, of Gallatin, Tenn. 19 October 1906: Mrs. Lelia Holder Patterson, wife of Mr. Giles A. Patterson, died yesterday morning at 4 o’clock at the home of her Grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. White, on West Front Street. Mrs. Patterson was married about a year ago and went with her husband to live at Tuscumbia, Ala. In August she returned to Statesville on a visit. She was ill when she came here and her illness continued. Mr. Patterson spent much of his time here with his wife and was here when death came. Mrs. Patterson was about 23 years old. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Holder, both of whom died several years ago. After her parent’s death and up to the time of her marriage she made her home with her grandparents. Four brothers and one sister survive. Her sister, Mrs. Chas. Adderholdt, of State Levee, Miss., and three brothers, Messrs. Espy, Clyde and Lloyd Holder, were with her when she died. Mrs. Patterson was for two years teacher of the business course at Statesville Female College. She was a young woman of fine character and her death brings sorrow not only to her own family but to a large circle of friends. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the funeral services took place at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, Rev. Drs. J.A. Scott and C.M. Richards conducting the services. 4/July/1921: NEWS OF SOUTH IREDELL: Mr. E.R. Holder and ????, Mrs. Mary Holder, formerly residents of Mooresville, and Statesville, who moved to Wevaco, W. Va., a few years ago, send word that they are in good health and getting along well. 30/October/1922: Mrs. Maidie Adderholdt Dies in Denver. Mr. W.A. White has here informed of the death of Mrs. Maidie Adderholdt at Denver, Colorado, her home for the past 18 years. Mrs. Adderholdt was the daughter of the late W.H. Holder, making her home after the death of her parents with Mr. Whites father the late J.A. White. The funeral is to take place this Sunday. 6/November/1922: Funeral Services Sunday Morning. The body of Mrs. Charles Adderholdt, who died at her home in Denver, Col., October 28, arrived here Saturday, accompanied by Mr. Adderholdt and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Holder, of Los Angeles, Calif. The funeral services were conducted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Sherrill, on Davie avenue, Sunday morning, at 10 o’clock, by Rev. John W. Moore, pastor of Broad Street Methodist church, assisted by Rev. W.F. Hollingsworth. Mrs. Adderholdt, prior to her marriage several years ago, was Miss Matie Holder, of Statesville, and after the death of her parents lived with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Alanson White, and other relatives. She had been in bad health for sometime but had recently undergone two operations. Mrs. Adderholdt was the niece of Mr. W.A. White, and Mrs. F.A. Sherrill, of Statesville, and is also survived by four brothers, Messrs. Espy, Lloyd and Clyde Holder, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mr. Arthur Holder, of West Point, Ga. 11/1/1926: NEWS OF SOUTH IREDELL, By J. A. B. Goodman. Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Holder and Daughter, of Governor’s Island, New York, spent the past week in this section visiting Mr. Holder’s relatives, among them a sister, Mrs. J. T. Horton, at Mt Ulla, and Mrs. L. C. Sides, at Loray. Mr. Holder was reared at Amity Hill, enlisted in the Army 28 years ago, and has served continuously since, being overseas, and still in the service. He has relatives all around here, in Statesville and Salisbury. 22/July/1946: Mr. E.R. Holder Dies In W. Va., Mr. E.R. Holder, 72, of Huntington, West Virginia, died Friday in a Huntington hospital. A native of Iredell, Mr. Holder lived in the Bethesda church community and was engaged in farming until he removed to West Virginia, where he was engaging in the coal mining industry until his health failed. His wife, the former Miss Alice Neill, died 28 years ago. He leaves two stepchildren, Mr. Sloan Neill of Spencer and Mrs. Thelma Neill Chester, of Asheville; two sisters, Mrs. A.E. McKey and Mrs. Hattie Chester Christenbury, of Mooresville. The Body was brought to Statesville Sunday night and the funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o’clock from Bethesda Presbyterian church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. T.B. Ruff. Burial was in the family plot in the Bethesda church cemetery. 10/19/1950: ESPY HOLDER HERE FROM CALIFORNIA ON VISIT. Mr. Espy Holder dropped in the office this morning. He is here from California on a visit to kin-folk here and at Amity Hill. He is a Grandson of the Late Mr. and Mrs. Alanson White of Statesville and of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Holder of Amity Hill, and spent his boyhood in this community. Mr. Holder has one daughter, and one grandchild in California and he has three brothers living—Arthur Holder, New York City; Clyde Holder, Miami, Florida and Lloyd Holder, California. 16/June/1954: Espie A Holder Taken In Death. Espie A Holder, retired machinist who formerly worked for J.C. Steele and Sons of Statesville, and Douglas Aircraft and Standard Oil of Los Angeles, Calif., died Tuesday at 11:30 p.m. in the Iredell Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for 10 days. He had been in poor health for several months. Son of the late William and Sarah White Holder, he was a native of Statesville, having spent his early life here. Later he spent several years in Los Angeles returning to Statesville about three years ago. On his return he made his residence at 304 Broad Street. He is survived by his wife, the former Edith Sides; one daughter, Mrs. Howard Lamont, of Los Angeles, two brothers, Lloyd Holder, Los Angeles, and J. Clyde Holder, of Hialeah, Fla. A member of the First Presbyterian Church, Mr. Holder was also a member of the Masonic Lodge in Los Angeles. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Bunch Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Neill R. McGreachy will be in charge of the service. Burial will follow in the family plot of Oakwood cemetery, with full Masonic rites accorded by a local lodge. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/iredell/newspapers/holderfa705gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 25.1 Kb