Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Holmes, O. Brainerd April 26, 1847 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Holmes, O. Brainerd, Winfield, was born on the farm where he now lives April 
26, 1847. He is a son cf Orange Holmes, born on the same farm of which this is 
a part, December 25, 1803, and died December 13, 1864. He married Henrietta 
Brainerd, January 15, 1829. who died March 28, 1891. Orange was a son of 
Elijah Holmes, who settled on this farm at an early date. The house is one of 
the oldest in Winfield.  O. B. Holmes married Mary J. Bradley, September 21, 
1869, and have two children, Mabel M. and Harold B.  Mrs. Mary J. Holmes was a 
daughter of Harry and Mary Hadley, residents and natives of Litchfield. Orange 
Holmes had six children: Pamela A., Leonidas B., Sarah A., Caroline E., Ellen 
C. and O. Brainerd. Deacon Elijah Holmes, of Scotch descent, came from 
Connecticut and settled in Winfield about 1794. He vas the first shoemaker in 
town, and tanned his own leather, grinding the bark by horse power, and the 
ruins of his tannery are still to be seen near North Winfield.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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