CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO - BIO: JOHN HOLMES (1881)

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CRAWFORD COUNTY
HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, p.745
CHICAGO
BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS
186 DEARBORN STREET
1881

BUCYRUS TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO

JOHN HOLMES Bucyrus: is a native of Holmes Co., Ohio where his birth
occurred April 21, 1822. His parents Jacob and Margaret (Orr) Holmes,
were sober and intelligent people, and both were natives of the
Keystone State. A few years after their birth and previous to the war
of 1812, they were taken by their respective parents to Harrison Co.,
Ohio, where they were raised and where they were subsequently married,
soon after their marriage in 1821, they removed to Holmes Co., and,
after remaining there about two years, left and located in Richland
Co. Here they followed the not unusual occupation of farming until
1833, at which time they came to Crawford Co., locating on what is now
known as the Stewart farm in Jackson Township. They were the parents
of six sons and two daughters, all of whom are yet living. The
mother died about a year after coming to the county, but the father is
yet spared and has reached the unusual age of 95 years. The father
was a soldier in the war of 1812, and served his country with
distrawford Co., and a few years later served its Superintendent of
the Count Infirmary. Subsequently he resided two years in Crestline,
where he kept a livery stable. His thorough knowledge of "horse flesh"
has to some extent, shaped his life-labors. Himself and family are at
present residing in Bucyrus. He was married to Miss Mary J. Morrow
Nov. 2, 1854. This lady is a native of Crawford Co., her birth
occurring Aug. 24, 1834. She is the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth
(Seanor) Morrow. natives of Westmoreland Co., Penn., where they were
married and resided until 1833, when they came to Crawford Co.,
locating in Jackson Township. They were the parents of fifteen
children, and eleven are yet living. The mother died in 1872. and the
father two years later.. Mr. Morrow was a stone-cutter and a mason and
followed these occupations throughout life. A family of four children
has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Holmes. Mary E. and William W. are
living and Ella Beatrice and Oliver H. are dead. "Lizzie " and
"Willie" have been educated at the country schools, where their
parents formerly resided, at the Crestline schools and finally at the
fine schools in Bucyrus. They are both living with their parents at
the county seat.