BIOGRAPHIES: Charles F. HOLMES, Caledonia Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Charles Francis Holmes, a pioneer, was born in Norway, Maine, Jan. 25, 
1823, and spent his boyhood and young manhood in the New England states.  
In 1850, leaving his wife at Slaterville, R. I., he came west, looking for 
a new home.  Reaching La Crosse, May 1, 1850, he came directly to 
Trempealeau Village, then called Reed's Landing, and after looking about 
for a while, secured a farm in Caledonia Township.  In the spring of 1853 
he returned to Rhode Island, where his young wife had died, and in the 
fall of that year came back to Trempealeau County, bringing with him his 
child Corintha that had been born during his absence, and his father, 
mother and two sisters.  Some time later he married Lucy Atwood, who died 
in November, 1866, leaving two children:  Herman and Arthur A.  In 1868, 
Mr. Holmes sold his farm to his brother-in-law, Royal Atwood of Waupun, 
Wis., and took up his home with relatives in Trempealeau Village.  While 
living here he was elected sheriff of the county.  Late in the fall of 
1874, when his term had almost expired, he went to Caledonia.  The next 
spring he came back, and continued to reside in the village until 1878.  
Then he purchased a farm in Trempealeau Township, where he followed 
agricultural pursuits until his death, Jan. 25, 1900.

--Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917," 
pages 375-376