Pleasants County, West Virginia, Biography of Edmund Holdren

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EDMUND HOLDREN

Edmund Holdren, a prominent farmer of Pleasants county, was born in 
Washinton county, Ohio,his parents being Thomas and Mary A. (Riggs) 
Holdren.  The grandfather, Edmund Riggs, came from Maryland about the 
year 1810, and settled in Washington county, Ohio,and afterward 
removed to Tyler county, Va., where he died.  Edmund Holdren was 
reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of Ohio.  He was 
married to Mary E. Browse, daughter of Thomas and Eliza Browse, both 
natives of England, who came to Virginia in 1830.  Mrs. Holdren was 
born and reared on the old homestead farm, where she now resides.  
Mr. Holdren is recognized as one of the influential and enterprising 
farmers of the county, and is a democrat in principle. 

From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I; Brant & Fuller, 1891.


(Linda Cunningham Fluharty)