Pearson Bunyon HOLDEN,JR
Birth:
4 May 1842
Kalida, Putnam, Ohio
Death:
20 Mar 1917
Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico
Burial:
3 Apr 1917
Fairview Cemetery, Albuequerque, New Mexico
Marriage:
27 Jun 1872
of Kalida, Putnam, Ohio
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Jane Hodgson...Tucson, AZ
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Jane Anne Hunter Hodgson hodgson@azstarnet.com 2000-08-18 15:01:26
Pearson B. Holden H435
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1842 May 4 Born in Putnam County, Jackson Twp. OH to Pearson B. & Nancy
(Kniseley) Holden IGI Batch F83101 Sheet 11 Source Film 0884988
1848 Feb 26 Mother Nancy died
1848 May 31 Father married Priscilla Ridenour
1850 Census, Putnam Co, Jackson Twp, OH, age 8
1860 Census, Putnam Co, Jackson Twp, OH, age 19
1867 Mar 24 Father died, administrator of estate with John Comer,
brother-in-law. John told the judge that PB was planning to leave
the jurisdiction of the court with the proceeds of the estate
without paying off the debts of the estate. John was excused
as administrator of the estate at his own request. age 24
1870 Census? age 28
1872 Jun 27 Married Flora Anne Barnhill in Findlay, Ohio at bride's home, age 30
1873 Aug 23 Eva Nellie born, Findlay, OH age 31
1874 Oct 2 Photograph taken in Bryan, OH and back of photo marked PB HOLDEN
belongs to Jason A. Law
1875 Aug 9 Sarah Jane (Jennie) born, Findlay, OH age 33
1877 Sep 30 William Reed born, Findlay, OH age 35
1880 Census, Hancock Co, Liberty Twp, OH, age 38
Ran a gristmill
1878-1884 Sued by 8 men for bad debts total $2000.00
Not supporting family, wife forced to depend on charity of friends
Wife was not able to find PB to serve divorce papers
Rumor said he was in the southern states ages 36-42
1887 Said to be living in Seley, Georgia
1887 May Divorce from Flora Anne age 45
1891 Aug 9 Married Inez C. Carpenter age 49
1899 Taxpayer Defiance Co, Milford Twp, Defiance City Directory age 57
1900 Census, Defiance Co, Milford Twp, OH age 68 (age really 58)
1910 Census? age 68
1917 Mar 21 Died, a rancher on a chicken farm in Albuquerque, NM age 75
Arterial ischemia Buried Fairview Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
on a single lot. W.R. Holden paid the undertaker, Thomas Blakemore.
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CHILDREN OF PEARSON BENJAMIN HOLDEN & FLORA ANNE BARNHILL HOLDEN
1. EVA NELLIE HOLDEN (17 Jul 1873 - 20 Jun 1933) m. James Boyd Hunter
m. Charles Wesley Shuler
m. Willard C. Long
2. SARAH JANE HOLDEN (b. 9 Aug 1875) m. Walter Newton Bates
m. Cyrus Waltenberger
3. WILLIAM REED HOLDEN (30 Sep 1877 - 1956) m. Harriet G. Schnell
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Ancestral File.....
Archive record Salt Lake City, Utah submitted by Mary B. Maxfield Holden...
MARRIAGE RECORDS: Marriages...Hancock County, Ohio 1865-1884 p.19
Barnhill, Flora Holden,Pearson B. 27 June 1872
HYMENIAL
On the 27th of June, by Eld. G.W. Hagans, at the residence of the Bride's
parents, in Liberty township, Hancock county, Ohio, Eld P.B. Holden and Miss
Flora A. Barnhill.
Hancock County Courier, 27 June 1872
Marriage Licenses
Pearson B. Holden and Flora A. Barnhill
BIBLE: Death
Record states: "Pierson B. Holden, Jr. died March 20, 1917, at Albuquerque, New Mexico of heart disease. He was my father. W.R.Holden Pontiac, Mich June 15, 1951."
Xerox copies of Bible records in my possession.
1850 Census Putnam County Ohio Jackson Twp..
Pierson B. Holden 43, U.B.Clergyman 1000 Virginia
Prisiella Holden 31 Ohio
Samuel Holden 18 Farmer Virginia
Sarah Jane Holden 15 Ohio
Pierson (Jr) 8 Ohio
Andrew 5 Ohio
1880 Census Hancock County Ohio Liberty Twp p.419 C
Holden,Pearson W M 38 Runs Grist Mill Ohio Va Va
Flora A. W F 24 Keeps house Ohio Ohio Ohio (age 26)
Eva N. W F 6 At home Ohio Ohio Ohio
Sarah J. W F 4 At home Ohio Ohio Ohio
William R. W M 2 At home Ohio Ohio Ohio
Internet from Jane A. Hodgson, 1540 E. 2ND ST., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721.
Disserted wife and children.....Divorced wife. She moved to Chicago, Illinois. He left debts in Putnam County and Defiance County, Ohio.
He went to Defiance and married another woman, then probably left her. That is how he ended up in Alburquerque, New Mexico.
.
Jane has his obituary notice.
Divorce proceedings Hancock County, Ohio in Pearson B. Holden file.
Life Story of Eva Nellie Holden written by her grand-daughter, Jane Anne Hunter Hodgson.
Perarson Holden, Jr. was one of administraters on will of his father...but not respected or trusted by brothers and sisters at an early date.
Pearson B. Holden
1842 May 4 Born in Putnam County, Jackson Twp. OH to Pearson B. & Nancy (Kniseley) Holden IGI Batch F83101 Sheet 11 Source Film 0884988
1848 Feb 26 Mother Nancy died
1848 May 31 Father married Priscilla Ridenour
1850 Census, Putnam Co, Jackson Twp, OH, age 8
1860 Census, Putnam Co, Jackson Twp, OH, age 19
1867 Mar 24 Father died, administrator of estate with John Comer, brother-in-law. John told the judge that PB was planning to leave the jurisdiction of the court with the proceeds of the estate without paying off the debts of the estate. John was excused as administrator of the estate at his own request. age 24
1870 Census? age 28
1872 Jun 27 Married Flora Anne Barnhill in Findlay, Ohio at bride's home, age 30
1873 Aug 23 Eva Nellie born, Findlay, OH age 31
1874 Oct 2 Photograph taken in Bryan, OH and back of photo marked PB HOLDEN
belongs to Jason A. Law
1875 Aug 9 Sarah Jane (Jennie) born, Findlay, OH age 33
1877 Sep 30 William Reed born, Findlay, OH age 35
1880 Census, Hancock Co,Liberty Twp, OH, age 38 Ran a gristmill
1878-1884 Sued by 8 men for bad debts total $2000.00
Not supporting family, wife forced to depend on charity of friends. Wife was not able to find PB to
serve divorce papers. Rumor said he was in the southern states ages 36-42
1887 Said to be living in Seley, Georgia
1887 May Divorce from Flora Anne age 45
1891 Aug 9 Married Inez C. Carpenter age 49
1899 Taxpayer Defiance Co, Milford Twp, Defiance City Directory age 57
1900 Census, Defiance Co, Milford Twp, OH age 68 (age really 58)
1910 Census? age 68
1917 Mar 21 Died, a rancher on a chicken farm in Albuquerque, NM age 75
Arterial ischemia Buried Fairview Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
on a single lot. W.R. Holden paid the undertaker, Thomas Blakemore.
Children of Pearson Benjamin Holden and Flora Anne Barnhill Holden
1. EVA NELLIE HOLDEN (17 Jul 1873 - 20 Jun 1933) m. James Boyd Hunter
m. Charles Wesley Shuler
m. Willard C. Long
2. SARAH JANE HOLDEN (b.9 Aug 1875) m. Walter Newton Bates m.Cyrus Waltenberger
3. WILLIAM REED HOLDEN (30 Sep 1877 - 1956) m. Harriet G. Schnell
ADMINISTRATION of HIS FATHER (Age 26)
To P.B. Holden Admnistrator of the Estate of P.B. Holden deceased. You are hereby notified that on the 3rd day of August A.D. 1868, I filed my petition in the probate of the county of Putnam and state of Ohio praying to
be released from further responsibility as one of the sureties upon the administration Bond of P.B. Holden, as administrator of the Estate of P.B. Holden deceased, for the reason I believe that the said P.B. Holden is about
to convert the assetts of said estate into money and carry the same beyond the jurisdiction of the Court and not applying the same to the payment of the debt of said estate -- said petition will be for in this the 10th day
of August 1868 at 10 o'clock A.M. Aug. 3 1868.
John Comer John Comer being sworn says that on the day of August AD 1868 he aserved the within notice
upon said PB Holden by delivering him a true copy thereof. his John Comer mark
Sworn to and subscribed by said John Comer before me this 10th day of August AD 1868.
John Kuhner Probate Judge
Picture of Family Perhaps taken in 1867 when Father died ...Given to me by Ellie Johnson (Eleanor Law Johnson)
1997
(ages calculated according to 1867 theory) Ellie Johnson identifies those in the picture tentatively: Back row:
1. Child female about 13 2. Rebecca Holden? 42 (looks old) 3. Sarah Jane Holden 32 4. Mary Louisa 30
Middle row: 1. George Holden 39 2. Samuel S. Holden 35 3. Child male about 8 4. Pearson B. 25 5. Andrew J. 22 (looks older) Front row: 1. Child female about 6 2. Child female about 8 3. Child male about 4 Left to right:
Rebecca Ann Holden George Holden Samuel S. Holden Sarah Jane Holden Mary Louise Holden Pearson B. Holden Andrew Holden All look very somber (perhaps this is a funeral picture)
NEWSPAPER
NOTES
Divorced Flora Anne in 1887. Had accumulated bad debts in the amount of over $2000.00 in the years before the divorce. Numerous individuals had taken him to court. Divorce indicates that he did not provide the necessities of food, medicine, clothing or other provisions for his children ages 14, 12 and 10 for at least three years and that his where-abouts were unknown. He may have been in Georgia, but his letter with the summons was returned unopened.
COURT PROCEEDINGS DIVORCE
23rd day of May 1887
Pleas before the Hon George F. Pendleton and of the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the First sub Division of the Tenth Judicial District of the State of Ohio at the May Term A.D. 1887 of said Court begun
and held in the Court House in Findlay within and for the County of Hancock State of Ohio on the 23rd day of May AD 1887. Be it remembered that on the 4th day of May AD 1887 a certain petition was filed in the office of the Clerk of said Court of which the following is a true copy to wit: Petition Flora A Holden Plaintiff ) against ) In the Court of Common Pleas within and for Pierson B. Holden Defendant) the County of Hancock Ohio: The Plaintiff Flora A Holden has been a resident of the State of Ohio for the year last past and has a bona fide residence in the County of Hancock Ohio. On or about the 27th day of June A.D. 1872, in said Hancock
County Ohio she was married to said defendant and has ever since said marriage conducted herself toward the said defendant as a faithful and obedient wife. The following children were born of such marriage to wit: Eva N. Holden who will be 14 years old in July A.D. 1887, Sarah J Holden who will be 12 years old on the 9th day of August AD 1887 and William R. Holden who will be 10 years old September 30 1887. The defendant has in disregard of his
marital duties for more than three years last past failed and wilfully neglected to provide plaintiff with the common necessaries of life such as food,clothing, medicine and so forth. So that Plaintiff has been compelled to live upon the charity of friends and her own exertions because of his idleness profligacy and dissipation. Wherefore Plaintiff prays that she may be divorced from the defendant and that she may be decreed to have reasonable alimony the custody of said children and such other relief as is proper.
Flora A Holden by A.B. Shafer her attorney. On which was endorsed the following praeceps to wit:
Praecipe
To the Clerk of said Court Issue a summons on the above named defendant together with a copy of the Petition herein directed to the Sheriff of Hancock County O. Flora A Holden By Aaron B. Shafer her atty. Afterwards the
following summons was issued directed to the Sheriff of Hancock County and forwarded by mail to Seney Georgia his supposed place of residence but was returned by the Postmaster unopened to wit
Summons The State of Ohio Hancock County ss. To the Sheriff of Hancock County You are commanded to notify Pierson B. Holden that Flora A Holden has filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Han- cock County and State of Ohio a petition. (A true copy of which is here-with delivered to you to be served on him) charging him with wilfull neglect and asking that she be divorced from him and that alimony and custody of the children and for other proper relief said Petition will stand for hearing during the term of said Court next ensuing and six weeks from and after the service of this writ. You will make due return of this summons on the 16 day of May AD 1887. Witness my signature as Clerk of our said Court of Common Pleas and the seal of said Court at findlay this 4 day of May AD 1887 Presley E. Hay Clerk By JW Davidson Deputy Clerk.
Afterward on the 4 day of May A.D. 1887 an affidavit was filed by the Plaintiff Flora A Holden of which the following is a true copy to wit: Affidavit Flora A. Holden Plaintiff against Pierson B. Holden Defendant. Court of
Common Pleas Hancock County Ohio. The State of Ohio Hancock County ss. Flora A Holden plaintiff being first duly Sworn says that Pierson B Holden and that the cause is one of Those mentioned in section Five thousand and forty eight of the revised Statutes of Ohio Flora A Holden. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence afterward on the 13th day of June AD 1887 the following Legal Note was Legal Notice filed in the Office of the Clerk of said Court to wit: Pierson B Holden residing in the town of Seney in the State of Georgia will take notice that on the 4th day of May AD 1887 Flora A Holden filed her petition in the Court of Common Pleas Hancock County Ohio being cause in 1887 praying a divorce from said Pierson B. Holden on the ground of grave neglect of duty in this to wit: The Defendant Pierson B Holden for more than three years last passed has failed and wilfully neg- lected to provide Plaintiff with the common necessaries of life so that Plaintiff have been compelled to live on the charity of friends and her own exertions because of his idleness profligacy and dissipa- tion. The Plaintiff further prays in her said petition for a reasonable allowance of Alimony the custody of her children and for such other relief as is proper and that said cause will be for hearing on and after the 10th day of June AD 1887. Flora A Holden by Aaron B. Shafer her attorney. State of Ohio Hancock County ss. S.B. DeWolfe being duly Sworn says he is one of the publishers of the Findlay Weekly Republican, a newspaper printed and of general circulation in said County and that a notice of which the annexed is a true copy was published in said paper on Thursday of
each week for 6 consecutive weeks beginning on the 5th day of May 1887. S.P. DeWolfe Sworn to and Subscribed to before me this 15 day of June AD 1887 JW Davidson Deputy Clerk. Afterward on the 17th day of June AD 1887 an affidavit was filed in the Office of the Clerk of said Court by Flora A. Holden Plaintiff of which the following is a true copy to wit: Flora A Affidavit Holden, Plaintiff against Pierson B. Holden Defendant Court of Common Pleas Hancock County Ohio, The State of Ohio Hancock County ss Flora A. Holden Plaintiff being duly Sworn says that shortly before the time of commencing her said action for divorce and alimony She made dilligent
inquiry of her acquaintences and friends who were also We acquaintenances and friends of said defendant do ascertain the defendants place of residence.
That among the number of persons she inquired of was one Moyer who resides in North Findlay but whose given Name is unknown to Plaintiff. That said Moyer was a personal friend of long acquaintance with said defendant and had been an associate of defendants while plaintiff and defendant lived in North Findlay That said Moyer told said Plaintiff that he had not heard from said defendant and could not tell her his place of residence .Affiant further says that at said time she made inquiry of one Jesse Brayfore and Mrs. J
Flora Ann BARNHILL
Birth:
14 Nov 1853
Kalida, Putnam, Ohio
Death:
14 Apr 1903
Chicago, Cook, Ill
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
1860 CENSUS HANCOCK CO, LIBERTY TWP, OHIO P15-16
BARNHILL, JOSEPH FAMILY FLORA ANN 6 F OH
1870 CENSUS, HANCOCK CO, LIBERTY TWP, OHI P13
JOSEPH BARNHILL FAMILY....FLORA ANN 16 F OH
1880 CENSUS HANCOCK CO, LIBERTY TWP, OHIO P419C
PEARSON HOLDEN FAMILY...FLORA A. W. F 24 KEEPS HOUSE OH OH OH
SEE NOTES UNDER MARGARET HOLDEN #1593 AND HER DAUGHTER, MARY SAYERS #1596..
BIBLE RECORD FROM JOSEPH BARNHILL AND SARA JANE FUNKHOUSER IN POSSESSION OF
MARY SALKELD.
DEATH: 6016533 FICHE DEATHS COOK COUNTY, IL
BENNETT, FLORA A. APR 14 1903 50 YR CHICAGO
OBITUARY: CHICAGO TRIBUNE 17 APR 1903
DEATHS BENNETT, FLORA A. BENNETT-APRIL 14. FLORA A. BENNETT, WIFE OF
WELLINGTON BENNETT. FUNERAL FROM 2205 W. HARRISON ST. FRIDAY, 1 PM.
INTERMENT AT ROSEHILL.
OFFICIAL DEATH RECORD (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
THE FOLLOWING BURIAL PERMITS WERE ISSUED YEATERDAY BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT:
BENNETT, FLORA A. 50; 2205 W. HARRISON, APRIL 14.
WILL: OF FLORA A. BENNETT OF CHICAGO, COOK, ILL (COPY IN MY POSSESSION)
RECORDED IN PROBATE DOCUMENTARY, RECORD OF WILLS, BK 42 P.433, STATE OF
ILLINOIS, IN THE PROBATE COURT OF COUNTY OF COOK.
MENTIONS: BELOVED HUSBAND WELLINGTON BENNETT, HER DEARLY BELOVED CHILDREN: MRS.
JENNIE BATES, MRS. EVA N. HUNTER AND WILLIAM R. HOLDEN FLORA A. HOLDEN GIVES
TESTIMONY IN JASON LAW & MARY BACK DIVORCE PAPERS (IN MY POSSESSION).
SHE STATED: NAME:"FLORA A. HOLDEN. I AM 35 YEARS OF AGE.
I AM A DRESSMAKER BY OCCUPATION AND I RESIDE ON SOUTH LEVY ST. (HARD TO READ)
NO 101, FINDLAY, OHIO." IF YOU WERE EVER MARRIED SO STATE AND GIVE YOUR
HUSBANDS NAME. "I WAS MARRIED THE 27 DAY OF JUNE 1872 AND MY HUSBANDS NAME
WAS PIERSON B. HOLDEN." DOES THAT MARRIAGE RELATION STILL SUBSIST? "NO SIR."
WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT A DISSOLUTION OF THE NAMED RELATION.
ANS: "ABUSE AND FAILURE TO PROVIDE. IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION ABOUT PROVIDING
SHE ANSWERED.."NOT ANY, ONLY MY DIVORCE CASE." SHE EVIDENTLY WAS DIVORCED
FROM PIERSON B. HOLDEN. IT IS MENTIONED THAT HER FORMER HUSBAND WAS JASON
LAW'S UNCLE (BROTHER OF JASON'S MOTHER).
INFORMATION FROM JANE A. HODGSON, OUTREACH COUNSELOR, SENIOR CENTER FOR
DISABILITY RELATED RESOURCES, 1540 E. 2ND ST., UNIV OF ARIZONA, TUCSON, AZ
85721 (INTERNET: hodgsonj@ccit.arizona.edu or hodgsonj@gas.uug.edu (520)
621-5183. SHE HAS QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION ON PIERSON, JR. AND FLORA ANN.
FLORA ANN AND PIERSON WERE DIVORCED AFTER HE ABANDONED FLORA AND CHILDREN.
LATER THEIR WAS A DIVORCE. SHE LATER REMARRIED...MOVED TO CHICAGO AT SOME
POINT.
EVA NELLIE HOLDEN LIFE STORY BY JANE HUNTER HODGSON COPY IN MY POSSESSION.
Flora Anne Barnhill
14 Nov 1853 Born in Findlay, OH to Joseph & Sarah (Funkhouser) Barnhill
IGI entry
1860 Census, Hancock Co, Liberty Twp, OH, age 6
1870 Census,Hancock Co, Liberty Twp, OH, age 16
27 Jun 1872 Married Pearson Benjamin Holden in Findlay, OH at bride's home age 18
23 Aug 1873 Eva Nellie born, Findlay, OH age 19
9 Aug 1875 Sarah Jane born, Findlay, OH age 21
30 Sep 1877 William Reed born, Findlay, OH age 23
1878-1883 Husband running up bad debts for which he is sued by numerous persons in court, ages 24-29
1880 Census, Hancock Co, Liberty Twp, OH, age 24 (this age is wrong)
Unable to find husband to serve him divorce papers
Forced to depend on the charity of friends
May 1887 Divorce Findlay, OH, age 33, children 14, 12, 10
31 Dec 1891 Eva Nellie married James Boyd Hunter
12 Jun 1894 Sarah married George Kramer
1895 In Chicago, IL with Eva Nellie, age 41 >21 Jul 1895 Father died
age 41
1897 Married Wellington Bennett, age 43
1900 Census, Cook Co, Riverside Village, Riverside Twp, IL, age 46
Living at 2205 W. Harrison
18 Sep 1902 Signed papers in Chicago to receive the money from father's land from his will
20 Sep 1902 Personally appeared in Hancock County to deed over the land to brother Tobias G. Barnhill
4 Apr 1903 Died Chicago, Cook County, IL age 50, buried, Rosehill Cemetery
FAMILY HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HOTTEL by W.D. Huddle.
Flora Ann Barnhill, b. near Findlay, O., Nov. 14, 1853; d. Apr. 14, 1903; m.June 27, 1872, Rev. Pearson B. Holden, b. in Williams Co., O, May 4, 1842; d.at Albuequerque, N. Mex. He was a minister of the Christian Union Church. Three children. (Errors in this book: m Pearson B. Holden, son of the Rev. Pearson B. Holden;
his father was the minister of the Christian Union Church, but Flora's husband was not a minister. Birth, marriage and death dates are correct for both of them. The marriage took place in Hancock Co, OH.)
MARRIAGES, HANCOCK COUNTY, OHIO 1865-1884 (age 19)
Barnhill, Flora A. Holden, Pearson B. 27 June 1872
HANCOCK COUNTY COURIER, 27 June 1872
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Pearson B. Holden and Flora A. Barnhill
HYMENIAL
On the 27th of June, by Eld. G.W. Hagans, at the residence of the Bride's parents, in Liberty township, Hancock county, Ohio, Eld P.B. Holden and Miss Flora A. Barnhill __________________________________________________________ >
DIVORCE (age 34)
The divorce decree stated that for at least three years Pearson had not provided Flora and the three children, ages 14, 12 and 10 with the necessites of life such as food, medicine and clothing. His where-abouts were unknown at
the time of the divorce. A letter of summons was sent to Georgia, but it was returned unopened. Flora was forced to depend on the charity of friends.
WILL
In the Name of God, Amen. I, Flora A. Bennett of Chicago in the County of Cook and State of Illinois being of sound mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of this frail and trasitory life, do therefore make, ordain,
publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament:
First, I order and direct that my Executor hereinafter named pay all my just debts and funeral expenses as soon after my decease as conveniently may be.
Second, After the payment of such funeral expenses and debts, I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved husband Wellington Bennett, my one-half (1/2) interest in the lot two story store and flat building situated at No. 2265 W.
Harrison St. Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and at his death my said one-half (1/2) interest in same is to go my dearly beloved children to wit: Mrs. S Jennie Bates, Mrs. Eva N. Hunter and William R. Holden and each to share and share alike.
Third, I give devise and bequeath to my beloved husband Wellington Bennett all of my personal Property except one Uprigh Piano "Adam Achaaf" and that I give devise and bequeath to my beloved son William R. Holden, and my bed clothes I give to my dearly beloved children to wit: Mrs. S. Jennie Bates, Mrs. Eva Hunter, and William R. Holden, and each to share and share alike.
Fourth I give devise and bequeath to my beloved children, to wit: Mrs. S. Jennie Bates, Mrs. Eva Hunter and William R. Holden, my lot situated at Gross Dale Cook County Illinois and each to share and share alike.
May 29 1903
Will of Flora A. Bennett
9-7630
>9-7630
Recorded in Probate Documentary
Record of Wills
Book 42 Page 433
Patrick J. Cahill, Clerk
Apr 22 1903
Patrick J. Cahill
State of Illinois In the Probate Court County of Cook of Cook County proved and admitted to record in
>open Court this 29thh day of May A.D. 1903 Patrick J. Cahill, Clerk
worldconnect.rootsweb.com Jane Hodgson added to internet 8-25-00
D: I00026
Name: Flora Anne * BARNHILL
Sex: F
Birth: 14 NOV 1853 in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio 1
Death: 14 APR 1903 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 2
Occupation: Dressmaker
CEME: Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Event: Born where 14 NOV 1853 Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio
Event: Moved 1895 Chicago, Illinois
MISC: Divorce from Pearson B. Holden
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Reference Number: 1
Note:
Flora Anne Barnhill B654
_____________________________________________________________
Father: Joseph * BARNHILL b: 29 MAY 1825 in Wayne County, Paint Township, Mount Eaton, Ohio
Mother: Sarah * FUNKHOUSER b: 10 MAY 1827 in Pickaway County, Walnut Township, Ohio
Marriage 1 Pearson B. * HOLDEN b: 4 MAY 1842 in Putnam County, Jackson Township, Ohio
Married: 27 JUN 1872 in Hancock County, Ohio
Divorced: 23 MAY 1887 in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio
Divorced:
Note: ___________________________________________________________
Children
1. Eva Nellie * HOLDEN b: 17 JUL 1873 in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio
2. Sarah Jane HOLDEN b: 9 AUG 1875 in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio
3. William REED HOLDEN b: 30 SEP 1877 in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio
Marriage 2 Wellington BENNETT b: AUG 1845 in Illinois
Married: 1897 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Sources:
1.Title: History of the Descendants of John Hottel
2.Title: Gravestone, Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
Jane Anne Hunter Hodgson
hodgson@azstarnet.com
2000-08-25 13:04:07
Flora Anne Barnhill B654
_________________________________________________
1853 Nov 14 Born in Findlay, OH to Joseph & Sarah (Funkhouser) Barnhill
IGI entry
1860 Census, Hancock Co, Liberty Twp, OH, age 6
1870 Census, Hancock Co, Liberty Twp, OH, age 16
1872 June 27 Married Pearson Benjamin Holden in Findlay, OH at bride's homeage 18
1873 Aug 23 Eva Nellie born, Findlay, OH age 19
1875 Aug 9 Sarah Jane born, Findlay, OH age 21
1877 Sep 30 William Reed born, Findlay, OH age 23
1878-1883 Husband running up bad debts for which he is sued by numerous
persons in court, ages 24-29
1880 Census, Hancock Co, Liberty Twp, OH, age 24 (this age is wrong)
Unable to find husband to serve him divorce papers
Forced to depend on the charity of friends
1887 May Divorce Findlay, OH, age 33, children 14, 12, 10
1891 Dec 31 Eva Nellie married James Boyd Hunter probably in Chicago, IL
1894 June 12 Sarah married George Kramer probably in Chicago, IL
1895 In Chicago, IL with Eva Nellie, age 41
1895 July 21 Father died age
1896 City Directory Holden, Flora A. Dressmaker 314 W Adams
1896 City Directory Hunter, James B. com. trav. h 399 S Washentaw
1897 City Directory Holden, Flora A. dressmaker 365 W Harrison
1897 City Directory Hunter, James B. pres. Hunterr & McCue mnfg co 402 S Clinton h 399 S Washentaw
1897 Married Wellington Bennett, age 43
1900 Census, Cook Co, Riverside Village, Riverside Twp, IL, age 46
Living at 2205 W. Harrison
1902 Sep 18 Signed papers in Chicago to receive the money from father's land
from his will
1902 Sep 20 Personally appeared in Hancock County to deed over the land to
brother Tobias G. Barnhill
1903 Apr 14 Died Chicago, Cook County, IL age 50, buried, Rosehill Cemetery
>
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
17 Jul 1873
Findlay, Hancock, Ohio
Death:
Notes:
HOLDEN FAMILY INFORMATION...
28 JUL 1996 FOUND HER GRAND-DAU, JANE A. HODGSON, OUTREACH COUNSELOR, SENIOR
CENTER FOR DISABILITY RELATED RESOURCES, 1540 E. 2ND ST, UNIV. OF ARIZONA,
TUCSON, ARIZONA 85721 ON INTERNET.
HODGSONJ@ACCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
HODGSONJ@GAS.UUG.EDU
(520)621-5183
HOLDEN FAMILY RECORDS THROUGH MARGARET HOLDEN
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Eva Nellie Holden Hunter Shuler Long H435
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1873 July 17 Born in Findlay, Ohio to Pearson B. & Flora A. (Barnhill) Holden
Certified birth record
1875 Aug 9 Sister, Sarah Jane born, Findlay, Ohio, age 2
1877 Sep 30 Brother, William Reed born, Findlay, Ohio, age
1878-1883 Father sued for bad debts to numerous persons in Findlay, OH
1880 Census, Hancock County, Liberty Twp, Findlay, age 6
Father not supporting family, mother forced to depend on the charity of friends
1887 May Parents divorced, father cannot be located, thought to be out of
state, Eva 14 years old
1891 Dec 31 Married James Boyd Hunter, age 18 License Number 177774 Cook County, IL
1891Hunter & McCue, 383 S. Jefferson (unable to read home address on film)
1892 Hunter & McCue, 383 S. Jefferson h. 1170 Washington boul.
1893 Hunter & McCue, 388 S. Jefferson, h. 1386 W. Congress, age 35
1893 Jan 3 Flora Jane born, Chicago, IL, home 1386 W. Congress, age 35
1894 The Hunter & McCue Co 383 S. Jefferson h. 1340 W Congress
1895 Home, 193 S. Green, (between Jackson & Van Buren) Chicago City
Directory, age 37
1896 City Directory com. trav. h. 399 S Washentaw
1896 Feb Frederick born, Chicago, IL, age 38
1896 City Directory Holden, Flora A. Dressmaker 314 W Adams
1896 City Directory Hunter, James B. com. trav. h 399 S Washentaw
1897 City Directory Holden, Flora A. dressmaker 365 W Harrison
1897 City Directory Hunter, James B. pres. Hunterr & McCue mnfg co 402 S Clinton h 399 S Washentaw
1897 Nov Hamilton Wellington born, Chicago, IL, age 24
1900 206 Gladys Ave., Chicago, IL, age 26
1900 Feb 17 Husband died in Chicago, IL, age 27
549 San Francisco, LaPorte, IN Scipio Township
1900 June 19 James Boyd born, Chicago, IL, age 27
1903 April 14 Mother died Riverside Village, Chicago, IL, age 30
1904 Mar 18 Frederick died, Valparaiso, IN, 8 years, peritonitis, age 31
Sold encyclopedias in Valparaiso, IN
1905 Moved to Fort Wayne, IN, age 32
1908 Chicago City Directory Hunter, Eva N Mrs. solcr 804 106 Lasalle
h Valparaiso Ind
1910 Census, Shuler Allen County, IN
1910 Oct 11 Married Charles W. Shuler, 2627 Holton Ave., Fort Wayne, IN, age 37
1911 Aug 2 Lillian Florence born, Holton Ave., Fort Wayne, IN, age 38
1911-1914 Jennie living home teaching school
1914 Moved to 2545 Maple Place, Fort Wayne, IN, age 41
1915 Dec 2 William Reed born, 2545 Maple Place, age 42
1916 Hamilton, clerk at Bowser's, James clerk at Wayne Stamp, age 43
1917 Apr 3 Father died, Albuquerque, NM, age 44
1920 Census, 2545 Maple Place with Charles Shuler, Lillian, William,
Hamilton (not James) & roomer, Clarissa Gillingham, age 47
1920-1921 Divorced Charles W. Shuler, age 47 (Court Documentation)
1924 Saleslady at Hilgeman & Schaaf, age 50
1928 Personal & Poll Tax, Allen County, IN F 57 46 30 Perry
1931 Married Willard Long, Fort Wayne, IN, age 58
1933 Lived 926 Colerick, sold real estate, age 60
1933 June 20 Died of heart disease in Fort Wayne, IN, Certificate of Death
Buried from Klaehn Funeral Home Fort Wayne, IN in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
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Descendants of Eva Nellie * HOLDEN
Generation No. 1
1. EVA NELLIE *4 HOLDEN (PEARSON BUNYAN *3, PEARSON * BUNYAN REV2, BENJAMIN *1) was born 17 July 1873 in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, and died 20 June 1933 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. She married (1) JAMES BOYD * HUNTER 31 December 1891 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, son of HAMILTON HUNTER and SARAH MULLIGAN. She married (2) CHARLES WESLEY SHULER 11 October 1910 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Wayne Township, Indiana. She married (3) WILLARD C. LONG 1931 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Wayne Township, Indiana.
Children of EVA HOLDEN and JAMES HUNTER are:
i. FLORA JANE "JANE"5 HUNTER, b. 03 January 1893, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; d. 01 July 1980, Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri; m. ARTHUR LAUDEL, 20 May 1914.
ii. FREDERICK HUNTER, b. February 1896, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; d. 18 March 1904, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana.
iii. HAMILTON WELLINGTON HUNTER, b. 21 November 1897, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; d. August 1987, Naples, Collier County, Florida; m. (1) DENNA BERNICE BOCKMAN, 05 August 1920; m. (2) VIRGINIA ELIZABETH GARR, 1941.
iv. JAMES BOYD * HUNTER, b. 19 June 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; d. 31 October 1954, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana; m. LILLIAN THEODOSIA "DOAD" * MCKEEMAN, 01 November 1925, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.
Children of EVA HOLDEN and CHARLES SHULER are:
v. LILLIAN FLORENCE5 SHULER, b. 02 August 1911, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Wayne Township, Indiana; m. (1) JOHN PUTMAN; m. (2) VIRGIL LESTER KELLOGG; m. (3) JOHN SILLAWAY.
vi. WILLIAM REED SHULER, b. 02 December 1915, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Wayne Township, Indiana; d. 13 November 1995, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.
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CERTIFIED COPY OF BIRTH RECORD
THE STATE OF OHIO, Hancock County,
Date of Record A.D.
No. 4165
Name in Full Eva W. Holden
Date of Birth Year 1873 Month August Day 23rd
Place of Birth State Ohio County Hancock
City, Town or Township Liberty Twp.
Sex Female
Color White
Name of Father P.B. Holden
Mother's Maiden Name Flora Barnhill
Residence of Parents Liberty Twp.
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2
Birth:
9 Aug 1875
Findlay, Hancock, Ohio
Death:
Notes:
SHE MARRIED 12 JUNE 1894 TO 1) WALTER NEWTON BATES ACCORDING TO HOLDEN FAMILY
RECORDS. (MARGARET HOLDEN RECORDS)
1900 CENSUS, COOK CO, RIVERSIDE VILLAGE, RIVERSIDE TWP, IL P.4
BATES, WALTER N. HEAD W M SEPT 1866 33 M 6 IL MS OH CONTRACTOR
SARAH J. WIFE W F AUG 1875 24 M 6 OH OH OH
WALTER N. SON W M JULY 1897 2 IL IL OH
BENNETT, FLORA A. MOTHER-IN-LAW M F NOV 1863 (AGE 46)
WILLINGTON FATHER-IN-LAW W M AUG 1850 50 MI MI MI SALESMAN
TENTS
NORTHESER, MARTHA SERVANT W F SEPT 1878 21 S NORWAY NORWAY
NORWAY/COOK
3
Birth:
30 Sep 1877
Findlay, Hancock, Ohio
Death:
11 Jan 1956
Pontiac, Michigan
Notes:
I submitted the work....
looked on familysearch.org 3 Feb 2003 and it was completed in JRiver Temple....maybe someone else also working on this line......
Picture of Willilam Reed Holden on Law Pictures disk....with Richard Law and Ted Law...1950
Daughter of William Reed Holden, Margaret Holden Muller, passed her records on to her daughter Mary Sayers, Dunn Loring, Virginia....She has old Pearson B. Holden Bible, old letters, etc.
Funeral Memorial....In memory of William R. Holden....born Sept. 30, 1877 Findlay, Ohio....
Date of death Jan. 11, 1956. Services from Donelson-Johns Funeral Home, Jan 13, 1956...2pm. Clergyman officiating...Rev. Robert Dewitt. Final resting place: Forest Home Cemetery, Hicksville, Ohio. Funeral conducted by Donelson-Johns Funeral Home, Pontiac, Michigan (Sent this program to Mary Sayers).
SEE NOTES RELATING TO PEARSON B. HOLDEN UNDER HIS NAME.
1900 CENSUS DEFIANCE CO,( MILFORD TWP)
HOLDEN, PEARSON MAY 1842 68 OH (HE IS ACTUALLY 58)
INEZ APR 1858 42 OH
WILLIAM R.SEP 1877 22 OH
1920 CENSUS FT. WAYNE, ALLEN CO, IN P.245
HOLDEN, WILLIAM 42 HEAD OH OH OH MERCHANT CLOTHING
HATTIE 37 WIFE OH IN OH
MARGARET H. 12 DAU IN OH OH
HELEN H. 10 DAU IN OH OH
ALICE V 8 DAU IN OH OH
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Birth: 30 Sep 1877 -- Findly, Hancock County, Liberty Twp., Ohio
Death: 1956 -- Hicksville, Ohio--Defiance County
Spouse:
Parents: Pearson Holden, Flora Anne Barnhill
Jane Hodgson post-it in worldconnect.rootsweb.com for William Reed Holden
Jane Anne Hunter Hodgson
hodgson@azstarnet.com
2000-10-05 09:01:23
William Reed Holden
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1877 Sep 30 Born in Findlay, Hancock Co OH to Pearson B. Holden Jr & Flora
Anne Barnhill
1887 May 23 Parents divorced
1900 Census Living Defiance County, Milford Twp, OH with father and new wife
Inez Carpenter Holden
1905 Mar 26 Married Harriet G. Schnell
General merchant
1907 June 16 Margaret Jane born Hicksville, Defiance County, Ohio
1909 Oct 30 Helen Kathleen born Hicksville, Defiance County, Ohio
1910 Nov 11 William Reed Holden Jr born Hicksville, Defiance County, Ohio
1910 Dec 20 Son William Reed died
1917 Mar 20 Father died in Albequerque, NM and William Reed Holden paid
for the funeral expenses and burial
1920 Census Living Fort Wayne, IN with wife Hattie and 3 daughters, clothing
merchant
1923 Aug 23 Alice Virginia born .....(note ELJ she is 8 yrs. old in the 1920 census).....
Margaret Jane a student at Western College, Oxford, Ohio
Margaret Jane married Muller
Helen Kathleen married Dehaan
Alice Virginia married Van Hook
1951 June 15 Living in Pontiac, Michigan and entered the date of his father's
death into the family Bible
1956 Died at Hicksville, Defiance County, Ohio
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Descendants of William REED HOLDEN
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM REED4 HOLDEN (PEARSON BUNYAN *3, PEARSON * BUNYAN REV2, BENJAMIN *1)
was born 30 September 1877 in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, and died 1956 in Hicksville, Defiance County,
Ohio. He married HARRIET GERTRUDE SCHNELL 26 March 1905, daughter of MYRON SCHNELL and
CLARETTA DOWELL.
Children of WILLIAM HOLDEN and HARRIET SCHNELL are:
i. MARGARET JANE5 HOLDEN, b. 16 June 1907, Hicksville, Defiance County, Ohio; d. 19 April 1994,
Escondido, San Diego County, California; m. LLOYD ERNEST MULLER, 16 August 1931, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
ii. HELEN KATHLEEN HOLDEN, b. 30 October 1909; m. DEHAAN.
iii. WILLIAM REED HOLDEN , JR., b. 11 November 1910, Hicksville, Defiance County, Ohio; d. 20 December
1910, Hicksville, Defiance County, Ohio.
iv. ALICE VIRGINIA HOLDEN, b. 23 August 1923; m. VAN HOOK.
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History of the Descendants of John Hottel. P.723
William Reed Holden, b. at Findlay, O., Sept. 30, 1877; m. Mar. 26, 1905,
Hattie Gertrude Schell, b. at Hicksville, O., July 15, 1885. General merchant,
Ft. Wayne, Ind. Christian Scientist.
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COURT PROCEEDINGS DIVORCE OF PARENTS (Age 10)
EXCERPTS
23rd day of May 1887
Petition
Flora A Holden Plaintiff )
against ) In the Court of Common Pleas within and for
Pierson B. Holden Defendant) the County of Hancock Ohio:
The Plaintiff Flora A Holden has been a resi-
dent of the State of Ohio for the year last past and has a bona fide res-
idence in the County of Hancock Ohio. On or about the 2nd day of June
A.D. 1872, in said Hancock County Ohio she was married to said defendant
and has ever since said marriage conducted herself toward the said
defendant as a faithful and obedient wife. The following children were
born of such marriage to wit: Eva N. Holden who will be 14 years old
in July A.D. 1887, Sarah J Holden who will be 12 years old on the 9th
day of August AD 1887 and William R. Holden who will be 10 years old
September 30 1887. The defendant has in disregard of his marital
duties for more than three years last past failed and wilfully neglected
to provide plaintiff with the common necessaries of life such as food
clothing medicine and so forth. So that Plaintiff has been compelled
to live upon the charity of friends and her own exertions because of
his idleness profligacy and dissipation. Wherefore Plaintiff prays
that she may be divorced from the defendant and that she may
be decreed to have reasonable alimony the custody of said children
and such other relief as is propper. Flora A Holden by A.B. Shafer
her attorney. On which was endorsed the following praeceps to wit:
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1900 FEDERAL CENSUS DEFIANCE COUNTY, MILFORD TOWNSHIP, OHIO
HOLDEN, Pearson May 1842 68 OH
Inez Apr 1858 42 OH
William R. Sep 1877 22 OH
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Picture of W.R. Holden
Founder of Red Trading Stamp Co.
600 W. Huron St.
Pontiac, Mich.
PONTIAC, a flourishing post-village in the above township, and capital of Oakland county,
Michigan, is situated on Clinton river, 25 miles N. N. W. from Detroit, at the terminus of the
Detroit and Pontiac railroad. It is a place of active business, and one of the principal wool markets
in the state. The water power of the river gives motion to a number of mills. Pontiac contains 6
churches, a large public school, 3 hotels, 14 dry-good stores, 20 other stores, and 2 newspaper
offices. It is the E. terminus of the Oakland and Ottawa railroad, now in course of construction.
Population in 1853, about 2500.
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1920 FEDERAL CENSUS Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN P. 245
HOLDEN, William 42 Head OH OH OH Merchant clothing
Hattie 37 Wife OH IN OH
Margaret H 12 Daughter IN OH OH
Helen H 10 Daughter IN OH OH
Alice V 8 Daughter IN OH OH
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File Box 465H Assignment
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 09:58:29 -0700 (MST)
X-Sender: danielh@mail.azstarnet.com
To: danielh@azstarnet.com (Dajahvu)
From: Ellie Johnson (by way of danielh@azstarnet.com (Daniel A. and Jane A. Hodgson))
Subject: Holden notes/Wm. Holden
Dear Jane,
I am digesting all you sent. I am finding many things that are adding insights to the research I have done.
The following is one of the notes from William Holden of Pontiac, Michigan...received from Margaret Holden Muller, his daughter. I have a copy, the original note is in possession of Mary Muller Sayers, Alexandria, Va. I do not know where he got this information but it is a clue to work with. "Benj Holden, my great, grandfather, was born in England and married in England, then came to America while it was a colony and was in the Rev
War -7 yrs- settled in Va. and built the 1st brick house in Clarksburg then moved to Harrison Co.." On an other note he said he built the 1st brick house in Charleston...??? His father was Pearson B. Holden, Jr., grandfather would have been Benjamin Holden and great grandfather would also be a BENJAMIN HOLDEN.
It is hopeful that we can determine, with more research, if this is a fact. Where would this Benj. be buried? What happened to him? Lots of questions.
I'm trying to get everything digested and it will take awhile to get set up properly to transmit all that I'd like to send.
Sincerely,
Ellie Johnson (Eleanor Law Johnson, 530 S.4th St.,Las Vegas, NV 89101)
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HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HOTTEL. P.723
2396x-a Margaret Jane Holden, b. June 16, 1907; a student at Western College,
Oxford, O.
HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HOTTEL. P.723
2396x-b Helen Kathleen Holden, b. Oct. 30, 1909
HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HOTTEL. P.723
2396x-c William Reed Holden, Jr., b. Nov. 11, 1910; d. Dec. 20, 1910
HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HOTTEL. P.723
2396x-d Alice Virginia Holden, b. Aug. 23, 1923
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My Grandfather P.B. Holden lived 4 miles West from Kalida Ohio on the West bank of the Auglaize river... He built a church on his farm across the road from his home... A cemetery is all that remains of the church
yard. Benjamin Holden my Great Grand Father born in England where he was married. Came to America while it was a colony. Served in Revolutionary War seven years settled in Virginia and built the
first brick house in Charleston then moved to Harrison County 4 miles west from Clarksburg. Built a church on his farm same as my Grand Father did Benj. and his son P.B. Sr. were baptists. P.B. Sr. came to Putnam
County as a missionary in 1836 or for Baptists at Kalida Ohio. He changed to United Brethern then to
Christian Union Pontiac Mich 11/30 40 W.R. Holden (William Reed Holden)
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Pierson Bunyon Holden, Jr. B. in Putnam co. Ohio 1842. On farm on Auglaise river between Kalida and Cloverdale. Youngest of large family. Oberlin college a minister for the Church of God. Preached for a while and then became a owner of a grist mill on the Blanchard river 4 Mi. W of Findley. Burned down when he was 39.
Ran photograph gallery. Farmed the rest of his life. Near Hix. Died and buried in Alburqurque. Picture.
Flora An Barnhill Born 5 mi W of Findley in Liberty township in Hancock co. In 1853. In middle of large family of farmers well to do Country schooling. Married twice Wellington Bennat. Died in chicago.
Capable and cultured.
Pierson Bujyon Holden Sr. Emigrated from Virginia in 1834 to Kalida Ohio as a missionary preacher for the UB church. Got drunk. Built church on his farm and was buried in churchyard between Kalida and Cloverdale.
Pricilla Ridenour (2nd wife of Pearson B. Holden)
Joseph Barnhill. B in Wayne Co Ohio in a large family of farmers. Bought that farm with only a log cabin and barn on it. Built a large house and barn on a noll. Died in Findley Wife about the same record.
(Mary Muller Sayers says her grandfather William Reed Holden wrote this.)
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Pearson Bunyon Holden,jr - Flora Ann Barnhill
Pearson Bunyon Holden,jr
was born at Kalida, Putnam, Ohio 4 May 1842.
His parents were Pearson Bunyon Holden and Nancy Kniseley.
He married Flora Ann Barnhill 27 Jun 1872 at of Kalida, Putnam, Ohio . Flora Ann Barnhill was born at Kalida, Putnam, Ohio 14 Nov 1853 daughter of Joseph Barnhill and Sarah Ann Funkhouser .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Eva N. Holden
born 17 Jul 1873.
Jennie Holden
born 9 Aug 1875.
William Reed Holden
born 30 Sep 1877.
Pearson Bunyon Holden,jr died 20 Mar 1917 at Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico .
Flora Ann Barnhill died 14 Apr 1903 at Chicago, Cook, Ill .