HOLEMAN, Jessie

Date of birth:  1876
Date of death: 22 Nov 1891 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

Source: The Franklin Republican, Friday, November 27, 1891

JESSIE HOLMAN.

Jessie, the fourteen year old daugh­ter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Holman [sic], died Sunday night from diphtheria. The burial occurred on Monday.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, November 27, 1891,
Volume XXXII Number 23, page 2 column 1

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Jessie, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Holman [sic], died Sunday evening of diphtheria. Jes­sie was a very intelligent girl and was liked by all. She had just entered the first year of high school and was look­ing forward with great interest to the time when she should graduate. The funeral occurred Monday afternoon.

Link to Jessie Holeman’s grave

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 95, referencing Book H-16, page 27, records that Jessie Holeman, a fourteen-year-old white female, died 27 November 1891 [sic] in Franklin.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson