George B and Mary Holmes


George B Holmes was born in 1824 in Cincinnati, the son of William and Mary. (note; Evergreen death record says he was born in Cincinnati.  Harriet's death record says he was born in Brown Co Oh)  He married Mary Yelton 27 Mar 1849 in Newport. Mary Yelton was born 3 Aug 1828 in Camel Kentucky, the daughter of John Philip Yelton and Esther Cathlin Caldwell.  In the 1850 census in Covington Ky. he is listed as a carpenter.  In the 1860 census in Newport he is a master carpenter. In the 1870 the family is in Carthage where he owned a farm.

George Holmes died 28 Nov 1898 in Newport and was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery.  Mary Yelton Holmes died 3 Apr 1915 in Chicago and was buried in Evergreen.

Children of George B Holmes and Mary Yelton

1. Missouri Florence Holmes b-1850 in Augusta Ky; d-27 May 1889 in Dayton Ky. br-Evergreen; m-Charles B Schoolfield 18 Aug 1868 in Newport
2. George W Holmes b-1853 in Covington
3. Harriet Holmes b-8 May 1857 in Covington; d-7 Dec 1939 in Chicago; br-Evergreen; m-Geo W Tieman 31 Aug 1880 in Dayton Ky.
4. Edward William Holmes b-8 Feb 1859 in Newport; d-24 Oct 1947 in Dayton Ky; br-Evergreen; m-Maria Trusdell in 1884
5. Phillip J Holmes b-June 1862 in Newport; m-Lulu in 1890; d-Manhattan New York after 1930; no children
6. Margaret "Maggie" Holmes b-1 Dec 1863 in Newport; d-28 Nov 1885 in Newport; br-Evergreen
6. Oliver W Holmes b-7 Feb 1866 in Newport; d-14 Sep 1940 in Chicago; never married
7. Cora Mary Holmes b-1868 in Newport; d-13 Oct 1956 in Campbell Co; never married
8. Frances Holmes b-1876 in Carthage; d-14 July 1941 in Chicago; br-Evergreen; m-John Friend
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Children of Missouri Florence Holmes and Charles B Schoolfield

1. Clarence Schoolfield b-10 Jan 1869 in Foster Ky. d-26 Feb 1955 in Charleston West Virginia; m-Nellie in 1896
2. Edna P Schoolfield b-1873 in Foster
3. Edward Raymond Schoolfield b-21 Mar 1877 in Dayton Ky. d-18 July 1959 in Tiffin Oh
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Child of Harriet Holmes and George W Tieman

1. Florence Tieman b-1890 in Newport
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Children of Edward William Holmes and Maria Trusdell

1. Ella Holmes b-Oct 1885 in Dayton Ky.
2. George Barton Holmes b-26 Jan 1887 in Dayton Ky. d-7 Nov 1971 in Dayton Ky.
3. Hattie L Holmes b-16 June 1889 in Dayton; d-27 Aug 1973 in Dayton Ky.
4. David Edward Holmes b-26 Feb 1891 in Dayton; d-25 Dec 1971 in Dayton
5. Elizabeth B Holmes b-31 Mar 1893 in Dayton; d-9 Dec 1967 in Dayton
6. Willa B Holmes b-29 Dec 1894 in Dayton; d-8 Nov 1978 in Dayton
7. Florence Holmes b-Sep 1896 in Dayton; d-1 July 1959
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Child of Margaret "Maggie" Holmes and William Henry Painter

Margaret Holmes is George B Holmes' sister born 1824 in Ohio.  She is listed in the 1860 census in Cincinnati with Frederick and is a widow. She married William Henry Painter 19 Nov 1848 in Newport.

1. Frederick William Painter b-27 Feb 1850 in Newport; d-1 Oct 1912 in Cambridge Oh; m-Clara J Schoolfield 18 Oct 1881 in Dayton Ky. no children

 

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