John Samuel Holmes ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

His birth year was either 1860 or 1862 depending upon which source document is referenced. The earliest one from the 1870 US Census listed him with an age of 8 which would support a birth year of 1862.

The 1880 US Census listed his age as 19 which would support a birth date of Sep 1860.

The 1900 US Census listed his age as 39 and specifically indicated a birth date of Sep 1860.

His death certificate indicated a birth date of 22 Sep 1862 and Ed Holmes, whose exact relationship is not known, was the informant.

His obituary which was written by a well-meaning relative listed a birth date of 22 Sep 1862, a date which also appears on his gravestone.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of September 1860 and a birth location of Adair County, MO.

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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Township 61 Range 13, Adair County, MO on 4 June 1870. ²

1870 US Census
Page 10, Family 63, Line 19
Township 61 Range 13, Adair County, Missouri, United States
John Holmes..8..Missouri..At Home

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 22 Sep 1862, then his age should have been 7 instead of 8.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in La Plata Township, Macon County, MO on 9 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 438C, District 129, Family 162, Roll 701
La Plata Township, Macon County, Missouri, United States
John S. Holmes..Son..19..Missouri..Laborer

(Living with widowed mother.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 22 Sep 1862, then his age should have been 17 instead of 19.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in La Plata, MO on 15 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 77, Family 234, Ward 1
La Plata, Macon County, Missouri, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
John S. Holmes..Son..Sep 1860..39..Missouri..Carpenter

(Living with widowed mother.)

NOTE - His birth date is believed to be 22 Sep 1862 instead of Sep 1860.
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in El Dorado Springs, MO on 6 May 1930. ¹

1930 US Census
Sheet 18A, District 4, Family 613, Roll 1182
El Dorado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri, United States
Home owned, $800
John H. Holmes..Son-in-law..64..New York..married at age 61

(Living with wife and daughter at the home of his wife's parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 22 Sep 1862, then his age should have been 67 instead of 64. His birth location should have been Missouri instead of New York.
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• He was buried after 19 November 1935 in the La Plata Cemetery in La Plata, MO.

PLOT Hastings Block 4 Row 11
Find a Grave Memorial 62334371
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• His obituary was published in the La Plata Home Press on 21 November 1935 in La Plata, MO.

⁶ John S. Holmes, former resident of this city and brother of L. P. Holmes, here, died at his home at El Dorado Springs, Missouri, Tuesday from a heart attack. He was only ill a short time.

John S. Holmes was born September 22, 1862, near Gibbs, Missouri, a son of W. W. and Malinda Holmes. He was one of a family of eight children. One brother, L. P. Homes of La Plata and a sister, Mrs. Queen E. Reynor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, survives, also his wife and an eight year old daughter, Olive, other relatives and many friends.

Mr. Holmes spent the most part of his life in or near La Plata and will be remembered by many La Plata people. He had lived in El Dorado Springs the past eleven years.

Funeral services were held at El Dorado Springs yesterday afternoon and the remains were brought here this morning and taken to the La Plata Cemetery where a short service was conducted by Rev. R. L. Hudson, pastor of the Community Presbyterian Church. Burial was made in the La Plata cemetery.

Those coming with the remains included Mr. and Mrs. George Duncan and son, parents and brother of Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Henry Miller, the daughter, Olive, O. B. Siders, undertaker of El Dorado Springs and Mrs. Russell McNabb of Kansas City. Mr. Holmes' wife was ill and unable to come.

(Source: La Plata Home Press, La Plata, Missouri, 21 Nov 1935)
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John married Lucille Duncan, daughter of William Johnson Duncan and Olive Yeomans, on 8 March 1927 in , Vernon County, MO.¹ (Lucille Duncan was born on 17 April 1895 in El Dorado Springs, MO,^{1 6 7} died on 20 August 1959 in , Jackson County, MO ^{6 7} and was buried after 20 August 1959 in El Dorado Springs, MO ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in El Dorado Springs, MO on 6 May 1930. ¹

1930 US Census
Sheet 18A, District 4, Family 613, Roll 1182
El Dorado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri, United States
Home owned, $800
William J. Duncan..Head..60..Kansas
Olive Duncan..Wife..52..Missouri
John H. Holmes..Son-in-law..64..New York..married at age 61
Lucile Holmes..Daughter..35..Missouri..married at at age 31
Olive M. Holmes..Granddaughter..2..Missouri
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  Marriage Notes:

This marriage had some unique qualities. John was 34 years older than Lucille when they were married in 1927. Lucile was 31 years old at the time while John was 65. Nevertheless, John fathered a daughter, Olive M. Holmes, when he was about 65 years old.

On the 1930 US Census John's name appears with a middle initial of H instead of the expected S. In addition, his birth location was listed as New York instead of the expected Missouri.

On his death certificate, his name was again listed as John H. Holmes instead of John S. Holmes. The informant for the information on the death certificate was Ed Holmes, a person of yet unknown relationship.
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