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1. THOMAS CHARLES1 HOLMES was born Abt. 1759 in Wayne County North
Carolina, and
died March 30, 1854 in Farrsville Newton County Texas. He married
ELIZABETH JORDAN
in Wayne County North Carolina, daughter of FREDRICK JORDAN and
WINNAFORD AVENT.
She was born Abt. 1770 in Johnson County North Carolina, and died
March 24, 1860 in
Newton County Texas.
Children of THOMAS HOLMES and ELIZABETH JORDAN are:
2. i. THOMAS2 HOLMES, b. August 02, 1800, Salem County South
Carolina; d. May 08,
1867, Jasper County Texas.
ii. SARAH JANE HOLMES.
iii. ANNA HOLMES.
iv. WILLIAM HENRY JARVIS HOLMES.
v. SUSAN HOLMES.
vi. JOHN CHARLES HOLMES.
vii. WINNEY ELIZA HOLMES.
Generation No. 2
2. THOMAS2 HOLMES (THOMAS CHARLES1) was born August 02, 1800 in
Salem County South
Carolina, and died May 08, 1867 in Jasper County Texas. He married
ELIZABETH ODOM,
daughter of DAVID ODOM and FRANCES DEASON?. She was born September
28, 1810 in
Georgia.
Children of THOMAS HOLMES and ELIZABETH ODOM are:
3. i. JOSEPH W.3 HOLMES, b. March 13, 1844, Texas; d. January 20,
1889, Newton
County Texas.
ii. CHARLES HOLMES, b. Abt. 1831, Mississippi; m. MARY ANN MARTIN,
June 02, 1853.
iii. WILLIAM HENRY JARVIS HOLMES, b. July 07, 1832, Mississippi;
d. December 16,
1905, Newton County Texas; m. ROSALTHEA WEST, December 18, 1877.
iv. THOMAS HARRISON HOLMES, b. March 05, 1834; d. July 08, 1914;
m. (1)
TEARCY/TEIRSIA A. HORN; m. (2) ARSULA ELIZABETH HAWTHORN, August
10, 1865, Jasper
County Texas; b. Abt. 1849, Georgia; d. Abt. 1879.
v. NANCY ANN HOLMES, b. Abt. 1836; m. PRESTON D. MIMS.
vi. JOHN HOLMES, b. Abt. 1837, Texas.
vii. BELVIDERE HOLMES, b. Abt. 1849, Texas.
viii. SARAH HOLMES, b. Abt. 1841; m. WILLIAM W. TAYLOR, September
26, 1876.
ix. CLAIBOURN H. HOLMES, b. Abt. 1842, Texas; m. PARMELIA H.
HUNT/HART.
x. LENORA HOLMES, b. Abt. 1846; m. HARMON DREW ARLEDGE; b. March
15, 1854, Rapides
Parrish Louisiana; d. 1940, Calcasieu Parrish Louisiana.
xi. MARY JANE HOLMES, b. Abt. 1847; m. SUMPTER MIMS, April 03,
1868.
Generation No. 3
3. JOSEPH W.3 HOLMES (THOMAS2, THOMAS CHARLES1) was born March 13,
1844 in Texas,
and died January 20, 1889 in Newton County Texas. He married EMILY
ELIZABETH
BIVENS January 20, 1870. She was born 1856 in Louisiana.
Children of JOSEPH HOLMES and EMILY BIVENS are:
i. ADRIA4 HOLMES, b. 1873, Newton County Texas; m. SAMUEL SPEARS,
May 22, 1886,
Newton County Texas; b. March 13, 1868; d. July 01, 1943.
ii. AUGUSTUS HOLMES.
iii. BELVA HOLMES.
iv. JOSEPH HOLMES.
v. IDA HOLMES.
vi. BENJAMIN HOLMES.
NEXT GENERATION
Children of ADRIA4 HOLMES and SAMUEL SPEARS are:
i. ELIJAH LEROY 'Lige' SPEARS Born 12 Sep 1887. Died 14 Aug 1976 in DeQuincy General Hospital.
Buried 16 Aug
1976 in Self Cemetery, Hornbeck, Vernon Parish, LA. He first married ELIZA AMANDA "Lizer" ARLEDGE, daughter of Henry
Allen ARLEDGE & Nancy Rosalthea WEST, 5 Oct 1906 in Sabine County, TX. Born
19 Aug 1887. Died
26 Mar 1974 in DeQuincy, LA. Buried in Meadows Cemetery, Merryville,
Beauregard Par,
LA.
ii. CARL SPEARS
NEXT GENERATION
Children of ELIJAH LEROY SPEARS and ELIZA AMANDA ARLEDGE are:
10 i. VERBAL ODESSA "Dess" SPEARS Born 17 Aug 1920 in Merryville,
Beauregard Parish,
LA. She first married ORMAL KEITH "OK" FRANKS, son of John Albert
FRANKS & Hester
COCHRAN. Born in Merryville, Beauregard Parish, LA. They were
divorced. She second married JOHN PECKOVER. They were divorced.
She third married LEO ROY RADLEY, 27 Aug 1969. Born 13 Jun 1928.
11 ii. ORELIA ARNELL SPEARS Born 5 Oct 1907.
She married BENJAMIN ALIVIN BURKES
12 iii. C.D. SPEARS Born 10 Jan 1909.
He married MYRTLE KOODA. Born 12 May 1937.
13 iv. FLOYD SAMUEL SPEARS Born 3 Jul 1914.
He married OPAL MANDY FRANKS, 6 Feb 1939. Born 22 Jan 1922.
14 v. LEE RAYMOND SPEARS Born 23 Dec 1911.
He married ALLIE VIOLA FRANKS, 19 Mar 1960. Born 30 Aug 1914.
15 vi. IVA MARIE SPEARS Born 23 Dec 1911.
She married LEONARD WALTER FRANKS, son of Jesse Robert FRANKS & Lydia
COCHRAN, 30 Nov 1932.
vii. ALLEN HENRY SPEARS Born 17 Mar 1918.
He married IMOGEN ROBINSON, 10 Jul 1946. Born 7 Apr 1927.
viii. JOHNNY LOGAN SPEARS Born 25 Sep 1908. Died 10 Apr 1910
in Meadows
Cemetery, Merryville, LA.
Second married of ELIJAH LEROY SPEARS children are:
