Lemuel D. HOLDEN

                   1860 CENSUS, CLARK TWP (CLARKSBURG POST OFFICE) HARRISON CO., VA   CALL #805351
FAMILY RECORDS OF W.VA  F W.VA  H 3B PT 49  22409......
1870 CENSUS,    "   "        "                     "      " W-VA  CALL#553187
CENSUS STATED HE WAS DEPUTY SHERIFF IN 1860 AND FARMER IN 1870 CENSUS.

   
HARRISON CO. W-VA  HIST. VETERANS PROJECT 
   LLOYD HOLDEN CIVIL WAR I-198
CIVIL WAR  - CHAPLAIN.
   FATHER:  LEMUEL D. HOLDEN
MOTHER:  ELIZA W. HASKINSON
   WIFE:  MARY JANE WELLS
CHILDREN:  MEIGS B. 4 MAY 1860
             EFFIE
             DR. WILLIAM     B.16 SEP 1868
             WELLS
             ETHEL L.

ENTERED ARMY 31 MAY 1861 FROM CLARKSBURG...
SERVED CO. C 31ST VA INFANTRY CSA
ENGAGEMENTS - PHILLIPI,, LAUREL HILL, GREENBRIAR  ,CHEAT MOUNTAIN,MC DOWELL,
BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, CROSS REYS, PORT REPUBLIC, GAINES MILLS, MALVERN HILL,
BULL RUN.
DISCHARGED:  RICHMOND,VA JUNE 1865
DREW COMPENSATION PENSION
DEATH CAUSE  -DROPSY   20 NOV 1918
PLACE:  STONEWALL PARK, W.VA  AGE 84
BURIAL:  ELKVIEW CEMETERY   MARKER--YES.
RELATIONSHIP OF INFORMATION:  A. J. HOLDEN...BROTHER...BRISTOL, W-VA.

MEN OF WEST VIRGINIA P.318

1880 CENSUS...975.4  X2M VOL 3 P.141 OCCUPATION: MINISTER

A dream that Rev. Lloyd W. Holden had about his dead brother.
         From Holden History by Walter Holden, 342 Lee Ave., Clarksburg, W.Va
John C. Holden boarded a train at Clarksburg, rode to Long Run and disappeared. A search was conducted by he was not located.  His brother, Rev. Lloyd W. Holden had a dream.  "To the late Rev. Lloyd W. Holden was revealed in a dream his brother's whereabouts.  He went direct to the spot in a woods not far from Long Run, where he found him dead.  After leaving the train at Long Run, the missing man had walked along the railroad track and then wandered into the woods where he perished.  According to the inscription on his tombstone in the Holden family graveyard, John C. Holden died Feb 28, 1878.  His body was not found until sometime in March."
                  

                   FAMILY RECORDS OF WEST VIRGINIA  #163771 HOLDEN FAMILY

CENSUS: PARENTS IN CENSUS OF 1860,
   1870 HARRISON CO, W.VA & ALL BROTHERS AND
SISTERS. SEE NOTES UNDER FATHER LEMUEL D. HOLDEN #1493


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Ancestors of Jane Hunter Hodgson & Daniel Archie Hodgson                
                      
       ID: I02527 
       Name: Amanda HOLDEN 
       Sex: F 
       Birth: 27 MAR 1836 
       Death: 24 SEP 1894 in Grasselli, Harrison County, West Virginia 
       CEME: Holden Cemetery, Grasselli, Harrison County, West Virginia 
       Reference Number: 20.632 
       Note: __________________________________________________________________

       Father: Lemuel D. HOLDEN b: 20 OCT 1813 in Elk Creek, Harrison County, Virginia 
       Mother: Eliza W. HOSKINSON b: 6 APR 1815 in Harrison County, Virginia

       Marriage 1 James Robert ADAMS b: 1826 in Fauquier, Virginia

            Married: 18 AUG 1859 in Harrison County, Virginia 1 
            Note: _________________________________________

       Children

          1. Maude ADAMS
          2. Fannie ADAMS b: 1869 in Harrison County, West Virginia
          3. Charlie R. ADAMS b: 25 FEB 1863


       Sources:

          1.Title: Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894 by Wes Cochran
            Page: 150
                  

                   1860 CENSUS CLARK TWP, HARRISON CO, VIRG.

1870 CENSUS CLARK TWP, CLARKSBURG POST OFFICE, HARRISON CO, W-VA

FAMILY RECORDS OF W-VA...HOLDEN FAMILY

CEMETERIES CLARK DISTRICT HARRISON CO W.VA P. 412  "MARY A. HOLDEN, BORN 4 NOV
1837, DIED 23 AUG 1890, D/O LEMUEL".....DESCRIPTION OF CEMETERY AND LOCATION,
HOLDEN FAMILY CEMETERY NEAR GRASSELLI  FILM:  163927 FHL/SLCITY

Possible spouse
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West Virginia Marriage Records 1853-1900
NORMAN, CLEMENT D. 
    Spouse: HOLDEN, MARY A. Marriage Date: 26 Dec 1865 
    County: Barbour State: WV
                  

                   FAMILY RECORDS OF WEST VIRGINIA  #163771
"A MERCHANT OF CLARKSBURG, W.VA",HARRISON CO FAM. RECORDS FWVA H 3B PT 49 22409
1860 CENSUS, CLARK TWP, CLARKSBURG POST OFFICE, HARRISON CO, VA #805351
                  

                   1860 CENSUS, CLARK TWP, CLARKSBURG POST OFFICE, HARRISON CO, VA P.16 #805351

WEST VIRGINIA FAMILIES...HOLDEN FAMILY.  #163771

HARRISON CO. W.VA VETERANS PROJECT  #847166  VOL I P.205
HEZEKIAH HOLDEN
CIVIL WAR  -  PRIVATE  FROM HARRISON CO. W-VA  B.  20 MAY 1841
FATHER:  LEMUEL HOLDEN  (DEC)
MOTHER:  ELIZA W. HASKINSON  (DEC)
WIFE:  SINGLE
ENTERED ARMY  31 MAY 1861
HARRISON CO, VA (W-VA)  CO. C. 31ST VA INFANTRY
ENGAGEMENTS - PHILLIPI, LAUREL HILL, GREENBRIAR RIVER, CHEAT MOUNTAIN,
MC DOWELL, WINCHESTER, CROSS KEYS, PORT REPUBLIC, FAINES MILLS, MALVERN
HILL, BULL RUN

KILLED IN ACTION  -  NOT KNOWN WHICH ENGAGEMENT
19 SEP 1864  AGE 23  BURIAL UNKNOWN

RELATIONSHIP OF INFORMANT:  A.J. HOLDEN...BROTHER   BRISTOL, W.VA.
                  

                   1860 CENSUS  CLARK TWP, HARRISON CO, VA. P.16  #805351

SEE NOTES UNDER LEMUEL #1493

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Jane Hodgson

       ID: I02529 
       Name: Martha C. HOLDEN 
       Sex: F 
       Birth: 11 DEC 1842 
       Reference Number: 20.635 
       Note: __________________________________________________________________

       Father: Lemuel D. HOLDEN b: 20 OCT 1813 in Elk Creek, Harrison County, Virginia 
       Mother: Eliza W. HOSKINSON b: 6 APR 1815 in Harrison County, Virginia

       Marriage 1 John Browning ADAMS b: 1844

            Married: 29 OCT 1868 in Harrison County, West Virginia 1 
            Note: _________________________________________

       Children

          1. Morley ADAMS
          2. Malden ADAMS


       Sources:

          1.Title: Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894 by Wes Cochran
            Page: 205
                  

                   1860 CENSUS, CLARK TWP, HARRISON CO, VA. P16
UPPER MONONGAHELA VALLEY P.808  975.4 D2b
OBITUARY OF MINTER J. HOLDEN, "SELECTED W.VA OBITS 1934-1937, P.53", HARRISON
CO. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, CLARKSBURG, W.VA  26301

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Misc. Marriage Records Harrison Co.,WVA

Oct 28 1868 
Minter J Holden  23y s/o Lemuel and Elizabeth Holden Shoemaker 
Mary F Harbert  22y d/o A J and Elizabeth Harbert 
      Single/single Born Harrison Co/Harrison Co 
      Rev Henry Langford 
      Pg 55
                  

                   1860 CENSUS, CLARK TWP, HARRISON CO. VA P20

F W VA 3 PT 2  22436  HOLDEN FAMILY GRAVEYARD, NEAR GRASSELLI, HARRISON CO,
W.VA  "JOHN C. HOLDEN BN:  11-6-1845  DIED:  2-28-1878"

OBITUARY OF WIFE: "SELECTED W.VA OBITUARIES  1934-1937"...HARRISON CO. GEN.
SOC.
CLARKSBURY, HARRISON CO, W.VA..MENTIONS HIS NAME AND MUCH OF HIS GENEALOGICAL
LINE, THEIR MARRIAGE DATE, THAT JOHN C. HOLDEN WAS A STONEMASON BY
TRADE, OLD HOLDEN CEMETERY, NEAR GRASSELI (THEY LIVED JUST NORTH EAST
OF GRASSELI,THAT HIS PARENTS WERE BURIED ON TOP OF A HILL,ETC)..

CEMETERY
CEMETERIES CLARK DISTRICT HARRISON COUNTY W.VA P.412 FROM HARRISON CO.GEN.SOC
LOCATION OF CEM: RT 58, BETWEEN STONEWOOD AND ANMORE.  IT IS LOCATED ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE OF ROAD FROM CATALPA HEIGHTS.  IT IS UP A DIRT ROAD NEAR THE
ENTRANCE SIGN TO STONEWOOD, AND IT IS REACHED BY WALKING.  CONDITION:  IT IS IN
VERY BAD CONDITION WITH STONES BEING DOWN AND COVERED WITH TREES AND WEEDS.
IN THIS RECORD HIS BIRTH DATE IS 6 NOV 1845...
I VISITED THERE JULY 1994.

THE HOLDEN FAMILY HISTORY:  By Walter Holden , 342 Lee Avenue, Clarksburg, W.Virginia.26301.
18 page unpublished manuscript in possession of Charlotte Fleming, 8521 E. Shiloh St., Tucson, AZ 85710.  Copy also in my possession.

"JOHN C. HOLDEN was engaged in Clarksburg and Quiet Dell, as a shoemaker. (Note: in his wifes obituary it was stated that he was a stone mason..Eleanor L. Johnson) "One day he boarded a train at Clarksburg, rode to Long Run and disappeared.  Alarmed at his protracted absence, searching parties scoured the country after it had been learned at the passenger depot that he had purchased a ticket to Long Run....but they were unsuccessful in finding him.  While search was continued, to the late Rev. Lloyd W. Holden was revealved in a dream his brother's whereabouts.  He went direct to the spot in a woods not far from Long Run, where he found him dead.  After leaving the train at Long Run, the missing man had walked along the Railroad Track and then wandered into the woods where he perished.  According to the inscription on his tombstone in the Holden Family Graveyard, John C. Holden died February 28, 1878.  His body was not found until sometime in March. 

A dream that Rev. Lloyd W. Holden had about his dead brother.
         From Holden History by Walter Holden, 342 Lee Ave., Clarksburg, W.Va
John C. Holden boarded a train at Clarksburg, rode to Long Run and disappeared. A search was conducted by he was not located.  His brother, Rev. Lloyd W. Holden had a dream.  "To the late Rev. Lloyd W. Holden was revealed in a dream his brother's whereabouts.  He went direct to the spot in a woods not far from Long Run, where he found him dead.  After leaving the train at Long Run, the missing man had walked along the railroad track and then wandered into the woods where he perished.  According to the inscription on his tombstone in the Holden family graveyard, John C. Holden died Feb 28, 1878.  His body was not found until sometime in March."
                  

                   1860 CENSUS, CLARK TWP, CLARKSBURG POST OFFICE, HARRISON CO, VA P20 #805351

FAMILY RECORDS OF WEST VIRGINIA  #163771

1870 CENSUS  HARRISON CO, W-VA  SIMPSON TWP  CLARKSBURG POST OFFICE #553187
   P238

OBITUARY FROM CHARLOTTE...WAITING FOR COPY...LEMUEL DALLAS HOLDEN, WENT BY LEE
D. HOLDEN EVIDENTLY.
                  

                   1860 CENSUS, CLARK TWP, HARRISON CO, VIRG.P20 #805351..
1850 CENSUS; HARRISON CO, W.VA... THERE IS A CHILD
NAMED,GEORGE...AGE ONE, BUT NO ALEXIS IN 1850 CENSUS.  MAYBE A DISCREPENCY.
HARRISON CO., W. VA. FAMILY RECORDS (F W.VA H3B PT. 49  22409)

THE W. VA HERITAGE ENCYCLOPEDIA VOL. 6 ...1974 BY CORRESPONDENCE WITH HARRISON
COUNTY LIBRARY AT CLARKSBURG, W.VA.
MEN OF W.VA P. 319 STATED:"ALEXIS MARRIED HATTIE MORRIS, AND THEY LIVE AT
MONONGAH, MARION CO., W.VA."
                  

                   1860 CENSUS, CLARK TWP, HARRISON CO, VA P20

1879 CENSUS,   "   "       "     "   W-VA   #553187

FAMILY RECORDS OF WEST VIRGINIA #163771   HOLDEN FAMILY

THE HOLDEN FAMILY HISTORY BY WALTER HOLDEN, COPY IN MY POSSESSION MENTIONS
SARAH A HOLDEN, A SISTER OF MINTER, WAS MARRIED TO GEORGE W. POOLE, A NATIVE OF
ROCKINGHAM CO, VA, MAY 28, 1876.  HIS PARENTS WERE RICHARD W. AND REBECCA
POOLE.ETC. "HE DIED APRIL 26, 1920.  SHE DIED APRIL 11, 1921.  THEY LEFT A SON
AND DAUGHTERS."
                  

                   1860 CENSUS CLARK TWP, HARRISON CO. VA    #805351

FAMILY RECORDS OF WEST VIRGINIA #163771

1870 CENSUS, CLARK TWP, HARRISON CO., W-VA #553187

OBITUARY OF MINTER J. HOLDEN MENTIONS" A SISTER, MISS NANCY HOLDEN, LIVES AT
MAYSVILLE, KY"..FROM:" SELECTED W.VA. OBITS 1934-1937", HARRISON CO. GEN.SOC,
CLARKSBURY, W.VA.

THE HOLDEN FAMILY HISTORY BY WALTER HOLDEN (UNPUB. MANUSCRIPT) COPY IN MY
POSSESSION. "MISS NANCY HOLDEN, A SISTER OF MINTER, NEVER WAS MARRIED.  SHE
LIVED AT THE HOME OF A NEPHEW, THE REV. MALDEN ADAMS, A BAPTIST MINISTER AT
NORTH FORK, KY." (SEE A MAYSVILLE NEAR OHIO RIVER....SEE A NORTH FORK RIVER
SOUTH OF THAT AREA ON MAP..MASON COUNTY, KY).
                  

                   1860 CENSUS, CLARK TWP, HARRISON CO, VA  P20  #805351

1870 CENSUS, CLARK TWP,    "     "  WEST VA.  #553187

FAMILY RECORDS OF WEST VIRGINIA  #163771
HARRISON CO.W-VA BIRTHS, BK 1, P.14  LISTS BIRTH AS 15 NOV 1854...
DISCREP...WITH FAM.RECORDS OF W-VA  5 DEC 1854.

THE HOLDEN FAMILY HISTORY BY WALTER HOLDEN UNPUB. MANUSCRIPT "OLIVE L. HOLDEN,
ANOTHER DAUGHTER OF LEMUEL D. HOLDEN, WAS MARRIED TO EVENDER L. DAVIS, A
NATIVE OF DODDRIDGE CO., DEC 24, 1874.  HE WAS A SON OF CHARLES G. AND
AMANDA M. DAVIS.  HE WAS BORN 25 MAY 1850, AND DIED NOV 19, 1891.  HIS GRAVE IS
IN THE HOLDEN FAMILY CEMETERY NEAR THER OLD HOME PLACE OF LEMUEL D. HOLDEN,
EAST OF THE OLD GRASSELLI CHEMICAL PLANT.  A DAUGHTER, MOLLIE DAVIS, BORN 4 AUG
1890, WHO DIED AUG 21, 1891, IS ALSO BURIED THERE.  MRS. DAVIS MAKES HER HOME
WITH HER DAUGHTER, MRS. HARRY L. BROOKS OF WEIRTON, FORMER HEAD OF THE WEST
VIRGINIA DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY." ETC..MORE ON CHILDREN OF OLIVE.

MARRIAGE:  HARRISON CO.,WVA FEMALE INDEX 1784-1912
1874   OLIVE L. HOLDEN MARRIED EVANDER L. DAVIS   5:100
                  

                   1860 CENSUS, CLARK TWP, HARRISON CO., VA P20  #805351

1870 "         "    "         "     W-VA      #553187

FAMILY RECORDS OF WEST VIRGINIA....HOLDEN FAMILY...#163771

THE HOLDEN FAMILY HISTORY BY WALTER HOLDEN UNPUB. "MRS. HELEN V. COST DIED
AUGUST 23, 1923, AT BELINGTON, WVA.  HER HUSBAND DIED FEB 28, 1926 IN
CLARKSBURG.  THEY WERE BURIED IN THE ELKVIEW MASONIC CEMETERY IN CLARKSBURG.
THEY HAD NO CHILDREN."
                  

                   1860 CENSUS, CLARK TWP, HARRISON CO, VA

FAMILY RECORDS OF WEST VIRGINIA  #163771