John C. HOLDEN

                   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18 page unpublished manuscript in possession of Charlotte Fleming, 8521 E. Shiloh St., Tucson, AZ 85710.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."