Pearson Bunyon HOLDEN,JR

                   Jane Hodgson...Tucson, AZ    
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   Jane Anne Hunter Hodgson hodgson@azstarnet.com 2000-08-18 15:01:26 
Pearson B. Holden H435 
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1842 May 4 Born in Putnam County, Jackson Twp. OH to Pearson B. & Nancy 
(Kniseley) Holden IGI Batch F83101 Sheet 11 Source Film 0884988 
1848 Feb 26 Mother Nancy died 
1848 May 31 Father married Priscilla Ridenour 
1850 Census, Putnam Co, Jackson Twp, OH, age 8 
1860 Census, Putnam Co, Jackson Twp, OH, age 19 
1867 Mar 24 Father died, administrator of estate with John Comer, 
brother-in-law. John told the judge that PB was planning to leave 
the jurisdiction of the court with the proceeds of the estate 
without paying off the debts of the estate. John was excused 
as administrator of the estate at his own request. age 24 
1870 Census? age 28 
1872 Jun 27 Married Flora Anne Barnhill in Findlay, Ohio at bride's home, age 30 
1873 Aug 23 Eva Nellie born, Findlay, OH age 31 
1874 Oct 2 Photograph taken in Bryan, OH and back of photo marked PB HOLDEN 
belongs to Jason A. Law 
1875 Aug 9 Sarah Jane (Jennie) born, Findlay, OH age 33 
1877 Sep 30 William Reed born, Findlay, OH age 35 
1880 Census, Hancock Co, Liberty Twp, OH, age 38 
Ran a gristmill 
1878-1884 Sued by 8 men for bad debts total $2000.00 
Not supporting family, wife forced to depend on charity of friends 
Wife was not able to find PB to serve divorce papers 
Rumor said he was in the southern states ages 36-42 
1887 Said to be living in Seley, Georgia 
1887 May Divorce from Flora Anne age 45 
1891 Aug 9 Married Inez C. Carpenter age 49 
1899 Taxpayer Defiance Co, Milford Twp, Defiance City Directory age 57 
1900 Census, Defiance Co, Milford Twp, OH age 68 (age really 58) 
1910 Census? age 68 
1917 Mar 21 Died, a rancher on a chicken farm in Albuquerque, NM age 75 
Arterial ischemia Buried Fairview Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM 
on a single lot. W.R. Holden paid the undertaker, Thomas Blakemore. 
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CHILDREN OF PEARSON BENJAMIN HOLDEN & FLORA ANNE BARNHILL HOLDEN 
1. EVA NELLIE HOLDEN (17 Jul 1873 - 20 Jun 1933) m. James Boyd Hunter 
m. Charles Wesley Shuler 
m. Willard C. Long 
2. SARAH JANE HOLDEN (b. 9 Aug 1875) m. Walter Newton Bates 
m. Cyrus Waltenberger 
3. WILLIAM REED HOLDEN (30 Sep 1877 - 1956) m. Harriet G. Schnell 
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Ancestral File..... 

Archive record Salt Lake City, Utah submitted by Mary B. Maxfield Holden...

MARRIAGE RECORDS: Marriages...Hancock County, Ohio  1865-1884  p.19
Barnhill, Flora   Holden,Pearson B.   27 June 1872
   
HYMENIAL

On the 27th of June, by Eld. G.W. Hagans, at the residence of the Bride's
parents, in Liberty township, Hancock county, Ohio, Eld P.B. Holden and Miss
Flora A. Barnhill.

Hancock County Courier,  27 June 1872
Marriage Licenses
Pearson B. Holden and Flora A. Barnhill

BIBLE:  Death
Record states:  "Pierson B. Holden, Jr. died March  20, 1917, at Albuquerque, New Mexico of heart disease.  He was my father.  W.R.Holden    Pontiac, Mich  June 15, 1951."
Xerox copies of Bible records in my possession.

1850 Census Putnam County Ohio    Jackson Twp..
Pierson B. Holden  43, U.B.Clergyman       1000         Virginia
Prisiella Holden      31                                                   Ohio
Samuel Holden        18  Farmer                                     Virginia
Sarah Jane Holden   15                                                  Ohio
Pierson (Jr)                8                                                  Ohio
Andrew                     5                                                   Ohio

1880 Census Hancock County Ohio    Liberty Twp  p.419 C
Holden,Pearson     W   M        38    Runs Grist Mill       Ohio     Va      Va
Flora A.                 W    F        24     Keeps house            Ohio     Ohio   Ohio  (age 26)
Eva N.                   W    F          6     At home                   Ohio     Ohio   Ohio 
Sarah J.                  W    F         4     At home                    Ohio     Ohio   Ohio
William R.             W    M        2    At home                     Ohio     Ohio   Ohio

Internet from Jane A. Hodgson,  1540 E. 2ND ST., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721.
Disserted wife and children.....Divorced wife.   She moved to Chicago, Illinois.  He left debts in Putnam County and Defiance County, Ohio.
He went to Defiance and married another woman, then probably left her.  That is how he ended up in Alburquerque, New Mexico.
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Jane has his obituary notice.

Divorce proceedings Hancock County, Ohio   in Pearson B. Holden file.

Life Story of Eva Nellie Holden written by her grand-daughter, Jane Anne Hunter Hodgson.
Perarson Holden, Jr. was one of administraters on will of his father...but not respected or trusted by brothers and sisters at an early date.

Pearson B. Holden
1842    May 4   Born in Putnam County, Jackson Twp. OH to Pearson B. & Nancy  (Kniseley) Holden IGI Batch             F83101 Sheet 11 Source Film 0884988 
1848    Feb 26 Mother Nancy died
1848    May 31 Father married Priscilla Ridenour
1850    Census, Putnam Co, Jackson Twp, OH, age 8
1860    Census, Putnam Co, Jackson Twp, OH, age 19
1867    Mar 24 Father died, administrator of estate with John Comer,   brother-in-law.  John told the judge that PB            was planning to leave  the jurisdiction of the court with the proceeds of the estate  without paying off the               debts of the estate.  John was excused  as administrator of the estate at his own request. age 24
1870   Census?      age 28  
1872   Jun 27 Married Flora Anne Barnhill in Findlay, Ohio at bride's home, age 30 
1873   Aug 23 Eva Nellie born, Findlay, OH age 31
1874   Oct 2 Photograph taken in Bryan, OH and back of photo marked PB HOLDEN
	belongs to Jason A. Law
1875   Aug 9   Sarah Jane (Jennie) born, Findlay, OH age 33 
1877   Sep 30 William Reed born, Findlay, OH age 35
1880   Census, Hancock Co,Liberty Twp, OH, age 38    Ran a gristmill
1878-1884     Sued by 8 men for bad debts total $2000.00
             Not supporting family, wife forced to depend on charity of friends.  Wife was not able to find PB to
             serve divorce papers.  Rumor said he was in the southern states ages 36-42 
1887   Said to be living in Seley, Georgia
1887   May Divorce from Flora Anne age 45
1891   Aug 9 Married Inez C. Carpenter age 49
1899  Taxpayer Defiance Co, Milford Twp, Defiance City Directory age 57 
1900  Census, Defiance Co, Milford Twp, OH age 68 (age really 58)
1910  Census? age 68
1917  Mar 21 Died, a rancher on a chicken farm in Albuquerque, NM age 75
            Arterial ischemia Buried Fairview Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
            on a single lot.  W.R. Holden paid the undertaker, Thomas Blakemore. 

Children of Pearson Benjamin Holden and Flora Anne Barnhill Holden
1.  EVA NELLIE HOLDEN (17 Jul 1873 - 20 Jun 1933) m. James Boyd Hunter 
                                     m. Charles Wesley Shuler 
                                  m. Willard C. Long 
2.  SARAH JANE HOLDEN (b.9 Aug 1875) m. Walter Newton Bates   m.Cyrus Waltenberger
3.  WILLIAM REED HOLDEN (30 Sep 1877 - 1956) m. Harriet G. Schnell 

ADMINISTRATION of HIS FATHER     (Age 26)
To P.B. Holden Admnistrator of the Estate of P.B. Holden deceased. You are hereby notified that on the 3rd day of August A.D. 1868, I filed my petition in the probate of the county of Putnam and state of Ohio praying to
be released from further responsibility as one of the sureties upon the administration Bond of P.B. Holden, as administrator of the Estate of P.B. Holden deceased, for the reason I believe that the said P.B. Holden is about
to convert the assetts of said estate into money and carry the same beyond the jurisdiction of the Court and not applying the same to the payment of the debt of said estate -- said petition will be for        in this the 10th day
of  August 1868 at 10 o'clock A.M. Aug. 3 1868.
John Comer        John Comer being sworn says that on the day of August AD 1868 he aserved the within notice
upon said PB Holden by delivering him a true copy thereof.            his               John Comer   mark
Sworn to and subscribed by said John Comer before me this 10th day of August AD 1868.  
John Kuhner             Probate Judge

Picture of Family Perhaps taken in 1867 when Father died ...Given to me by Ellie Johnson (Eleanor Law Johnson)
1997
(ages calculated according to 1867 theory) Ellie Johnson identifies those in the picture tentatively: Back row:
1. Child female about 13  2. Rebecca Holden? 42 (looks old) 3. Sarah Jane Holden 32  4. Mary Louisa 30  
Middle row:  1. George Holden 39  2. Samuel S. Holden 35  3. Child male about 8  4. Pearson B. 25 5. Andrew J. 22 (looks older) Front row: 1. Child female about 6 2. Child female about 8 3. Child male about 4  Left to right:
Rebecca Ann Holden  George Holden  Samuel S. Holden  Sarah Jane Holden  Mary Louise Holden  Pearson B. Holden  Andrew Holden  All look very somber (perhaps this is a funeral picture)   

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NOTES

Divorced Flora Anne in 1887.  Had accumulated bad debts in the amount of over $2000.00 in the years before the divorce.  Numerous individuals had taken him to court.  Divorce indicates that he did not provide the necessities of food, medicine, clothing or other provisions for his children ages 14, 12 and 10 for at least three years and that his where-abouts were unknown.  He may have been in Georgia, but his letter with the summons was returned unopened.  
COURT PROCEEDINGS DIVORCE 
23rd day of May 1887

Pleas before the Hon George F. Pendleton and of the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the First sub Division of the Tenth Judicial District of the State of Ohio at the May Term A.D. 1887 of said Court begun
and held in the Court House in Findlay within and for the County of Hancock State  of Ohio on the 23rd day of May AD 1887. Be it remembered that on the 4th day of May AD 1887 a certain petition was filed in the office of the Clerk of said Court of which the following is a true copy to wit: Petition  Flora A Holden Plaintiff   )  against                )  In the Court of Common Pleas within and for  Pierson B. Holden Defendant)  the County of Hancock Ohio:   The Plaintiff Flora A Holden has been a resident of the State of Ohio for the year last past and has a bona fide residence in the County of Hancock Ohio. On or about the 27th day of June A.D. 1872, in said Hancock
County Ohio she was married to said defendant and has ever since said marriage conducted herself toward the said defendant as a faithful and obedient wife. The following children were born of such marriage to wit: Eva N. Holden who will be 14 years old  in July A.D. 1887, Sarah J Holden who will be 12 years old on the 9th day of August AD 1887 and William R. Holden who will be 10 years old September 30 1887. The defendant has in disregard of his
marital duties for more than three years last past failed and wilfully neglected to provide plaintiff with the common necessaries of life such as food,clothing, medicine and so forth. So that Plaintiff has been compelled to live upon the charity of friends and her own exertions because of his idleness profligacy and dissipation. Wherefore Plaintiff prays  that she may be divorced from the defendant and that she may  be decreed to have reasonable alimony the custody of said children and such other relief as is proper.
Flora A Holden by A.B. Shafer her attorney. On which was endorsed the following praeceps to wit: 
Praecipe 
To the Clerk of said Court Issue a summons on the above named defendant together with a copy of the Petition herein directed to the Sheriff of Hancock County O. Flora A Holden By Aaron B. Shafer her atty. Afterwards the
following summons was issued directed to the Sheriff  of Hancock County and forwarded by mail to Seney Georgia his supposed place of residence but was returned by the Postmaster unopened to wit 
Summons The State of Ohio Hancock County ss. To the Sheriff of Hancock County You are commanded to notify Pierson B. Holden that Flora A Holden has filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Han- cock County and State of Ohio a petition. (A true copy of which is here-with delivered to you to be served on him) charging him with wilfull  neglect and asking that she be divorced from him and that alimony and custody of the children and for other proper relief said Petition will stand for hearing during the term of said Court next ensuing and six weeks from and after the service of this writ.   You will make due return of this summons on the 16 day of May AD 1887. Witness my signature as Clerk of our said Court of Common Pleas and the seal of said Court at findlay this 4 day of May AD 1887 Presley E. Hay Clerk By JW Davidson Deputy Clerk.  
Afterward on the 4 day of May A.D. 1887 an affidavit was filed by the Plaintiff Flora A Holden of which the following is a true copy to wit: Affidavit Flora A. Holden Plaintiff against Pierson B. Holden Defendant. Court of
Common Pleas Hancock County Ohio. The State of Ohio Hancock County ss. Flora A Holden plaintiff being first duly Sworn says that Pierson B Holden and that the cause is one of Those mentioned in section Five thousand and forty eight of the revised Statutes of Ohio  Flora A Holden. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence afterward on the 13th day of June AD 1887 the following Legal Note was Legal Notice filed in the Office of the Clerk of said Court to wit: Pierson B Holden residing in the town of Seney in the State of Georgia will take notice that on the 4th day of May AD 1887 Flora A Holden filed her petition in the Court of Common Pleas Hancock County Ohio being cause in 1887 praying a divorce from said Pierson B. Holden on the ground of grave neglect of duty in this to wit:  The Defendant Pierson B Holden for more than three years last passed has failed and wilfully neg- lected to provide Plaintiff with the common necessaries of life so that Plaintiff have been compelled to live on the charity of friends and her own exertions because of his idleness profligacy and dissipa- tion. The Plaintiff further prays in her said petition for a reasonable allowance of Alimony the custody of her children and for such other relief as is proper and that said cause will be for hearing on and after the 10th day of June AD 1887. Flora A Holden by Aaron B. Shafer her attorney.  State of Ohio Hancock County ss. S.B. DeWolfe being duly Sworn says he is one of the publishers of the Findlay Weekly Republican, a  newspaper printed and of general circulation in said County and that a notice of which the annexed is a true copy was published in said paper on Thursday of
each week for 6 consecutive weeks beginning on the 5th day of May 1887. S.P. DeWolfe Sworn to and Subscribed to before me this 15 day of June AD 1887 JW Davidson Deputy Clerk.  Afterward on the 17th day of June AD 1887 an affidavit was filed in the Office of the Clerk of said Court by Flora A. Holden  Plaintiff of which the following is a true copy to wit: Flora A Affidavit  Holden, Plaintiff against Pierson B. Holden Defendant Court of Common Pleas Hancock County Ohio, The State of Ohio Hancock County ss Flora A. Holden Plaintiff being duly Sworn says that shortly before the time of commencing her said action for divorce and alimony She made dilligent
inquiry of her acquaintences and friends who were also We acquaintenances and friends of said defendant do ascertain the defendants place of residence.  
That among the number of persons she inquired of was one Moyer who resides in North Findlay but whose given Name is unknown to Plaintiff. That said Moyer was a personal friend of long acquaintance with said defendant and had been an associate of defendants while plaintiff and defendant lived in North Findlay That said Moyer told said Plaintiff that he had not heard from said defendant and could not tell her his place of residence .Affiant further says that at said time she made inquiry of one Jesse Brayfore and Mrs. J