Hi, Virginia, Re: Marriage of William T. Holmes and Mary L. Owen 17 Nov. 1829 by A.F. Edwards, Minister, pg. 5 William Thomas Holmes, born Nov. 10, 1804 in Columbia, South Carolina , d. Aug. 28, 1888 in Talbot County, Georgia, son of Finley Holmes and Jane Downs, married Mary Lucinda Owen, born August 13, 1815 in Wilkes County, Georgia, died May 9, 1888 in Talbot County, Georgia. Date of their marriage was November 17, 1829 in Talbot County, Georgia. They had sixteen children: Sarah Jane Holmes b. March 2, 1831 Daniel Owen Holmes b. Jan. 14, 1833 Frances Elizabeth Holmes b. Sept. 24, 1834 Mary Catherine Holmes b. April 10, 1836 Martha Owen Holmes b. June 1, 1838 Eugenia Isabella Holmes b. March 21, 1840 Martha Dixon Holmes b. Feb. 18, 1842 Mildred Ann Holmes b. Sept. 30, 1843 William Thomas Holmes, Jr. b. April 26, 1845 Robert Augustus Holmes b. August 4, 1848 James Grant Holmes b. April 4, 1850 Jane Downs Holmes b. June 22, 1853 John Owen Holmes b. Oct. 18, 1855 Emma Isabella Holmes b. May 5, 1857 Infant Son b. Dec. 11, 1858 Finley Owen Holmes b. Jan. 18, 1847 Bobbie Bryan Coons