Re: Holmes in Alabama Facts: (1)Wm. Holmes married Sarah Gothard on 6 August 1866 in Talladega Co. (2)John Strother b 1833 married Nancy Gothard, b 1835, ca. 1854 in Randolph Co. (This is a guess as Randolph Co. records burned in 1895. However, their oldest child was b 1855, and John's brother Enoch Green Strother married Elizabeth Gothard in Randolph Co., according to his pension application. From George Gothard's probation of estate in 1868 we learned that Sarah, Nancy and Elizabeth were sisters.) (3) 1880 Clay Co., AL census: W.A. Holmes, age 37, wife Sarah, age 28, children: Emma 11, Ella 10, Thomas 8, Cordelia 7, Louisa 5, Assina 4, Soleta 2. (4) 1898 Clay Co., AL. W.T. Holmes married Annie Harris; bond W.T. Holmes and W.T. Harris. (5) 1894 Coosa Co., AL. Seleta Holmes married Wm.T. Harris. (6) 1894 Clay Co., AL. Thomas J. Strother married Martha "Mattie" J. Harris. (7) We believe these three Harrises are siblings and are the children of W.T.M. Harris and Elizabeth Little: (1880 Clay Co. census) Mary A., b 1871, Martha J., b 1872, Wm. T., b 1876. (8) Thomas J. Strother, b 1872, was the son of John and Nancy Gothard Strother. (9) 1889 Coosa Co., AL. Wm. T. Holmes married Anna Baker; ceremony performed by Isah Holmes, M.G.; bond by W.T. Holmes and J.A. Baker. (10) 1910 Clay Co., AL census: Wm.A. Holmes, age 40, wife Mary E., age 40; children: James 19, Lizzie C., 17, Claudie 14, Mancel 12, G.A. 7, Hassie F. 4, Cassie M. 4, Jessie C. 2, Essie U. 2. (11) 1850 Coosa Co., AL census: (dwelling # 254) Thomas Holmes, age 27, b SC, wife Nancy, age 26, b GA; children William 7, b AL, Martha 2, b AL. (12) Same census, dwelling # 255: Isah Holmes, age 24, b SC, wife Eliz., age 28, b GA; children: Thomas 5, b GA, William 8, b GA, Perote 7,, b GA, James 5, b GA, Cordelia 4, b AL, Mary 3, b AL, Ann 2, b AL, Eliz. 8/12, b AL. Questions: (1) Who was W.A. Holmes' father? Thomas had a son William b 1843; Isah had a son William b 1842. The 1880 census lists W.A. Holmes at age 37, which could be either of the above, depending on when the census was taken. (2) Who is Wm.A. Holmes, age 40, with wife Mary E., age 40, in the 1910 Clay Co. census? According to the ages of their children, they would have had to be married before 1890 or 1891. So this could not be the same Wm.T. Holmes who m Annie Harris in 1898, unless it was his second marriage, and he was the same as Wm. T. Holmes who m Anna Baker in 1889. Rosmarie R.F. and W.L Strother, 4880 Coral Wood Drive, Naples, FL 34119-1461 Phone: 941-353-4919; FAX: 941-353-9451; e-mail: [email protected]