I was born at home in Granite City, Illinois. Joyce Holt Taylor b 4/15/33, lived there until 1969. My father Leo Hollie Holt b 3/10/1891 Douglas Co., MO. Mtn Grove, MO. died Granite City, Ill Jan 23, 1967 buried Sunset Hill cem, Glen Carbon, Ill. Dad worked at Granite City Steel for many years, I have no idea when he left MO and moved to Illinois. He was married to his first wife Cora Hatfield June 1910, when they were both very young and they had 5 children, all deceased now but one brother Raymond Holt b 2/3/1816 born Missouri, living in Dexter, Kentucky Cora and Leo Holt's children were: Ruby Holt b April 1912 Mo deceased Granite City, Ill. Nov 1953 colon cancer Leo William Holt b 1916, went down with ship WW2 SS Gambier Bay Oct 25, 1944 Raymond Holt b 1816 Mo. Harley Russell Holt b 2/13/1920 maybe Illinois. died Missouri May 23, 1999 asbestosis cancer Velma Perline died when about 2 yrs old Granite City, Ill., buried St. John's Cem., Granite City, Ill. Second wife Alice Billington b Vichey, Mo. d Granite City, Ill July 21, 1995 buried Sunset Hill Cem., Glen Carbon, Illinois Children: Robert Dean Holt b 2/23/1931 Kansas City, Mo., deceased Oct 30, 2000 Illinois, buried Jefferson Barracks Cem, MO Joyce Mae Holt Taylor b 4/15/1933 Granite City, Ill. Living in Texas Donald Lee Holt b 9/2/1935 Granite City, Ill. living in Illinois My father Leo Hollie Holt buried Sunset Hill Cem, Glen Carbon,Ill., was the son of William Marion Holt b 4/7/1837 Whitley Co., KY and Talitha Cathern Lathrom b 1849 died 5/1901 Missouri. Leo is the grandson of Mary Polly Holt b 11/1816 d 3/1899 Norwood, Mo buried Omo Strunk Cem, Norwood, Mo. More information available if we connect. joytohal@cs.com Dewey Holt was my father's uncle, he live in Galena, Illinois and had children there. Some of the children moved to Indiana. There was another Holt family in Granite City, Ill area but as far as I know not related to my line of Holts. Joyce Holt Taylor daughter of Leo Hollie Holt b 3/10/1891, grandaughter of Wm Marion Holt b 4/7/1837 Whitley Co., KY; and Mary Polly Holt b 11/1816 married Jackson Strunk in Whitley Co., KY August 1839