Mary Siler, there are so many Mary Siler's in Ted Siler's book, that it does take a good bit of reading and searching in his book to find a certain Mary, l just looked at the info that Ted had on Howard's grandmother Samantha Jane Murray, dau of John Franklin Murray and Mirilda (Rildy) Siler. Samantha Jane was born Feb. 1860 in Lot, Ky. and died Jan. 1943, buried Ava Douglas County, Mo. Cem. The info on the book is not all correct as l unfortunately found after l purchased the book and it was too late to change. Samantha Jane Murray married Addison Holt b: July 31, 1858, Ky., on 25 August 1882, twin sons born May 25, 1882 in Campbell County, Tn. and delivered by Addison Holt's grandmother Rachel Jones Holt, a well known midwife. In 1887 Addison and Samantha Jane Murray Holt migrated to Seligman Barry County, Mo. to be near the parents of Samantha Jane, John F. and Mirlida Siler Murray had migrated about 1885. But Addison wanted to be in an area with more trees, and from someone he found a farm situated in Springcreek Township 5 miles south of AVA, Mo. He and a friend by the name of Williams with one horse between them rode and walked the approximate 100 miles where Addison purchased this farm also later on homesteading an area called Preach Orchard Hill. While in Seligman daughter Susan Holt was born and by 1890 the familly is in Douglas County. A son Noah Bradburn Holt was born, th last child born was Sherman Holt who died young, in 1894. The twin boys, John Franklin and Daniel Wilson Holt born May 25, 1882 in Jellico Tn. raised their families in Douglas County, Mo. John F. Holt married three times, Wife #1. Clara Cloud Cunningham, no issue of this marriage she died a year after the marriage, Wife #2. Lulu Glass a class mate married 1900 Douglas County, Mo. 4 children of this marriage, Daisy, Clarence, Maynard, John F. Holt Jr., Wife #3. They divorced, and in 1910 John Franklin Holt married Alsia Emmaline Thompson b: Aug. 9, 1899, their children, Addison David Holt, Grace Mildred, Fred Miller, HOWARD LAWRENCE, John Wilson Holt, Robert (Bob) Morris Holt. ----- Original Message ----- From: Siler44@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:56 AM To: KYWHITLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYWHITLE] Whitley County Library The Whitley County Library had the Siler Family book but it dissapeared. I gave them Ted's address and his daughter's to reorder but I don't know if they purchased one before they were all gone or not. You can not take Genelogy associated books from the Genealogy room in the WC library. The Whitley County Historical & Genealogical Society has the Siler Book. We are open on Wednesdays from 10:00 ---2:00 and by appointment at other times. Mary Siler ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237