In photo number 25 listed where the vets are with George Washington Short identified, the gentleman in the front row left side is my great great grandfather, Major John Milton Holmes. The man behind him on the left back row looks to be his son-in-law, W.P. Russell. Sketches of each are in the Pioneer History of Wise County book. John Milton Holmes and wife Susan Evaline Hardwick are both buried in Sand Hill Cemetery along with other relatives. (This is my line.) Their son, William Henderson Holmes, married Lena Harrison, and they left Wise Co about the time of the land runs in Oklahoma. Their son, Milton John Holmes was born in the Decatur area and remembers riding with his folks and hauling rock when the court house was being built. I know Hulda Hardwick Wallace's husband was working on that building. They are also relatives. John Milton and Susan's children married into the Russell, Harrison, Brooks, Riley, Knight families, and I think I remember a granddaughter married a Cates. If I could get my computer to print a larger photo from the one here, I could compare it with others in the book, but I don't know how to accomplish that. It cut the photo in half when I tried. John Milton Holmes and Susan came to Wise County in 1863 where they bought what was known as the Cogdell place. John Milton died October 27, 1884 so the photo would be between those dates. To me, the one in the book looks younger. Sherrie Nunn Flud [email protected]