Year Settled in Iowa: 1856

County where ancestor first settled: Jasper County

Born: Aug. 4, 1822

Birth Place: Morgan Co. Illinois

Married:

Marriage Location: Morgan Co. Illinois

Died: Aug. 6, 1891

Burial Location: Swan Cemetery, Jasper Co. IA

Father:

Mother:

Spouse: Lydia COKER

Born: Oct. 10, 1821

Birth Location: Morgan Co. Ill. Died: Aug. 6, 1891

Burial Location: Swan Cemetery, Jasper Co. Iowa

Father:

Mother:

Proof:

Obituary for James R. Eldredge and Sarah Holmes Eldredge. J.R. is listed in 1887 Plat book with 69 acres of land in section 5 of Lynn Grove twp., He owned same land in 1871 plat book.Jasper Co. Genealogical Society records, Histories, obits and cemetery records. Also the book of Sully Centenial, marriage and death records, and family records of the Holmes and Eldredge families sent to me by Sandra Syfert.

My thanks to Bev Brown and Sandi Syfert for all of their help in this project. Also to Barb Van Zant who compiled the cemetery data.

Children:

1. Sarah Jane Holmes, 1842-1924. buried in Swan Cemetery. Wife of James Richard Eldredge. Mother of eight children. (my g-grandmother)
2. Dennis Holmes
3. Jake Holmes
4. Isaih Holmes
5. James Holmes
6. Mary Holmes
7. John Holmes
8. Nancy Holmes
9. Samuel Holmes
10. Clara Holmes

Data Submitted Mon Sep 1 14:45:17 1997 by: Nancy Vaughan Brousseau, e-mail: ladybug@cyberpc.com