... On December 10, 1874, he married Belle R., a daughter of E. E. Mathes, of Washington County, where she was born September 4, 1850. Their children are Myrtie L., born February 8, 1876; David E., born October 7, 1877; A. Holt, born August 19, 1879; Melvin M., born February G, 1882; Maggie B., born September 21, 1883, and one boy unnamed, born April 23, 1887.