... Catherine Nancy Nickels, ... married December 4th, 1844, Rev. Z. L. Holmes, the compiler of this genealogy, ...
They had the following children:
1. Olive Jane Holmes, b May 5th 1846, d Jan. 27th, 1864.
2. Nickels John Holmes, b Sept. 9th, 1847.
3. Ada Holmes, b July 2nd, 1849.
4. Ida Holmes, b Mar. 15th, 1851.
5. Abbie Catherine Holmes, b Oct. 11th, 1854, d. young.
6. Augustine Reid Holmes, b Feb. 15th, 1856.
7. Sheridan Wright Holmes, b Dec. 24th, 1857, d. Aug. 3, 1862
8. Joseph Austin Holmes, b Nov. 23rd, 1859
9. Havelock Holmes, b June 7th, 1861, d. Oct. 6th, 1861.
10. Simpson Lee Holmes, b Sept. 12th, 1862, d. Nov. 8th, 1863.
11. Mary Bell Holmes, b Dec. 3rd, 1864
12. Wm. Marshall Holmes, b June 3rd, 1867, d. in infancy.
