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80 JUDGE NATHANIEL HOLMES, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
VL Lizzie Lecompte Holmes,* b. Jan. 27, 1864; m. Oct. 8, 1885, Q. Bixby.
VIL Henry Hooper Holmes,« b. Nov. 11, 1878.
7. Henry Greenleaf Holmes,'^ b. Jan. 11, 1834. Merchant in St. Louis,
Mo., and now of New York city; m. Georgie Kulm. No children.
74. Samuel Holmes,^ b. Dec. 19, 1789; res. Peterborough, N. H., and
then in Springfield, Vt., later in Peterborough, where he died.
A manufacturer, machinist, and farmer. He m. Mary, daughter
of Eev. David Annan, March 81, 1813. She d. at Springfield,
Vt., Feb. 9, 1828, aged 38 years, 5 months. He m., second,
Mrs. Fannie Moore Priest, widow of Dr. J. B. Priest. She
d. Jan. 6, 1876, aged 85 years. He d. July 8, 1868. Children:
Hon. Nathaniel Holmes,' b. Peterborough, N. H., July 2, 1814. Hon.
Nathaniel Holmes graduated at Harvard university in 1837.
Eeceived the degree of M. A. in 1859; was admitted to the bar
in Boston, Mass., in 1839, and immediately commenced the
practice of law in St. Louis, Mo. Was circuit attorney for the
county of St. Louis in 1846. From 1853 to 1855 was counsellor
of the board of public schools of St. Louis, and from 1862 to
1865 was counsellor of the North Missouri Railroad company..
In June, 1865, he was appointed one of the judges of the supreme
court of Missouri by Gov. Thomas C. Fletcher. He
resigned in 1868 and accepted the Royall professorship of law
in Harvard university, which he resigned in 1872 and resumed
his profession in St. Louis. He published in 1866 " The Authorship
of Shakespeare," which has passed through several editions.
He was never married. Res. 7 Holyoke Place, Cambridge,
Mass.
2. David Annan Holmes,' b. Peterborough, N. H., April 1, 1816; farmer;
res. Bronson, Mich., where he d. Jan. 7, 1868; m. Nancy Taggart.
Children:
I. Mary Elizabeth Holmes,* b. Sept. 6, 1842; m. M. B. Moore; divorced
in 1871. She m., second, Capt. Frank M. Bissell, of Coldwater,
Mich., June 10, 1872, Children: Edith L. Bissell,' b. June 27,
1873; Mabel Frankie Bissell,' b. June 13, 1876; Gertrude Bissell,'
b. April 26, 1879. Mr. Bissell was wounded in the late
war, and is a pensioner; res. Greencastle, Ind.
II. Samuel Holmes," b. Nov. 31, 1844; res. with his mother in Bronson^
Mich.
III. Frederick J. Holmes," b. Nov. 1, 1846; d. May 18, 1847.
3. Elizabeth Holmes,' b. Peterborough, N. H., Oct. 29, 1820; d. at Nashua,
N. IL, Aug. 3], 1861; m., 1846, Joliii Leach, of Nashua, who d.
Dec. 30, 1879, aged 71 years. Children:
I. John Holmes Leach," b. Oct. 22, 1847. Graduated at Dartmouth col-
lege in 1870; M. D. of Bellevue Medical college, N. Y., in 1874;
city physician at Keene, N. H., and examining surgeon on the
board of pensions; d. at Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1885. He
m., Oct. 25, 1876, Emily M. Crossfield, daughter of Captain
Crossfield, of Keene, N. H., who was killed at Gettysburg. She
is a music teacher; was b. Dec. 31, 1854; res. Watertown, Mass.
Children: Nathaniel Plolmes Leach,' b. Oct. II.
28, 1882; John
Clark Leach.' b. Aug. 11, 1884.
Anne Frances Leach," b. at Nashua, N. H., May 2, 1851; res. San
4.
Francisco, Cal.
Samuel Allison Holmes,' b. at Springfield, Vt., Feb. 23, 1823; was
fitted for college at Phillips Exeter academy (class of '38);
entered the Sojihomore class of Dartmouth college in 1841;
left in his Junior year; studied law, and was admitted to the
bar at St. Louis, Mo., in 1844. He was first lieutenant and
adjutant of Lieutenant-Colonel Euston's St. Louis battalion in
the Mexican war (1845-'47), and colonel of the 10th and 40th