Mr. Holmes married Miss Mary A., daughter of Gabriel and Olive (Fay) Parker.

The evidence

• “On August 13, 1840, Mr. Holmes married Miss Mary A., daughter of Gabriel and Olive (Fay) Parker, who was born in Worcester, Mass., January 17, 1812.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34d-biographical-4.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 536 / book p. 1021

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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