CALVIN ROGERS HOLT

Doswell Holt, born 7 May 1790 in Hawkins County, KY, was the second son of Drury Holt, SR. and Elizabeth “Betsy” Rogers. Drury was born about 1770 in Virginia and died 16 February 1835 in McCreary County, KY. Elizabeth was born between 1770 and 1775 in Virginia and died in 1852 in Whitley County, KY. Doswell Holt married Alice Wright about 1806 in Kentucky and died in November 1840 in Cumberland County, KY. Alice was born in Virginia in the 1790’s and died after 1870 in Boone County, AR. Doswell and Alice had eight children:

1.     Susan Holt, born about 1808 in Knox County, KY, married Pleasant Thurman about 1836 in Cumberland County, KY.

2.     Martha Holt, born 18 October 1810 in Knox County, KY, married John Richard Clark about 1829 in  Cumberland County, KY, and died 12 November 1900.

3.     Henry Holt, born 6 September 1817 in KY, married Martha Logan about 1836 in KY.

4.     Elizabeth Holt, born 3 November 1818 in Cumberland County, KY, married Abraham Crabtree Spear about 1833.

5.     Isham Holt, born about 1819 in Cumberland County, KY, married 1st Martha A. about 1848 in KY.

6.     John Larkin Holt, born 16 December 1821 in Cumberland County, KY, married Eliza Green Bohannon on 31 July 1843 in Cumberland County, KY, and died 24 September 1909 in Boone County, Arkansas.

7.     Calvin Rogers Holt was born 13 February 1824 in Cumberland County, KY. He married Onah “Oney” Bow on 21 February (1848?) in Cumberland County, KY, a daughter of John Bow. Onah was born 12 October 1825 in Kentucky and died in 1872 in Burleson County, Texas. Calvin and Onah moved first to Arkansas and then moved to Burleson County, Texas in 1853. Calvin was a Confederate Soldier, a Cumberland Presbyterian, and a Democrat. After Onah died, Calvin married Miss Elizabeth Grundy Beall of Rockdale, Milam County, Texas on 16 December 1877. Grundy was a daughter of Opah and Betty Beall. She was born in January 1855 in Texas and died 11 January 1928. Mrs. Oney B. Holt is buried in the Thomson Cemetery north of Chriesman, Burleson County, Texas. Calvin died 7 September 1915. He and Grundy Holt are buried in the Chriesman Cemetery, about 7 miles north of Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas. Calvin and Oney had ten children, sons Conn and Roger died in infancy and were buried in the Thomson Cemetery, along with a daughter Susan Matilda Holt who was born 5 May 1858 and died 25 August 1872. The seven children of Calvin and Oney who reached maturity are:

a. Alice Irene Holt born 13 November 1852 in Arkansas. She married 1st Green Stilwell and 2nd Henry C. Dillard.                                                                                                      b. Milley A. Holt was born about 1855 in Burleson County, Texas and married John Robinson.                                                                                                                                  c. Florence A. Holt, born in August 1860 in Burleson County, Texas, married Robert F. Kelton on 13 December 1877 in Burleson County, Texas. They were living in Callahan County, Texas on 15 June 1880 with their one year old son William S. Kelton who was born in October 1878.                                                                                                           d. Jefferson D. Holt was born in 1861 in Burleson County, Texas. He married Mattie Crane on 26 October 1882 in Burleson County, Texas. Mattie was born in 1861 and died in 1919. Jeff died in 1934. They are buried in the Chriesman Cemetery. They had eight children.                                                                                                                                 e. Calvin Roger Holt, Jr. was born about 1863 in Burleson County, Texas. He was reported to have never married.                                                                                                f. Charles H. Holt was born in November 1864 in Burleson County, Texas. He married Nancy Edna Arnold on 17 December 1891 in Burleson County, Texas. She was born in August 1874. The June 1900 Census of Burleson County, Texas list: Charles E. Holt born in February 1894; Edwin Holt born in July 1895; Lillie Holt born in May 1897; and Ida Holt born in November 1899.                                                                                                       g. Bettie Holt was born about 1867 in Burleson County, Texas, married Walter K. Dickinson on 8 November 1891 in Burleson County, Texas.

Calvin and Grundy Holt were the parents of twelve children but three did not reach maturity. Those who reached maturity are:                                                                                      a. Mary Holt, born in November 1878 in Burleson County, Texas, married Sam Taylor and they moved to the city of Burleson, Texas.                                                                        b. Lillie G. Holt, born in July 1880 in Burleson County, Texas, married 1st Alex Hensley, 2nd Morgan Dickinson, died in Lubbock, Texas.                                                  c. Dollie Holt, born in December 1883 in Burleson County, Texas, married W.F. “Bud” Clanton. They died in Tahoka, Texas.                                                                                  d. Willie Holt, a daughter, was born in March 1885 in Burleson County, Texas.           e. Rogers Holt, born in November 1886 in Burleson County, Texas, married Effie, and lived in Silsbee, Texas.                                                                                                            f. Mattie Holt was born in October 1889 in Burleson County, Texas.                                     g. Annie May Holt, born in June 1891 in Burleson County, Texas, married Jim Sullivan, and lived in Fort Worth, Texas.                                                                                          h. Conner Holt, born 14 July 1891 in Burleson County, Texas, never married, died 8 March 1922, and was buried in the Chriesman Cemetery.                                             i. James L. Holt, born in March 1897 in Burleson County, Texas, married Alma Simpson. They lived and died in Lubbock, Texas.

8.     Lucinda Holt was born 9 June 1826 in Cumberland County, KY and married John Rutledge about 1840 in Cumberland County, KY.

 

Bibliography

“History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Lee, and Burleson Counties”, The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1893.

“Astride the Old San Antonio Road, A Pictorial History of Burleson County”, Burleson County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas, Texas, 1979.

1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 Census of Texas.

Nathaniel and Drury Holt, Holt Family Genealogy Forum, Leslie N. Ekiss, Internet, posted June 26, 1998.

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