When Samuel B. Holdaway was born about 1836, in Illinois, United States, his father, Daniel C. Holdaway, was 32 and his mother, Rebecca Voyles, was 19. He married Laura Caroline Fields on 30 September 1869, in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Madison, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Le Sieur Township, New Madrid, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died before 1900, in Missouri, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1837: Macoupin, Illinois, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English (Hampshire): variant of Holloway .
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