Brief Life History of John Russell
When John Russell Holder was born in 1833, in Ohio, United States, his father, Samuel B. Holder, was 31 and his mother, Melissa, was 26. He married Martha J Moore on 4 October 1860, in Platte City, Platte, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Marshall Township, Platte, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1886. He died on 13 June 1888, in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.
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- John R Holder in household of Samuel Holder, "United States Census, 1860"
- John R Holder, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- John R Holder, "BillionGraves Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived by an elder tree, Middle High German holder, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house named for its sign of an elder tree. In same areas, for example Alsace, the elder tree was believed to be protective of a house.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Holder ‘elder tree’.
English: status or occupational name from Middle English holdere, haldere, heldere ‘tenant; servant, retainer; laborer’, an agent derivative of holden ‘to hold’ (Old English healdan). Compare Helder 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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