Category Archives: Holt Family

Jackson Osborne Smith was called on a mission to Tennessee, according to the Journal History, on April 15, 1844. Jackson’s missionary companion, James Holt, wrote an account of that mission which appeared in “Our Pioneer Heritage,” Vol. 13, Kate B. … Continue reading →

James Albert Barker was the next younger brother of my Great-grandmother, Harriet Matilda Barker who was born in 1859. Soon after his father, William Barker arrived in Mound Fort he was placed in the Sunday School as superintendent, until he … Continue reading →

I promise that if you persist in developing this mine you and your sons will taste the fires of hell.” Those unsolicited words, uttered at the gathering of a family at supper by total stranger, forever changed the course of … Continue reading →

Biographical Note/Historical Note James Holt was born on 10 February 1804 in Halifax County, North Carolina, to Jesse and Elizabeth Davis Holt. He married Mary Pain in 1830. She died in 1845 and that same year he married Parthenia Overton. … Continue reading →

     Holt.– Teasdale, Wayne County, Utah, U. S. A., January 27, 1894, James Holt, nearly 90 years old. Deceased was born in North Carolina, U. S. A., February 10, 1804 He was baptized in 1839 and emigrated to Nauvoo … Continue reading →

This obituary was written by William Alma Holt, son of James Holt. Deseret News April 18, 1894 page 3 JAMES HOLT Teasdale, Wayne County, Utah, April 9, 1894 – Not having seen a notice of the death of my father … Continue reading →