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.
Last Update Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 17:51:23 MDT
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