Holden Family

Submitted by Ira Menza Holden Fleming

GENERATION VII. 142. JAMES MALDEN (JIM) HOLDEN [S25,S12] was born on 31 May 1860 in Nueces County, TX. Died on 26 Jan 1912 in Bexar County, TX. Buried in Grit Cemetery in Mason Co. on state highway 29. 1 mile east of Grit & 4.6 miles NW of Mason. 51 YRS. 7 MO. 26 DAYS. Tobacco Farmer in Mason/Uvalde Co. Area. Received mail at Concan in Uvalde Co. Received mail at Streeter in Mason Co.

He married NANCY ANN ELIZABETH LYONS about 1888. NANCY ANN ELIZABETH LYONS [S25,S13] was born on 9 Nov 1869 in Newton County, TX. Died on 15 Nov. 1955 in Stamford, TX., 86 yrs., 6 days. Buried in Avoca, TX., Spring Creek Cemetery.

The Holden family moved onto the "Gray" place in 1918. It was farmed by the Holden family until 1987 (over 69 years.) The last of the family to farm the land was Kelly & Betty Thompson. Jim and Lizzie Holden had the following children:
+257 i. BABY HOLDEN was born and died on 13 Dec 1889 in Travis Co. TX. Twin to Etta.
+258 ii. SARA ETTA HOLDEN
+259 iii. THOMAS HENRY HOLDEN
+260 iv. JESSE ALBERT HOLDEN
+261 v. JOHN JAMES HOLDEN SR.
+262 vi. ISAAC LaFAYETTE HOLDEN
+263 vii. RACHEL ELIZABETH HOLDEN
+264 viii. ADDIE ARA HOLDEN
+265 ix. FLORENCE ESTELLE HOLDEN
+266 x. OSCAR EARL HOLDEN
+267 xi. FRANCIS LEO HOLDEN
GENERATION VIII. 267. FRANCIS LEO HOLDEN [S38,S27,S12] was born on 26 Jan 1909. Died on
22 Jun 1984 in Fort Worth, TX. [S39].
He married GENEVA DALE ROBINSON on 1 Jan 1928. GENEVA DALE ROBINSON
[S25] was born on 7 Feb 1910.
They had the following children:
+439 i. ALICE INELL HOLDEN
+440 ii. WANDA JOY HOLDEN
+441 iii. IRA MENZA HOLDEN
+442 iv. IVAH LOUETTA HOLDEN
GENERATION IX. 439. ALICE INELL HOLDEN [S12] was born on 28 Mar 1929 in Avoca, TX. Died
in Feb 1975 in Irving, TX.
She married JACK DEMPSEY HENSON in 1955.
They had the following children:
+701 i. RAYMOND EUGENE HENSON
702 ii. JACK GREGORY HENSON [S52].
440. WANDA JOY HOLDEN [S38] was born on 30 Dec 1931 in Avoca, TX.
She married ROY NOLAN LEES on 28 Nov 1948. ROY NOLAN LEES [S38] was born about 1927. Died on 23 Jan 1994.
They had the following children:
+703 i. SANDRA ANN LEES
+704 ii. KATHY NELL LEES 441. IRA MENZA HOLDEN [S12,S52] was born in Avoca, TX. She married ELVIS EUGENE FLEMING (see Fleming lineage) in Fort Worth, TX.
They adopted the following children:
+705 i. FRANCES BEVERLEY FLEMING
+706 ii. EDWARD EUGENE FLEMING

442. IVAH LOUETTA HOLDEN
She married DAVID GLOVER [S38]. Killed in Service (Navy), non-combat.
They had the following children:
+707 i. DEBORAH KAY GLOVER
She also married MURPHEE CARLOCK.
They had the following children:
708 i. DEBORAH KAY CARLOCK ; adopted by Murphee Carlock.
709 ii. JOSEPH WAYNE CARLOCK
+710 iii. DANIEL RAE CARLOCK
711 iv. ANNA LYNN CARLOCK
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I think most of Jim & Lizzie Holden's children were probably born in Mason Co.; not sure. We recently put up a marker on his grave at Grit.

Ira Menza Holden Fleming