 1814 - 1872 (57 years)
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| Name |
Samuel Holmes |
| Suffix |
Jr |
| Born |
26 Aug 1814 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
4 Aug 1872 |
Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky  |
| Buried |
Cedar Creek Cemetery, Lincoln County, Kentucky |
| Person ID |
I2924 |
Treespot |
| Last Modified |
20 May 2018 |
| Family |
Eliza Emily "Patsy" Vardeman, b. 10 Oct 1812, Kentucky , d. 28 Jan 1878, Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky (Age 65 years) |
| Married |
2 Sep 1840 |
| Children |
| | 1. Ephraim Pennington Holmes, b. 24 Jun 1841, Lincoln County, Kentucky , d. 3 Sep 1852, Lincoln County, Kentucky (Age 11 years) |
| | 2. ? Holmes, b. 26 Jul 1843, Lincoln County, Kentucky , d. 11 Aug 1843, Lincoln County, Kentucky (Age 0 years) |
| | 3. Dudley Vardeman Holmes, b. 29 Aug 1845, d. 22 Jan 1926, Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky (Age 80 years) |
| | 4. John W. Holmes, b. 30 Jan 1848, d. 11 Jan 1923, Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky (Age 74 years) |
| | 5. Samuel M. Holmes, b. 21 Jul 1851, d. 9 Dec 1925, Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky (Age 74 years) |
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| Last Modified |
14 Nov 2012 |
| Family ID |
F916 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Died - 4 Aug 1872 - Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky |
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| Headstones
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 | Cedar Creek Cemetery, Crab Orchard, Kentucky
Original Vardeman, Stephenson, Holmes Cemetery along Cedar Creek
Cemetery plots excavation and analysis done by University of Kentucky archeology department then moved to new location for new Cedar Creek Lake. |
 | Cedar Creek Cemetery, Crab Orchard, Kentucky
After rededication Ceremony July 2003, looking at headstones |
 | Cedar Creek Cemetery, Crab Orchard, Kentucky
Original Cemetery headstone locations |
 | Cedar Creek Cemetery, Crab Orchard, Kentucky
New location near Cedar Creek Reservoir |
 | Cedar Creek Cemetery, Crab Orchard, Kentucky
Rededication Ceremony July 2003 |
 | Cedar Creek Cemetery, Crab Orchard, Kentucky
Rededication Ceremony July 2003
David Miles Vardiman, instigator of the cemetery relocation and family reunion shared some family history. |
 | Cedar Creek Cemetery, Crab Orchard, Kentucky
Rededication Ceremony July 2003
Carter Fansler, age 6, son of Michelle Vardiman Fansler and Victor Fansler placed flowers on a gravestone marker. |
 | Cedar Creek Cemetery, Crab Orchard, Kentucky
Crab Orchard Map - How to get to the new Vardeman cemetery location down the road from the William Whitley house |
 | Cedar Creek Cemetery, Crab Orchard, Kentucky
Crab Orchard Map |
 | Cedar Creek Cemetery, Crab Orchard, Kentucky
cemetery relocated to create a man-made lake over land previously owned by Vardemans. University of Kentucky Archaeology/Anthropology Department analyzed the remains 2000-2002 -
Click here for Research Report |
 | Cedar Creek Cemetery Crab Orchard, Kentucky
Rededication Ceremony 2003, Reenactment of militia during the late 1700s, early 1800s |
 | Cedar Creek Cemetery Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky
Rededication Ceremony July 2003, militia men (of the late 1700s, early 1800s) reenacting the mourning song for the fallen |
 | Cedar Creek Cemetery Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky
Rededication Ceremony July 2003 - Militia firing |
 | Cedar Creek Cemetery Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky
Rededication Ceremony 2003 |
| Archives |
 | 1766-1872 Birth, Marriage, and Death Records Kentucky, Crab Orchard
Bible owned by Mrs. Dudley Holmes, Between Crab Orchard and Stanford,
Kentucky and Tombstone Inscriptions from Stephenson, Vardeman, and Holmes Burying Grounds on Cedar Creek near Crab Orchard, Kentucky (Record 20) Birth, Marriage, and Death Records mainly from 1766-1872 for Morgan Vardeman's family, son of John II Vardeman
Source: Genealogies of Kentucky Families, O-Y (Owens – Young), Pages
311-313, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD, 1981. |
 | 1860 Census Record, Kentucky, Lincoln County
Head of Household - Samuel Holmes, age 45, male, farmer, born in Kentucky
Wife - Eliza (Vardeman) Holmes, age 48, female, born in Kentucky
Son - Dudley Holmes, age 16, male, born in Kentucky
Son - John W. Holmes, age 13, male, born in Kentucky
Son - Samuel Holmes, age 9, male, born in Kentucky
John Vardaman (Eliza's brother?), age 55, male, born in Kentucky |
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