Permelia Carrington was born abt. 1826 in Montgomery Co. Kentucky and came to Callaway Co., Missouri as a baby. She was my 2nd great grandaunt, daughter of Randolph Carrington and Katharine McGary.
On June 8, 1843, she married Hiram Holt Jr. He was born Abt. 1820 in Virginia.
Hiram Holt Jr. was a son of my 4th great grandparents, Hiram Holt and Jane Stanfield. Hiram Holt Jr. was my 3rd great granduncle, his sister Ann S. Holt Overton was my third great grandmother.
There were several marriages over the generations between my Holt, Carrington, Overton, Day, and Herring families.
Hiram Holt Jr. and Permelia Carrington had five children:
- James William Holt, b: 1846, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: 1928 Louisiana.
- Note: On 1870 census, he was living in a hotel in Fulton with brother Benjamin, both occupations listed as Civil Engineer.
- Per the William T. Carrington Doc. he was a Confederate soldier veteran and died in an old soldiers home in Shreveport, LA. I have not verified this.
- Benjamin F. Holt, b: Abt. 1848, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: May 10, 1896, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Married, abt 1880, Susan A. Willing b: July 11, 1848, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1933, Martinez, California, buried in Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Missouri. She was a daughter of William Willing and Eliza C. Parker.
- children:
- William Arthur Holt, b: Sept. 10, 1878, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 6, 1946, Contra Costa Co., California. Birth year may be off a couple of years.
- Benjamin Albert Holt, b: Mar. 24, 1878, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jun. 22, 1956, San Francisco, California. Birth year may be off a couple of years.
- Zella Holt, b: Sept. 24, 1880, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Mar. 22, 1956, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married, May 24, 1917, George Kreutz, b: Mar. 8, 1861, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 23, 1942, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of George Kreutz and Christina Flick.
- John R. Holt, b: 1849, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- On both the 1870 and 1880 census, he is a patient in the State Hospital, Fulton, have not found him after 1880.
- Landon Abner Holt, b: 1852, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: May 4, 1884, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Annie E. Holt, b: abt. 1854, Callaway Co. Missouri.
Permelia Carrington Holt died on Feb 6, 1880 in Callaway Co., Missouri
Hiram Holt Jr. died sometime between 1854 and 1860.
I have not been able to find where either are buried.
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