My Genealogy Hound

James F. Holder, farmer, is the son of James M. and Elizabeth C. (Donaway) Holder, who were born in North Carolina and Virginia in 1784 and 1790, respectively. They were married in the former State and there spent the remainder of their days. The mother died in 1874 and the father two years later. They were Methodists, and the parents of twelve children. James M. Holder was a farmer and brick-mason, and a Democrat politically. Our subject’s ancestors on his father’s side of the family were of Dutch descent and were English on his mother’s. He was born in Forsyth County, N. C., March 11, 1841. At the age of twenty he began the battle of life for himself. In 1863 he joined the Confederate Army, Company D, Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry, First Partisan Rangers. During his service he was never wounded or taken prisoner. He has always followed a farmer’s life and now owns a good farm of 102 acres. He married Eliza A. Miller, in 1867. She was born in Gibson County, October 16, 1846, and became the mother of eight children, six sons and two daughters. Mr. Holder is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and his wife of the Primitive Baptist Church. He is a Democrat.