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Note: er his parents arrived in Ohio. He removed to Marshall Co., Iowa in 1853 with his father, Lot, and other family.
Joseph married Mary R. Arnold 30 July 1862. Family notes indicate that they were married at Sinclairville, New York; however, she was from Sinclairville, and her family may have moved to Iowa by 1862, hence they may have been married in Iowa. They had two children, Hattie and Andrew, both of whom died young.
Uncle Joe was a prosperous man. He sent his great-niece, Florence Winona Phillips, to finishing school in New York State about 1901-1902. He escorted her from Northport, Washington to Marshalltown, Iowa, and then to Sinclairville, New York where she stayed with him and Mary and then home again. They also attended the 1902 World Exposition in Buffalo, New York (where President McKinley was fatally shot).
Joseph Holmes was engaged as a vinegar distiller in Iowa. When I visited Mayville, Chautauqua Co., NY, in 2004, the County historian informed me she had found old "Sinclairville" vinegar bottles in her cellar; and so, Uncle Jo may have been in the vinegar business in Sinclairville as well.
I believe Uncle Joe owned property in Iowa, (possibly Ohio), New York, and family notes indicate he also had a winter home in Florida. By 1910, he purchased a substantial Victorian home and removed to Pasadena, California where he died 3 March 1918.
My great-uncle, Forrest H. Sheedy, said that his great-great Uncle Joe was sitting in a living-room chair reading a newspaper or book, when he looked to his wife, Mary, and said, "Mary, I'm going," and died immediately, but peacefully. He and Mary are buried at Riverside Cemetery, Marshalltown, Marshall Co., IA.
Photographs of Joseph Holmes are in my possession along with photos from the trip though Marshalltown, IA with Florence W., my great grandmother. A cherry chest of drawers belonging to Uncle Joseph Holmes is in the possession of my first-cousin, Shaun Robertson. --NMS
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While family stories indicated that Joseph Holmes lived and owned vinegar distilleries in both Iowa and New York, and his great-neice, Florence Phillips, is said to have lived with him and attended finishing school in Sinclairville, NY, all census records indicate reseidences in Iowa through 1900, and in California by 1910:
1860 : 12 June (Scott Twp., Fremont Co., IA; Series M653, Roll 321, p. 873 -- original p. 39)
He is probably the Joseph Holmes, 25, b. OH, "engineer" who was living with other boarders in the household of John Inghram.
1870 : 15 June (3rd Ward, Marshalltown, Marshall Co., IA; Series M593, Roll 410, p. 479 -- original p. 21)
Joseph Holmes, 34, Retail Merchant, Real Estate $16,000; Personal Estate $1,000, b. OH
Mary, 28, Keeping House, b. NY Andrew, 3, At Home In 1870, Mary's brother, Delos Arnold, was enumerated nextdoor:
Delos Arnold, 40, M, Lawyer, Real Estate $25,000; Personal Property $25,000; b. NY
Hannah, 32, Keeping House, b. OH Theresa, 8, At Home, b. IA Delos, 3, M, At Home, b. IA 1880 : 19 June (4th Ward, Marshalltown, Marshall Co., IA; Series T9, Roll 355, p. 187 B; original p. 24)
Joseph Holmes, 44, Vinegar Manufacturer, b. OH; father & mother b. VA
Mary C., 37, Wife, Keeping House, b. NY, father & mother b. NY 1900 : 6 June (4th Ward, Marshalltown, Marshall Co., IA; Series T623, Roll 448, p. 238)
Joseph Holmes, 64, b. April 1836, b. OH, father & mother b. VA [occupation illegible]
Mary A., 57, wife, b. June 1842, b. NY, father & mother b. NY Andrew Arnold, brother-in-law, 71, b. NY, father & mother b. NY [occupation illegible]
Edward Fet [?], [servant? or boarder?] Nellie, [servant? or boarder?] Howard [or Harold ?], [servant? or boarder?], in school 1910 : 16 April (4th Ward, Pamona, San Jose Twp., Los Angeles Co., CA; Series T624; ROll 87; p. 108)
Joseph Holmes, 77, b. NY; father & mother b. NY [sic]
Mary C., 74, b. NY; father & mother b. NY 1920 : 2 Jan. (Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA; Series T625, Roll 115, p. 19)
Mary A. Holmes, 77 [sic], widowed, b. NY, father & mother b. NY
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From a History of Marshall County, Iowa, by the Western Historical Company (1876), p.559:
"HOLMES, JOSEPH, manufacturer of vinegar; was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, April 9, 1836, and lived there until 17 years of age; he then came with his parents with their own conveyance to Marshall Co., and arrived here Nov. 15, 1853. He married Miss Mary R. Arnold July 30, 1862; she was from Chautauqua Co., NY, and is a sister of the Hon. Delos Arnold. Mr. Holmes was engaged in mercantile business in this city. Held the office of Postmaster at Marietta under President Lincoln's administration; has held the office of Township Treasurer and other town offices. Had two children--Hattie and Andrew; Hattie died in infancy, and Andrew was 10 years old at the time of his death."
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The Journal of Frederick S. Phillips (husband of Mary E. (Whealen), daughter of Dr. George and Mary (Holmes) Whealen), 13 July 1926, reads, "got chek for Mama for $119.00 from the Holmes estate." The inheritence was probably from her uncle Joseph Holmes who was the most recent Holmes to die--in 1918, eight years previous.
Note: Joseph Holmes was born 9 April 1836 Columbiana Co., OH, shortly aft
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