Hello,
My name is Tina Sanders and I’ve been researching the Holmes family for over 30 years. Bryant Holmes was my great-great grandfather. I’ve noticed that many researchers have been listing the parents of Bryant Holmes as William Walter Holmes and Rutha Springer. I had proved these were not the parents and have recently confirmed my findings when I located the probate papers of Bryant Holmes and his father William Holmes online at familysearch.org under the file Alabama, County Probate Records, 1830-1976. The file lists the family members as follows:
William Holmes and widow Ann:
Children include Wiley Holmes, Owen Holmes, Bryant Holmes, William Jr. Holmes, Burma Holmes Burnam (wife of Edward), and Lottie Holmes Brantley (wife of John).
Bryant Holmes and widow Mary Elizabeth (Stephenson) Holmes (his second wife):
Children from first wife Mary:
Children include Lewis H. Holmes, Edney Holmes Dillon (wife of Timothy), William R. Holmes, Alvin Holmes, Sarah “Sallie” Holmes Parker (wife of Stephen), and John J. Holmes. There was another daughter named Carey Ann who died after 1860 and is not listed in the probate papers. Sarah died shortly after her father Bryant and her heirs are listed as Stephus Elizabeth Parker, Mary Wiseman Parker, and John Candler Parker. The widow Stephen and the three children had moved to Texas after Sarah’s death.
Minor child of Bryant and Mary Elizabeth:
Council Bryant Holmes (listed in the papers as Bryant C. Holmes)
You are welcomed to check out my Ancestry.com tree called “Tina’s Tree.” I’m hoping we can eventually stop the misinformation of the parentage of Bryant Holmes.
Sincerely,
Tina Sanders
My name is Tina Sanders and I’ve been researching the Holmes family for over 30 years. Bryant Holmes was my great-great grandfather. I’ve noticed that many researchers have been listing the parents of Bryant Holmes as William Walter Holmes and Rutha Springer. I had proved these were not the parents and have recently confirmed my findings when I located the probate papers of Bryant Holmes and his father William Holmes online at familysearch.org under the file Alabama, County Probate Records, 1830-1976. The file lists the family members as follows:
William Holmes and widow Ann:
Children include Wiley Holmes, Owen Holmes, Bryant Holmes, William Jr. Holmes, Burma Holmes Burnam (wife of Edward), and Lottie Holmes Brantley (wife of John).
Bryant Holmes and widow Mary Elizabeth (Stephenson) Holmes (his second wife):
Children from first wife Mary:
Children include Lewis H. Holmes, Edney Holmes Dillon (wife of Timothy), William R. Holmes, Alvin Holmes, Sarah “Sallie” Holmes Parker (wife of Stephen), and John J. Holmes. There was another daughter named Carey Ann who died after 1860 and is not listed in the probate papers. Sarah died shortly after her father Bryant and her heirs are listed as Stephus Elizabeth Parker, Mary Wiseman Parker, and John Candler Parker. The widow Stephen and the three children had moved to Texas after Sarah’s death.
Minor child of Bryant and Mary Elizabeth:
Council Bryant Holmes (listed in the papers as Bryant C. Holmes)
You are welcomed to check out my Ancestry.com tree called “Tina’s Tree.” I’m hoping we can eventually stop the misinformation of the parentage of Bryant Holmes.
Sincerely,
Tina Sanders