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John Casper Holloway

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John Casper Holloway

Birth
New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky, USA
Death
5 Sep 1879 (aged 43)
Harrison County, Missouri, USA
Burial
New Hampton, Harrison County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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John Casper Holloway was the first of ten children born to George Washington and Elvira (Hinton) Holloway. He was born 7 December 1835 near New Castle, Henry Co., Kentucky. In 1841-1842, the Holloway family migrated from Kentucky to Missouri.

John married in 1863 to Margaret Ann Duke, the daughter of William Duke and Mary M/Martha Malloy. John and Margaret were the parents of four children:
1. Ida Bell Holloway Culp, b. 10 March 1864, d. 6 Dec 1896, married to James Clinton Culp;
2. Mame Holloway Todd Day, b. 1867;
3. Lillie Jane Holloway Wilson, b. 27 Apr 1869, d. 13 Sept 1935, Married to Mortimor Hart Wilson. She was the mother of George, Zera, Oleo, Mortimer, and Maurice Wilson;
4. Josephine (Josie) Merton (Myrton) Holloway Bush, born 1873, d. 1951, mother of Doreas, Cleo, Lois, Ethel, and Sam Bush.
There may have been one more, as Margaret Ann Duke Holloway died in childbirth in 14 Oct 1875.

John Casper Holloway fought in the Civil War. He is listed with the MISSOURI SOLDIERS (1861-1865) WAR BETWEEN THE STATES as John C. Holloway (Kansas City) Pvt. Co. "K" 12th Mo. Vol. Cav., Date enlisted April 1, 1863, Jackson Co., Mo. Confirmation of record: Paroled at Shreveport, LA., June 14, 1865. "Registered Record Ex-Confederate 1913" on file Adj. Gen. Office--Jefferson City, Mo.
The Censuses following the Civil War have him a farmer in Leavenworth, Kansas.

John Casper Holloway died on 5 September 1879, at the home of his brother Thomas "Guy" Holloway, and is buried in the Foster Cemetery, Harrison County, MO, beside his wife. according to his great-granddaughter., Karen Ashton, no other records have been found.
John Casper Holloway was the first of ten children born to George Washington and Elvira (Hinton) Holloway. He was born 7 December 1835 near New Castle, Henry Co., Kentucky. In 1841-1842, the Holloway family migrated from Kentucky to Missouri.

John married in 1863 to Margaret Ann Duke, the daughter of William Duke and Mary M/Martha Malloy. John and Margaret were the parents of four children:
1. Ida Bell Holloway Culp, b. 10 March 1864, d. 6 Dec 1896, married to James Clinton Culp;
2. Mame Holloway Todd Day, b. 1867;
3. Lillie Jane Holloway Wilson, b. 27 Apr 1869, d. 13 Sept 1935, Married to Mortimor Hart Wilson. She was the mother of George, Zera, Oleo, Mortimer, and Maurice Wilson;
4. Josephine (Josie) Merton (Myrton) Holloway Bush, born 1873, d. 1951, mother of Doreas, Cleo, Lois, Ethel, and Sam Bush.
There may have been one more, as Margaret Ann Duke Holloway died in childbirth in 14 Oct 1875.

John Casper Holloway fought in the Civil War. He is listed with the MISSOURI SOLDIERS (1861-1865) WAR BETWEEN THE STATES as John C. Holloway (Kansas City) Pvt. Co. "K" 12th Mo. Vol. Cav., Date enlisted April 1, 1863, Jackson Co., Mo. Confirmation of record: Paroled at Shreveport, LA., June 14, 1865. "Registered Record Ex-Confederate 1913" on file Adj. Gen. Office--Jefferson City, Mo.
The Censuses following the Civil War have him a farmer in Leavenworth, Kansas.

John Casper Holloway died on 5 September 1879, at the home of his brother Thomas "Guy" Holloway, and is buried in the Foster Cemetery, Harrison County, MO, beside his wife. according to his great-granddaughter., Karen Ashton, no other records have been found.

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