Nathaniel Holmes-1; Robert-2; Albert Garner-3; Calvin Baker.-4; Harry Cleveland-5, Ammie Myrtle-6
Harry Cleveland Holmes was born 31 JAN
1885 in Sumner County, TN, the youngest child of Calvin B. Holmes
and Amanda Rippy. His twin brother, Marshal H. Holmes, died shortly
after birth.
The 1910 Census shows that
Cleveland was already married to Nettie at age 24. It also shows
children Loyd and Amie at age 2.
The 1920 Census shows that
Cleveland was already running the store by then at age 34.
Cleveland owned and operated the General Store in Anglea aka Angeltown, that he bought about 1920. It was a general merchandise store which sold everything from shugar and coffee to horse shoes and nails.
The store was originally built by Bert Anglea in the 1870s. Previous owners of the store were Bob Reddick, Malachi Rippy, Bot Thornton and Jim Gray. The store closed after Clevelands death in 1961.
Children of Harry Cleveland Holmes and Janetta (Nettie) Bell Simpson
Virgil Lloyd Holmes b: 19 AUG 1906 in Sumner Co, Tennessee Married Selma Hunter. Had a daughter Peggy died of breast cancer about 2005. Lloyd worked as a very successful salesman and was a very too golfer who was able to shoot his age when he was in his 70s. He had tickets to the Masters golf tournament for the last 20+ years of his life.
Amy Myrtle Holmes b: 5 SEP 1908 in Sumner Co, Tennessee Married SD Smith. Had sons William Smith b: 12 Oct 1924, Fred Dwight Smith b: 16 Oct 1928, Bobby Cleveland Smith b: 1931 d: 1932
Amy moved with her family to Indianapolis around 1937. She worked at Service Products in Indianapolis.
William Smith, aka Bill or Dickie, was the first child. He was 4 years older than Fred but they were best of friends. A funny story Fred told was when they were young Bill and Fred slept in a room that was adjacent to the room where their parents slept. Bill told Fred to yell “Stop digging those taters in there and get up and fix some breakfast”, which he did. SD didn't think it was so funny. When they returned home they found that their beds had been moved upstairs.
Once when Bill did something bad, Amy made Bill go out to the peach tree and cut the switch she was going to use on him. He went and got the switch and gave it to her. When she hit him with the switch it immediately broke into pieces from where Bill had put notches in the branch. Amy couldn't help but to start laughing, and told him to just get out of here.
Bill was the first of the family to come to Indianapolis. He arrived a couple of weeks earlier and moved into he aunt Paulines home until the rest of the family arrived. He got a job as a bicycle delivery boy. Although he was thin and weighed maybe 160 pounds, he was a bouncer at a bar that had a reputation of being one of the roughest bars in Indianapolis, the Hollywood bar.
Bill was killed when a gun “accidently discharged” in a bar he was in, striking him in the stomach.
William Altrice Holmes b: 8 MAR 1911 in Sumner Co, Tennessee Married Viola Moncrief. Son William Richard married ?? Cane. Was a good athlete and played ball for West Moreland high school. He also had sons Steven and Larry .
Ezma Pauline Holmes b: 15 NOV 1912 in Sumner Co, Tennessee Married Joe Story. Had children James Arlis, Joanne (Hodges), Jackie (Male) and Judy.
Fannie Lucille Holmes b: 3 FEB 1916 in Sumner Co, Tennessee Married John Bell Alexander. They had a daughter named Charlotte.
Margaret Marie Holmes b: 14 JAN 1918 in Sumner Co, Tennessee Married Levy Pardue. They had a daughter Nancy who married Pat Alexander. Margaret was later married to Leroy Snider.
Geneva
Holmes – Woodly Hill, Johnny
Caruthers daughter glenda, miller daughter mary
Lucille
– John Bell Alexander, Charlotte
Documents
Photo of Harry Cleveland Holmes and Janetta (Nettie) Bell Simpson
