Thomas Holden, Sr.

Thomas Holden, Sr.
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Original submitted by Irishmocha67

Thomas was born in 1828 in Amite County, Mississippi to Thomas Holden and a enslaved woman named  Elizabeth Strickland. He was married to Amanda Hackett Holden. They were the parents of seventeen children. Thomas died in 1918 in Amite County, Mississippi. His father was born in 1783 in Laurens, South Carolina and died in 1849 in  Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Thomas mother was born in 1803 and died in 1900.

Amanda Hackett Holden

Amanda Hackett Holden
Photo Courtesy/Ancestry: Donavin Cole

Amanda was born in 1836 in Amite County, Mississippi and died in July 1924 in Attala County, Mississippi.  Amanda married to Thomas Holden in 1851. They were the parents of seventeen children. She died at the age of 88 and was buried in Amite County, Mississippi. Their children were: Lucy, John, William, James Monroe, Thomas A. J., Josephine, Ellen, Eliza, Hander, Ida, Seaborn, Arthur, Amelia, Charity, Balzura Bell, George W, and Lillian Holden.

Source: Ancestry/ Donavin Cole Family Tree