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Stokely Mize Holmes

Full Name: Stokely Mize Holmes
Date of birth: August 21, 1828
Date of death: July 28, 1905

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 64 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (1) (2) (3)   Unaffiliated Staples / Guadalupe   Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Greenbacker, S.M. Holmes, Guadalupe County, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(2) STAPLES, TX. "Staples, on the San Marcos River in northeastern Guadalupe County . . . On May 19, 1879, a post office was opened there." Earliest settlers included Capt. Stokely Holmes. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(3) Independent; postoffice address Martindale, Caldwell County. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Roster ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
16th (1) (2) (3)  
Party:
Unaffiliated
Home City/County:
Staples / Guadalupe
Counties in district:
Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays

Terms of service notes


(1) Greenbacker, S.M. Holmes, Guadalupe County, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(2) STAPLES, TX. "Staples, on the San Marcos River in northeastern Guadalupe County . . . On May 19, 1879, a post office was opened there." Earliest settlers included Capt. Stokely Holmes. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(3) Independent; postoffice address Martindale, Caldwell County. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Roster ↩

Biographical Information

  • HOLMES, STOKELY MIZE (1828–1905). Postmaster of Prairie Lea in Caldwell County from 1859-1862, "founding resident of Staples in Guadalupe County." Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Biographical sketch, Stockeley Mize Holmes, p. 269. Born 8/21/1828 in Pickens County, Alabama. Elected to the 16th Legislature as an Independent Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

  • Confederate States Army, Captain, Company K, 32nd Cavalry, Caldwell County, 1861. Stoke M. Holmes, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com.
  • Capt. Stokley Holmes of the 32nd Texas Cavalry, mentioned in "State Capital Highlights and Sidelights . . . Seguin's Past," 12/5/1974, sec. 3, pp. 1-2. Seguin Gazette-Enterprise.
  • Confederate States Army, Captain, 32nd Texas Cavalry. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

  • Census of 1870 - S.M. Holmes, Guadalupe County, age 42, born circa 1828 in Alabama, farmer, living in household with Susan, age 32, and children.
    Census of 1880 - Stoke M. Holmes, Guadalupe County, age 52, born circa 1828 in Alabama, farmer, wife Susanah C.
    Census of 1900 - S.M. Holmes, Guadalupe County, age 72, born August 1828 in Alabama, farmer, wife Susianna. FamilySearch. 1870 1880 1900
  • Stokeley M. Holmes (1828-1905), burial in Tuttle Cemetery, Guadalupe County, with spouse Sue C. Holmes. Find a Grave.
  • Obituaries of Holmes' daughter Mrs. W.H. Williams (Mary E. Holmes Williams), San Angelo Weekly Standard, 1/14/1938, p. 2; Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1/15/1938, p. 13. Born 1866 in Prairie Lea, Caldwell County, "daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Stokley Holmes. Shortly after her birth her parents moved to Guadalupe County." Newspapers.com.
  • Death notice, Captain Stokes Holmes, "Deaths at San Marcos," The Austin Statesman, 7/30/1905, p. 4. Confederate veteran and prominent Mason. Death date 7/28/1905. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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