Caroline Ann Holmes

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Caroline Ann Holmes (Washburn)

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Birthplace: Livermore, Androscoggin, ME, USA
Death: 1920 (86-87)
Place of Burial: Rural Grove Cemetery Dover-Foxcroft Piscataquis County Maine
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Israel Washburne and Martha Washburne
Wife of Surgeon Freeland Salmon Holmes, USA/MD
Mother of Frank E Holmes and Fanny Washburn Holmes
Sister of Gov. Israel V. Washburn, Jr.; Elihu Benjamin Washburne, US Sec'y of State; MGen. Cadwallader C. Washburn; Martha Benjamin Stephenson; Charles Ames Washburn and 6 others

Managed by: Scott Christopher Swingle
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About Caroline Ann Holmes

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24860613&ref=The youngest child, Caroline attended the local school before continuing her education at the Waterville Liberal Institute and the Gorham Seminary. She met Dr. Freeland Holmes in Orono. They married in 1857 and settled in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, until the Civil War broke out. Freeland enlisted as a surgeon and died in 1863, leaving Caroline a widow with two children. She returned home to Livermore. Upon the death of her father in 1876, Caroline moved to Wisconsin to be near her brothers, Cadwallader and William. ​

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Caroline Ann Holmes's Timeline

1833
January 30, 1833
Livermore, Androscoggin, ME, USA
1859
1859
ME, USA
1862
1862
ME, USA
1920
1920
Age 86
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Rural Grove Cemetery Dover-Foxcroft Piscataquis County Maine