Dates
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Source
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7
Oct.1854
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Birth:
Sarcoxie,
Jasper
Co.,
Mo.
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2
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22
Dec.1929
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Kansas
City,
Mo.
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3
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6
Feb.1879
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Marriage:
Jefferson
City,
Mo.;
Daniel
Boone
Holmes, b. 13 Mar.1850, Lexington,
Fayette Co., Ky., d. 5 Nov.1911, Kansas City, Mo.
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4; 5; 18
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6
Jul.1860
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Jefferson
City,
Cole
Co.,
Mo.:
Census:
Persons
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Age-Sex-Birthplace
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Occupation
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Benj.
F.
Massey
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49-m-b.Md.
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Secy
of
State
0.R.E.
$3,600
P.P. |
M.H.
Massey
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38-f-b.Va.
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Nina
E.
Massey
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20-f-b.Mo.
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Dom.
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B.U.
Massey
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18-m-b.Mo.
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Clerk
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J.P.
Massey
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16-m-b.Mo.
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Student
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C.R.
Massey
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14-m-b.Mo.
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L.S.
Massey
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12-m-b.Mo.
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F.R.
Massey
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10-m-b.Mo.
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S.W.
Massey
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8-m-b.Mo.
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>Eliza
Massey
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6-f-b.Mo.
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Mariah
Massey
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4-f-b.Mo.
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Robt.
D.
Massey
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2-m-b.Mo.
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7
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25
Jul.1864
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Boonville,
Cooper
Co.,Mo.:
Maria
Hawkins
Withers
Massey, mother of M-7.Lyda
Massey, died and the family was scattered, never to be all together
again.
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6
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1865-1869
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Kansas
City,
Jackson
Co.,
Mo.:
M-7.Lyda
Massey, and her sister, M-47.Molly
Massey, lived in the household of M-43.Nina Massey and her husband,
Warwick Hough; Nina Massey Hough was, in effect, her foster-mother.
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| 15
Jul.1869
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Columbia,Mo.:
M-6.B.
F.
Massey
writes from Newtonia, Newton Co.Mo., to his friend Dr.
J. F. Snyder: "the two little girls [M-7.Lyda Massey and M-47.Molly
Massey] are at Columbia, Mo., going to school."
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8
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Nov.1872
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Warwick
Hough,
husband
of 43.Nina Massey,
invited Daniel B.
Holmes to join his law firm.
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9
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Note
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Daniel
B.
Holmes
had
graduated,
June
1872, from Harvard Law School, and had
settled in Kansas city. M-7.Lyda Massey was living in the
household of her foster-parents, the Houghs.
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Nov.1872
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Daniel
B.
Holmes
elected to form a Law partnership with
Thomas V. Bryant.
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9
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15
Feb.1875
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
M-6.B.F. Massey,
writes from Neosho, Mo. to his friend, Dr.
J.F. Snyder, in Virginia, Ill: "there is two girls [7.Lyda
Massey and 47.Molly Massey], both
sometimes with Nina [Massey Hough] at
Kansas City, and sometimes with Ben [M-44.Benjamin Ulpian Massey] at
Springfield, Mo."
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10
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1876
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
M-7.Lyda
Massey
became
engaged.
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11
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Note
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Her
engagement
ring
clearly
shows
the
year 1876, but the month and day have
worn off.
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4
Jan.1877
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Jefferson
City,
Mo.:
D.B.
Holmes
asked Charles E. Robertson, Bishop of Missouri,
to officiate at his wedding, and the Bishop replied from St.
Louis: "...I am especially glad to have it in my power to accede
to your request, as my acquaintance with Miss Massey & her family
has been so intimate & pleasant to me in the past ... make my
regards to Miss Lyda when you write to her ... I will come to Jefferson
on the Tuesday P.M. train."
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12
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6
Feb.1877
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Springfield,
Mo.:
"Lydia
A.
Massey,
of
Springfield, Mo., & Daniel Boone Holmes,
of Kansas City, married."
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4; 5
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Note
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They
were
married
in
the
Protestant
Episcopal Church; the wedding
certificate pasted in the D.B. Holmes family Bible calls her "Lyda A.
Massey" and is witnessed by John P. Phelps and Warwick Hough.
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6
Mar.1877
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Springfield,
Cole
Co.,
Mo.:
The
marriage
of Lyda A. Massey and Daniel B. Massey was
recorded.
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4
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20
Jan.1878
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
their
first
child,
a son, Massey Bryant Holmes, was born.
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5
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17
Dec.1879
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St.
Louis,
Mo.:
Her
father,
M-6.Benjamin
Franklin Massey, died, was buried
at Jefferson City, Mo.
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8
Jun.1880
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Kansas
City,
Jackson
Co.,
Mo.:
Census:
Persons
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Age-Sex-Birthplace
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Occupation,
etc.
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Daniel
Holmes
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W-M-30-b.Ky.
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Lawyer
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Lyda
Holmes
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W-M-25-b.Mo.
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wife |
Massey
Holmes
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W-M-3-b.Mo.
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son
in
law
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Mollie
Holmes
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W-F-23-b.Mo.
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s[?] |
Barbara
Ernst
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servant
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13
Jul.1880
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Lexington,
Fayette
Co.,
Ky.:
Her
mother-in-law,
Sally Ann Gilbert Holmes, died.
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15
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27
Aug.1881
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
their
second
child,
first daughter, Sydney Holmes, was born.
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5
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24
Nov.1881
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Lexington,
Ky:
As
heirs
of
Sally
A. Holmes, deceased, Daniel B. Holmes and wife
Lydia, with W. H. Holmes and wife Laura C., sell a house and lot on
Broadway, Lexington, Ky. to William Sinclair for $3,000.
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16
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28
Jun.1884
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
their
third
child,
second daughter, Mignon Gilbert Holmes,
was born.
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5
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25
Jan.1896
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Lyda
Massey
Holmes
became a member of the D.A.R.
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17
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1
Mar.1898
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Lyda
Massey
Holmes
became a member of the Virginia Society
of the Colonial Dames of America.
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17
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14
Nov.1900
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Kansas
City
Mo.:
Her
daughter,
Sydney
Holmes, married George Langford.
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5; 19
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3
Nov.1906
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Her
daughter,
Mignon
Gilbert Holmes, married John Ray
Russell.
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5; 20
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24
Sep.1907
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Scituate,
Mass.:
Her
son,
Massey
Bryant
Holmes, married Ethel Greenough.
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5; 20
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5
Nov.1911
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Her
husband,
Daniel
Boone Holmes, died intestate. Her
son, Massey Bryant Holmes, was Administrator of the estate.
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5
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27
Jan.1912
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Mrs.
Lyda
Holmes
is listed as a sister and an heir of Julian
Pinckney Massey, deceased.
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24
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9
Oct.1912
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Mrs.
Lyda
Holmes,
sister, received a $250. distribution from
estate of J.P. Massey, deceased.
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25
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1
Apr.1914
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Lyda
M.
Holmes
received a distribution from the estate of R.D. Massey, deceased.
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27
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6
Feb.1917
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Mrs.
Lyda
M.
Holmes, listed as a legatee of Robert Douglass
Massey, deceased.
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26; 27
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1
Nov.1919
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Bentonville,
Ark.:
W.J.
Dole,
Administrator
of the estate of Robert D. Massey, died
7 Nov.1909, sells to Mrs. Lyda M. Holmes, for $21,500., Lots 123 and
124 in the City of Bentonville, and all the personal property belonging
to said estate.
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22; 28
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10
Nov.1919
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Bentonville,
Ark.:
Lyda
M.
Holmes
sells
Lots 123 and 124 in the City of Bentonville,
upon which is located the Massey Hotel, and all furniture and fixtures
in said hotel, to C.R. Craig, for $20,000.
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23; 28
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16
Nov.1919
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Mrs.
Lyda
Holmes
is listed as a sister and legatee of R.D.
Massey, deceased.
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27
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26
May
1920
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Lyda
M.
Holmes,
a sister of R.D. Holmes, deceased, receives
$2,000.84 in settlement of the estate of R.D. Massey.
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27
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22
Dec.1929
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Chicago,
Ill.:
On
25
May
1951,
Sydne H. Langford, daughter of Lyda Massey
Holmes, makes Affidavit: "Lyda Massey Holmes died 22 Dec.1929
in
Kansas City, Mo., and is buried in the Holmes family lot in the Mount
Washington Cemetery, Kansas City. She died intestate, was married
only once, to Daniel B. Holmes, who pre-deceased her on 5 Nov.1911."
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27; 29
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