James Robert HOLBROOK[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1878 - 1952  (73 years)


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  • Name James Robert HOLBROOK 
    Born 5 Oct 1878  [6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Feb 1952  Macon County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
    Person ID I2090  Schultheis
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2012 

    Father William Alexander HOLBROOK,   b. 18 Aug 1837, Macon County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1931, Buncombe County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth HIGDON,   b. 22 Feb 1846, Macon County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1920, Buncombe County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married Abt 1871  [12, 13
    Family ID F482  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mattie Pearl GIBSON,   b. 25 Feb 1884, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1970, Macon County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 20 Dec 1903  Macon County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 14


    • MARRIAGE NOTES:
      General Index and Revised Marriage Register for Macon County, North Carolina, From 1828 thru 1942 "Man", page 168, located at the Macon County Courthouse:
      - Date of Marriage was 12-20-1903. Holbrooks, J. R. age 25 to Gibson, Pearl age 19. Held at home of Joe Gibson. Performed or recorded by John H. Moore, minister. Witnessed by Fannie Holbrooks, Wlater Gibson, and Wm. Holbrooks.
    Children 
     1. Theodore Garvis HOLBROOK,   b. 7 Jan 1905, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1981, Forsyth County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Fannie Alva HOLBROOK,   b. 30 Nov 1906, Macon County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1982, Macon County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     3. Nannie HOLBROOK,   b. 30 Nov 1906, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1991, Swain County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     4. Verna HOLBROOK,   b. Abt 1910
     5. Vance Vinson HOLBROOK,   b. Abt 1911,   d. 24 Dec 1999, Macon County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years)
     6. Living
     7. Orpha Ada HOLBROOK,   b. 3 Feb 1916, Macon County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 2008, Forsyth County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     8. James Weaver HOLBROOK,   b. 31 Aug 1918, Macon County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1995, Jackson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     9. Living
     10. Paul Gibson HOLBROOK,   b. 28 May 1926, Macon County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1986, Jackson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2021 
    Family ID F1265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 


    • INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
      1880 Rabun County, Georgia census (microfilm):
      - HH # 149, Persimmon District # 171
      - Given name was "Arphy"
      - Age 1, single, living with parents
      - Born in North Carolina, father in North Carolina, mother in North Carolina
      --------------------
      Index to Vital Statistics, Deaths, A to Z, From 1913 Through 1978, Macon County, N. C., page 77, located at the Macon County Courthouse:
      - Date of death was 2-20-1952. Holbrooks, James Robert, male, white. Place of death was Franklin, Macon County, N. C. Father was Alex Holbrooks. Mother was Elizabeth Higdon.

  • Sources 
    1. [S377] Macon County Heritage - North Carolina, Volume I, Family History # 325.

    2. [S451] Eddie Smith, Personal records.

    3. [S162] Setzer and Allied Families, Page 60 & 153.

    4. [S375] Philip Sheppard, Personal records.

    5. [S155] Franklin Press, Obituary of David Walter Gibson dated 16 Apr 1959.

    6. [S377] Macon County Heritage - North Carolina, Volume I, Family History # 325.
      date (5 Oct 1879)
      Heritage of Macon County, North Carolina, 1987, Family # 325, Page 279

    7. [S451] Eddie Smith, Personal records.
      date (5 Oct 1878)

    8. [S162] Setzer and Allied Families, Page 60 & 153.
      date

    9. [S527] 1880 Rabun County, Georgia Census, Microfilm, HH # 149, Persimmon District # 171.
      date (1879)/location (NC)

    10. [S377] Macon County Heritage - North Carolina, Volume I, Family History # 325.
      date

    11. [S276] North Carolina Vital Statistics, Macon County Deat, Page 77.
      date/location

    12. [S377] Macon County Heritage - North Carolina, Volume I, Family History # 326.
      date

    13. [S344] 1900 Macon County, North Carolina Census, Microfilm, HH # 188, Cowee Twsp.
      date/location

    14. [S409] Macon County, North Carolina Marriage Register Ind, Page 168.
      date/location