Holmes farmed the land and operated two coastal trading schooners running between Maine and Florida with Forked River as their home port. His son Joseph, Jr., also sailed a coastal trading schooner while farming. He erected a large substantial frame house facing Route 9 on the site of which now stands a Bell Telephone installation.
Holmes farmed the land and operated two coastal trading schooners running between Maine and Florida with Forked River as their home port. His son Joseph, Jr., also sailed a coastal trading schooner while farming. He erected a large substantial frame house facing Route 9 on the site of which now stands a Bell Telephone installation.
Family Members
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Angeline Holmes
1825–1871
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Benjamin Franklin Holmes Sr
1828–1898
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Laura Eugenia Holmes Lonan
1829–1893
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Cornelia Catherine Holmes Bodine
1830–1905
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Capt John Summerfield Holmes
1832–1903
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Capt Joseph L. Holmes Jr
1834–1898
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Maria Louisa Holmes Birdsall
1836–1908
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Daniel C Holmes
1840–1841
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Daniel S Holmes
1845–1867
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Catherine Ann Holmes
1851–1852
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