1861 Aug. 17:
Jacob, Gilderoy, Marion and Scott Holderman all enlisted in Co. D, 6th
Kansas Cavalry, for service in the Civil War, at Fort Scott, Kansas.
1865 Jul. 2:
Scott Holderman married Harriet Josephine Williams in Linn Co., KS. Marriage date was referenced in newspaper
article cited below on 15 Nov. 1867.
1865 Sep. 25:
Scott Holderman and an army friend, Elias Foster murdered John Carver,
who claimed to be a Union soldier from Wisconsin, as he was traveling home.
1867 Jul. 2: Scott Holderman was captured at his home in Polk Co., MO.
1867 Nov. 15:
Scott Holderman was hanged for the murder of John Carver. An
account of his life appears in the
Lawrence Tribune on 16 November 1867.
1870 Federal Census for Valley Twp, Linn County, Kansas
(p. 164) enumerated Sopha (Williams) Holderman living with her father John
Williams (age 62, born Tennessee), Mary Williams (age 60, born Illinois), Polly
(age 16, born Missouri), Comadine (?) (age 2, born Kansas).
1880 June 15:
Federal Census: Mercy Caroline
Loveland Holderman living with Newton J. Flint, Mercy C. Holderman Flint,
Ellsworth Holderman (son of Scott), Linn Co., KS, ED 126 S 11 L 16, by A.G.
Seaman.
1900: Federal
Census: Ellsworth S. Holderman (son of
Scott), Cottage Grove (Lane), OR, ED 120, sheet 11, line 37.
Bart Holderman, great-grandson of Scott Montgomery
Holderman, gave me a sheet which was written by his grandfather, Ellsworth
Holderman in about 1937 which lists the birth dates of the parents and of all
of the children, and the exact death dates of Gilderoy, Marion and Olive, and
the surnames of the spouses of Gilderoy, Adaline, Marion, Olive, Eleanor, Mercy
Caroline Jr., and Ruth. A note at the
bottom of the sheet says: Gilderoy,
Marion, Scott and their father were members of Co. D, 6th Kansas Cavalry. The father served 1 year and retired on
account of age and died at home.
Gilderoy wounded badly in 1863.
Marion also wounded by comrade while on guardhouse duty. Jane and Almira drowned while bathing. Gilford murdered by "bushwhackers"
during war. Jake was a Texas cattleman
and died very wealthy.
