Biography
James Holt was born 10 February 1804 in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States to Jesse Holt (1783-1844) and Elizabeth Davis (1780-1818) and died 25 January 1894 Hamblin, Washington County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. He married Mary Ann Payne (1814-1844) 22 January 1830 in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee, United States. He married Parthenia Overton (1821-1906) 11 February 1845 in On the Iowan plains near Albion, Marshall County, Iowa, United States.
James Holt was a pioneer, he lead his own pioneer company along a 1,000 mile route to Salt Lake City that was less traveled, so as to avoid the epidemic of cholera "to cross the plains with as small a company as possible on account of sickness, as it was a very bad year for cholera. ". His company was mostly of family. They traveled from 27 July 1852 - 27 October 1852. Passing Indians on a few accounts along the way
Obituary 1894
April 9, 1894 - Not having seen a notice of the death of my father in your paper, I take the liberty of sending you a short sketch of his life.
James Holt was born Feb 10, 1804 in North Carolina. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Holt. His parents moved to Tennessee when he was six months old where they made a permanent home. My father received the gospel in the year 1839 and was baptized. In 1840 he emigrated to Nauvoo, where he became intimately acquainted with the Prophet Joseph.
He was sent on a mission in the spring of 1844 to Tennessee, and was preaching on the day the Prophet was killed. He was filled with prophecy at the time and said: "Now they have murdered the prophet of God, he has sealed his testimony with his blood and my mission is ended for this time." He immediately started home and on his way learned it was all too true.
He left Nauvoo in the fall and suffered all the hardships of that trip. He stopped in Iowa until 1852, where he came to the valley and settled at North Ogden. He was counselor to Bishop Thomas Dunn for a number of years. He was one of the first to settle Ogden Valley, in 1862 he moved south and settled at Washington, and from there he went to Long Valley, and finely when the settlers were all run by the Indians, he went to the Mountain Meadows, finely settling at the mouth of the Meadow canyon, where he resided until his death. Which occurred on the 27 of January, 1894, he lacked a few days of being 90 years old.
He was honest as the day is long, and a staunch believer in the Gospel, and was always on hand to respond to every call made upon him. He was the father of nineteen children, some having gone before. He leaves a wife, nine children, many grandchildren, and great grandchildren, and a host of friends to mourning his loss. He had a great deal of work done in the St. George Temple for his dead.
W. A. Holt
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Jesse Hyrum Holt (1831-1832) | |||
| Washington Holt (1833-1833) | |||
| Sarah Ann Elizabeth Holt (1835-1835) | |||
| Leander Holt (1836-1844) | |||
| Leroy Holt (1838-1910) | |||
| Mary Ann Holt (1840-1916) | |||
| William Alma Holt (1842-1920) | |||
| John James Payne Holt (1844-1845) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Dandridge Overton Holt (1846-1847) | |||
| Joseph Overton Holt (1848-1853) | |||
| Nancy Catherine Overton Holt (1850-1931) | |||
| Franklin Overton Holt (1852-1929) | |||
| Clarissa Jane Overton Holt (1853-1854) | |||
| Calista Ann Overton Holt (1855-1855) | |||
| Rachel Overton Holt (1856-1942) | |||
| George Albert Holt (1858-1935) | |||
| Parthenia Overton Holt (1861-1863) | |||
| Henry Davis Holt (1864-1959) | 26 October 1864 Washington, Washington County, Utah, United States | 20 March 1959 Parowan, Iron County, Utah, United States | Alice Evaline Hunt (1870-1936) Viola Mather Hall (1862-1941) Alta Charlotte Garner (1881-1960) |
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Residences
See Also
- James Holt
- Holt Family
- Holt in Washington County, Utah
- Holt in Wilson County, Tennessee
- Holt in Halifax County, North Carolina