The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-07

meeting Of the division he retired and
was succeeded by General W. ID. Holder.
He IL now the senior partner OF the law
firm OF Lowry and Jayne. at Jackson, the
capital OF tie State.
MAJOR-GENERAL HOLDER
Col. W. ID. Folder. who was recently
elected Major-Genarai OF the Mississippi
Division. United Confederate Neterans'
was borr In Madison county. Kentucky
His grandfather. Col. John Holder, having
goas froip Culpeper county virginia,
,o,red fortunes with Daniel Boone III
I775. IN the dark and bloody grouhu ~
Kentucky. In this field or opera.o" no
received honorable mention In the re
yol,,t,onary records Ills father, who
commanded company from heh'u.Ny
I'm the war OF 1914 moved from Ken
tucxy 10 Tennessee In 1873, thence 10
Mississippi In 1899
Col. Holder finished his education IN
the schools OF Aberdeen and Houston,
Mss Hs was appointed deputy Clerk
OF the United States District Court az
Pon.otoo in isis. ard Afterwards served
as deputy marshall OF that court He
volunteered in Ei5-i5 in tho war with
Mexico. but was not accepted. He was
elected to the State Legislature from Pom
totoo county IN 1s43, served one term
ard declined reelection. lie married
Mis-, f}ow,es. Of Lafayette county MISS
in ls5.. and settled on a farm In Ponto-
too county.
wbsn Os tocsin OF war between the
States sounded he promptly organized
a cor,r,-v and wac elected capt IN
Of the Same ny reclamation. He was
mustered I'm the service OF MISSISSIPPI
and thereafter into the Confederate ser
vice as Company G.. nth MISSISSIPPI
Regiment. W. S. Featherston, colonel
entering for twelve months. Al the ex-
niratlon Of the term the whole company
re-enlisted, re-electJng him captain with
out a dissenting Dte. Soon thereafter.
unon the promotion OF Col. Featherston
10 brigadler- general. Capt. Holder was
elected colonel OF the regiment his old
company for the third time supporting
him unanimously
WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG.
He participated In the battles OF First
Manassas Leesburg, Chickahominy, the
seven DAYS fight around Richmond Chah-
cellQrsville, and Gettysburg, besides
numerous skirmishes. His thigh was
broken near the body at Malvern HILL
and he received a wound In the abdomen
at Gettysburg. believed then 10 have peeh
fatal This last named wound perman-
clared unfit for further service In the
army by a board Of surgeons OF Rich
o,,ond Va. he was elocted 10 the Con-
Sederate Congress, without canvass or
solicitatio- fiOm the Eastern D-StIlct Oh
Mississippi 10 succeed Gen. Ruben DAVIS.
Cen. Davis soon thereafter resigned ana
Col. Holder was also elected without Op-
positlon TO FIJI the unexplred term. lie
accepted these positions only on the con
dition that upon a careful examination
ny a board Of surgeons he SHOULD DE ue-
clered unfit for further service In the
army. The board OF surgeons OF iIC"-
mOnd. Va. after a careful eHamihaton'
aocLared him wholly unfit for further
service I'm the field. whereupon he re-
s,gned his commission in the army ana
accented that in the Congress. IN 'hls
latter posltlon he served TIL the close OF
the war.
with the restoration Of peace he re-
,urned with his family 10 his farm IN
Pontotoc county. Miss. From there' III
100 ba rnoved for a short time to sheiny
co,-otv. Tenn. subsequently returning 10
Nississlppl and settling IN bHa!e''e
county. ,,..-. cato Audi
49, u 1850 and In 1895 was nominated
~, the democratic Convention Auallo.
Of public Accounts. pracuca' w, w'' f'on
onrosltfon for a term OF four years ii0''
January. 1896. ,,r,o,r,s
Naior-Ceneral Edward i. Ihoh'S' coi'-
,,an5er Of the oklahoma Division OF tho
limited Confederate Veterans, was Dorm
On clark county. Georgia, and is direct
descendant Of the famous Thomas ana
IVA families of Maryland his grand
ether having removed from Maryland 10
V,re.nia. and later to Georgia carrying
vim him a young son whose name Wa7
td,ard Tlovd. This son grew 10 man
too1 ,,nder the most favorable Influences
and ,,pS' became a man Of potent influence s.l.o
e. "I the development Of his adopted stl,e'
-, ,re,l as a man Of great Christian Prey
as as W." snh,n wife was one Of those pure,
~ 81" fbristlan women, beloved by every
eenUv v,bo knew her, and whose sacred ..e
on rests as a lasting peheuiC ,1,'.
memo no lives Of her children. ms
worthy i; c IG%Re who wers all prominent 1a,.
her %l nublic affairs of Georgia; . ineg
in the ne Pt the youngest son the fa'ner