| Name | Moses Carpenter Holmes |
| Birth | Oct 9, 1823, Maury Country, Tenn |
| Death | Aug 29, 1888, Bellfonte, Arkansas |
| Father | Robert Holmes (1793-1861) |
| Mother | Jane Mitchell (1791-1834) |
| 1 | Artemissa Emeline Forgey |
| Birth | Dec 3, 1831, Tennessee |
| Death | Feb 10, 1898, Boone County, Ark |
| Children: | James D. (1852-) |
| George Washington (1853-) | |
| William Rufus (Bud) (1854-) | |
| Robert Andrew (Andy) (1855-1929) | |
| Lewis Tucker (1857-) | |
| Margaret Matilda (1860-1948) | |
| Moses Carpenter (Dick) (1861-1936) | |
| Samuel L. (1863-) | |
| Lenora (1868-1952) | |
| Izora (1868-1946) | |
| Mary A. (Molly) (1871-1897) | |
| Josia Wasson (Wass) (1871-1949) |
Moses is buried in the Holmes cemetery Bellefonte, Ark.
The following is from Carl Holmes
(Jan. 2001) Read from the Boone County Historian
MT. RANGE DIVIDES HUZZAH PRAIRIE AND CROOKED CREEK VALLEY
in 1840 James Willis, a pioneer, settled two miles northeast of where the Boat Mountain tower now stands. Mr. Willis was considered a prosperous farmer when the Civil War began. A Mr. McMahan, grandfather of the late Judge B. F. McMahan, had purchased a large tract of land Northwest of the James Willia farm and was operating a blacksmith shop. One mile north of Mr. Willis' farm is a large spring, which is jknown as the head of Hooza (sic) Branch. In 1850 John and James Doss purchased a large tract of land which included this spring, They built and operated the first distillery in the South part of Carroll County, (Now Boone County). The farmers would bring a bushel of corn and exchange it for a gallon of whskey. Mose (Moses Carpenter) Holmes settled about a mile Northwest of the Doss Spring in the early fifties and was a prosperous farmer when the war broke out between the states. Dr. Holmes, a half brother to Mose Holmes, (believe this to be Samuel Boyd Holmes, but will check on this), settled about a mile Northeast of Mr. Holmes' farm and about a mile south of Mt. Pleasent. Dr. Holmes was a well known Physician at that time. The present Holmes Cemetery is located on part of Dr. Holmes' farm.
Carl Holmes
