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Holden family of Michigan

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  Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden (1827-1905) — also known as Charles C. P. Holden — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Groton, Grafton County, N.H., August 9, 1827. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; land agent for Illinois Central Railroad; helped to organize and build the Chicago and Illinois River Railroad; Republican candidate for mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1862, 1871; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1872; Cook County Commissioner, 1874. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Matteson, Cook County, Ill., February 5, 1905 (age 77 years, 180 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Phineas Hemmenway Holden and Elizabeth 'Betsey' (Parker) Holden; married, September 17, 1855, to Sarah Jane Reynolds; married, April 28, 1875, to Louise R. Jones; married, July 11, 1888, to Thelena M. McCoy; first cousin of Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden; first cousin once removed of Charles Wayne Holden; first cousin twice removed of Charlotte H. McMorran; third cousin of Winfield Scott Holden; third cousin twice removed of Luther Lawrence, John Davis and Abbott Lawrence; fourth cousin once removed of Isaac Davis, Alonzo M. Garcelon, Amos Adams Lawrence, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Samuel Abbott Green, Horace Davis and Gordon Woodbury.
  Political family: Holden family of Michigan (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
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  Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden (1834-1912) — also known as Ebenezer G. D. Holden — of Michigan. Born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 18, 1834. Secretary of state of Michigan, 1875-78. Member, Grange. Died in Coquille, Coos County, Ore., August 20, 1912 (age 78 years, 184 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Rhodes Holden and Joanna Reed (Danforth) Holden; married 1858 to Elizabeth Smith; father of Charles Wayne Holden; first cousin of Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden; first cousin twice removed of Charlotte H. McMorran; third cousin of Winfield Scott Holden; third cousin twice removed of Luther Lawrence, John Davis and Abbott Lawrence; fourth cousin once removed of Isaac Davis, Alonzo M. Garcelon, Amos Adams Lawrence, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Samuel Abbott Green, Horace Davis and Gordon Woodbury.
  Political family: Holden family of Michigan (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Winfield Scott Holden (1845-1919) — also known as Winfield S. Holden — of Covington, Kenton County, Ky.; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in New Richmond, Clermont County, Ohio, February 22, 1845. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Covington, Kentucky, 1879. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 30, 1919 (age 74 years, 189 days). Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Winfield Scott
  Relatives: Son of William Green Holden and Malinda (Shinkle) Holden; married, November 8, 1866, to Elizabeth Amanda Batelle; third cousin of Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden and Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden; third cousin once removed of Charles Wayne Holden; third cousin twice removed of Luther Lawrence, John Davis, Abbott Lawrence and Charlotte H. McMorran; fourth cousin once removed of Isaac Davis, Alonzo M. Garcelon, Amos Adams Lawrence, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Samuel Abbott Green, Horace Davis and Gordon Woodbury.
  Political family: Holden family of Michigan (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Charles Wayne Holden (b. 1860) — also known as Charles Holden — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., February 7, 1860. Republican. Insurance agent; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District, 1895-96; acting postmaster at Grand Rapids, Mich., 1914; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1921-26. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Elizabeth (Smith) Holden and Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden; married, July 10, 1899, to Marie Sprague; first cousin once removed of Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden; second cousin once removed of Charlotte H. McMorran; third cousin once removed of Winfield Scott Holden; third cousin thrice removed of Luther Lawrence, John Davis and Abbott Lawrence.
  Political family: Holden family of Michigan (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

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