History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 658, Farmers' Township
Franklin Holmes, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 35, Farmers’ tp.;
P. O., Ipava; was born in Fulton Co, Oct. 16, 1848, and is the son of
Thomas Holmes, a prominent farmer of Vermont tp. Thomas and Rachel
(Derry) Holmes are natives of Ky., and were among the early pioneers of
Fulton county, and with others deserve great credit for their noble
work of preparing the way for the prosperity of their children. Mr.
Franklin Holmes was married, Oct. 10, 1871, to Sarah Hipsley, daughter
of Mr. Nicholas Hipsley, of Vermont, Ill. They have 2 children, Effa
and Ray.
