John Wesley Holcroft
b. 23 October 1836, d. 23 October 1924
- Father: Edward F. Holcroft b. circa 1799, d. between 1850 and 1860
- Mother: Rebecca R. Morecock b. 28 June 1804, d. 4 July 1892
- John Wesley Holcroft was born on 23 October 1836 in Alabama.
- Edward F. Holcroft and Rebecca R. Morecock appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Greene County, Alabama. Other members of the household included John Wesley Holcroft, Mildred Courtney Holcroft. Also in the household were children Edward (age 18), Robert (10) and Margaret (5), and also Charles (age 14), not yet recorded.
- Rebecca R. Morecock appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in German Creek, Greene County, Virginia. Other members of the household included John Wesley Holcroft, Mildred Courtney Holcroft. Also in the household was daughter Margaret (age 15), not yet recorded.
- He was "attending farm" for his widowed mother, according to the 1860 census.
- He married Nancy J. Clements, daughter of Peyton C. Clements and Angeline Rencher, on 12 December 1867 in Greene County, Alabama. And John Wesley's sister Mildred married Nannie's brother Quincy Clements. John and Nannie raised Quincy and Mildred's son Lewis Arrington Clements..
- John Wesley Holcroft and Nancy J. Clements appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Greensboro PO, Hale County, Alabama, enumerated next to Nancy's brother Wiley Clements.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
- John Wesley Holcroft and Nancy J. Clements appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Forkland, Greene County, Alabama. Also in the household was Nannie's sister L. Clements (age 22), not yet recorded.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
- Orphaned at an early age, Lewis Clements was raised by John Wesley and Nannie Clements Holcroft, his mother's brother and father's sister, who had no children of their own.
- John Wesley Holcroft and Nancy J. Clements appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Forkland, Greene County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Lewis Arrington Holcroft. "Louis" is identified as their adopted son.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
- John Wesley Holcroft died on 23 October 1924 at age 88 in Forkland, Greene County, Alabama.
- His wife Nancy J. Clements became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Forkland Methodist Church Cemetery, Forkland, Greene County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 19 Jan 2013