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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

John HOLMES, contractor and builder, Wilmington; born in Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 17, 1832;
came to this country; in 1857, stopping for a short time in Chicago, and locating in Wilmington, 
his present home, in October of that year, where he engaged in contracting and building; in 
1867, the firm of CLUTE & HOLMES built the planing-mill which they operated in connection with 
contracting and building for several years. Married in 1862 to Miss Adeline E. KELLEY, who was
born in Wesley Twp., this county; five children by this union, four living - Fred G., Mabel, 
Isabelle and James; Frankie died in 1864. Mr. HOLMES is a member of Talmud Lodge, No. 24,
Knights of Pythias.