Nancy was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1780. She married Jesse Holmes, born 1775, in 1801. One of their four children was Mary Jane Holmes who married Anderson Shipp Truman. Their son, John Anderson Truman married Martha Ellen Young and their son was Harry S Truman.
Robert T. Holmes along with his wife Mary were two of the twelve original founders of the First Baptist Church of Kansas City in 1855.
The original stones are almost impossible to read now.
Her father was Captain Robert Tyler who fought in the Revolutionary War. It was thought for some time that the family was related to President Tyler, but current research says unlikely. On Friday, June 14th, 1929 Harry and Bess Truman's daughter, Margaret, visited Elmwood and placed flowers upon Nancy's grave in a ceremony by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The above plaque is on the side of the large monument.
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