On March 10, 1868, Mr. Mikesell married, at Blairsville, Indiana county, Pennsylavia
Sarah (Sallie) Ellen Holmes, who was born in Brushvalley Township, this
county, and received a good education, attending public school and the
academy at Pineflats. To Mr. and Mrs. Mikesell were born two sons: Addison
Holmes and Torrence. The latter, born Sept. 10, 1876, is deceased. The
former, born Feb. 20,1869, in Center township, was married June 13, 1888,
to Monetta Ralston, daughter of Samuel Ralston, of Cherryhill township,
this county, and they have two living children, Arthur Talmage and Helen
Beatrice; they also had sons John and Walter Gilbert, now deceased. Addison
E. Mikesell resides on his own farm in White township.
Mrs. Mikesell is thoroughly alive to business activities in the borough
of Indiana, in which she takes an intelligent interest. Broadminded and
highly respected for her many sterling qualities, she is an honored and
influential member of the community. She is a member of the Lutheran Church,
to which her husband also belonged.
The Holmes family, of which Mrs. Sallie E. (Holmes) Mikesell is a member,
came from Ireland, her father, George Holmes, being but three months old
when brought to this country. He was a carpenter by trade, doing fine woodwork
principally, being employed in the construction of some of the best dwellings
erected in his day in Indiana County. He died in Cherryhill township, this
county, when his daughter Sallie was quite young. He married Eliza Ann
Watterson, who was born in Milford, Kent
Sarah (Sallie) Ellen Holmes, who was born in Brushvalley Township, this
county, and received a good education, attending public school and the
academy at Pineflats. To Mr. and Mrs. Mikesell were born two sons: Addison
Holmes and Torrence. The latter, born Sept. 10, 1876, is deceased. The
former, born Feb. 20,1869, in Center township, was married June 13, 1888,
to Monetta Ralston, daughter of Samuel Ralston, of Cherryhill township,
this county, and they have two living children, Arthur Talmage and Helen
Beatrice; they also had sons John and Walter Gilbert, now deceased. Addison
E. Mikesell resides on his own farm in White township.
Mrs. Mikesell is thoroughly alive to business activities in the borough
of Indiana, in which she takes an intelligent interest. Broadminded and
highly respected for her many sterling qualities, she is an honored and
influential member of the community. She is a member of the Lutheran Church,
to which her husband also belonged.
The Holmes family, of which Mrs. Sallie E. (Holmes) Mikesell is a member,
came from Ireland, her father, George Holmes, being but three months old
when brought to this country. He was a carpenter by trade, doing fine woodwork
principally, being employed in the construction of some of the best dwellings
erected in his day in Indiana County. He died in Cherryhill township, this
county, when his daughter Sallie was quite young. He married Eliza Ann
Watterson, who was born in Milford, Kent
On March 10, 1868, Mr. Mikesell married, at Blairsville, Indiana county, Pennsylavia
Sarah (Sallie) Ellen Holmes, who was born in Brushvalley Township, this
county, and received a good education, attending public school and the
academy at Pineflats. To Mr. and Mrs. Mikesell were born two sons: Addison
Holmes and Torrence. The latter, born Sept. 10, 1876, is deceased. The
former, born Feb. 20,1869, in Center township, was married June 13, 1888,
to Monetta Ralston, daughter of Samuel Ralston, of Cherryhill township,
this county, and they have two living children, Arthur Talmage and Helen
Beatrice; they also had sons John and Walter Gilbert, now deceased. Addison
E. Mikesell resides on his own farm in White township.
Mrs. Mikesell is thoroughly alive to business activities in the borough
of Indiana, in which she takes an intelligent interest. Broadminded and
highly respected for her many sterling qualities, she is an honored and
influential member of the community. She is a member of the Lutheran Church,
to which her husband also belonged.
The Holmes family, of which Mrs. Sallie E. (Holmes) Mikesell is a member,
came from Ireland, her father, George Holmes, being but three months old
when brought to this country. He was a carpenter by trade, doing fine woodwork
principally, being employed in the construction of some of the best dwellings
erected in his day in Indiana County. He died in Cherryhill township, this
county, when his daughter Sallie was quite young. He married Eliza Ann
Watterson, who was born in Milford, Kent
Sarah (Sallie) Ellen Holmes, who was born in Brushvalley Township, this
county, and received a good education, attending public school and the
academy at Pineflats. To Mr. and Mrs. Mikesell were born two sons: Addison
Holmes and Torrence. The latter, born Sept. 10, 1876, is deceased. The
former, born Feb. 20,1869, in Center township, was married June 13, 1888,
to Monetta Ralston, daughter of Samuel Ralston, of Cherryhill township,
this county, and they have two living children, Arthur Talmage and Helen
Beatrice; they also had sons John and Walter Gilbert, now deceased. Addison
E. Mikesell resides on his own farm in White township.
Mrs. Mikesell is thoroughly alive to business activities in the borough
of Indiana, in which she takes an intelligent interest. Broadminded and
highly respected for her many sterling qualities, she is an honored and
influential member of the community. She is a member of the Lutheran Church,
to which her husband also belonged.
The Holmes family, of which Mrs. Sallie E. (Holmes) Mikesell is a member,
came from Ireland, her father, George Holmes, being but three months old
when brought to this country. He was a carpenter by trade, doing fine woodwork
principally, being employed in the construction of some of the best dwellings
erected in his day in Indiana County. He died in Cherryhill township, this
county, when his daughter Sallie was quite young. He married Eliza Ann
Watterson, who was born in Milford, Kent
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