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| Name | Marcus Morton Holmes |
| Photographer | F. LaRoche |
| Highest Rank | 1st Lieutenant |
| Unit | Co. H, 14th New Hampshire Infantry |
| Born | April 10, 1844 |
| Place Born | Dunbarton, NH |
| Died | March 8, 1917 |
| Place Died | Retsil, WA |
| Service Record | Residence Dunbarton, NH; 18 years old; enlisted on 8/20/1862 at Dunbarton, NH as a Sergeant; on 9/24/1862 he mustered into "H" Co. NH 14th Infantry; promoted to 1st Sergeant 1/20/1864, 2nd Lieutenant 5/27/1864 (Not Mustered), 1st Lieutenant 11/22/1864; Mustered Out on 7/8/1865 at Savannah, GA |
| Obit/Notes | -- Funeral notice, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Friday, March 9, 1917, page 15, column C
STEVENS POST, G. A. R., ATTENTION!
HOLMES - At Retsil, Wash., March 8, 1917, MARCUS M. HOLMES, aged 72 years, beloved husband of Catherine A. Holmes.
Funeral services Sunday, at 12:30 o'clock, at the Home Undertaking Co. parlors, Ninth and Union, under auspices of Stevens Post, G. A. R., of which he was past commander.
-- Funeral notice, Seattle Daily Times, Saturday, March 10, 1917, page 5, column F
FUNERAL TOMORROW
The funeral of M. M. Holmes, who died at Port Orchard Thursday, will be held at 12:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the chapel of the Home Undertaking Company. The services will be under the auspices of Stevens Post No. 1, G. A. R., and the McKinley Circle. Holmes was born in New Hampshire in 1844. He graduated from Colby Academy and Dartmouth College. He served in the Civil War as a member of the New Hampshire infantry; later he became commander of Stevens Post. |
| Subjects (TGM) | Holmes, Marcus Morton, 1844-1917--Portrait photographs
Grand Army of the Republic. Stevens Post No. 1--People--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
Military decorations--United States
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| Digital Collection | Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Portraits
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| Order Number | GAR064 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission, contact the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room in The Seattle Public Library at (206) 386-4633 or send email to sea@spl.org. |
| Photograph Number | 17.3 |
| Repository | Seattle Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room, Local History Collection |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as 400 ppi TIFF on a Microtek 9800 scanner; derivatives created using Adobe Photoshop (600 pixels wide) and saved as a JPG file using Photoshop's image quality "8". Scanning performed in 1/2007. |
| Studio Location | Seattle, WA |
| Original Creator | Laroche, Frank |
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