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William Earnest Mars and Rosa Holder
 William Earnest Mars was born April 21, 1874. He came from Nashville,
Tennessee. He did not know anything about his background, as he was orphaned at a very
young age. His father died when he was very small, and he barely remembered his mother. He
had a half sister, and thought her name was Florence.
For a time he lived with a man named Jim Logan, then he lived with Andy and Eliza Holder.
Andy Holder took a fever, and his wife had to take care of him, so Andy's brother Ben and
his wife took Will to live with them. He lived with them until he was 13 years old, then
he left and was on his own.
Rosa Holder was born August 30, 1878 in Missouri. Her father, A.J. (Andy) Holder was born
1856, died October 28, 1914. Her mother, Eliza Holder, was born Jan. 21, 1847, died March
10, 1933. Rosa had three brothers and three sisters: Tom Holder, married Mary Newman, born
April 19, 1872, died Feb. 23, 1952; Jim Holder, born Aug. 12, 1881 in Kentucky, died May
15, 1945; married Della Pruett. She died 11-27-1951; Joe Holder, married Etta Gilliland;
Fannie Elizabeth, born Oct. 17, 1885, died April 29, 1955; married Jim Edwards, 2nd Bill
Bailey; Mary, born April 1, 1887, died 12-20-1950, married Arthur Morrison; Bertha, born
Oct. 22, 1894, died June 26, 1936, married Bill Carpenter.
Rosa and her family came to Texas by wagon train. Jim Logan, the man who kept Will for a
while, operated a boat and helped them cross a river.
Will and Rosa were married July 2, 1900 in Hill County. Will was a farmer. They moved to
Coryell County and lived near Mound. They had nine children: Maggie
May, born July 27, 1901, died April 21, 1972, married Jahue
Richard Beaty; Willie Ethel, born 8-4-1903, married Joe Pruett; Florence Eliza, born
11-23-1905, married Clint Barr; Mary Lucille, born July 20, 1907, married J.D. Nelson;
Earnest Andrew, born 10-4-1909, died Oct. 29, 1965; William Hubbard, born June 24, 1911,
married Jessie Holder; Arthur Harm, born April 13, 1913, married Ella May Johnson; Fannie
Louella, born May 9, 1915, married Clyde McClendon; James Riley, born May 28, 1918,
married Jessie Dowell.
Rosa Mars died August 2, 1953. Will Mars died August 6, 1961 . Both are buried at Moody
Cemetery. They had 25 grandchildren.
-- Rosie Mayfield
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