Holmes, Forrest Shepperson

Title

Holmes, Forrest Shepperson

Last Name

Holmes

First and Middle Name

Forrest Shepperson

Biographical Text

Forrest Shepperson Holmes of Pulaski Virginia was among the men of VPI graduating class of 1907 who went over to Europe to fight in WWI. He survived the war, married, had two children and died of natural causes in 1971.

Hometown

Pine, Virginia

County and/or State

Pulaski County, Virignia

Birth Date

12.31.1884

Birthplace

Pulaski County, Virginia

Death Date

11.6.1971

Cause of Death

Natural Causes

Place of Death

Hyattsville, Maryland

Parents

Father: Joseph Anderson Holmes - born 4.10.1854, died 3.14.1948
Mother: Eulalia Cora Holmes (nee Shepperson) - born 11.16.1857, died 7.10.1896

Siblings

Sister: Margaret Elizabeth Holmes - born 7.19.1886, died 4.28.1978
Sister: Olivia L. Holmes - born 12.1887, death unknown
Brother: Joseph Clarence Holmes - born 10.7.1889, died 1.18.1962
Sister: Sadie W. Holmes - born 8.1894, death unknown
Sister: Mary L. Holmes - born 8.1894, death unknown
Brother: Atchley Irvin Holmes - born 6.7.1896, died 8.25.1921

Spouse(s)

Miriam N. Holmes - born 11.2.1894, died 4.2.1992

Children

Daughter: Margaret V. Holmes - born 1917, death unknown
Son: Forrest S. Holmes Jr. - born 9.20.1922, died 11.7.2007

VPI Graduating Class

1907

Undergraduate Major

Agriculture

Graduated

Yes

Service Branch

Army

Unit

305th Military Police, 80th Division

Rank

First Lieutenant

Additional Notes

Served in France from 1918-1919
Secretary and Treasurer of VPI Pulaski Club

Contributing Researchers

Liv Wisnewski

Bibliography

1907 Virginia Tech Bugle
Find a Grave Index
Maryland Military Men list, 1917-1918
1930 United States Census
Seymore / Walenter Family Tree

Files

Forrest Shepperson Holmes senior portrait from the 1907 VPI Bugle.jpg
Forrest Shepperson Holmes from the 1907 VPI Bugle.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Holmes, Forrest Shepperson,” VPI in World War I, accessed March 29, 2024, http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/624.

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