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Holmes, Alexander J

soldier, clergyman, was born Sept. 29, 1845, in Coxsackie, N. Y. During the civil war he served gallantly as a soldier in tne second regiment of the New York volunteer cavalry. He received a commercial education; studied law; and in 1872 entered the ministry of the methodist episccpal church. He has attained success as a clergyman; has helped three missions to a self-supporting basis; and designed and built six churches and three parsonages.

He now fills a pastorate in Algonac, Mich.