Jennie (Holmes) Abrams
Marriages
David A. Abrams - October 22, 1866
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - March 14, 1924
Pioneer of 1882 Passes to Reward
Jennie Holmes Abrams laid to rest Saturday--Among First Brush Creek Settlers
In the death of Mrs. Jennie Holmes Abrams last Wednesday the Brush Creek valley lost another of the pioneer women who helped build this community from a wild, unbroken mountain country to a modern, civilized community. Coming here with her husband in 1882, Mrs. Abrams bravely passed through all the vicissitudes incident to a pioneer life, living to see her husband and many of her children precede her to the Great Beyond. She was a true pioneer, good neighbor and citizen and lived her allotted span of life in such a manner that when she was called went knowing the the Master would say "well done my good and faithful servant."
Mrs. Jennie Holmes Abrams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Holmes, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 4, 1846, and departed this life March 5, 1924.
On October 22, 1866, she was united in marriage to David A. Abrams. Two this union were born seven children: Wm. James, Albert H., David Hartrauft, Sallie Elizabeth, Loyal Holmes, May Isabelle and Edward Gladstone. In 1882, Mr. and Mrs. Abrams, with their family, settled on Brush Creek, and she has resided on the farm then located constantly since. The husband and father and five children preceded the mother in death, Loyal and Maybelle only surviving.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Eagle Saturday morning, attended by a large number of the deceased woman's old neighbors and friends. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. L. D. Compton of the Methodist church. The body was then taken to Glenwood Springs and laid to rest beside that of her husband and children who had gone before on that last long journey to the unknown beyond.
