"Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon." Portland, Oregon: A. G. Walling, publisher, 1884. pg. 492. JAMES E. HOLT Was born in Green county, East Tennessee, September 26, 1828, and in the spring of 1846 moved to Andrew county, Missouri, where he enlisted in the quartermasters' department and served during the hostilities with Mexico. At the end of eighteen months he returned to Fort Leavenworth. In the summer of 1848 he assisted in the erection of Fort Kearney, on the Platte river, and in 1849 went to Fort Laramie, where he was employed until the spring of 1850. In June of that year Mr. Holt was employed in ferrying emigrants across the North Platte. In September, 1850, he went to California and engaged in mining on the Middle Fork of the American river, but in January, 1851, returned to Missouri by way of Panama. He now engaged in agriculture until 1852, when he came to Oregon, arriving August 29, 1852, but three months thereafter returned to Missouri, purchased a band of cows and brought them to this State, settling on the farm now owned by E. Coleman, in the vicinity of Coburg, where he resided until 1875, when he took up his residence in Eugene City. Married to Nancy Rickel nee Roberts, and has no issue. Mrs. Holt's children by her former marriage are named Seigel and Charles. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2005 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.