Supplemental Material - Interviewees
He is listed as an 89- year-old resident of the Town or North Castle, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in Middle Patent Rural Cemetery in North Castle indicates that he died on January 1, 1857, aged 95 years, 11 months, and 19 days (WCHS Book 23A, p.75).
HOLLEY, Lemuel (Deacon)
Lemuel's surname was actually Hawley. His tombstone in Redding Ridge Cemetery in Redding, Connecticut, indicates that he died on March 15, 1873, aged 87 years, 3 months and 7 days. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233380360/lemuel-hawley
HOLLY, Isaac
John Macdonald indicated that Isaac Holly was 84 years old at the time of his interview on November 22, 1849. He is listed as an 84-year-old farmer in the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in New Burial Grounds Association Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut, indicates that he was born on December 24, 1764, and died on March 8, 1851. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128331293/isaac-holly
HOLMES, Nathaniel B.
Nathaniel B. Holmes was the founding president of the Westchester County Savings Bank. He is isted as "N.B. Holmes," a 54-year-old farmer in the Town or Greenburgh, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His death notice in The New York Times indicates that he died on October 31, 1881, aged 85 years (The New York Times, November 2, 1881).
HOLMES, Patty
John Macdonald indicated that Patty Holmes was 94 years at the time of her interview on November 2, 1848. She is listed as a 95-year-old resident of the Town of Bedford, New York, in the 1850 United States Census.