Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

Harry's Paternal Grandmother

Mary Jane Holmes

Born: March 15, 1821
Shelby County, Kentucky

Died: February 15, 1878
Jackson County, Missouri

Married: August 13, 1846
Christainburg, Kentucky

Harry's grandmother was a very courageous women. She survived the ordeal of being scalped by Indians, after which she always wore a cap. She was a homemaker. Harry's younger sister was named after Grandmother Truman (Mary Jane Holmes Truman).

Harry's Paternal Grandmother


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