Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum


Harry's Family Tree

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
Christianburg, 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).

The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum is one of thirteen Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.

500 W. US Hwy. 24. Independence MO 64050
truman.library@nara.gov;
Phone: 816-268-8200 or 1-800-833-1225;
Fax: 816-268-8295.

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