Gabriel Holmes

At a Glance

The maternal grandfather of Burwell students Mary L. and Sally Bunting, Gabriel Holmes was a NC Governor.

Biographical Data

Occupations

• Governor [1].

Relatives

• Other children: one daughter (Elizabeth Holmes [1] (1820-1846)).
• Others: Mary Louisa Bunting  (granddaughter, 1838-1928), Sally Bunting  (granddaughter) and Owen Holmes, Jr. (nephew).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).