Abigail E. Holmes (1816-1857) was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire,
and died in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Holmes, who owned a
cotton mill in Sanbornton Bridge (now Tilton), New Hampshire. Holmes married Edward A.
Damon, a merchant. She was the older sister of Augusta Holmes Swasey, a school friend of
Mary Baker Eddy's.
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