Ancestry of
Barack Obama

44th U.S. President

Armel Showell Holloway

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Barack Obama — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 204 
  • Father:
  • Elijah Holloway 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Showell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 Oct 1777 
  • Birth Location:
  • Worcester County, Maryland 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Feb 1868 
  • Death Location:
  • Knox County, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • McCallister Cemetery, Knox County, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Anna Maria Godfrey
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 Dec 1798 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Worcester County, Maryland 
  • Child:

  Josiah Holloway (Ahnentafel No:102 )

  • Notes: 

  • Gary Boyd Roberts, in his Ancestors of American Presidents (2009), gives Armel Showell Holloway's birth date as 21 OCT 1777. The age on his tombstone would put the date around 07 OCT 1777.

• Sources for Armel Showell Holloway

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, DAR Ancestor #A056792, (accessed 03/17/2012).
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/16/2012).
  • ³ Bachelor, Rosemary E., "President Obama Descends from 14 Revolutionary War Soldiers (suite101.com Website)", (accessed 03/16/2012).
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 210.