Captain Joseph Warren Holmes (April 1, 1824 – December 12, 1912) was an American sea captain noted for sailing around Cape Horn 84 times and Cape of Good Hope 14 times without a shipwreck or loss of a crewman.
[2] He had a 63-year career at sea, including 55 commanding clipper ships and others.
[3] Jeremiah Holmes was a part of the War of 1812 and at the time was well respected in Mystic, Connecticut.
His son married Mary O. Kennedy (of California) and he died in San Francisco in 1883.
He did have a grandson, also named Edwin Warren Holmes that was born around 1882.