Howard County IN Archives Biographies.....Holman, Martin S. 1854 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 16, 2006, 2:58 am Author: Jackson Morrow MARTIN S. HOLMAN. This utilitarian age has been especially prolific in men of action, clear-brained men of high resolves and noble purposes, who give character and stability to the communities honored by their citizenship, and whose influence and leadership are easily discernible in the various enterprises that have added so greatly to the high reputation which Howard county enjoys among her sister counties of this great commonwealth. Conspicuous among this class of men whose place of residence is in this county is the progressive citizen under whose name this article is written, and to a brief outline of whose career the biographer is herewith pleased to address himself. Martin S. Holman was born in Crawford county, Ohio, April 2, 1858, the son of Jacob and Sarah (Scott) Holman. The Holmans are of German descent and came to Indiana from Ohio. The Scotts were also of German ancestry. The father of the subject was an influential farmer. Jacob Holman came with his family to Howard county in 1850, later returning to Crawford county, Ohio, in 1857, but returned to Howard county in 1861, locating in Clay township, where he has a farm of forty acres which is highly productive. He has lived here to the present time, being eighty-three years old in 1908. His wife is also still living at an advanced age. Eight children were born to them, three sons and five daughters. Martin S. Holman, our subject, was reared on the farm, receiving his education in the country schools where he applied himself in a most diligent manner. Not being satisfied with what he had learned in the common schools, he entered the State Normal where he made an excellent record for one term. At the age of twenty-one years he began teaching school, continuing at this with marked success for thirten [sic] consecutive winters, gaining, in the mean time, a wide reputation in Howard county as an able educator, carrying a high grade license. Mr. Holman took the civil service examination in 1891 and received an appointment in 1892, having made an excellent average in this test. He was put on the run from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Chicago, on the Panhandle Railroad. He is still in this position, being the head clerk in charge of the crew. His services have been eminently satisfactory to all concerned. Mr. Holman was united in marriage to Luella Thomas. April 20, 1884. She is a native of Cass county, Indiana, and the daughter of the late Lewis Thomas, who was a highly respected and influential man of that county. She was born January 14, 1864. Two children have been born to this union, one of whom survived infancy. Verna B. was born March 7, 1887. She graduated from the Kokomo high school in 1906, after making an excellent record for scholarship and deportment. She is a young lady of many estimable traits and attractive personality. The subject and wife are members of the Christian church and also of the Ben-Hur lodge. The comfortable and commodious home of the subject, which he owns, is located at 709 West Monroe street. It is the gathering place for a host of friends of the Holmans, who are highly respected and popular, owing to their upright lives, wholesome home influence, hospitality and pleasing personalities, making them admired by all who know them. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF HOWARD COUNTY INDIANA BY JACKSON MORROW, B. A. ILLUSTRATED VOL. II B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (circa 1909) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/howard/bios/holman326nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb