Tipton-Ripley-Jennings County IN Archives Obituaries.....Holman, Deliah November 14, 1917
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Tipton Tribune
Death of Deliah Holman
Oldest Resident of Sharpsville summoned to Her Reward.
Mrs. Delilah Holman, 90, the oldest citizen of Sharpsville, died at her home 
at that place, Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock.

She had been in declining health for several years, with infirmities of old 
age and a few weeks ago was confined to her be and gradually grew weaker, 
until death relieved her, and the Heavenly Father called her to her Heavenly 
abode.
Sixty-six years ago, she in company with her husband came from Ripley County 
and settled in the vicinity where Sharpsville is located when Tipton county 
was a vast wilderness.
The Holmans drove through from Ripley county by wagon and oxen and after 
cutting their way through the woods they arrived after a very hard and tedious 
drive.  There were but two or three log cabins in the town at that time and 
those were ___ about in the thickets so that one was not in ___ of ________.  
There was not a store in the town and they were so nearly out of provisions 
when they arrived that it was with the greatest difficulty that anything could 
be had to eat.  They tried to buy flour from the few settlers but no one had 
anything at the time.  After a few days Mr. Holman started out to get some 
food stuff and leaving his wife he started back over the road he had blazed 
through with a view of going to Noblesville to get a supply of provisions.  On 
the way he purchased a small quantity of wheat and when he got to Noblesville 
there was no mill there but he was told that six miles down the river was a 
mill.  He started for the old river mill and when he got there were so many 
ahead of him that he had to wait until the next day before he could ___ ground.

When moving he stopped at Indianapolis and bought a cook stove and had it 
shipped to Noblesville, and on his way back he stopped and got in and slowly 
he drove his oxen through the woods.  Inch by inch he gained but when he got 
to Turkey Creek the wagon mired in the mud and it would not pull out.  He 
unhitched and walked to Sharpsville where he secured the help of his brother-
in-law and with the help of two or three men and another set of oxen he got 
the wagon out and headed them at his cabin home about midnight, the oxen 
having worked all day.  Next morning the family feasted on biscuit, wild honey 
and sugar tree ___.
After they had been there a short  time Neal St. Clair started a grocery store 
in a shed built by nailing slabs against a couple of trees and covering it 
with brush.  At times he would have as much as several wheel barrow loads of 
groceries.  Till it was enough for the people did not need many groceries.  
The first post office was kept by John Ballenger in a little log hut near the 
old log tavern.  The mail was carried from Tipton to Kokomo by the way of 
Sharpsville and mail was delivered, sometimes once a week and sometimes, not 
so often.  __ ___ and Madison Grishaw were the owners of the first mill, after 
which they added a corn cracking mill.
Mrs. Holman was born in Jennings county, October 30, 1827 and was 24 years of 
age when she came to Sharpsville.  She was the daughter of John F. and Jemima 
Heaton.  Her grandfather, William Collins, was a drummer boy in the 
revolutionary war.  She was united in marriage to Mortimer C. Holman May 7, 
1846, to whom were born seven children, six boys and one girls.  All the 
children are deceased except the son, Halleck, who resides with his mother.  
Her husband died August 13, 1901.
Mrs. Holman was a woman of wonderful vitality, she having worked hard all her 
life, suffered many privations and made many sacrifices for a substances and 
for the comfort and welfare of others.
She was a time honored woman and dearly beloved by her many friends.
She was a devoted member of the M. E. church of Sharpsville and was a faithful 
attendant as long as her health would permit.  She was kind mother and good 
neighbor, and a friend to all with whom she had the slightest acquaintance.
The funeral services have not been arranged at time of going to press.
Tipton Tribune – November 15, 1917-page 8


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