Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Holden, J. P. 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Holden, J. P., Herkimer, was born in Herkimer and received his education in 
the schools of this village.  He learned the trade of a machinist, at which he 
worked for about seven years, since which time up to the present he has been 
engaged in the hotel business.  He has conducted hotels in Colorado, 
Pennsylvania, etc.  During the Centennial at Philadelphia (1876) he conducted 
two hostelries.  Mr. Holden now owns an elegant confectionery and restaurant 
in Herkimer, which he inaugurated in 1885.  He also does a wholesale 
commission business in fruits and produce.  He married Harriet J. Clemens, of 
Frankfort.  Mr. Holden is identified with the local fire company, Red Men, 
Business Men's Association, an order of United Friends and is first sergeant 
of teh 21st Separate Company volunteers.  He will also conduct a hotel at 130 
West Van Buren street, Chicago, during the World's Fair.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.


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