ROSS COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: HOLDERMAN, Wallace R. *************************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. *************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Nancy Grubb nancyg@theofficenet.com November 6, 1998 *************************************************************************** WALLACE R.HOLDERMAN Wallace R. Holderman,residing four miles south of Valley,Stevens county,has been blessed with a satisfactory amount of prosperity in this community. A native of the Buckeye state, he was born in Ross county, February 18,1863. Francis and Elizabeth (Hosler) Holderman were his parents, born and raised in Pennsylvania. Until the decease of Francis Holderman, they lived in Ross county, where the father followed the occupation of a farmer. He died in 1865. The mother now resides in Chicago. Rhonda, wife of Elihu Patrick, of Ohio; Florence, wife of W.D.Trainer of Chicago; and Wallace R.the subject of this sketch, are their children. Until the age eighteen the latter was educated in the public schools of Chillicothe, Ohio. At the age of twenty-one he engaged in the business of a butcher in Adelphia,Ohio,and at that conclusion of four years he followed various pursuits until 1889 when he came to Spokane,Washington,and was, until 1890,in the livery business in that city. In that year he came to Stevens county,engaged for awhile in freighting,and then purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land. From 1893 until 1902 he leased meadow land;the bought one hundred and sixty acres,three fourths of which are under cultivation. He now has a good orchard,substantial farm buildings,and a fair bunch of stock. Mrs.Holderman was,formerly, Clara Horner,daughter of Hozial Horner, of Michigan. She lost her mother while yet in infancy, and has since been called to mourn the loss of one sister,Annette. She has one sister,Minnie residing in Michigan,and three half brothers,Benjamin,Thomas and Arthur. She is a devout and consistent member of the congregational church. Two children have blessed the union of Mr.and Mrs.Holderman,Leroy and Stanley,at present residing with their parents. He is prominent in Masonic circles. Good and bad fortune have been encountered by the subject of this article,but he now bids fair to become one of the substantial business men of Stevens county as he is,at present,one of the most highly respected and influential.