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HOLMAN, FLACK, MILLHOUSE, TOLLEY, KIMBROUGH	



Col. J. H. HOLMAN attorney, at law at Fayetteville, Tenn., is a son of

James W. HOLMAN, who was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1812.  He was a

farmer and Primitive Baptist minister.  In 1830 he married Jean FLACK, who

was born in Lincoln County in 1812, and in 1881 came to Fayetteville, and

has since resided with his children.  He owns 800 acres of land, and has

been a minister of the gospel since 1845.  His father, Rev. Hardy HOLMAN,

was a Virginian, and moved to Kentucky previous to 1800.  He was among the

very early pioneers of Lincoln County, and surveyed the town plot of

Fayetteville.  Our subject is one of eight children, four now living:  Dr.

Thomas P.*, a resident of Lincoln County; Sue M. (Mrs. Dr. W. A.

MILLHOUSE), Jennie P. (Mrs. John G. TOLLEY), and J. H., our subject, who

was born in Lincoln County in 1836, and received an academic education in

the school of his county.  In 1856 he entered Union University, at

Murfreesboro, but in the spring of 1857 was appointed lieutenant in the

regular army by President Pierce, and held the position until the breaking

out of the war between the North and the South, when he was appointed

lieutenant-colonel of the First Regiment Tennessee Volunteers.  In 1863 he

was promoted to the rank of colonel, which position he held until the close

of the war.  He was at Cumberland Gap, Perryville, Lawrenceburg, and in

many skirmishes, and was wounded on three different occasions, but not

seriously.  He was paroled May 24, 1865, at Houston, Tex.  He was taken

prisoner at Winchester, Tenn., in 1863, and retained at Camp Chase, Ohio,

and Johnson's Island for thirteen months.  After returning home he began

the study of law, and in 1867 was admitted to the Lincoln County bar and

began practicing with his brother, D. W. HOLMAN.  November 23, 1865, he and

Lizzie C. KIMBROUGH were united in marriage.  Mrs. HOLMAN was born in 1840,

and was a daughter of Rev. Bradley KIMBROUGH, a Baptist minister.  In 1870

Mr. HOLMAN was elected attorney-general of the Sixth Judicial Circuit,

holding the office until 1877, and has since devoted his attention to his

profession.  In 1878 he was appointed commissioner to the Paris Exposition

by Gov. Porter, and during his absence traveled in various portions of

Europe.  He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, Union Chapter.



*see separate biography



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