BIOGRAPHIES:   John HOLMAN, Stanley Township, Barron County, WI

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John Holman, an early settler of Stanley Township, was born in Norway, and
was there educated, reared and married. In 1883 he came to America and located
on 80 acres of wild land one mile east of the present village of Cameron. When
he landed in Chicago he was $300 in debt, and had but $20 in his pocket. Even
this was stolen from him, so when he started in Barron County he had nothing,
either in the way of money or equipment, furniture or clothes. But he had
health and willing hands, and he had the incentive of establishing a home for
his family. So he toiled away, erected a log cabin and slab and straw sheds,
cleared a small tract of land, and put in some crops. Then he sent for his
family, then consisting of his wife and seven children, Anna, Ole, Christian,
John, Martin (deceased), George and Anton. Two more, Otto and Albert
(deceased) were born in the United States. To the original farm, forty more
acres were afterward added. Mr. Holman was especially interested in church
affairs. He helped to build the first church of the Norwegian Lutheran
Congregation at Pekegema Prairie, and served as its secretary and treasurer 
as long as he lived. In his death, the town lost a good citizen. His wife
is still living and is nearly eighty years old.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 750.