BIOGRAPHIES: John J. HOLMAN, Barron, Barron County, WI

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John J. Holman, senior member of the firm of Holman Brothers, owners of the
Barron Feed Mill, was born near Christiania, Norway, May 25, 1874, son of
John C. and Mary (Christensen) Holman. The parents came to America in the
fall of 1884, bought 80 acres of wild land in Stanley Township, this
county, built a house and barn, cleared the land, and farmed until the
father's death in 1903. The mother, who was born in 1853, now makes her
home at Cameron, this county. In the family there were nine children: Anna,
wife of W. A. Leonard, Minneapolis; Ole, deceased; Christ, a farmer of
Stanley Township; John J., the miller; Martin, deceased; George, of
Cameron; Anton, of Cameron; Otto W., the miller; and Albert, deceased. John
J. Holman left home at the age of thirteen, but after that still attended
school as his circumstances permitted. In 1895 he entered the flour
business by securing employment with J. W. Taylor, at Barron. In 1918, he
established the Barron Feed Mill, and two years later he sold a half
interest to his brother, Otto W. The mill has a capacity of three tons an
hour, is equipped with modern machinery, and operated by electricity. The
mill produces and handles grist, middlings, oil meal, stock foods and the
like, and has the local agency for Pillsbury Mill products. Mr. Holman has
a pleasant home on La Salle street, Barron. He is a member of the Odd
Fellows, the Modern Woodmen and the Beavers, and was one of the founders of
the local lodge of Knights of Pythias. Mr. Holman was married Feb. 2, 1901,
to Amanda Gunderson, born in Maple Grove Township, this county, July, 1884,
daughter of Edward and Hannah Gunderson, now of Barron. This union has been
blessed with five children: Wallace Hedfeld, born Feb. 14, 1902, a graduate
of the Barron High School; Ethel Marie, Feb. 18, 1904; Anna Lucile, Feb. 8,
1909; Dorothy Jeanette, Sept. 1, 1910; and Robert Eugene, who was born Nov.
2, 1912, and died Aug. 24, 1918. The family faith is that of the Norwegian
Lutheran Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pp. 128-129.