BIOGRAPHIES: Otto W. HOLMAN, Barron, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vic Gulickson 8 April 2002 ==================================================================== Otto W. Holman, part owner of the Barron Feed Mill, was born in Stanley Township, this county, Feb. 21, 1888, son of John C. and Mary (Christensen) Holman. He passed through the graded schools of his district, and spent two years in the Barron High School. In the fall of 1904 he secured employment with the Oak Grove Handle Co. at Cameron, in this county. A year later he went to Two Harbors, Minn., worked for a while with the Duluth & Iron Range Railway, and then became a clerk in a general store. In the meantime he served a term as deputy sheriff. Upon his return to Barron County, in 1910, he entered into the clothing business at Cameron with his brother, George, as partner. In the spring of 1912 he went to Duluth, Minn., and was employed for six years with the Great Northern Railway Co. From 1918 to 1920 he was with the Grelck Hovey Co. of Duluth. Then he returned and bought a half interest in the Barron Feed Mill. Mr. Holman is a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. In politics he is a Republican. He was married, June 18, 1913, to Sadie 0. Hanson, daughter of Ole and Sigri Hanson. Mrs. Holman was born in Hayward, Wis., Sept. 7, 1888, graduated from the Hayward High School and the Superior Normal School, and taught public school for four years before her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Holman have had three children: Jay Hayward, born March 4, 1914, at Duluth; Clyde Orrin, who was born July 7, 1915, and died in infancy, and Paul Wendell, born April 10, 1921. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1922, pg. 128.