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Holmans in America
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87 v Rufus, b. Oct. 20, 1780; d. Oct. 30, 1846, Union Ct.; m. Lucy Eddy.
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87 RUFUS4 HOLMAN (Thomas3, Deacon Thomas2, Solaman1), son of Thomas and Lydia (Bates) Holman, was born Oct. 14, 1780, at Union, Ct., and died Oct. 30, 1846. (Vernon, Union, Ct., Rockville, Ct.) He married, Sept. 1, 1803, Lucy Eddy, who was born Feb. 19, 1781, at Woodstock, Ct., and died Oct. --, 1850, Vernon, Ct., or Rockville.
Rufus Holman was a farmer, and lived in Union, Ct., until 1832, when he removed to Salisbury, Vt., and remained there ten years, and then returned
to Union. His daughter, Annie, married Solyman Sparks, the half brother of Jarad Sparks, the historian, and former President of Harvard.
Children:
i Chester, b. Nov. 1, 1804; d. Apr. 19, 1808.
ii Lucina, b. Apr. 1, 1807, Union, Ct.; d. (???), Wis.; m. Daniel Bowe, and settled
in Wisconsin, possibly Hartford.
266 iii Annis, b. Aug. 20, 1810; d. Mar. 31, 1884; m. Solyman Sparks, half brother of
Jarad Sparks, the historian, and President of Harvard University.
267 iv Wm. Palmer, b. Feb. 20, 1813; d. Apr. 14, 1893; kept hotel in Iowa.
v Amy, b. Aug. 15, 1815; d. in Mich.; m. Ralph Lucius Williams; settled in
Mich.
vi Clarissa, b. June 11, 1816; d. Feb. 11, 1819.
vii Lucy, b. Nov. 11, 1820; d. (???); m. Henry Greggo. Settled and died in Los
Angeles, California. No. ch.
viii Rufus Milton, b. Oct. 8, 1826; d. y.
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266 ANNIS5 HOLMAN (Rufus4, Thomas3, Deacon Thomas2, Solaman1), daughter of Rufus and Lucy (Eddy) Holman, was born Aug. 20, 1810, Union, Ct., and died May 31, 1884. She married, Apr. 14, 1833, Wellington, Ct., Solyman Sparks, who was born Mar. 15, 1807, Wellington, Ct., and died Mar. 23, 1881. Solyman Sparks was half brother of Jarad Sparks, former President of Harvard.
Children:
i Seraph A., b. Nov. 7, 1838, Willington, Ct.; m. Andrew J. Culve
ii Philander, b. May 20, 1841, Willington, Ct.; d. Mar. 1, 1900.
514 iii Lucy E., b. May 23, 1843; m. Jas. M. Coe.
iv Mary A., b. Nov. 11, 1845, Rockville, Ct.; d. May --, 1889; m. Randall
Keling.
v Ellen L., b. Nov. 12, 1847, Willington, Ct.; d. Feb. 20, 184
vi Dwight H., b. Sept. 27, 1849, Rockville, Ct.; d. June 1, 1852.
267 WILLIAM PALMER5 HOLMAN (Rufus4, Thomas3, Deacon Thomas2, Solaman1), son of Rufus and Lucy (Eddy) Holman, was born Feb. 20, 1813, Union, Ct., and died Apr. 14, 1893. He married, (1) Sept. 20, 1837, Lois Buckley Grant, daughter of Elisha and Eledia (Fuller) Grant, who was born Apr. 14, 1813 (V. S. 1814), and died July 3, 1856, Sargeants Bluff, Iowa. He married, (2) Aug. 12, 1857, Caroline H. Mattison, of Hertford, Wis., who was born July 4, 1827, Oswego, N. Y., and died Feb. 17, 1898.
William Palmer Holman moved with his father to Salisbury, Vt. His wife's (Lois B. Grant's) father was a cousin of Gen. U. S. Grant. He was in the business of manufacturing shoes for ten years, then returned to Union, Ct. In 1855, removed to Iowa. He was a farmer and stockraiser, seven miles south of Sioux City, near the Missouri River. Village of Sargeants Bluff, 1887. He was the only white man there. He went through all of the hardships of frontier life, no white man nearer than the Red River of the North, or Oregon, or British Columbia, on the West.
Children:
515 i Chas. Jerome, b. Mar. 1, 1840, Rockville, Ct.; m. (1) Meda Cole; m. (2)
Kittie Carpenter.
516 ii Albert Murillo, b. Mar. 25, 1845, Rockville, Ct.; m. Emma E. Webster.
iii Daniel, b. Mar. 3, --; d. Apr. 22, --.
517 iv Ella L., b. Feb. 1, 1851; m. Geo. W. Waitt.
By second wife:
v Child.
vi Child.
vii Milton Palmer, b. Feb. 8, 1863; m. Alice Petrie.
viii Edward Hiram, b. Feb. 3, 1867; m. Annie (???).
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