Walter J. Holman

            Walter J. Holman was born in Clark county, Indiana, near Utica, September 29, 1870, and, unlike many of his contemporaries, never sought his fortune in other fields, but early in life concluded that the best opportunities for him were to be found right at his door, consequently he has remained in his native county, with the result that his labors have been crowned with success. He is the son of Andrew Jackson Holman, who was born and reared in this county, spending his life here in such a manner as to gain the respect and plaudits of his fellow men. The mother of the subject was known in her maidenhood as Rozella Worrall, who was born near Utica. Isaac Holman, who was born in Virginia, was Walter J.’s paternal grandfather, and Thomas Worrall, who was born in Kentucky, was his maternal grandfather, whose wife’s names was Eliza, and who was also born in Kentucky.

            Walter J. Holman lived at his birth place until he was five years old when his parents moved, taking him to the farm four miles from Jeffersonville, where he now resides and where he and his brother, H.A. Holman, carry on the various departments of farming with that discretion and industry that insures them a comfortable living from year to year. The farm consists of eighty acres, well tilled and highly improved, and on which a comfortable dwelling and convenient out buildings stand.

            Mr. Holman received a fairly good common school education at Utica. He was united in marriage on December 5, 1900, with Carrie Wright, who represented a well known and influential family, and to this union two children, one of whom is deceased, were born. The living child is named W.B. Holman, whose date of birth occurred September 22, 1901. Mrs. Carrie Holman was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, in 1874, and came to Clark county, Indiana, with her parents after she had reached maturity, meeting Mr. Holman after coming to her new home, and her domestic life was harmonious and happy for a brief period of four years, when she was called to her reward on April 7, 1904. Mr. Holman was again married September 23, 1908, to Myrtle Swartz, a native of Utica township and daughter of George W. Swartz, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume.

            Fraternally Mr. Holman is a member of the Modern Woodmen, and in his church relations he subscribes to the Christian denomination. Politically he is a Democrat, and he has never aspired to public office, being contented to spend his time on his farm and to lead a quiet life at home.

Source: Baird’s History of Clark County, Indiana by Capt. Lewis C. Baird, 1909. Page 635, 636.