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NEAL S. HOLMAN
Among those who have contributed to
the agricultural development in San Joaquin County is Neal S. Holman, who since
a child has made his home in the county and now resides on his fine home ranch
two miles southwest of Linden on the Holden Road, where he engages in the grain
and stock business. He was born in
Randolph County, Missouri, March 28, 1872, a son of William Benjamin Holman, a
native of Missouri. He was one and
one-half years old when his parents started for California, arriving in the
Golden State on Thanksgiving Day, 1874, and he assisted his father until he was
twenty-seven years old.
On December 5, 1899, Mr. Holman was
married to Miss Lavina Abbie Dunton, a native daughter of California, born in
Stockton, August 11, 1873. Her parents,
Marcus L. and Harriet (Greenleaf) Dunton, were both natives of West Point,
Maine, and came to California in 1872.
Mrs. Dunton was a direct descendent of the John Greenleaf Whittier
family. Both parents are now deceased,
survived by Mrs. Holman and Mark Alfred Dunton, a resident of Eugene,
California. Mr. and Mrs. Holman became
the parents of two daughters: Claire
Estella, a graduate of the Stockton high school, class of 1920; and Avis M., a
beloved daughter, who passed away on February 24, 1920.
The same year of his marriage, Mr.
Holman began farming on his own responsibility, first leasing the McFarland
place, where he engaged in raising horses, mules and cattle, as well as raising
large quantities of wheat, continuing on this ranch for ten years; then he
purchased his present ranch of 120 acres, a portion of the old Henry place,
where his family has since resided.
Three years ago Mr. Holman erected a modern residence on his ranch; he
owns a complete harvesting outfit and does a great deal of contract harvesting
throughout the county, besides on his own place. Mr. and Mrs. Holman are staunch friends of
the best along educational lines, both having served as school trustees; at one
time Mrs. Holman was clerk of the board of trustees of the Home Union School
District. Mr. Holman is an advocate of
good roads and is an active member of the local Farm Bureau. The success that has attended his efforts in
business is well merited, for he has labored untiring and at all times has been
honorable in his dealings with his fellowmen.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
852. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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