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Joseph Holman
Joseph Holman was then introduced. He said he was the sold survivor of two events; of the first emigration party of eight, who came to Wayne county in 1805, and also of the body of men who framed the first constitution of the state in 1816. When he came, Knox, Clark, and Dearborn were the only counties in the territory. Mr. Holman read a sketch of his early reminiscences which he had prepared. [As a large protion of the facts alluded to in the sketch are mentioned elsewhere in this work, they are here omitted.] While he was reading, the emigration train passed by, with their pack horses, hominy kettle and bell, all in the order they started sixty-four years ago. This exhibition excited a food deal of interest. Mr. Holman was born near Versailles, Woodford county, Ky., and was married November 22, 1810, and went to housekeeping two days afterward in a log cabin built by himself. He served in the war os 1812, and built a block-house on his farm near Centerville.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2