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W. L. HOLTON, liveryman, post-office Sarcoxie, was born in Rutland county, Vt., Feb. 25, 1854. His parents, L. T. and L. A. Holton, were also natives of the Green Mountain State. His father was born Feb. 20, 1818, and died Nov. 26, 1867; his mother was born Oct. 28, 1818. During infancy our subject came to Illinois with his parents, who located on a farm in McDonongh county. There young Holton engaged in farming and attending the common schools. He completed his education in the Iowa Wesleyan University at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. In September, 1877, he came to Missouri, locating in Union township, this county, where he purchased a farm and continued in agricultural pursuits. Three years later he sold his farm and moved to Sarcoxie, but shortly after bought another farm in the neighborhood of the former one and farmed for two years. In March, 1882, he returned to Sarcoxie, engaged in the livery business, and has since made this his home. Mr. Holton was married in Fulton county, Ill., Jan. 29, 1873, to Miss Sylvia, daughter of J. N. and Melissa A. Parrish, formerly of Ohio. Mrs. H. was born July 30, 1854. Her father was born March 25, 1827; her mother, Sept, 26, 1827. Our subject and Mrs. Holton have three children; Myrtia A., born Nov. 10, 1873; Charlotte L., born Oct. 26, 1875; and Etta Maude, born March 20, 1880. Mr. Holton is a man of excellent business qualifications, and as a liveryman is a success.