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Squire P. Holman, general merchant and postmaster of Hartford, was born in Macon County, Mo., in 1842, and is a son of John and Jerusha (Titus) Holman, natives of Kentucky, who, when young, came to Randolph County, Mo., where they were married. They then moved to Macon County, where the mother died about 1848. The father was twice married, and in 1864 removed to Iowa, where the mother died in 1884. Farming was his life-long occupation. The subject of this sketch was reared under the parental roof, during which time he received but a limited education as the nearest school-house was distant over three miles. In 1864 he crossed the plains to Idaho and Oregon, where he engaged in mining. In October, 1866, he went to Iowa, and engaged in farming eight years, when he came to Putnam County, Mo. In August, 1871, he married Miss Catherine, daughter of William and Frances Cook, a native of Putnam County, Mo., by whom he has had five children, three of whom are living: Dora Belle, Casper and Maggie. In 1874 Mr. Holman came to Putnam County, and located and farmed in Lincoln Township until 1878, when he removed to Graysville, and farmed a year, after which he entered the mercantile business at that place. In 1883 he came to Hartford, where he has been engaged in general mercantile pursuits for a number of years with his brother, Judge W. H. Holman, under the firm name of S. P. Holman & Co. In 1881 Mr. Holman was made postmaster of Graysville, which office he held until he resigned, and in 1887 he was appointed postmaster of Hartford, which position he is now filling with efficiency. He is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Horace Greeley in 1872. He is a member of the A. H. T. A.