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COL J. H. HOLMAN attorney at law at Fayetteville, Tenn., is a son of James W. Holman who was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1812. He was a farmer and Primitive Baptist minister. In 1830 he married Jean Flack, who was born in Lincoln County in 1812, and in 1881 came to Fayetteville, and has since resided with his children. He owns 800 acres of land, and has been a minister of the gospel since 1845. His father, Rev. Hardy Holman, was a Virginian, and moved to Kentucky previous to 1800. He was among the very early pioneers of Lincoln County, and surveyed the town plot of Fayetteville. Our subject is one of eight children, four now living; Dr. Thomas P., a resident of Lincoln County; Sue M. (Mrs. Dr. W. A. Millhouse), Jennie P. (Mrs. John G. Tolley), and J. H., our subject, who was born in Lincoln County in 1836, and received an academic education in the schools of his county. In 1856 he entered Union University, at Murfreesboro, but in the spring of 1857 was appointed lieutenant in the regular army by President Pierce, and held the position until the breaking out of the war between the North and the South, when he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the First Regiment Tennessee Volunteers. In 1863 he was promoted to the rank of colonel, which position he held until the close of the war. He was at Cumberland Gap, Perryville, Lawrenceburg, and in many skirmishes, and was wounded on three different occasions, but not seriously. He was paroled May 24, 1865, at Houston, Tex. He was taken prisoner at Winchester, Tenn., in 1863, and retained at Camp Chase, Ohio, and Johnson’s Island for thirteen months. After returning home he began the study of law, and in 1867 was admitted to the Lincoln County bar and began practicing with his brother, D. W. Holman. November 23, 1865, he and Lizzie C. Kimbrough were united in marriage. Mrs. Holman was born in 1840, and was a daughter of Rev. Bradley Kimbrough, a Baptist minister. In 1870 Mr. Holman was elected attorney-general of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, holding the office until 1877, and has since devoted his attention to his profession. In 1878 he was appointed commissioner to the Paris Exposition by Gov. Porter, and during his absence traveled in various portions of Europe. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, Union Chapter.