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James Sanford Holman

Son of Sanford Holman and Elizabeth Hannah Allred Holman
Born July 17, 1867 in Fountain Green, Utah
Died March 19, 1942 at LaJara, Colorado

The following obituary is from the Alamosa [Colorado] Courier:

James Sanford Holman was born July 17th, 1867, in Fountain Green, Utah.

He was the oldest son and second child of Sanford Holman and Elizabeth Hannah Allred. In the family there were nine children; four boys and five girls. One brother and one sister have preceded him in death.

On February 8, 1888, he was married to Mary Aagard of Fountain Green, who proved a loving, kind and helpful wife to him until her death on August 26, 1920, while in her native town to attend the funeral services of her mother.

To this union were born nine children, six daughters and three sons. Two of the sons have already passed away.

Immediately after their marriage the young couple moved from Fountain Green, Utah, to the San Luis Valley (Colorado). They settled near the new settlement of La Jara. For a time they lived on what was known as "The Lone Tree Ranch." Here their first child was born. Later they moved to Sanford, Colorado, where their first two sons were born. From Sanford they moved to Eastdale and established first a small log home and later a large concrete home. In these two homes their last son and five daughters were born.

At Eastdale he engaged in farming in a small way and in the sheep business. When he had succeeded in getting his sheep and land paid for and was out of debt he was called to fill a mission in the then Northern States Mission, under President German E. Ellsworth. While he was in the mission field, the town of Eastdale was broken up, and upon his release, August 30, 1908, he bought his home in Manassa where he has lived since.

He gave much of his time in the past to the duties of civil and church affairs. For many years he served as president of the 92nd Quorum of the Seventies, later being ordained High Priest. He served many terms as mayor of the Town of Manassa, and also as trustee for the school district.

[After his first wife, Mary Aagard, died,] In October, 1921, he married a second time. His new bride was Mrs. Ethel Daniels Manning.

His business and health failed him, and he passed quietly away at the home of his daughter, Geneva Guymon, Thursday, March 19th, 1942, at 8 p.m.

"San", as he was familiarly known, is survived by his wife, Ethel, one son, James A. Holman of Manassa, and six daughters, Ella Ree Brady of Manassa, Zella E. Haynie of Manassa, Leona A. Daniels of Manassa, Vera E. Bishop of Salt Lake City, Geneva Guymon of La Jara, and Vidella Nielson of La Jara. [Vidella had actually moved to Salt Lake City the previous December.]

Also surviving him are two brothers, Lester Holman of Fountain Green, Utah, and M. M. Holman [his children's "Uncle Murl"] of Manassa; four sisters, Elizabeth Llewellyn of Springville, Utah, Naomi R. Funk [his children's "Aunt Tain"] of Logan, Utah, and Emma Johnson and Grace Sainsbury of Salt Lake City.

His earthly remains were laid to rest beside his wife, Mary, in the Manassa, Colorado, cemetery.