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 316 HOLM AN. HOLMES. good service on committees and in gen- eral legislation, and to the acceptance of the great bod)' of his constituents at home. HOLMAN, Frank Edward, son of Asa and Caroline D. (Sawyer) Holman, was born in Clinton, Worcester county, August 8, 1853. His ancestor settled in Bolton, and held prominent social positions in that town. He received his early training in the public schools of Clinton and Cambridge, but has acquired no meagre fund of prac- tical knowledge from the exercise of his love for general reading. April, 1870, he entered the employ of H. E. Starbird, hardware dealer, remained as clerk until January 1, 1875, then was admitted as a partner, with firm name of H. E. Starbird & Co. This relationship existed until April, 1884, when the firm was dissolved by the death of Mr. Starbird. From 18S4 until the present time the busi- ness has been carried on by Mr. Holman, under the business signature of F. E. Hol- man & Co., he being the sole active and managing partner. Mr. Holman was married in Shirley, November 24, 1SS6, to Nellie C, daugh- ter of N. C. and Lucy E. (Hathaway) Munson. Mr. Munson was the contractor who filled up the Back Bay in Boston. Mr. Holman has been a member of the school board since 1885. He was elected to represent his district (13th Worcester) in the House of Representatives in 1888, and served on the committee on mercantile affairs. He was re-elected in 1889, and assigned to drainage committee. In poli- tics he is a Republican. Mr. Holman has been for some years chairman of the parish committee of the Unitarian society, and an active member in the work pertaining to it. He is a director in the Clinton board of trade. HOLMES, HORACE M., son of Jesse C. and Orinda (Oakes) Holmes, was born in Waterville, Lamoille county, Vt., Novem- ber 2, 1826. His early education was accomplished in the schools of his native town and at the Bakersfield Academical Institute, Ba- kersfield, Yt. Thereafter, for a short period, he taught school in Illinois and in Pittsfield, Mass.; then studied medicine with the late Drs. H. H. & T. Childs, graduating at the Berkshire Medical Col- lege in November, 1852. Soon after grad- uating he moved to Adams, where he has since lived and practiced his profession. He is also a partner in the firm of F. E. Mole & Co., druggists, and dealers ii. hardware, paints, etc. On the nth of October, 1855, Dr. Holmes was married in Pittsfield, to Helen C, daughter of Merrick and Susan (Big- elow) Ross. His wife died December n, 1880. Their two children are : Jessie R. and Harry B. Holmes. Dr. Holmes is a charter member of the Berkshire lodge, F. & A. M., and for two years was its master. Since its organiza- tion, in i860, he has been a vestryman of St. Mark's Episcopal church, and was for several years chairman of the board of health. In 1878 and '79 he was elected to the Legislature from the towns of Adams and North Adams, and served on the com- mittee on public health. He has never been an aspirant for political honors, much HORACE M. HOLMES. preferring to devote his time wholly to his profession ; but in the course of his active and valuable life he has filled various offices in the Berkshire Medical Societv, of which he was president in 18S1 and '82. HOLMES, HOWLAND, was born in Halifax, Plymouth county, January 16, 1 S 1 5. He is a lineal descendant on his mother's side from John Alden, the Pilgrim,