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GEORGE HOLM, Canton, Ohio ; is a native of Pike Tp., Stark Co., Ohio. He was born Oct. 25, 1820, and is the second of a family of three children born to John and Elizabeth (Shutt) Holm. They were natives of Washington Co., Md. He came here a young man in 1812, and located a piece of land in Pike Tp., after which he brought his parents, occupied the place and cleared a farm, and farmed in that township, where our subject,s grandfather, Michael, and his second wife, and John and Elizabeth (Shutt) Holm, died. Elizabeth Shutt and her parents came to Pike Tp. about the year 1812. Her mother died in Maryland, and he in 1862, in Pike Tp., aged 97. John and Elizabeth were among the first marriages in Pike Tp. George lived at home twenty-five years, received a district school course of study, and also taught a number of terms ; in 1845, he married Miss Catharine Buchtel, a native of Stark Co. Her father, John Buchtel, came here a young man I with his parents prior to 1812. Her grandfather on her mother’s side, John Sherman, is / also a pioneer, after whom is named Sherman's Church. After marriage, George occupied his grandfather's farm, which he hired, his grandfather giving up the farm and living with him until his death. George farmed until 1866, when he came to Canton, renting his farm. He has since 1868, acted as the County Agent for C. Aultman & Co. He is Republican in politics,and Methodist in his religious faith. Of eight children born to the marriage, there are six living.

George Holm, to whom this sketch is dedicated, was born on the old homestead farm, in Pike township, on the 26th of October, 1820, and his early years were filled with earnest toil in connection of reclaiming the farm from the wilderness. He desired to learn a trade, but his father could not spare him from the farm. His first schooling was received in the home of Absalom Hines, on a neighboring farm, this instructor being a bachelor and a man of no little ability, though it was his misfortune to be cursed with an inordinate appetite for intoxicants, and his pay for his pedagogic efforts was no sooner received than he put it to immediate use, closing his school and indulging his convivial propensities until his cash was exhausted, when he would, perforce, go to work again. After the organization of the public schools the subject continued his studies under somewhat more favorable auspices, being diligent and appreciative and making the best possible use of such advantages as came to him. During the winter of 1842-3 he attended the academy in Canton, the institution having been conducted by Professor Cowles, an able educator. After school hours and during vacations Mr. Holm devoted his attention to the work of the farm, having plowed among the stumps and roots of the newly cleared fields at an age when he was barely able to steady the plow. At the age of twenty-three years he began teaching, his certificate having been signed by Messrs. E. P. Grant and A. McGregor, who constituted the board of examiners. He proved successful in his work as a teacher in the district schools of his native county, and continued to remain at the parental home the greater portion of his time until his marriage, in 1845. His father then removed to the farm which had been secured by the grandfather of the subject, and after the death of the former the subject inherited the old homestead, upon which he made excellent improvements, erecting new buildings and doing much to augment the value ofthe place. In 1866 he removed to his farm in Canton township and eventually disposed of the land which had been entered by his grandfather so many years previously. Mr. Holm remained but a short timeon his farm, for within the same year, 1866, he took up his residence in the city of Canton and here accepted a position as traveling salesman for the great agricultural implement concern of C. Aultman & Company, of this place, and that his services did not fall short of the maximum results possible and did not lack for definite appreciation is evident from the fact that he continued in the employ of the concern for the long period of thirty years. His first home here was in South Canton, but in 1875 Mr. Holm effected an exchange of properties and became the owner of his present attractive home, at 840 North Market Street. He has been known as a most progressive and public-spirited citizen, ever taking a lively interest in al that touches the welfare of his home city and county. In politics he was originally arrayed with the Whig party, but upon the organization of the Republican party he transferred his allegiance to the same and has ever since been an advocate of its principles and policies. In 1850 he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his wife likewise became a member, having originally been identified with the German Reformed church, of which she became a member when but fourteen years of age. About 1861 Mr. Holm was elected to the office of township trustee of Pike township, and of this office he continued incumbent for twelve years. In 1855 the Republicans of this district nominated the late Judge Underhill for the legislature, this being the first convention of the party in the district, and the subject was a delegate to the same.

Census-shared	1820	(John Holm) Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Birth	26 Oct 1820	Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Census-shared	1830	(John Holm) Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Accomplishment	Abt 1835	Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Census-shared	1840	(John Holm) Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Occupation	1843	Teacher - Stark, Ohio, United States
Occupation	1845	Farmer until 1866 - Bethlehem Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Occupation	1845	Farmer - Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Marriage	30 Mar 1845	Bethlehem Township, Stark, Ohio, United States - Catharine Buchtel
Census	1850	Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Property	1856	Sold SE 1/4 of section 7 in Pike Twp as part of estate of John Holm. - Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Census	1860	Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Election	1861	Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Occupation	1866	Worked for Aultman company - Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States
Property	1868	Property exchanges with Sam, Reuben and Joseph Buchtel as part of estate of John Buchtel. Signals t - Bethlehem Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Census	1870	Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States
Move	1875	840 Market Ave N, Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States
Census	1880	Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States
Occupation	1880	Agent for Agricultural works C. Aultman and Co. - Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States
Residence	1881	Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States
Census	1900	Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States
Occupation	1900	Sales - Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States
Residence	1904	840 Market Ave N, Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States
Death	2 Nov 1905	Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States
Burial		West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States

Spouse	Catharine Buchtel (1822 - 1913)
Child	Almira "Myra" Holm (1846 - 1921)
Child	Elizabeth "Libbie" Holm (1847 - 1932)
Child	Sarah C Holm (1848 - 1942)
Child	Ella Holm (1851 - 1905)
Child	Olive Alice Holm (1857 - 1896)
Child	Edith Holm (1859 - 1942)
Child	Mary Olivia Holm (1864 - 1869)
Child	James B Holm (1864 - 1865)

Father	John Holm (1791 - 1854)
Mother	Elizabeth Shutt (1796 - 1825)
Sibling	Susan Holm (1818 - 1870)
Sibling	Jacob Holm (1822 - 1908)

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