Individual Details

The Holm family is of stanch German lineage, and the name has been identified with American history from the pre-Revolutionary epoch. Michael Holm, grandfather of the subject, was born in Hagerstown,Maryland, and was a successful farmer in that locality for a number of years. There he married Martha Hollinger, who was born in Washington county, that state, and there several of their children were born prior to the year 1812, when they emigrated thence to Ohio, and took up their abode in the sylvan wilds of Pike township, Stark county, this section of the country being at that time practically an un-reclaimed wilderness. The trip was made from Maryland in one of the old-time wagons commonly employed for such purposes, and the journey was a long and weary one, many miles being traversed, as a matter of course, while the mere fact of distance was the most insignificant part of the labor involved. In crossing the mountains it was frequently necessary to attach logs at the back of the wagon, that in dragging they might prevent a too precipitous pace on the part of the primitive conveyance, while through the unbroken forests the way was made with great difficulty and with exasperating delay. At the time of the family's arrival in Pike township settlers were few and widely separated, and the little clearing about the primitive cabins represented the maximum improvement, through an occasional field was found under cultivation, with manifold stumps yet marking the original location of the forest monarchs. [Michael Holm] entered a quarter section of government land, upon which not a single tree had been felled, the whole tract being a tangled forest wild. He made a little clearing and upon the same erected a log cabin, twenty by twenty-four feet in dimensions, and having but one room. In one end of the rude dwelling was the huge fireplace, which was likewise constructed of logs and rudely plastered over so as to avoid destruction by the flames. In this the great sections oftrees were burned, and the sight was more picturesque than was the comfort evident. The floor was of puncheon, light was supplied by two small windows, which were fitted with oiled paper in lieu of glass, while the doors swung on heavy hinges of leather. [Michael Holm] had a large family, and he found it no easy task to supply the common necessities of life, but he held the faith that makes faithful, and ways were provided for the safeguarding and care of those near and dear to him. He succeeded in reclaiming his farm and placing the same under effective cultivation, and there he and his goodwife continued to reside until the shadows of their lives began to lengthen in the glow of the golden evening and their steps grew feeble through the infirmities of age. Their reward for self-abnegation in the past was not denied them, however, for the filial solicitude of their children was it granted, and they were tenderly cared for in their declining days by the father of the subject, in whose home they remained until the "everlasting doors" were opened wide to reveal to them the glories of the life eternal. He died in 1837, at the age of seventy-seven years, and his noble wife survived him by several years, passing away at a venerable age. They were consistent members of the Dunkard church, and in the early days signified their devotion by driving a distance of twenty miles, into Tuscarawas county, to attend the services of their church when there held. In politics he was an old-time Whig, giving a loyal support to the party cause.

According to Perrin, he had 20 children. We have barely accounted for half.

Birth	Abt 1758	Franklin, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
Marriage	Abt 1782	Rebecca Mack
Census	1786	Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Census	1790	Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Property	18 Feb 1796	Signs Lease to rent for three years 150 acres in the “Belt’s Buckle” tract. - Antietam, Washington, Maryland, United States
Census	1800	Antietam, Washington, Maryland, United States
Census	1800	Montgomery, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage	Abt 1805	Magdalena Hollinger
Census	1810	Antietam, Washington, Maryland, United States
Move	1812	Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Military Discharge	1 Jun 1814
Property	1815	Purchase of 100 acres in section 5. - Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Property	1820	Sold part of section 5 - Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Census	7 Aug 1820	Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Census	1830	Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Death	1835	Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Alternate Death	1837	Pike Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Alt name		Michael Hellam
Alt name		Michael Halm
Alt name		Michael Helm
Politics		Whig
Burial
Nationality		Germany
Religion		Dunkard aka Schwarzenau Brethren

Spouse	Magdalena Hollinger (1782 - 1840)
Child	Hannah Holm (1805 - 1880)
Child	Michael Holm Jr (1807 - 1875)
Child	Catherine Holm (1809 - 1889)
Child	Sarah Holm (1812 - 1899)
Child	Lydia "Liddie" Holm (1815 - 1890)
Child	Samuel Holm (1818 - 1843)
Child	Magdalene "Martha" Holm (1820 - 1889)

Spouse	Rebecca Mack (1762 - 1804)
Child	Susanna Holm (1785 - 1871)
Child	John Holm (1791 - 1854)
Child	Elizabeth Holm (1793 - 1823)
Child	Nancy Holm (1799 - 1860)

Father	Michael Halm (1735 - 1785)
Mother	Elizabeth (1735 - 1785)
Sibling	Jacob Halm (1758 - 1799)
Sibling	Mary Halm (1758 - 1797)
Sibling	John Halm (1765 - )
Sibling	Abraham Halm (1767 - 1849)
Sibling	Catherina Halm (1771 - )
Sibling	Susanna Halm (1774 - )

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