Born in Johnson County, Kentucky, March 6, 1827. He was the sixth in order of birth in the Homan family, got out in life for himself when of legal age, taught school several years, attended Wabash (Indiana) College several terms, and came to Iowa in 1855, settling on a farm of about 120 acres which had been entered from the government the preceding year since which time he has added by further purchases 218 acres. He is nicely located ten miles from Corning. He has an orchard of 160 trees, which is one of the oldest orchards in this part of the township. His principal crops are corn, wheat, oats and hay, more than half the farm being now in meadow. Mr. Homan was the first County Superintendent of Schools of this county. During the first years of his term of office, there were but sixteen teachers in the county, and two schoolhouses. For four years he was also a member of the County Board of Commissioners, and during his term in that office, the county seat was moved from Quincy to Corning. In 1879 he was elected a representative to the 18th General Assembly of this state, where he served on several committees, and took such part as he was able in the debates and proceedings of the House. He was the Clerk of the Baptist Church at Mt. Etna, of which religious denomination he has been a consistent member for twenty years. In politics he has been independent, generally voting for the best man. He was married in 1856 in Indiana, to Miss Caroline E. daughter of Joseph M. and Jane Ramsey, of Parke County, Indiana and they have had eleven children.