Representative Edmund Homan View All Years

HON. EDMUND HOMAN.

MR. SPEAKER: Your committee appointed to draft suitable resolutions of respect in honor of the Honorable Edmund Homan, beg leave to offer the following for adoption:

Whereas, An All-Wise Providence has taken unto Himself, on the thirteenth day of December, 1910, Honorable Edmund Homan, of Prescott, Adams County, Iowa, a member of the House of Representatives in the Eighteenth General Assembly.

Edmund Homan was born in Kentucky, March 6th, 1827, and was taken the same year by his parents to Indiana where he grew to manhood. His father was Mark Homan of Virginia. His mother was Nancy Burson of West Virginia.

In 1856 he was married to Miss Caroline E. Ramsay of Parke County, Indiana, and the same year he moved to Adams County, Iowa, where he resided until his decease. To Mr. and Mrs. Homan were born eleven children, of whom five sons and two daughters are still living. Mrs. Homan also survives her husband.

In 1847-8 Mr. Homan attended Wabash College at Crawfordsville, Indiana, and afterward taught school for many years.

His first purchase of land in Washington Township, Adams County, was at the government price of $1.25 an acre. He belonged to the sturdy pioneer element who came to this country and by diligence, foresight and economy transformed it into a land of plenty.

He was the “Soul of Honor,” a kind husband, a loving father and a faithful friend. He was an earnest Christian, having been a member of the Missionary Baptist denomination for about forty years and for seventeen years was Sunday school superintendent.

Resolved that we mourn his loss, extend our sympathy to the family of the deceased and commend him as an example for future generations; also,

Resolved that a copy of this memorial and resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased, also to the Prescott Argus, the Adams County Union Republican, the Adams County Free Press and the Nodaway Valley News, papers published in Adams County, Iowa.

Respectfully submitted,

GORDON HAYES,

D. P. HOGAN,

EDGAR H. SMITH,

Committee.

Adopted.