Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 659.
 
JAMES D. HOLMAN

     Born in Woodford County, Kentucky, August 18, 1814; was married in 1840 to
Miss Rachel Summers; came to Oregon six years afterwards, and settled in Pacific
County, W. T.  Represented that district in the first legislative session under
the Provisional Government.  Went to California in 1848; returned in 1850, and
founded Pacific City, on Baker's Bay, at the mouth of the Columbia.  Moved to
Portland in 1856, and resided there until his death, on the 20th of December,
1882.  He was one of the first directors of the public schools of Portland, and
was also identified with the affairs of the First Presbyterian Church, of which
he was a member.  His wife survives him, as also four of their children --
Fannie A., Kate S., Fred V., and George F.


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