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HOLMAN & SWIFT, grocers and provision dealers. W. G. Holman, of this firm, was born in Franklin county, Mo., Nov., 22, 1858. His parents, Peter and Jane (Long) Holman, were natives of England and Indiana. His father was born in Cornwall, Eng., Aug. 8, 1832, and his mother in Indiana, Sept. 6, 1837; they now reside in this city. During infancy Mr. Holman moved with his parents to Dubuque, Iowa, where his father engaged in mining for about two years; the family then returned to Franklin county, Mo., and the father engaged in the mines for a period of five years; after this they again moved to Dubuque but subsequently returned to their former home in Missouri, and came to Joplin in the fall of 1871, and the father engaged in his former occupation, and our subject attended the city schools, receiving a liberal education. When about sixteen years of age he went and worked in the mines for about two years. In the spring of 1875, he engaged in the grocery business with Mr. C. W. Dykeman of this city, under the firm name of Dykeman & Holman. In the fall of 1877 Mr. H. disposed of his interest to the senior member of the firm, and on Sept. 8th of the same year he entered into his present partnership, purchasing the entire stock of groceries, etc., of T. W. Cunningham of this city. The firm has since continued doing a large and increasing business, and having on hand one of the largest and most complete stocks of groceries, provisions, etc., of any firm in southwest Missouri.