Mrs. Holman fell recently and suffered a fractured leg.
She was born in England, May 1, 1844, the daughter of James and Amy Britnell Loader. She came to America in 1856 and crossed the plains with the Martin Handcart Company. She was the last surving member of that company. The family consisted of the parents, six girls and one boy.
Enroute across the plains Mr. Loader died and was buried at Ash Hollow, Nebraska. The girls and their mother, pulling the handcart, finished the trip and arrived in Salt Lake City on November 30, 1856.
The family moved to Pleasant Grove, Utah, then to Santaquin, Utah coming to Rexburg in 1885.
Mrs. Holman was married to George H.A. Harris, who preceded her in death, and in 1875 she married John G. Holman. Mr. Holman died in 1888.
She was an active LDS worker, serving as Relief Society President when the Rexburg Stake covered the Upper Snake River Valley territory.
Survivors include seven sons and daughters: Mrs. Sarah E. Ricks, Rexburg, B.R. Harris, Salt Lake City, D. Rolla Harris, Sugar City, Mrs. Zelphia Bramwell, Salt Lake City,
Mrs. Jane Rigby, Rexburg, A.L. Holman and E. Holman both of Sugar City. Also, sixty-nine grandchildren, 139 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Rexburg Stake Tabernacle with Winslow R. Smith of Salt Lake City, former President of the Eastern States Mission and a grandson of George A. Smith, former LDS Apostle, officiating.
Interment will be in the Rexburg Cemetery under the direction of the Flamm Funeral Service.
Mrs. Holman fell recently and suffered a fractured leg.
She was born in England, May 1, 1844, the daughter of James and Amy Britnell Loader. She came to America in 1856 and crossed the plains with the Martin Handcart Company. She was the last surving member of that company. The family consisted of the parents, six girls and one boy.
Enroute across the plains Mr. Loader died and was buried at Ash Hollow, Nebraska. The girls and their mother, pulling the handcart, finished the trip and arrived in Salt Lake City on November 30, 1856.
The family moved to Pleasant Grove, Utah, then to Santaquin, Utah coming to Rexburg in 1885.
Mrs. Holman was married to George H.A. Harris, who preceded her in death, and in 1875 she married John G. Holman. Mr. Holman died in 1888.
She was an active LDS worker, serving as Relief Society President when the Rexburg Stake covered the Upper Snake River Valley territory.
Survivors include seven sons and daughters: Mrs. Sarah E. Ricks, Rexburg, B.R. Harris, Salt Lake City, D. Rolla Harris, Sugar City, Mrs. Zelphia Bramwell, Salt Lake City,
Mrs. Jane Rigby, Rexburg, A.L. Holman and E. Holman both of Sugar City. Also, sixty-nine grandchildren, 139 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Rexburg Stake Tabernacle with Winslow R. Smith of Salt Lake City, former President of the Eastern States Mission and a grandson of George A. Smith, former LDS Apostle, officiating.
Interment will be in the Rexburg Cemetery under the direction of the Flamm Funeral Service.
Family Members
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James Loader Harris
1863–1932
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Amy Christiannia Harris
1865–1879
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Sarah Ellen Harris Ricks
1865–1943
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Bernice Rawlings Harris
1867–1954
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Darwin Rolla Harris
1868–1949
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Zilpha Ann Holman Bramwell
1876–1952
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Emma Jane Holman Rigby
1879–1951
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Albert Loader Holman
1881–1959
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Ezekiel Loader Holman
1885–1971
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James Henry Harris
unknown–1865
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