Sarah Holman obituary, 1909

from New Jersey Courier 2 Jun 1909

Mrs Sarah E Holman, wife of former Sheriff Charles L Holman, died on Friday evening of last week. She was 75
years of age, and her years were against her recovery. Death was caused by pneumonia after an illness of one
week.

Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church, of which she had long been a member, on Tuesday afternoon
at two o'clock. Her pastor, Rev C B Austin, DD, made the principal address referring to her home life and her
influence with her family, and was followed by Rev James Morgan Read, president of Pennington Seminary, in a
touching tribute to the many good qualities of Mrs Holman. Rev R B Whitman, pastor of the Baptist church read
the scripture lesson; and the church choir sang: "Peace, Perfect Peace" and "Abide with Me". Burial was at the
family plot in Riverside cemetery. The pall bearers were: Daniel Shutts of Shrewsbury;Joseph Shutts of Red Bank;
Senator G F Cranmer of Trenton; Henry Simons of Lakewood; J B Cowperthwaite & A A Brant of Toms River.
In October of 1852, she was married to Mr Holman, and they had lived happily together like a pair of married
lovers, for fifty six years. She was the mother of ten children, all of whom lived to maturity and eight of
whom are still living. They are James D Holman, Freeholder from Jackson township; Lewis Worrell Holman, Frank
T Holman and Charles Stratton Holman, all of Whitesville; County Clerk George H Holman, Mrs James Robinson
and Mrs Rowland C Buckwalter of Toms River; and County Road Supervisor John W Holman of West Creek. The two
who died were Mrs John Youmans of Whitesville and Robert I Holman of Toms River. Mrs Holman also leaves besides
her husband and children, 33 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.

Most of Mrs Holman's life was spent in Jackson township, where she reared her large family. For many years she
had belonged to the Presbyterian church at Holmanville. About fifteen years ago she and her husband moved to
Toms River, and took the big house on Washington street, where she died.
Since then she had been a devoted member of the Toms River Presbyterian Church.
Mrs Holman was of a reserved nature; had little to say at ordinary times; but was recognized by all in the inner
circle of her home life as a tower of strength and a wise counsellor. Her hospitality was known the county over
and she was famed as a housewife. She lived to see her sons occupy a large part in the public affairs of the
county, as her father and her husband had done.

Of Mrs Holman's immediate family there are living three brothers and two sisters:
John W White, Joseph E White, Page White, Mrs Joseph Hankins and Mrs Hannah Davis, all of Whitesville.
An uncle, John White of Delanco, also survives her. These with her sons and daughters, their wives and
husbands, and children, followed her to the grave with the exception of one grandson, Charles Youmans,
who was in the West and could not reach Toms River in time for the funeral