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Solomon Milam
Holbrook. deceased, was born in Tazewell County,
Va., Feb. 26, 1836, the
son of Colbert and Nancy (Milam) Holbrook,
the former born in North
Carolina in 1797, and the latter was born in
Tazewell County, Va., in
1813. They were married Dec. 25, 1833. Four
years later they came to
Missouri and located on a farm near Moberly,
where their eight children
were reared. Mr. Holbrook died in 1854 and
his widow died in 1894.
Both were members of the Methodist church.
Mr. Holbrook spent his
youth on his mother's farm, and attended the
public schools. Oct. 11,
1859, he was married to Miss Lucy Jane Walden,
of Huntsville. She was the
daughter of Zephaniah Walden, a well known
early settler of the county.
Ten children were born to this union, who
became well known
farmers and business men of this locality. Mr. Hol-
brook joined the Masonic
order at Huntsville, when the Blue Lodge was
organized at Moberly he
became a charter member here, transferring
from Huntsville.
In 1861, Mr. Holbrook
enlisted in the Confederate army, served
under General Price, and
later was transferred to Colonel Joe Shelby's
cavalry, with which he
remained until peace was declared. After return-
ing to Missouri, Mr.
Holbrook became a prosperous farmer on land situated
lust south of White House
curve. He joined the Methodist church when
n young man at Sugar
Creek, until the Fourth Street Methodist church,
south, was organized at
Moberly, when he became a charter member.
Mr. Holbrook stood high
in his community for his kind heart, for he
was ever ready to give a
helping hand to the needy and also for his
high integrity.
In 1881, Mr. Holbrook
moved to Kansas, where he purchased a
ranch of three sections of
land and resided there until his death, May
15. 1911. Many people
believed that Mr. Holbrook was particularly
fortunate, but his success
in life was due to his close application to his
vocation, executive ability
and hard work, for he was a man of indomit-
able energy and steady
industry at all times. For many years Mr.
Holbrook took an active
part in the civic life of Moberly and its en-
virons, ever supporting
every movement for the improvement and de-
velopment of this section
and he followed the same plan of life in his
new home in Kansas.
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