VINCENT C. HOMAN is a native
of Preble County, Ohio. His parents, Benjamin and Rachel
(Curtis) Homan, were natives of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
respectively. The former, Benjamin Homan, was a son of
Eber and
Jane (McPurdy) Homan, who were natives of New York and Ireland,
and were born as follows: The former at Long Island City, New
York, September 7, 1764, the latter in Ireland, May 25,1775.
They were married in Pennsylvania and settled in Fayette County,
where the mother died April 14, 1810. He subsequently married
again and moved to the State of Ohio, where he died March 25,
1840. They were the parents of seven children, viz: David, born
September 26, 1802; James: born October, 1803; Phebe, born
November 7, 1804; Eder, born March 16, 1806; Jane, born June 7,
1807; Keder, born May 29, 1809, and Benjamin, the father of our
subject, the eldest member of the family, born in Fayette
County, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1801. He and Rachel Curtis were
married in Warren County, Ohio, March 27, 1823. She was born in
New Jersey, July 14, 1802. After Mr. Benjamin and
Rachel Homan's
marriage, they first settled in Warren County, Ohio, and
subsequently moved to Clinton County, Ohio, and from thence to
Preble County, Ohio, where he still resides. His wife died July
15, 1844, and he subsequently married Margaret Grissom. He is
the father of seven children, viz: William, born February 13,
1824, and died July 3, 1832; Ezra, born October 24, 1827, and
died July 9, 1832; Sarah J., born October 3, 1832; Vincent C.,
born October 18, 1837, and Mary E., born May 16, 1841, by the
first wife, Rachel; and Benjamin F., born September 17, 1847,
and Nancy K., born August 5, 1849, by his last wife, Margaret.
Vincent C., our subject, was educated in Preble County, Ohio,
was raised on a farm until his twenty-first year, after which he
clerked in a grocery at Eaton, Ohio, for a short time, and in
August, 1859, he, in partnership with his father, purchased a
stock of groceries at that place and engaged in business until
March, 1865, at which time he sold out and came to Mexico,
Indiana, and in April of that year, purchased a half interest in
a stock of general merchandise at Mexico, Indiana, with James L.
Wilson, with whom he carried on business until September, 1882,
at which time they traded their stock of goods for a tract of
land in Pulaski County, Indiana, consisting of 662 acres, of
which Mr. Homan owns a half interest. He also owns 150 acres of
fine land in Jefferson Township, Miami County, which he
purchased in 1884. He also owns stock in the Mexico
Manufacturing Company, and a fine residence in Mexico, where he
resides. He was married at Mexico, Indiana, October 27, 1863, to
Sarah J., daughter of James and Sarah (Ault) Wilson. She was
born in Preble County, Ohio, July 1, 1840. Mr. Homan is an
intelligent and enterprising man, and is highly esteemed by all
who know him. He is a member of the Masonic order, and he and
his wife are members of the M. E. Church. Transcribed from:
History of Miami County, Indiana.
Source 3: History of Miami County, Indiana - Publ. Chicago -
Brant & Fuller - 1887 - Page 698
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