ISAAC I. HOMAM

HOMAM

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/21/2020 at 11:31:26

ISAAC I. HOMAM, grocer at Corning, was H born in Putnam county, Indiana, in 1838, W a son of Mark Homan, who was born in Virginia, and Elizabeth (Stout) Homan, who was born in North Carolina. His mother died in 1842, and his father afterward was married again, and many of his descendants are intelligent citizens of this State. Mr. Homan was brought up to farm life. He arrived in Adams county in October. 1864, settling in Carl township, upon a farm where the improvements were very meager. Going to work with definite aims, in three years he was able to build a new house, 16 x 26. Afterward he engaged to some extent in other business, and in 1882 he sold his farm and opened a grocery in Corning, which he is still conducting, enjoying a good trade. His genial manners and obliging methods of dealing have won for him many of the best people for customers. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty-five years, a faithful worker. As a citizen no one ranks higher.

In 1858 he married Miss Nancy E. Wilson, a native of Indiana, and they have had seven children, two of whom are living in Corning; the others are dead.