David Holmes, P.O. Slater. Son of Thomas and Mary Holmes; was born in Brook county, Virginia, Feb. 22, 1840. He moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, with his parents. His father was a miller; he spent his early years helping his father in the mill, and has followed the business to the present time. In 1868 he moved to Rocheport, Missouri, and was seven years engaged in the mill of A.M. Clayton. In 1875 he moved to Laynesville, in this county, and the next year to Marshall, and established the "Centennial Mill" there, and in 1880 sold out to his then partner, Charles H. Vanstone. He then purchased his present interest (one half), in the Slater flouring mills. Feb. 29, 1868, he married Miss Sarah Taylor, daughter of George and Jane Taylor, the former of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. They have five children: Ina M., Elry, Clarence E. and Leona. (History of Saline County)