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John Morris Bolt

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John Morris Bolt

Birth
Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky, USA
Death
22 Nov 1906 (aged 78)
Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Stanton, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Section 1, Row 11, Grave 7
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DEATH OF JOHN M. BOLT
John M. Bolt, one of the early settlers in this vicinity died at an advanced age at her home in this city last Thursday morning at eight o’clock after an illness lasting nearly a year.
Mr. Bolt was born in Kentucky March 30, 1828. In early childhood he moved with his parents to Brown County, Indiana and to Sciola, Iowa in 1855. He served as a volunteer in the Mexican War in 1847. In February 10, 1856 he was married to Lucinda Sagers and to this union were born six children; Mesdames A. Baker, B. W. Morris, Arabell Jacobson, and James John and Ed Bolt. In 1867 occurred the death of his wife and he was remarried in 1868 to Miss Harriet Gravitt. The children of the second marriage are: Mrs. H. E. Smith, Thomas J., Fred, and Charles C., and LeRoy and Hiram, deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Bolt moved to Villisca in 1901, where they resided until his death. Funeral services were held Saturday morning at eleven o’clock at the home by Rev. J. K. Driver of the Presbyterian Church and interment was made in the Arlington Cemetery.
Villisca Review, Thursday, November 29, 1906, page 1
DEATH OF JOHN M. BOLT
John M. Bolt, one of the early settlers in this vicinity died at an advanced age at her home in this city last Thursday morning at eight o’clock after an illness lasting nearly a year.
Mr. Bolt was born in Kentucky March 30, 1828. In early childhood he moved with his parents to Brown County, Indiana and to Sciola, Iowa in 1855. He served as a volunteer in the Mexican War in 1847. In February 10, 1856 he was married to Lucinda Sagers and to this union were born six children; Mesdames A. Baker, B. W. Morris, Arabell Jacobson, and James John and Ed Bolt. In 1867 occurred the death of his wife and he was remarried in 1868 to Miss Harriet Gravitt. The children of the second marriage are: Mrs. H. E. Smith, Thomas J., Fred, and Charles C., and LeRoy and Hiram, deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Bolt moved to Villisca in 1901, where they resided until his death. Funeral services were held Saturday morning at eleven o’clock at the home by Rev. J. K. Driver of the Presbyterian Church and interment was made in the Arlington Cemetery.
Villisca Review, Thursday, November 29, 1906, page 1

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