Advertisement

Francis Marion Boles

Advertisement

Francis Marion Boles

Birth
Linn County, Missouri, USA
Death
14 Sep 1883 (aged 39)
Linn County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Linneus, Linn County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
"Last Friday, Mr. Boles, the sheriff of Linn County, met a horrible death. He was burning brush when he received a sunstroke, or from some cause fainted and fell into the fire. He managed to get out of the fire and to attract the attention of some men near by. He was terribly burned and died that night. He was serving his second term as sheriff." The Weekly Chillicothe Crisis, September 20, 1883

Contributor: Tressia (47642449)

From a list created by S.D. Sandusky and published in the Linneus Bulletin, May 23, 1889, F. M. Boles was a Union Soldier who is buried in the Linneus Cemetery. This was found on page 20 of the Excepts from the Linneus Bulletin published by the Linn County Genealogical Researchers.

Francis Marion Boles 1843-1885, page 425 is the son of James R. and Elizabeth (Cook) Boles and he was born in Yellow Creek Townshp two miles north of St. Catharine, on the eighth day of December, 1843. The father came to Linn Co. from Kentucky in Oct. 1840. Mr. Boles was married on the twenty ninth day of Sept. 1878, to Miss Ella Crowley, dau of Charles Crowley. They have one daughter.
"Last Friday, Mr. Boles, the sheriff of Linn County, met a horrible death. He was burning brush when he received a sunstroke, or from some cause fainted and fell into the fire. He managed to get out of the fire and to attract the attention of some men near by. He was terribly burned and died that night. He was serving his second term as sheriff." The Weekly Chillicothe Crisis, September 20, 1883

Contributor: Tressia (47642449)

From a list created by S.D. Sandusky and published in the Linneus Bulletin, May 23, 1889, F. M. Boles was a Union Soldier who is buried in the Linneus Cemetery. This was found on page 20 of the Excepts from the Linneus Bulletin published by the Linn County Genealogical Researchers.

Francis Marion Boles 1843-1885, page 425 is the son of James R. and Elizabeth (Cook) Boles and he was born in Yellow Creek Townshp two miles north of St. Catharine, on the eighth day of December, 1843. The father came to Linn Co. from Kentucky in Oct. 1840. Mr. Boles was married on the twenty ninth day of Sept. 1878, to Miss Ella Crowley, dau of Charles Crowley. They have one daughter.

Inscription

Co. I 23 Mo Inf

Gravesite Details

dates and bio from History of Linn Co., MO 1882 pg 425


Advertisement