Married Margaret B Smiley September 19, 1837 in Ripley County, Indiana.
Children: John Elmore, William Henry, James Allen, Anna Amacity, Franklin E, Josephine, Delila, Sampson, Missouri Ann (Rachel), Napolean Bonaparte.
Henry was a member of 21st Missouri Infantry Company D in the Civil War enlisting July 15, 1861 in Antioch, Missouri with Captain McGonigle, mustered in February 1, 1862 in Canton, Missouri, and mustered out September 15, 1865 in Mobile, Alabama.
Record of Service Card,
Civil War, 1861-1865
Box: 8
Reel: s00857
Records indicate that he was a big man with his top weight at about 300 pounds and it was said, "he was the only man in his regiment that could lift the breach end of a cannon."
Henry was also a member of the music group in the 21st as a fiddle player.
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Family stories relate that Henry's grandchild, James L. Boltz, son of Franklin, built the church next to the Pleasant Ridge cemetery; that James "loved to eat" and weighed 600 pounds; that he hurt his back and was bedridden for a long time.
Married Margaret B Smiley September 19, 1837 in Ripley County, Indiana.
Children: John Elmore, William Henry, James Allen, Anna Amacity, Franklin E, Josephine, Delila, Sampson, Missouri Ann (Rachel), Napolean Bonaparte.
Henry was a member of 21st Missouri Infantry Company D in the Civil War enlisting July 15, 1861 in Antioch, Missouri with Captain McGonigle, mustered in February 1, 1862 in Canton, Missouri, and mustered out September 15, 1865 in Mobile, Alabama.
Record of Service Card,
Civil War, 1861-1865
Box: 8
Reel: s00857
Records indicate that he was a big man with his top weight at about 300 pounds and it was said, "he was the only man in his regiment that could lift the breach end of a cannon."
Henry was also a member of the music group in the 21st as a fiddle player.
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Family stories relate that Henry's grandchild, James L. Boltz, son of Franklin, built the church next to the Pleasant Ridge cemetery; that James "loved to eat" and weighed 600 pounds; that he hurt his back and was bedridden for a long time.
Inscription
Inscription below name reads: "A precious one has gone, a voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home, that never can be filled."
Family Members
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John Elmore Puls
1838–1915
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William Henry Puls
1843–1918
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James Allen Puls
1846–1923
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Anna Amacity Boltz Huddleson
1849–1920
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Franklin E Boltz
1850–1899
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Josephine Boltz Ward
1852–1912
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Delila Boltz
1857–1857
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Sampson Boltz
1857–1862
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Missouri Ann "Rachel" Boltz Ward
1858–1938
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Napoleon Bonaparte "Boney" Boltz
1859–1943
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