Obituary of Sarah Roberts Holt

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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003
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Sarah Roberts Holt 
The Owingsville Outlook, Thursday, December 29, 1910 
Mrs. W. H. Holt Dead 
   Mrs. William H. Holt, wife of Judge Holt, formerly of the Kentucky 
Court of Appeals, died of pneumonia at the family home at Pee Wee Valley 
at 11:30 o'clock Tuesday night.  Mrs. Holt had been ill two weeks.  Her 
maiden name was Sarah Roberts.  She was born in Philadelphia in 1841 and 
was a daughter of the late Thomas Roberts, at one time a prominent merchant 
in Philadelphia and a member of a prominent Philadelphia family.  She was 
married to Judge Holt in 1864.  They lived in Mt. Sterling for several 
years after the marriage. 
   When Judge Holt was sent to Porto Rico to establish the judiciary 
system for the United States Government, Mrs. Holt went with him.  The 
climate was detrimental to her health and for that reason they came back 
o Kentucky.  They lived at Peewee Valley for seven years. 
   Mrs. Holt leaves a brother, W. H. Roberts, of Engelwood, N. J.   
Two of her brothers were killed in the Civil War. 
   She leaves the following children: M. J. Holt, a local attorney, 
Mrs. A. J. Carroll and Mrs. Geo. H. Alexander, of Louisville, and Miss 
Elizabeth Holt and W. H. Holt, of Peewee Valley.  Courier Journal.