BOLTON BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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BOLTON, R. M. - b: 1846 Jefferson City, MO
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 730
residence: Davis

Dr. R. M. Bolton was born at Jefferson City, Missouri, on the eleventh of January, 
1846, and is the seventh of a family of twelve children, seven boys and five girls. 
His parents were Meredith N. and Sarah Bolton, nee Hall. The former of North 
Carolina family and the latter of Virginia birth. They came to Missouri in 1828 
and lived in and near Jefferson City until their deaths, Mr. B. dying in 1877 and 
his widow in the next year. R. M. received fair school advantages in youth, having 
attended the Lafayette high school, under that staunch old educator, Dr. Arnot. He 
began the study of medicine at home and continued studying under his brother, 
Rufus L., a physician of long practice at Holden. In 1871 he commenced his 
practice in Johnson County, and after a time removed to Lucas, in Henry County, 
where he remained two years, then coming to Ladue, in 1874, and purchasing a 
drug store. He has since been practicing his profession with good success. Dr. 
Bolton was married at Lucas, while engaged in his practice there, on October 15, 
1872, to Miss Amelia K. Godwin, daughter of William Godwin. She is a native of 
Tennessee. They have two children, Howard and Roxana, and have also lost two, 
the eldest, Lewis, dying at three years, and the other in infancy. Mrs. Bolton is 
identified with the Methodist Church, South.

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