Mrs. J. P. Church

Redfield Georgia B. 	3/26/37 words

Mrs. J.P. Church, 	Mrs. Ella Davidson 

Mrs. J.P. Church and her sister Mrs. Davidson daughters of John Bolton and Ella 
[Doyol?] Bolton were born in Wexford, Ireland. 

In 1871-when small children-Mrs. Church, Mrs. Davidson and a brother came from 
Ireland with their mother. After landing in New York they left immediatley for 
Fort Stanton, New Mexico, to join their father, John Robert Bolton who had preceded 
his family to the United States and was head of the Goverment Commissary 
Department of the Military [encampment?] at Fort Stanton. 

Covered wagons and a military escort to protest Mrs. Bolton and her children from 
Indians was sent to meet and act as guide for them over the old Santa Fe Trail in 
the journey[,?] to Fort Stanton. [C18 - 6/2/41 - N. Mex.?]

In 1873 the family moved to Lincoln, New Mexico. Mrs. Church and Mrs. Davidson 
have lived in Roswell since 1891, and have been leaders in the social and club 
life of that city and active in the advanvement of the arts and cultural 
interests of New Mexico. 

Mrs. Church was the instigator, and with the assistance of the Chaves County 
Archacological and Historical Society was active in the work of restoration of El 
Terreon (The Tower) at Lincoln which was built by Mexican settlers in the 50s as 
a protection from the Indians. 

SF 

Credit: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, WPA Federal Writers' Project 
Collection.

Lincoln, Chaves

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