Obituary: Dane County, Wisconsin: Frank Wilber HOLT ************************************************************************ Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, April 2008 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Frank Wilber Holt was born March 31, 1859. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester C. Holt, who resided for many years on a farm, near Brooklyn, Wisconsin. His birth place was in Rock county near Janesville. When Frank was about a year old, his parents moved to Howard's Valley, Connecticut, where they remained during the Civil war. At the close of the war, they returned to the town of Turtle, Rock County, Wisconsin, and later to the farm near Brooklyn known as Maple Knoll. As a young man, Mr. Holt was very studious, being graduated from the Evansville high school in 1879, and the University of Wisconsin in 1885, as civil engineer. In 1886, he accepted a position as examiner in the Patent Office at Washington, D. C. Here he has been for the last thirty-five years. During this time he made the most of his opportunities, having taken a course in law and receiving several degrees. Mr. Holt was prominent as a marksman and had been captain of the National Guard rifle team at all national tournaments for many years. He served with the District Guard for nearly thirty years, and during the late war was instructor of marksmanship at Camp Sim's training grounds, for the District Guard, thus gaining the title of major. About a year ago, Major Holt's health began to fail so hoping to find relief, he submitted to an operation, at the Garfield hospital on May 28 of this year. Relief came but not as he had hoped, for on June 22, he passed away. Following his death all flags on District National Guard buildings, and the buildings at Camp Sims were ordered to be at half mast until the body had been removed from the city. He leaves to cherish his memory, his brother, George and sisters, Mrs. W. E. Blanchard and Mrs. Wallace Stevens of California, brothers Lester and Waldo of Yakima, Washington, sister Emma of Washington D. C., and Mary and Henry of this city. Besides these many other relatives and friends. June 30, 1921, Evansville Review, p. 5, col. 3, Evansville, Wisconsin