Fisher Family Genealogy
BOTTS, Henry Thomas
1851 - 1942 (90 years)Obituary: Henry Thomas Botts 1942
"Henry Thomas Botts, one of the well known aged residents of Knox County, died Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Homer Hunsaker, northwest of Novelty. Death was due to infirmities of old age, and be had been an invalid for four years. He would have been 91 years old in July....He was a prominent farmer of three miles west of Novelty until fifteen years ago, after which he lived in Novelty until last summer, when he went to live with his daughter. As a young man, he taught school in Missouri and Kansas, and outside of that devoted his time to farming. He was a graduate of the old Kirksville Normal School....Six children are living: C. E. Botts and J. J. Botts, Custer, Mont.; Joe H. Botts, St. Louis; Walter W. Botts, Albuquerque, N. Mex.; Mrs. Homer Hunsaker, Novelty, and Mrs. Roy Epperson, Edina. Another daughter, Ethel, Mrs. Frank Ross, died about seventeen years ago. A son, Orie, died in early childhood and Henrietta and Paul in infancy. A brother, J. R. Botts, San Bernardino, Calif., is the last of a large family of children. There are sixteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren."
| Owner of original | The Edina Sentinel, Edina MO, p 1 |
| Date | 15 Jan 1942 |
| File name | Obit H T Botts 1942.png |
| File Size | 9.47m |
| Dimensions | 1781 x 7693 |
| Linked to | News articles: The Edina Sentinel, Edina, MO; BOTTS, Henry Thomas (Death) |