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Judge John F. Botts dies 1931

"John F. Botts, former presiding judge of the Knox County Court, died at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon in a Kirksville hospital following an operation Monday morning. Judge Botts, who was 74 years old, had been failing only short time. He had been actively engaged farming up to the last summer and was treasurer of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Knox County at the time of his death, a capacity in which he had served several years. He had been a director a number of years....Surviving are the widow and seven children: Alice, Mrs. M. F. Johnston, Wellington, Kan., who is here; Maud, Mrs. W. E. McClintick, Selah, Wash.; Ben Botts of near the home place; Ida, Mrs Willis Swann, of near Novelty; John R. Botts, Hurdland; Myrtle, Mrs. E. W. Platz, Columbia, Mo.; Edith, Mrs. Arthur Kleinkopf, Eden, Idaho. Two brothers, James R. Botts of San Bernardino, Calif., and H. T. Botts of Novelty, also survive. John Franklin Botts. a son of Rufus and Jane Botts, pioneer Knox Countians. who entered government land here, was born Sept. 16, 1851, in the house which was his home his entire life except a year spent in Southwestern Kansas in 1887. Judge Botts was educated in the district schools of his vicinity, attended Edina High School in 1876 and later was a student at Oaklawn College in Novelty. He then taught school eighteen years. While a teacher, Judge Botts married Miss Emma Della Herget, a native of Illinois...Judge botts was appointed judge of the western district in March, 1912...He ran for that office again in 1912 but was defeated. He was a candidate for presiding judge of the Count Court in November, 1914 at which time he was elected...Following his four year term as presiding judge, he did not run again, but retired from public life. Judge and Mrs. Botts, who had been married more than fifty-one years, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Aug. 8, 1930, at their home, when 131 friends and relatives gathered."

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