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Submitted: 12/15/09 • Approved: 6/19/18 • Last Updated: 6/22/18 • R269502-G269502-S3
William
SERGEANT
Company H 23 North Carolina Infantry
Civil Var Confederate
April 28, 1845 - June 20, 1925
*Obituary
Gravette News-Herald
Monday, July 3, 1925
BOLCH, William Henry - W.H. Bolch, for 50 years a resident of Decatur community, died at his home southwest of Decatur Saturday, June 20 at the age of 80 years. Mr. Bolch homesteaded the farm where he died in 1875. He was a member of the Methodist church for more than 40 years. For 30 years he served as Justice of the Peace for Decatur township. He is survived by his wife, five sons and twenty-six grandchildren.
*Obituary
Benton County Record
Friday, June 26, 1925
In the presence of a host of friends who had gathered from miles around to pay their last tribute to an honored and respected pioneer of Decatur community, services were held at the Methodist Church at 3:00 Sunday afternoon. A mixed choir from the Baptist and Methodist churches furnished the music and Rev. W.C. Savage conducted the service. Interment was made in the Decatur cemetery beside his wife and daughter. William Henry Bolch was born at Hickory, Catawba county, North Carolina April 28, 1845. He spent his early life in North Carolina and when but a youth served bravely in the Confederate army. Following the war he crossed over into Tennessee where he located at Greenville and married Miss Susan J. Malone December 28, 1869. To this union were born one daughter and five sons. In 1872 he moved his family to Craighead county, Arkansas and located at Jonesboro. After his residence there he came to Benton county and homesteaded 160 acres of government land, upon which he built his home. For thirty years he held the public office of Justice of the Peace and ever after he was known affectionately to his people as "Squire." His wife died June 24, 1911. He married the second time to Candace Harmend of Hickory, North Carolina in 1916. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a member of the local Masonic order. During February of this year Mr. Bolch suffered a siege of pneumonia and since that time his health has failed him. He died shortly before 5:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon, June 20, 1925. Besides his widow he is survived by his sons, C.A. Bolch, Miami, Okla.; I.J. Bolch, Kansas, Okla.; J.E. Bolch, Baxter Springs, Kansas; G.A. Bolch and H.C. Bolch, both of Decatur, all of whom were with their father at the time of his death.
Susan
January 21, 1851 - June 24, 1911
*Obituary
Gentry Journal-Advance
Friday, June 30, 1911
BOLCH, Mrs. W.H. - Mrs. W.H. Bolch died at her home near Decatur Saturday, June 24 after an illness of four or five months. The deceased was 60 years of age and has led a christian life, perhaps as near perfect as is possible in this world and having been a member of the Methodist church forty-five years. She has resided near Decatur since coming to Arkansas with her husband from Tennessee in 1870. The remains were laid to rest in the Decatur cemetery Sunday, June 25. The many friends of Esq. Bolch and family sympathize with them in their bereavement.
Contributed on 12/15/09 by wfields55
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