Show RICH FIELDS OLDEST MAN PASSES TO GREAT bem janics bolitho sr is dead it at tile I 1 ripe old ARC age of hicky ti tuo 0 years year james dol bolitho aitho the oldest man in richfield and well known throughout this section of the state died at his home hom e on west center street at 3 iday morning after a severe struggle for the past several days with brights disease I 1 he ae was 92 years old james bolitho was born orn A a t blell ston cornwall england oct 27 1825 he came to richfield in fit january aar 1894 dom iowa and was closely ident identified if led with the progress of the comm community unity for many years ile he was exceptionally well informed generally and was especially interested in the progress and final outcome of the war ile he often expressed a desire to live long enough to see the end of the world struggle ile he boasted of having voted for every republican president from abraham lincoln down and was a personal friend of general grant ile he had 13 children all by his first wife who died several years ago on oil april 13 he was married to mary ann halliday of this city and who is one of ins ills survivors today funeral services will be held from the family residence sometime monlay monday pending tile the arrival of his children who are pretty well scattered about the country |