Calvin Carroll Holt

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Biography

Note: {geni:about_me} Calvin Carroll Holt was the seventh of twelve children born to John William and Clara Effie Kennedy Holt. He was born February 2, 1902, in Richland Township, and lived his entire life in this area west of Atlanta that is called the Prairie View Community. On February 9, 1927, he married Mabel Esther Lanier, who was born March 4, 1905 and raised a few miles away in Butler County. Calvin and Mabel had seven children: Raymond Francis, born May1, 1928; Leonard Calvin, born January 21, 1931; Ralph William, born January 21, 1933; Gladys Lucille, born January 6, 1937; Eldon Dale, born March 19, 1939; Glen Wayne, born June 16, 1946; and Nancy Kay, born April 2, 1952. Theirfamily, farm, and community activities were the main interests in their lives. Calvin died October 22, 1976, and Mabel, October 14, 1979. They are both buried in Wilmot Cemetery in Richland Township. Four children, Leonard, Ralph, Glen, and Nancy Finney, still live in Cowley County. Submitted by Janet Holt. Scanned out of the Cowley County Heritage book, Page 197.

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