William Joseph Holtgrave was born June 23, 1892, at the Mooney Creek community in northeastern Jefferson County, Kansas. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holtgrave, he attended the Mooney Creek school. He married Gorgan Fitch of Easton, Oct. 28, 1914, at St. Joseph, Missouri. They farmed in the Denton and Bendena, Kansas communities most of their married life. When he retired from farming in 1970, they moved into Denton. Mrs. Holtgrave died Jan. 18, 1975, and he came to Atchison the following year.
Obituary: Atchison Daily Globe (Atchison, KS), August 15, 1977, 8:3.
William Joseph Holtgrave was born June 23, 1892, at the Mooney Creek community in northeastern Jefferson County, Kansas. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holtgrave, he attended the Mooney Creek school. He married Gorgan Fitch of Easton, Oct. 28, 1914, at St. Joseph, Missouri. They farmed in the Denton and Bendena, Kansas communities most of their married life. When he retired from farming in 1970, they moved into Denton. Mrs. Holtgrave died Jan. 18, 1975, and he came to Atchison the following year.
Obituary: Atchison Daily Globe (Atchison, KS), August 15, 1977, 8:3.
Family Members
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Frances Elizabeth Holtgraver Murphy
1876–1967
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Benjamin Phillip Holtgraver
1878–1965
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Katherine Holtgraver
1881–1882
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Mary Holtgraver
1881–1881
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Frank Holtgraver
1882–1882
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Theresa Katherine Holtgraver Polley
1887–1978
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Martha Holtgraver Vance
1890–1973
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Dorothy "Dora" Holtgrave Beland
1895–1968
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Edward Andrew Holtgrave Sr
1896–1982
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