w/o Wolney Pulaski "V P", 1st married Christmas 1856, divorced about 1896, remarried 1901. d/o Willam HOLLINGSWORTH & Martha Ann COONEY, older sister to Mary FLORA. Appointed Postmistress at Capital City May 1881. She and "V P" operated boarding houses, then she by herself after their split-up. Reportedly, noted as a former local Madam in a 2012 publication of Montrose, Colorado.
SPECIAL NOTATION:
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Grant E Houston, President; Hinsdale County Historical Society, wrote:
(12/30/05): "Both families [Flora & Borie] are well known here in Lake City and were among the real pioneers of our region, particularly up around Capitol City and Rose's Cabin, both of which are now ghost towns. Mrs. Flora was also extensively interested at various times in Lake City hotels and boarding houses, including the boarding house of the Ute-Ulay Mine on Henson Creek. Her Second Street boarding house between Gunnison and Silver Streets still exists, although it has been moved about a block from its original location."
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Birth: 1st of ten known children in Union county, Indiana
Death: in Portland, Ouray county, Colorado
Census: 1870, age 31 Fremont, Lyon county, Kansas
Census: 1880, age 40 Capitol, Hinsdale county, Colorado
Census (Colorado): 1885, age 45 Hinsdale county, Colorado
Census: 1900, age 60 Portland, Ouray county, Colorado, living with Eleanor are Anna S. Borie and Willie W. Borie, her grandchildren. Eleanor is divorced.
Father: William Hollingsworth b: 13 JAN 1814 in Union county, Indiana
Mother: Martha Ann Cooney b: 20 MAR 1820 in Glasgow, Barren county, Kentucky
Marriage 1 Wolney "V.P." Pulaski Flora b: 22 DEC 1834 in Harrison county, Indiana
Married: 25 DEC 1856 in Dublin, Wayne county, Indiana
Divorced c1896 in Colorado.
Re-Married: 11 MAY 1901 in Ouray county, Colorado to "VP" Flora.
Known Children:
Wihelmina Isadora b: 1857 Bartholomew county, Indiana, d: 1937 buried Mt Hope cemetery, Independence, KS
Frances Florance b: 1861, Lyon county, Kansas, d: 1899) probably buried City cemetery, Lake City, CO
Maggie May b: 1865, Lyon county, Kansas, d: 1947 buried Sunnyside cemetery, Long Beach, CA
SPECIAL NOTATION:
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Grant E Houston, President; Hinsdale County Historical Society, wrote:
(12/30/05): "Both families [Flora & Borie] are well known here in Lake City and were among the real pioneers of our region, particularly up around Capitol City and Rose's Cabin, both of which are now ghost towns. Mrs. Flora was also extensively interested at various times in Lake City hotels and boarding houses, including the boarding house of the Ute-Ulay Mine on Henson Creek. Her Second Street boarding house between Gunnison and Silver Streets still exists, although it has been moved about a block from its original location."
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Birth: 1st of ten known children in Union county, Indiana
Death: in Portland, Ouray county, Colorado
Census: 1870, age 31 Fremont, Lyon county, Kansas
Census: 1880, age 40 Capitol, Hinsdale county, Colorado
Census (Colorado): 1885, age 45 Hinsdale county, Colorado
Census: 1900, age 60 Portland, Ouray county, Colorado, living with Eleanor are Anna S. Borie and Willie W. Borie, her grandchildren. Eleanor is divorced.
Father: William Hollingsworth b: 13 JAN 1814 in Union county, Indiana
Mother: Martha Ann Cooney b: 20 MAR 1820 in Glasgow, Barren county, Kentucky
Marriage 1 Wolney "V.P." Pulaski Flora b: 22 DEC 1834 in Harrison county, Indiana
Married: 25 DEC 1856 in Dublin, Wayne county, Indiana
Divorced c1896 in Colorado.
Re-Married: 11 MAY 1901 in Ouray county, Colorado to "VP" Flora.
Known Children:
Wihelmina Isadora b: 1857 Bartholomew county, Indiana, d: 1937 buried Mt Hope cemetery, Independence, KS
Frances Florance b: 1861, Lyon county, Kansas, d: 1899) probably buried City cemetery, Lake City, CO
Maggie May b: 1865, Lyon county, Kansas, d: 1947 buried Sunnyside cemetery, Long Beach, CA
w/o Wolney Pulaski "V P", 1st married Christmas 1856, divorced about 1896, remarried 1901. d/o Willam HOLLINGSWORTH & Martha Ann COONEY, older sister to Mary FLORA. Appointed Postmistress at Capital City May 1881. She and "V P" operated boarding houses, then she by herself after their split-up. Reportedly, noted as a former local Madam in a 2012 publication of Montrose, Colorado.
SPECIAL NOTATION:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Grant E Houston, President; Hinsdale County Historical Society, wrote:
(12/30/05): "Both families [Flora & Borie] are well known here in Lake City and were among the real pioneers of our region, particularly up around Capitol City and Rose's Cabin, both of which are now ghost towns. Mrs. Flora was also extensively interested at various times in Lake City hotels and boarding houses, including the boarding house of the Ute-Ulay Mine on Henson Creek. Her Second Street boarding house between Gunnison and Silver Streets still exists, although it has been moved about a block from its original location."
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Birth: 1st of ten known children in Union county, Indiana
Death: in Portland, Ouray county, Colorado
Census: 1870, age 31 Fremont, Lyon county, Kansas
Census: 1880, age 40 Capitol, Hinsdale county, Colorado
Census (Colorado): 1885, age 45 Hinsdale county, Colorado
Census: 1900, age 60 Portland, Ouray county, Colorado, living with Eleanor are Anna S. Borie and Willie W. Borie, her grandchildren. Eleanor is divorced.
Father: William Hollingsworth b: 13 JAN 1814 in Union county, Indiana
Mother: Martha Ann Cooney b: 20 MAR 1820 in Glasgow, Barren county, Kentucky
Marriage 1 Wolney "V.P." Pulaski Flora b: 22 DEC 1834 in Harrison county, Indiana
Married: 25 DEC 1856 in Dublin, Wayne county, Indiana
Divorced c1896 in Colorado.
Re-Married: 11 MAY 1901 in Ouray county, Colorado to "VP" Flora.
Known Children:
Wihelmina Isadora b: 1857 Bartholomew county, Indiana, d: 1937 buried Mt Hope cemetery, Independence, KS
Frances Florance b: 1861, Lyon county, Kansas, d: 1899) probably buried City cemetery, Lake City, CO
Maggie May b: 1865, Lyon county, Kansas, d: 1947 buried Sunnyside cemetery, Long Beach, CA
SPECIAL NOTATION:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Grant E Houston, President; Hinsdale County Historical Society, wrote:
(12/30/05): "Both families [Flora & Borie] are well known here in Lake City and were among the real pioneers of our region, particularly up around Capitol City and Rose's Cabin, both of which are now ghost towns. Mrs. Flora was also extensively interested at various times in Lake City hotels and boarding houses, including the boarding house of the Ute-Ulay Mine on Henson Creek. Her Second Street boarding house between Gunnison and Silver Streets still exists, although it has been moved about a block from its original location."
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Birth: 1st of ten known children in Union county, Indiana
Death: in Portland, Ouray county, Colorado
Census: 1870, age 31 Fremont, Lyon county, Kansas
Census: 1880, age 40 Capitol, Hinsdale county, Colorado
Census (Colorado): 1885, age 45 Hinsdale county, Colorado
Census: 1900, age 60 Portland, Ouray county, Colorado, living with Eleanor are Anna S. Borie and Willie W. Borie, her grandchildren. Eleanor is divorced.
Father: William Hollingsworth b: 13 JAN 1814 in Union county, Indiana
Mother: Martha Ann Cooney b: 20 MAR 1820 in Glasgow, Barren county, Kentucky
Marriage 1 Wolney "V.P." Pulaski Flora b: 22 DEC 1834 in Harrison county, Indiana
Married: 25 DEC 1856 in Dublin, Wayne county, Indiana
Divorced c1896 in Colorado.
Re-Married: 11 MAY 1901 in Ouray county, Colorado to "VP" Flora.
Known Children:
Wihelmina Isadora b: 1857 Bartholomew county, Indiana, d: 1937 buried Mt Hope cemetery, Independence, KS
Frances Florance b: 1861, Lyon county, Kansas, d: 1899) probably buried City cemetery, Lake City, CO
Maggie May b: 1865, Lyon county, Kansas, d: 1947 buried Sunnyside cemetery, Long Beach, CA
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