Elizabeth McLundie "Peggy" Bolton | |
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Born |
Chattanooga, Hamilton County Tennessee, USA |
August 19, 1917
Died | March 22, 1987 | (aged 69)
Residence |
Alexandria, Rapides Parish Louisiana |
Alma mater |
Bolton High School Stephens College Louisiana State University |
Occupation | Civic and community leader |
Years active | 1940s-1987 |
Spouse(s) | Robert H. Bolton (married 1939-1987, her death) |
Children |
Robert H. Bolton, Jr. |
Parent(s) | Elizabeth Griffiths and Archibald Stevenson McLundie |
Relatives |
James W. Bolton (father-in-law) |
Robert H. Bolton, Jr.
Elizabeth Bolton Hassinger
James W. Bolton (father-in-law)
James Calderwood Bolton (brother-in-law)
Paul M. Davis, Jr. (nephew-by-marriage)
Elsie Elizabeth McLundie Bolton, known as Peggy Bolton (August 19, 1917 – March 22, 1987), was a civic and cultural figure in Alexandria, Louisiana, particularly known for her devotion to historical preservation and the arts.
A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Bolton was the daughter of Elizabeth Griffiths and Archibald Stevenson McLundie. She moved to Alexandria at an early age and graduated from Bolton High School in 1933. After graduation from the female Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, she attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
On April 14, 1939, she married the banker Robert H. Bolton, son of James W. Bolton in Alexandria and remained in Alexandria. The couple had three children, Robert H. Bolton, Jr., of Princeton, New Jersey, Elizabeth Bolton Hassinger, wife of Robert C. Hassinger of New Orleans, and Mary Bolton Jennings, wife of James K. Jennings, Jr., of Houston, Texas.