Laura Hall Holt

b. 9 May 1840, d. 23 May 1916
  • Laura Hall Holt was born on 9 May 1840 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
  • Samuel Doak Holt and Laura Hall appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery, Alabama. Other members of the household included Laura Hall Holt, Mary Elizabeth Holt, William Bolling Holt, Samuel Elbert Holt, Florence Montgomery Holt, Charles Abercrombie Holt and Bolling Hall Holt.
  • She married William Raiford Pickett, son of Albert James Pickett and Sarah Smith Harris, on 14 July 1859 in Montgomery County, Georgia.
  • Laura Hall Holt died on 23 May 1916 at age 76 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
  • She was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
  • The following appeared on 24 May 1916 in The Montgomery Advertiser: Mrs.Laura Holt Pickett died at her residence, No. 215 South Court street, at a late hour Tuesday night following a brief illness. Mrs. Pickett was seventy-six years of age, a resident of Montgomery all her life.
         Mrs. Pickett was a prominent figure in social Montgomery during her girlhood and early womanhood. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Davidson, and one son, Albert J. Pickett, both of this city.
         Funeral services will take place from the St. John's Episcopal church Wednesday afternoon at 4:40 o'clock. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
  • Last Edited: 9 Oct 2011

Family: William Raiford Pickett b. 2 April 1833