Wade Bolton Memorial, (sculpture).

Wade Bolton Memorial, (sculpture).

Muldoon Monument Company, fabricator.

Wade Bolton Memorial, (sculpture).

Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.

Sculpture: life size; Base: 60 x 60 x 15 in.

(On south side:) W H Bolton Born Dec. 8th 1812 Died July 23rd 1869/Founder of Bolton College/Bolton/Muldoon, Bullett & Co Mem. Tenn. (On east side:) In memory of John Bolton Born in Edgecomb County, NC./June 8, 1782 Died in Shelby County, Tenn. October 27, 1838. Husband of Mary Bolton Father of Laodicia B. Darby Isaac L. Bolton Wade H. Bolton John P.E. Bolton Lucassia B. Bledsoe Marcus D. Bolton (On north side:) In Memory of Marcus B. Bolton son of John and Mary Bolton Born and Died in Shelby County, Tenn. June 26, 1828 - June 30, 1849 Founder's mark appears.

Life size portrait of Wade Bolton standing with his left foot forward, his right hand resting on a cane and his left hand behind his back. The portrait features a misbuttoned vest and a mussed hairdo. The sculpture stands next to a column atop a six-part granite base.

Portrait male -- Bolton, Wade H. -- Full length

Occupation -- Education -- University Founder

Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Memphis

Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee

SOS Assessment Award, 1999.

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