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• d •Bobm was a Roman Gttholic and!$?£, ®ei?ereiPoliy was performed by Vladimir Donskoy, the Russian priest, he was required to sign an a^^nf^hat he would not by to persuade Her to join his church and that their children would be raised inthe4RiBsiah Orthodox‘Ghuichi f1889 Bohm became .a States citizen and in April of ihat year? he c got his final discharge from the Navy; He;'got a job' as cook arid butcher and the family made their home Ih^ussian Town! Mary Bohm died thefe-oii May 13,1891, and Wassurvived by four children. • Then. on^April 24,1892, also, in.theR^ah^.'^iirbhy^TOhm.'mmed MissMary Beiijamin. She. ; was 25 years old, born in Alaska in October 1867, and 2had been working as a; servant. Her father, about whom nothing is known, had left her a piece of proper-Bohm had twp daughters rand a son. f- Bohnf 'opened a- butcher shop in a log Riding! om Lincoln Street andboughtia couple of vacant lots in the eastern part of town as an investment. Hclater sold them at a profit. In 1894 he had a building erected oh the lot onMaksoutoff Street that Mrs. Bohmhad« inherited torn her father. The twoistbry fbuildin^ measured 45 feet along the street and was 25 feet. wide. The bottom floor was five or, six feet atoye the stfeet level, with steps leading up' to a doorway in the building’s comer. . 'C- .;. .
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
Sitka, Alaska, US
Thu, Jan 29, 1998
Page 7
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