Historical Marker

The Bohler Family

Augusta · Richmond County · Erected 2023

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The Story

Postal worker and Tabernacle Baptist leader Lewis P. Bohler Sr. and his wife Margie sent all seven children to Haines Institute. Son Henry became a Tuskegee Airman; the family hosted guests including Martin Luther King Jr.

About this site

The Bohler Family is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County, erected in 2023. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.4677, -81.9812 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is John McClinton Tutt (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lucy Craft Laney, Miss Lucy Craft Laney, and Haines Normal and Industrial Institute.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.4677, -81.9812 · Augusta, Richmond County

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Nearby in Richmond County

Miss Lucy Craft Laney

Augusta

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Haines Normal and Industrial Institute

Augusta · 2009

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