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EDMOND BOLESEDMOND BOLES is a native of Hamilton Township, Sullivan County, his birth occurring in July, 1822. He is the fourth son of nine children, born to Edmond and Tobisa (Whitten) Boles, natives of Virginia. The father was a man of great hardihood, and had served with distinction in the early Indian wars. He was born in 1765, and lived to the unusual age of ninety-nine years. His second wife was Anna Timmons, by whom he had ten children. He was a member of the Christian Church, and lies buried in the Sullivan Cemetery. Edmond, the subject of this sketch, lived with his father until the age of eighteen, receiving in the meantime no education. At the age of twenty-three, he married Miss Jemima, daughter of Moses and Betsy (Pitmon) Bundy, February 9, 1845, and to this marriage have been born eight children as follows: Eli C., born December 16, 1845; William R., born April 1,1847; Samira F., born December 27, 1849; Elizabeth M., born February 13, 1853; Caleb E., born February 7, 1856; Commodore L., born August 20, 1858; Lew W., born December 16, 1861, and Melinda J., born March 11, 1868. Mr. Boles, with hard labor and no bad habits, in time secured a farm of 340 acres, all of which, except for 160 acres have been given to his children. In 1862, he enlisted in the Seventy-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Weir, and served until the close of the war. He was severely wounded at Richmond, Ky., but recovered without permanent injury. He is an exemplary citizen, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.SULLIVAN TWP. PAGE 796 FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. 1884, CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. |
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