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WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON BOLESWILLIAM HENRY HARRISON BOLES, a representative farmer of Hamilton Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, was born June 25, 1837, in Haddon Township, a son of Pleasant and Julia Ann (Franklin) Boles. His father was born at old Fort Harrison, near Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, in 1811, on the 13th day of February, and died August 28, 1888. He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry and possessed many of the sterling qualities of that people. The subject’s mother was born in Mercer County, Kentucky, December 7, 1810, and died April 28, 1890. They were married in Kentucky about 1830, and immediately went to Knox County, and from there to Sullivan County. The subject's paternal grandfather, Edward Boles, was a veterinary surgeon and a farmer, born in Ireland, and served in the war of 1812. Pleasant Boles, the father, ran flatboats on the Wabash River to Natchez and New Orleans, making two trips each spring, while during the remainder of the year he followed farming. In the winter months some years he did whipsawing. He was the father of twelve children, six of whom are still living and are as follows: Edward F., who resides in Sullivan; Vardimon, residing in Sullivan; Hamilton G., residing in Kansas; W. H. H., the subject; Tobatha, residing in Farmersburg; and Vandalis, residing in Missouri. W. H. H. Boles was only about four years of age when the family moved back to Hamilton township, and he remained at home until he was seventeen years old, and then learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed at intervals for about twenty-five years. He carried on farming usually during the summers. About 1870 he purchased his present farm, which contains sixty-four acres and upon which he has resided ever since. Mr. Boles has the honor of being numbered among the brave defenders of the Union, having enlisted September 31, 1861, in Company D of the Thirty-first Indian Volunteer Regiment of Infantry, and served as a private soldier and corporal for two years, when he was discharged at Nashville, Tennessee. He took part in the battle of Fort Donelson, February 15, 1862, and was also at the siege of Corinth, Mississippi. He was in the retreat from the Cumberland Mountains to Louisville, Kentucky. Politically Mr. Boles is a Republican, and ever ready to do his full share in the role of a good citizen. Mr. Boles has been thrice married, first on December 28, 1865, to Elizabeth M. Conner, born in Sullivan County, March 2, 1844, a daughter of John and Mary (Riggs) Conner. Her father was a native of New York State and was married in Ohio, becoming an early settler there. Elizabeth (Conner) Boles died June 29, 1878, the mother of three children: Earl A., born February 2, 1867, now resides on his father's farm; Estella Kansas, born November 13, 1868, died August 29, 1869, and Florence J., born October 30, 1874, is now the wife of John Metcalf, residing in Hamilton township. For his second wife Mr. Boles married Sarah E. Dodd, born in Curry Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, January 1, 1841 and died March 14, 1886. There was no issue by this union. Mr. Boles married his present wife, Celia Katherine Dickerson, October 13, 1886. She had been twice married. She was born in Orange County, Indiana, and her parents both died when she was an infant. Mr. and Mrs. Boles are members of the Church of Christ in Turman Township and do faithfully and well their part in church work. VOLUME II. PAGE 365 A history of Sullivan County, Indiana, closing of the first century's history of the county, and showing the growth of its people, institutions, industries and wealth THOMAS J. WOLFE EDITOR ILLUSTRATED THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK CHICAGO 1909 |
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