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Charles Bolt

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Charles Bolt

Birth
Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, USA
Death
23 Apr 1912 (aged 80)
Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Charles was married to Margaret Ann Hewitt, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Hewitt
Charles BOLT, 80 years, 3 months, 23 days, was born30 DEC 1831 in Highland County and died April 23, 1912 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa of senility, C. S. Riley, M.D. He was buried in the Hewitt Cemetery, M.S. Smith, undertaker. Informant was Alwinda Bolt,304 Market Street, Red Oak, Iowa
Was Sheriff of Montgomery County in 1862...his cousin J.R. Horton was County Judge.
Frankfortwas at that time County Seat, later moved to Red Oak.
Family moved from Highland Co,OH in 1840 when he was 9 yrs old to Hamilton Co,IN. He learned his trade brick masonry in Indianapolis,IN in 1855, his family moved to Montgomery Co, IA in 1855 and settled in Pilot Grove.
Member of ME Church
Contractor Builder in Red Oak, Bolt & Hendrix, builds brick buildings and built majority of brick buildings in Red Oak and firm is doing a large business in this and surrounding counties
Royal Arch Mason, charter member of Red Oak lodge No 162, A.F. and A.M. organized in 1861
From Montgomery Co, IA Biographical sketches ca 1880: Charles Bolt, contractor and builder, PO Red Oak, born in Highland Co, OH December 30, 1831. His parents moved
to Hamilton County Indiana when he was nine years old. <1840?>. In 1855 he moved to
Montgomery Co, IA and settled in Pilot Grove; bought land in sections 29,30,and 31.
In 1858 Charles moved to a farm of his own near Frankfort. He now owns a fine property in the north part of the city of Red Oak. He has served two terms as sheriff of this county, and was deputy provost marshal of Montgomery and Adams counties during the years 1864 and 1865. He belongs to the firm of Bolt and Hendrick, contractors and builders. he learned his trade (brick masonry) in Indianapolis, IN in 1851; since that time he has been engaged principally in tha business; he has built the majority of brick buildings of Red Oak; and the firm are doing a larg business in this and adjoining counties. Mr. Bolt is a royal arch Mason and a charter member of Red Oak lodge No.162, A.f. and A. M., organized in 1861. He has been twice married; first in
1857 to Miss Alzina J. Strait; this wife was burned to death near Frankfort by her clothes taking fire from a wood stove. They had one daughter, Lillian A. July 3,1860 he married Margaret A. Hewitt of this county. They are members of the ME Church and are the parents of six children: Etta V., Henry A., Benjamin D., Maud A., Myrtle A., and Leona. Mr. Bolt's father, John Bolt, was born in Virginia in 1802; died at the age of seventy five. His mother was born in North Carolina, in 1800; died at the age of seventy.
Father: JOHN BOLT b: 9 APR 1802 in Grayson Co, VA-liv Highland Co, OH, 1850 Hamilton Co, IN & Montgomery Co, IA by 1860
Mother: KERENHAPPUCK 'Carrie' HORTON b: 21 SEP 1800 in Stokes Co, NC
Marriage 1 Alzina J. STRAIT b: ABT. 1837
•Married: ABT. 1858 in Montgomery Co, IA
•Marriage fact: 1858 in near Frankfort, Montgomery Co, IA
•Marriage Ending Status: Death of one spouse
Children
1. Lillian Alzina BOLT b: 1859 in Montgomery Co, IA
Marriage 2 Margaret A. HEWITT b: 1843 in IN
•Married: 3 JUL 1860 in Montgomery Co, IA
Children
1. Etta Vilura. BOLT b: 1862 in Montgomery Co, IA
2. Henry Albert BOLT b: 1865 in Montgomery Co, IA
3. Benjamin Darius BOLT b: 1868 in Montgomery Co, IA
4. Maud Arlina BOLT b: 1870 in Montgomery Co, IA
5. Myrtle Adelia BOLT b: 1877 in Montgomery Co, IA
6. Nina Leona BOLT b: 1879 in Montgomery Co, IA
Charles was married to Margaret Ann Hewitt, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Hewitt
Charles BOLT, 80 years, 3 months, 23 days, was born30 DEC 1831 in Highland County and died April 23, 1912 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa of senility, C. S. Riley, M.D. He was buried in the Hewitt Cemetery, M.S. Smith, undertaker. Informant was Alwinda Bolt,304 Market Street, Red Oak, Iowa
Was Sheriff of Montgomery County in 1862...his cousin J.R. Horton was County Judge.
Frankfortwas at that time County Seat, later moved to Red Oak.
Family moved from Highland Co,OH in 1840 when he was 9 yrs old to Hamilton Co,IN. He learned his trade brick masonry in Indianapolis,IN in 1855, his family moved to Montgomery Co, IA in 1855 and settled in Pilot Grove.
Member of ME Church
Contractor Builder in Red Oak, Bolt & Hendrix, builds brick buildings and built majority of brick buildings in Red Oak and firm is doing a large business in this and surrounding counties
Royal Arch Mason, charter member of Red Oak lodge No 162, A.F. and A.M. organized in 1861
From Montgomery Co, IA Biographical sketches ca 1880: Charles Bolt, contractor and builder, PO Red Oak, born in Highland Co, OH December 30, 1831. His parents moved
to Hamilton County Indiana when he was nine years old. <1840?>. In 1855 he moved to
Montgomery Co, IA and settled in Pilot Grove; bought land in sections 29,30,and 31.
In 1858 Charles moved to a farm of his own near Frankfort. He now owns a fine property in the north part of the city of Red Oak. He has served two terms as sheriff of this county, and was deputy provost marshal of Montgomery and Adams counties during the years 1864 and 1865. He belongs to the firm of Bolt and Hendrick, contractors and builders. he learned his trade (brick masonry) in Indianapolis, IN in 1851; since that time he has been engaged principally in tha business; he has built the majority of brick buildings of Red Oak; and the firm are doing a larg business in this and adjoining counties. Mr. Bolt is a royal arch Mason and a charter member of Red Oak lodge No.162, A.f. and A. M., organized in 1861. He has been twice married; first in
1857 to Miss Alzina J. Strait; this wife was burned to death near Frankfort by her clothes taking fire from a wood stove. They had one daughter, Lillian A. July 3,1860 he married Margaret A. Hewitt of this county. They are members of the ME Church and are the parents of six children: Etta V., Henry A., Benjamin D., Maud A., Myrtle A., and Leona. Mr. Bolt's father, John Bolt, was born in Virginia in 1802; died at the age of seventy five. His mother was born in North Carolina, in 1800; died at the age of seventy.
Father: JOHN BOLT b: 9 APR 1802 in Grayson Co, VA-liv Highland Co, OH, 1850 Hamilton Co, IN & Montgomery Co, IA by 1860
Mother: KERENHAPPUCK 'Carrie' HORTON b: 21 SEP 1800 in Stokes Co, NC
Marriage 1 Alzina J. STRAIT b: ABT. 1837
•Married: ABT. 1858 in Montgomery Co, IA
•Marriage fact: 1858 in near Frankfort, Montgomery Co, IA
•Marriage Ending Status: Death of one spouse
Children
1. Lillian Alzina BOLT b: 1859 in Montgomery Co, IA
Marriage 2 Margaret A. HEWITT b: 1843 in IN
•Married: 3 JUL 1860 in Montgomery Co, IA
Children
1. Etta Vilura. BOLT b: 1862 in Montgomery Co, IA
2. Henry Albert BOLT b: 1865 in Montgomery Co, IA
3. Benjamin Darius BOLT b: 1868 in Montgomery Co, IA
4. Maud Arlina BOLT b: 1870 in Montgomery Co, IA
5. Myrtle Adelia BOLT b: 1877 in Montgomery Co, IA
6. Nina Leona BOLT b: 1879 in Montgomery Co, IA


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