From the book The History of Fresno County by Paul E Vandor published in 1919:
An experienced and influential business man, such as is always to be prized in the formative period of any state, is George M. Boles, one of the representative business men of Fresno. His father was Cornelius Boles, a furniture dealer of Iowa, who came west to California in 1885 and engaged in ranching near Fresno, and there died in 1910, at the age of seventy-two. His mother, before her marriage, was Eliza Rolens, and she is still living, having passed her eighty-fourth milestone. George M. Boles was born near Des Moines, Iowa, March 17, 1868, and was educated at Cherokee, in the grammar and high schools, to which town the family had moved, continuing his schooling at Fresno. Leaving school, he became bookkeeper for a number of firms, and even in that routine line of work he showed capacity for larger responsibility. In 1890, he married Miss Mary A Wafford, of Texas, by whom he has had two sons, George E. and C. E. Boles; and with his family he resides in comfort at 1561 J Street. C. E. Boles served in the Coast Artillery for six or seven months, and after the armistice was signed he received his honorable discharge. In 1900 Mr. G. M. Boles engaged in the harness business at 1144-46 I Street, and there his extensive stock was constantly added to for seven years. Selling out his harness interests, he went into the meat business for a couple of years: but in 1910 he disposed of that store, to devote himself entirely to real estate operations. He formed the Boles Realty Company, which dealt largely in San Joaquin Valley lands and in fire insurance; and in that field. Mr. Boles was assisted by his two sons. For ten terms, at different times, he was director of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce, and also director of the Fresno Traiific Association for five years. Always a public-spirited man, Mr. Boles served a couple of terms as city trustee from the Second Ward, being first elected in 1901, and reelected in 1913. He was also for seventeen years a member of the Second Infantry of the first battalion in San Joaquin Valley of the California National Guard, and retired full of honors in 1911, with the rank of Major. A Mason, an Odd Fellow and a Woodman of the World, Mr. Boles also has long been one of the pillars of the Commercial Club.
Note: Son George E Boles is likely to be a typo. A son George Chester Boles was born in 1891. Second son Clarence E Boles was born in 1895. Both would have been old enough to help in the real estate company by the 1920s.
Son George Chester's burial location is undetermined. He died in 1955.
Son Clarence's burial location is found via the link below.
An experienced and influential business man, such as is always to be prized in the formative period of any state, is George M. Boles, one of the representative business men of Fresno. His father was Cornelius Boles, a furniture dealer of Iowa, who came west to California in 1885 and engaged in ranching near Fresno, and there died in 1910, at the age of seventy-two. His mother, before her marriage, was Eliza Rolens, and she is still living, having passed her eighty-fourth milestone. George M. Boles was born near Des Moines, Iowa, March 17, 1868, and was educated at Cherokee, in the grammar and high schools, to which town the family had moved, continuing his schooling at Fresno. Leaving school, he became bookkeeper for a number of firms, and even in that routine line of work he showed capacity for larger responsibility. In 1890, he married Miss Mary A Wafford, of Texas, by whom he has had two sons, George E. and C. E. Boles; and with his family he resides in comfort at 1561 J Street. C. E. Boles served in the Coast Artillery for six or seven months, and after the armistice was signed he received his honorable discharge. In 1900 Mr. G. M. Boles engaged in the harness business at 1144-46 I Street, and there his extensive stock was constantly added to for seven years. Selling out his harness interests, he went into the meat business for a couple of years: but in 1910 he disposed of that store, to devote himself entirely to real estate operations. He formed the Boles Realty Company, which dealt largely in San Joaquin Valley lands and in fire insurance; and in that field. Mr. Boles was assisted by his two sons. For ten terms, at different times, he was director of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce, and also director of the Fresno Traiific Association for five years. Always a public-spirited man, Mr. Boles served a couple of terms as city trustee from the Second Ward, being first elected in 1901, and reelected in 1913. He was also for seventeen years a member of the Second Infantry of the first battalion in San Joaquin Valley of the California National Guard, and retired full of honors in 1911, with the rank of Major. A Mason, an Odd Fellow and a Woodman of the World, Mr. Boles also has long been one of the pillars of the Commercial Club.
Note: Son George E Boles is likely to be a typo. A son George Chester Boles was born in 1891. Second son Clarence E Boles was born in 1895. Both would have been old enough to help in the real estate company by the 1920s.
Son George Chester's burial location is undetermined. He died in 1955.
Son Clarence's burial location is found via the link below.
From the book The History of Fresno County by Paul E Vandor published in 1919:
An experienced and influential business man, such as is always to be prized in the formative period of any state, is George M. Boles, one of the representative business men of Fresno. His father was Cornelius Boles, a furniture dealer of Iowa, who came west to California in 1885 and engaged in ranching near Fresno, and there died in 1910, at the age of seventy-two. His mother, before her marriage, was Eliza Rolens, and she is still living, having passed her eighty-fourth milestone. George M. Boles was born near Des Moines, Iowa, March 17, 1868, and was educated at Cherokee, in the grammar and high schools, to which town the family had moved, continuing his schooling at Fresno. Leaving school, he became bookkeeper for a number of firms, and even in that routine line of work he showed capacity for larger responsibility. In 1890, he married Miss Mary A Wafford, of Texas, by whom he has had two sons, George E. and C. E. Boles; and with his family he resides in comfort at 1561 J Street. C. E. Boles served in the Coast Artillery for six or seven months, and after the armistice was signed he received his honorable discharge. In 1900 Mr. G. M. Boles engaged in the harness business at 1144-46 I Street, and there his extensive stock was constantly added to for seven years. Selling out his harness interests, he went into the meat business for a couple of years: but in 1910 he disposed of that store, to devote himself entirely to real estate operations. He formed the Boles Realty Company, which dealt largely in San Joaquin Valley lands and in fire insurance; and in that field. Mr. Boles was assisted by his two sons. For ten terms, at different times, he was director of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce, and also director of the Fresno Traiific Association for five years. Always a public-spirited man, Mr. Boles served a couple of terms as city trustee from the Second Ward, being first elected in 1901, and reelected in 1913. He was also for seventeen years a member of the Second Infantry of the first battalion in San Joaquin Valley of the California National Guard, and retired full of honors in 1911, with the rank of Major. A Mason, an Odd Fellow and a Woodman of the World, Mr. Boles also has long been one of the pillars of the Commercial Club.
Note: Son George E Boles is likely to be a typo. A son George Chester Boles was born in 1891. Second son Clarence E Boles was born in 1895. Both would have been old enough to help in the real estate company by the 1920s.
Son George Chester's burial location is undetermined. He died in 1955.
Son Clarence's burial location is found via the link below.
An experienced and influential business man, such as is always to be prized in the formative period of any state, is George M. Boles, one of the representative business men of Fresno. His father was Cornelius Boles, a furniture dealer of Iowa, who came west to California in 1885 and engaged in ranching near Fresno, and there died in 1910, at the age of seventy-two. His mother, before her marriage, was Eliza Rolens, and she is still living, having passed her eighty-fourth milestone. George M. Boles was born near Des Moines, Iowa, March 17, 1868, and was educated at Cherokee, in the grammar and high schools, to which town the family had moved, continuing his schooling at Fresno. Leaving school, he became bookkeeper for a number of firms, and even in that routine line of work he showed capacity for larger responsibility. In 1890, he married Miss Mary A Wafford, of Texas, by whom he has had two sons, George E. and C. E. Boles; and with his family he resides in comfort at 1561 J Street. C. E. Boles served in the Coast Artillery for six or seven months, and after the armistice was signed he received his honorable discharge. In 1900 Mr. G. M. Boles engaged in the harness business at 1144-46 I Street, and there his extensive stock was constantly added to for seven years. Selling out his harness interests, he went into the meat business for a couple of years: but in 1910 he disposed of that store, to devote himself entirely to real estate operations. He formed the Boles Realty Company, which dealt largely in San Joaquin Valley lands and in fire insurance; and in that field. Mr. Boles was assisted by his two sons. For ten terms, at different times, he was director of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce, and also director of the Fresno Traiific Association for five years. Always a public-spirited man, Mr. Boles served a couple of terms as city trustee from the Second Ward, being first elected in 1901, and reelected in 1913. He was also for seventeen years a member of the Second Infantry of the first battalion in San Joaquin Valley of the California National Guard, and retired full of honors in 1911, with the rank of Major. A Mason, an Odd Fellow and a Woodman of the World, Mr. Boles also has long been one of the pillars of the Commercial Club.
Note: Son George E Boles is likely to be a typo. A son George Chester Boles was born in 1891. Second son Clarence E Boles was born in 1895. Both would have been old enough to help in the real estate company by the 1920s.
Son George Chester's burial location is undetermined. He died in 1955.
Son Clarence's burial location is found via the link below.
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