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HomeMy WebLinkAboutlenderFamily Group Sheet 28 September 2016 1 Father Leander Bolten1 Birth 10 Oct 1838 Indiana, United States Death 31 Dec 1901 Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States Burial Marriage 1872 Census (fam) 1900 Iowa, Iowa, United States2 Father Mother Mother Isabel (Belle I.) Palmer 3 Birth 3 Apr 1853 Tompkins, New York, United States Census (fam)-Witness 1860 James C. Graham and Ann ; Enfield , NY Tompkins County4 Census (fam)-Witness 1870 David C. Young and Sarah A. Graham; Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States5 Census 1925 Iowa6 Death 4 Nov 1936 Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States7 Burial Father Abel O. Palmer (1830-1855) Mother Sarah A. Graham (1830-1908) Children M Ralph Palmer Bolten Birth 23 Jul 1873 Iowa Death 15 Mar 1929 Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States8 Burial Spouse Bula Horton (1877-1941) M Lloyd Y Bolten Birth 27 Aug 1875 Death 10 Jan 1906 Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States8 Burial Marriage Preparer Comments Sue Thompson 487 East Enfield Center Road Ithaca, NY 14850 607-272-6412 sdt1@cornell.edu FATHER NOTES: Leander Bolten General: LEANDER BOLTON The name of Bolton is well Known in Des Moines the family it Represents Having for many years Been prominent in this city Leander Bolton WHO passed away December 31, 1901 was the eldest of four brothers all of Whom Were active and efficient business men I was born at Connersville Fayette County Indiana October October 1838 a son of Evan N Bolton record of Whom is Given in the sketch of Lewis E Bolton Which Appears elsewhere in esta work Mr Bolton together with His parents came to Des Moines in 1856 and Began His business career as clerk in a grocery store on West Second street Subsequently I Became connected with the hardware firm of Childs & Howell and in 1866 Entered the hardware business upon His own account with Samuel McRisson freighting hardware from here to Salt Lake City by Means of ox teams Their store was located in East Locust street just west of Fifth street While in partnership with Mr McKisson Mr Bolton made two trips over the plains With ox teams conveying loads of hardware Which I disposed of in the mining camps in Family Group Sheet 28 September 2016 2 1873 the partnership was dissolved and have continued alone for a short time after Which I was Associated with His brother Lewis E in the same line of business at No 524 East Locust street They continued together Until 1892 and our subject then a Conducted the business alone I was very successful not only in the enterprise to Which I have devoted His main energies but in other lines serving for years as president Several of the Bolton of duty and to His family was a loving husband and father Whose greatest happiness was found at his own fireside I have lived to witness the marvelous growth of His ADOPTED city and was one of the willing instruments by Which the change was wrought The mother of Mrs Bolton Known as Aunt Becky Young was one of the NOTED army nurses at the time of the Civil War and later received many attentions at gatherings of the Grand Army of the Republic showing That She Had Gained a remarkable hold upon the hearts of the old soldiers She bore the maiden name of Sarah a Graham and was a native of New York state Her first husband Mr Palmer died before the outbreak of the Civil War and in 1862 she proffered her services at Ithaca New York as an army nurse Having Been accepted she Went alone to Baltimore and thence to Bladensburg Where the Ithaca company of the One Hundred and Ninth New York Volunteers Were stationed She at once Entered upon her duties and when to the regiment was ordered to the field The entire command marched by the hospital as a farewell gr eeting to Aunt Becky She Had promised under no circumstances to separate from the company and Miss Dix Then in charge of the army nurses pledged her word That She Should go to the front at the very first opportunity accordingly on May 12 she started for Fredericksburg and on the following day arrived Then at Belle Plaine being in the midst of hostilities There she Began work faithfully Among the wounded her night and day wherever MOTHER NOTES: Isabel (Belle I.) Palmer Census (1925): Father Abel Palmer, New York; Mother Sarah Gram (Graham), New York Endnotes 28 September 2016 3 1. Des Moines: The Pioneer of Municipal Progress and Reform of the ... Volume 2, "," (n.p.: n.p., n.d.), . 2. Year: 1900; Census Place: Lee, Polk, Iowa; Roll: 454;, Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.; . 3. Rootsweb.com. 4. Year: 1860; Census Place: Enfield, Tompkins, New York; Federal Census. Ancestry.com. 5. 1870 Federal Census; Census Place: Des Moines Ward 6, Polk, Iowa, Ancestry.com; . 6. Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007., ; . 7. Find A Grave. 8. http://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Find A Grave PO Box 522107 Salt Lake City, UT 84152-2107. Index of Names 28 September 2016 4 BOLTEN Leander (b. 1838) . . . 1 Lloyd Y (b. 1875) . . . 1 Ralph Palmer (b. 1873) . . . 1 GRAHAM Sarah A. (b. 1830) . . . 1 HORTON Bula (b. 1877) . . . 1 PALMER Abel O. (b. 1830) . . . 1 Isabel (Belle I.) (b. 1853) . . . 1 Index of Places 28 September 2016 5 Iowa . . . 1 NY Tompkins County Enfield . . . 1 United States Indiana . . . 1 Iowa Iowa . . . 1 Polk Des Moines . . . 1 Woodland Cemetery . . . 1 New York Tompkins . . . 1