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William Bolles
Gender:
Male
Born:
April 12, 1808
Died:
July 14, 1889
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Later Residences:
Delphi, IN
Toledo, OH
Toledo, OH
Marriage(s):
Emily Evans Bolles (October 19, 1837)
Lydia Watson Bolles (unknown)
Roxana Watson Bolles (unknown)
Lydia Watson Bolles (unknown)
Roxana Watson Bolles (unknown)
Biographical Notes:
William Bolles of Litchfield, Connecticut was the son of Ebenezer Bolles and Abigail Penfield Bolles. From 1819 to 1821 William attended the Litchfield Female Academy. During his lifetime he married three times. First in 1837 to Emily Evans, second to Lydia Watson, with whom he had three children, and third to Roxana Watson, with whom he had seven children. William worked as a merchant, and in his lifetime invested in railroad stock and accumulated wealth. He resided in both Indiana and Ohio, and passed away in 1889.
Education
Years at LFA:
1819-1821
Profession / Service
Profession:
Business
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Margaret Bolles Garrett
Sister
LFA (1816-1821) - Emily Evans Bolles
Wife - Lydia Watson Bolles
Wife - Roxana Watson Bolles
Wife - Abigail Penfield Bolles
Mother - Ebenezer Bolles
Father
The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation. Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
1819 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1820 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The Univeristy Press, 1927).
1820 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1821 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog Winter Session (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1820 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The Univeristy Press, 1927).
1820 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1821 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog Winter Session (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
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