Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885,
Butler Co.

LEWIS F. BOLTON, Butler County, was born September 23, 1837, in Whitley
County, Ky., and in 1841 removed with his parents to Butler County,
locating on Big Reedy Creek, on the place where he now resides.
Sympathizing with the South, and believing in the right of succession, he
took up arms to maintain his views, enlisting, in 1861, in the Ninth
Kentucky (Confederate) Infantry, in in [sic] which he served until the
final settlement of the conflict; he returned home and since has been an
honored and law-abiding citizen.  His father, Haile Bolton, a native of
Grayson County, Tenn., was born February 21, 1813; at the age of twelve he
removed with his parents to Campbell County, that State, where he grew to
manhood and is now enjoying a good old age.  He is the son of John Bolton,
a native of Halifax County, Va., and a soldier in the war of 1812, who died
in Campbell County, Tenn., in 1855, at the age of sixty-eight years.  Haile
Bolton (subject's father) married Dina Woosley, a daughter of Samuel and
Phoebe (Bailey) Woosley of Whitley County, Ky., born in 1816 and died
December 28, 1883.  This union was blessed with the birth of ten children,
seven of whom are living, as follows viz.: Lewis F., Josiah, Martha J.
(Hunt), Elizabeth (Jones), George W., Samuel M., and Beverley L.  The
following are dead: James, John R. and Julia A.  Mr. Bolton was brought up
on a farm with limited facilities for an education, but by close
application and constant reading his mind is well-stored with useful
knowledge.  He was placed in nomination by his friends for representative
to the legislature, and though carrying the full strength of his party, he
was defeated by a strictly party vote.  He was married, December 13, 1866,
to Mary V. Thacker, daughter of Dillingham and Prudence A. (Kelley)
Thacker, of Warren County, Ky., born December 10, 1847.  To them have been
born seven children: Aurora A. (deceased), Anna M., Belle, John C.,
Adaline, Roscoe H. and Josiah L.  Mr. Bolton is a farmer and owns 101 acres
of productive land, which is in a good state of cultivation.  He is a
member of the Masonic order, and of the Christian Church; polititically
[sic] he is a Democrat.

Bolton Woosley Bailey Hunt Jones Thacker Kelley
=
Whitley-KY Grayson-TN Campbell-TN Halifax-VA Warren-KY

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