Mary Loretta Bolton

Brief Life History of Mary Loretta

When Mary Loretta Bolton was born on 12 July 1849, in Union Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States, her father, Lewis Bolton, was 24 and her mother, Mary Nancy Parker, was 24. She married Ira T. Wollam on 25 February 1869, in Mercer, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Center Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States in 1860. She died on 11 February 1918, in Mendon, Union Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Tomlinson Cemetery, Union Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ira T. Wollam
1847–1918
Mary Loretta Bolton
1849–1918
Marriage: 25 February 1869
Daniel Wollam
1871–1871
Charles Wollam
1875–1890
Ella Wollam
1873–1940
Mattie Wollam
1876–1936
Alice Wollam
1883–1974
Nancy Wollam
1886–1957
Bessie Wollam
1891–1982

Sources (30)

  • Mary Boulton in household of Louis Boulton, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mary Bolton, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Mary Loretta Bolton Wollam, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern England named Bolton (Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland, and Yorkshire) or from Boulton in Derbyshire and East Lothian in Scotland, from Old English bothl ‘dwelling, house’ (see Bold 1) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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