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Author: luisagenii
Surnames: Bolton, sinders
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John, Here is info on John Bolton and Catherine Sinders family. They are one chapter of a
family history book I am compiling on the Sinders family. Catherine was sister to my great
grandmother, Anna Mariah Sinders who married John Row.
CATHERINE SINDERS AND JOHN BOLTON
V. CATHERINE SINDERS, fifth child of Conrad and Eva Sinders, was born February 1842 in
Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. She was married on 18 June 1865 to John
BOLTON. He was born 23 November 1838 in Ohio and died 16 July 1917 in Putnamville,
Putnam County, Indiana. He is buried in the Putnamville Cemetery, Warren Township.
1870 - John and Catherine Bolton were living in Clay County, Harrison Township. John was
working in a saw mill. The value of his real estate was $3000 and personal property of
$2400. Their children were Nancy E. who was 4 and Louis was 3 both born in Indiana.1880
- This family was living in Warren, Putnam County, Indiana. John Bolton was 42 and
worked at a saw and grist mill. Catherine was 38 and was keeping house. The children at
home were: Nancy E., age 14; Lewis, age 12; John A., age 5 and David was 3. Also living
with them was a 22 year old nephew, Aford COOPER, who was a merchant.
1900 - found some changes in the family structure. This census tells us that John and
Cassie had been married for 35 years, had 4 children, 3 of whom were living. Their
daughter Nancy Ella had died in 1886, Lewis had married but John and David were still
living with the family. John, the father, was now a miller, John, the son, was an engine
fireman and David was a teamster.
1910 - John Bolton was a 71 year old gardner, and his wife, Catherine was 68. They had
been married for 40 years and had 4 children, two were living. Son John A., 36, single,
was living at home and employed as a foreman in an automobile factory.
1920 - Catherine was living with her son, John in the 1920 census.
The four known children of Catherine Sinders and John Bolton, all born in Indiana are:
A. NANCY ELLA BOLTON was born in 1866 and died 1 June 1886 in Putnam County and is
buried in Putnamville Cemetery.
B. LEWIS BOLTON was born June 1868 and died in 1932. He is buried in Putnamville
Cemetery. He was married to Mary_______ who was born August 1867 and died 1950.
In 1900 Lewis and Mary Bolton were living in Putnam County, Warren Township where Lewis
was working as an engineer. They were both 32 years old, had been married for 9 years
and had 2 children, both living. Mabel was 8 and had been born in August 1891 and Bula
was 6, born in May 1894, both had been born in Indiana.
1910 - Lewis Bolton was a 42 year old steam shovel foreman and his wife Mary, 42, was
a carpet weaver. They had been married for 19 years and had 3 children, all living. The
two living at home were Bulah, 15 and Ray, 6. Both children had attended school. The
family was living in their own mortgage free home on Cumberland Street in Putnamville,
three dwellings away from Lewis' parents.
In 1920 Lewis was living on Main Street, just two families away from his brother John,
in Putnam County, Warren Township with his 53 year old wife, Mollie. They had a 16 year
old son Raymond. Lewis was working as a teamster on road building. They owned their own
home with a mortgage.
1930 - Lewis and Mary were living in a home they owned worth $1,500 in Warren
Township. They were both 62 and had been married for about 41 years. There were no
children living at home. Lewis was working as a laborer but the place is not listed.
Their son, Raymond and family were living next door.
Children of Lewis and Mary Bolton are:
1. MABEL BOLTON was born August 1891.
2. BULAH BOLTON was born May 1894.
3. RAYMOND BOLTON was born circa 1904.
1930 - Ray Bolton, 26, and his wife, Cassie, 27 were living next door to his
parents in a rental house for $10 per month. They had been married for 7 years and
had a daughter Virginia who was 6. They did own a radio. Ray was working for the
state driving a truck.
C. JOHN ALBERT BOLTON was born 11 March 1874/75 and died 12 January 1938. He is buried
in Putnamville Cemetery.
1910 - John Bolton was a 71 year old gardner, and his wife, Catherine was 68. They had
been married for 40 years and had 4 children, two were living. Son John A., 36, single,
was living at home and employed as a foreman in an automobile factory.
In 1920 Johnny A. Bolton was 44, living in his own home free of a mortgage in Warren
Township, Putnam County, and working as a laborer in a cement plant. His wife, whose
name is obscured, possibly Jane or June, was 44. John's 78 year old widowed mother,
Catherine, was also living with this family.
1930 - not found
D. DAVID S. BOLTON was born 14 October 1876 and died 19 July 1908. He is buried in
Putnamville Cemetery.
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