Bole, **William

"BLACKFORD AND GRANT COUNTIES INDIANA, A CHRONICLE OF THEIR PEOPLE PAST AND PRESENT WITH FAMILY LINEAGE AND PERSONAL MEMOIRS"; Complied Under the Editorial Supervision of BENJAMIN G. SHINN; vol. II ; THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY; CHICAGO AND NEW YORK; 1914

(Submitted by:Peggy Karol and Karen Overholt to the Grant Co., Indiana website at RootsWeb.com)

"WILLIAM ALONZO BOLE. The residence of the Bole family in Jefferson township dates back to the year 1877. In section twelve of that township, one of the most productive and valuable farms in the community is that of Mr. Bole, who in later years has retired largely from active participation in farming, but has sons who are carrying forward the work and continue to increase the prosperity so long enjoyed by this family.

The name Bole is of Dutch origin, and Grandfather William Bole was born in Pennsylvania in 1791, and died in Shelby county, Indiana, in 1862. He was married in Pennsylvania, and they moved out to Ohio and lived at Georgetown in Brown county, where all their children were born. Their family were: David, John, William, Abraham, and James, and four daughters, Jane, Ann, Elizabeth and Mary."
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William is listed in the 1850 Grant Co., Indiana Census as age 48 (which would make his birthdate circa 1803 rather than in 1791 as stated in the history book excerpt above). The family is enumerated in Van Buren Township, page 238, as follows:
~ William Bole - age 47, farmer, land value $100, born in Pennsylvania
~ Lorinda Bole - age 41, born in New York
~ Vincent Bole - age 17, farmer, born in Ohio
~ Lorinda Bole - age 15, born in Ohio
~ James Bole - age 14, born in Ohio
~ Lucinda Bole - age 12, born in Ohio
~ Almira Bole - age 9, born in Ohio
~ Chestina Bole - age 6, born in Ohio
~ William Bole - age 3, born in Ohio
~ Hiram Bole - age 1, born in Ohio
~ Lucinda - age 16, born in Ohio