Person:Reuben Bolles (1)

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Reuben Parmen Bolles
b.7 Jun 1804 Connecticut
d.19 Sep 1877 Mahaska County, Iowa
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Fanny Bolles
  2. Lydia Bolles1792 - 1825
  3. Abigail Bolles1793 - Aft 1860
  4. Mary Bolles1795 -
  5. Joseph Bolles1798 -
  6. Gilbert Bolles1799 - 1833
  7. Hannah Bolles1800 - Aft 1860
  8. Eliza Bolles1802 - 1825
  9. Henry D Bolles1804 -
  10. Reuben Parmen Bolles1804 - 1877
  11. William K Bolles1805 -
  12. Margaret Bolles1806 -
  13. Elijah Bolles1810 -
  14. Joshua Bolles1812 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1825
  1. Frances Maria Bolles1826 -
  2. Joseph BollesAbt 1829 -
  3. Jane BollesAbt 1830 -
  4. Henry BollesAbt 1833 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 20 Jul 1840
  1. Louisa BollesAbt 1840 - 1874
  2. Frank BollesAbt 1842 - 1862
  3. Reuben Parmen Bolles, Jr.1847 - 1890
  4. Byron O. Bolles1850 - 1924
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Facts and Events
Name[2] Reuben Parmen Bolles
Gender Male
Birth[2] 7 Jun 1804 Connecticut
Marriage Abt 1825 Connecticutto Frances Baker
Marriage 20 Jul 1840 Louisa County, Iowa(apparently his 3rd wife & her 2nd husband)
to Dulcinea McPherson
Census[3] 1850 Mahaska County, Iowa
Census[4] 1860 White Oak Twp, Mahaska County, Iowa
Census[5] 1870 White Oak Twp, Mahaska County, Iowa
Death[2] 19 Sep 1877 Mahaska County, Iowa
Burial[2] Rose Hill Cemetery, Rose Hill, Mahaska County, Iowa

1830 census Painesville, Geauga, Ohio

19 Jul 1836 a Reuben P. Bolles marries Louisa Nash in Sandusky OH.

Does this mean that our Reuben was married three times and if so what becomes of Louisa Nash and did he have children with her?

1840 census Louisa Co. IA R. P. Boles

1 male b. 1800-1810 [Reuben]

1 male b. 1825-1830 [Joseph]

1 male b. 1830-1835 [Henry]

1 female b. 1825-1830 [Frances M.]

1 female b. 1830-1835 [Jane]

1 female b. 1835-1840

[who? Louisa shouldn't be born yet? if this IS Louisa then she must belong to an earlier wife [ Louisa Nash?] and the family was wrong about Dulcenia being her mother - but it could be a daughter that died young or even a niece etc.]

Mahaska County, Iowa, 1850 census:[3]

Bolles, Ruben W. 46 yrs Farmer (real estate = $1,000) b. Connecticut
      Dulcenia 40 yrs b. Ohio
      Joseph 21 yrs Farmer b. Ohio
      Henry 17 yrs Farmer b. Ohio
      Louisa 10 yrs b. Iowa
      Frank 7 yrs b. Iowa
      Ruben 3 yrs b. Iowa
      Bryron 4/12 yr b. Iowa
Kite, Martha 28 yrs b. North Carolina
McDonald, Jane 20 yrs b. Ohio

Mahaska County, Iowa, 1860 census:[4]

Bolles, R. P. 56 yrs Farmer (real estate = $2,500; personal estate = $1,200) b. Connecticut
      Dulcinea 50 yrs Housewife b. North Carolina
      Frank 18 yrs b. North Carolina
      Rewben P. 13 yrs b. North Carolina
      Byron O. 10 yrs b. North Carolina

Mahaska County, Iowa, 1870 census:[5]

Boles, R. P. [m] 66 yrs Farmer (real estate = $4,000; personal estate = $1,000) b. Connecticut
      D. [f] 60 yrs Keeping house b. North Carolina
      B. [m] 20 yrs Farmer b. Iowa
References
  1.   Genealogy of the Bolles Family in America by John A. Bolles.

    Google Books

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Find A Grave.

    Reuben P. Bolles

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mahaska County, Iowa. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 205A, dwelling/family 681/697.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mahaska County, Iowa. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 241, dwelling/family 1681/1718.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mahaska County, Iowa. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 468B, dwelling/family 82/81.
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