George Summer Bolles
(1860- ? )
George Sumner Bolles was born in August 1860 to George Bolles and Mary Angeline (Powers) Bolles. His father was 39 years old at the time of his birth, and his mother was 32.
He married Alma A. Barton on December 25, 1894.
Professional Life
George worked as a locomotive engineer until 1901. In 1902, he entered the grocery and crockery business in Madison, South Dakota.
He later moved west to California, where he became a mining engineer, continuing a career shaped by the expanding industries of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Family Life
George Sumner Bolles and Alma A. Barton had two children:
- Dorothy Bolles
- Wilma Bolles
Siblings
George Sumner Bolles was one of seven children. His siblings included:
- Mary Augusta Bolles (1851–1936)
- Edgar Goff Bolles (1852–1875)
- Cyrus Story Bolles (1854–1856)
- Clara Bolles (1857–?)
- Estella Bolles (1859–1892)
- William Emery Bolles (1865–?)
Later Years and Legacy
Details regarding the later years and death of George Sumner Bolles are not recorded.
His life reflects the transition from railroads to commerce and mining, following the paths of opportunity that defined the American West.
