Champaign County IL Archives Biographies.....Boltin, Rezin 
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Biography of Rezin BOLTIN, Champaign County, Illinois

From:  "Early History and Pioneers of Champaign County, 
Illinois," by Milton W. Mathews and Lewis A. McLean, 
editors of the Champaign County Herald, published by the 
Champaign County Herald, 1886

REZIN BOLTIN was born in Dark County, Ohio, February 26th, 1826.  
He is the son of William and Dorcas (JOHNSON) BOLTIN, also natives 
of Ohio.  In early life, while yet a resident of Ohio, Mr. Boltin 
learned the carpenter's trade, and later the photographic art.  
As a carpenter he assisted in building a large number of the 
buildings in the village of Mahomet.  He came west in September, 
1854, and settled at Middletown, now Mahomet, and there he has 
made his home to the present.  When Mr. Boltin first went to 
that town there were but two stores.  One was kept by a man by 
the name of Hill and the other by a man by the name of Owens.  
He has lived there long enough to see the town grow up from a 
small, insignificant village to one of nearly 1,000 population.  
Mr. Boltin was first married to Polly Ann BROWN, in Dark county, 
Ohio, October 27th, 1847.  She died in Greenville, Ohio, in June 
1853.  While a resident of Greenville, he married Mary SMITH.
The date of the marriage was October 5th, 1854.  She died in 
Mahomet in the fall of 1881.  He married his present wife, Rebecca 
SICKLIDER, in Dark county, Ohio, February 21st, 1882.  She is still 
living.  He is the father of the following children:  William Henry, 
married Mary WOODROW, and is a resident of Mahomet; James, married 
Hannah Swanson, also of Mahomet; Alice is the wife of William 
TANNER, of Mahomet; Elwain is single, Warren also; Mary married 
Gehart B. TANNER, and resides in Mahomet, as does also Rezin, the 
youngest of the family.  Mr. Boltin united with the Christian 
church about thirty-eight years ago and has always been an exemplary 
member.  His political affiliations have always been with the 
Republication party.  He is now a justice of the peace, Mr. Boltin 
is numbered among the good moral citizens of Mahomet, and stands 
high in the estimation of the citizens of his community.


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