Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Bolt, John 1845 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

JOHN BOLT. This well-known farmer, whose place is to be found in Flushing
Township, Genesee County, has eighty acres of land on section 32. He was born in
England in 1845 and is a son of Nicholas N. and Elizabeth (Coark) Bolt. The
father was by trade a boot and shoe maker in England and came to America in the
year 1855. Genesee County, N. Y., became his home and he was there recognized as
one of the most influential and prosperous farmers of that county. Upon the 12th
of August, 1891, Nicholas Bolt was called from earth, but his devoted wife still
lives on the farm in Genesee County, where his life ended. The eight children of
Nicholas and Elizabeth Bolt are William, John, Theresa (Mrs. John Ford),
Nicholas, Elizabeth (Mrs. Rogers), Eliza (Mrs. Walker), Thomas and Mary E. (Mrs.
Peck.) After coming to this country the father allied himself with the
Republican party. They were members of the Church of England in their old home
and retained their membership in the Episcopal Church after coming here and in
every way the father was one of the most prominent men in the county.

  He of whom we write received his education in England and afterward in New
York, and had thorough training in the work of the farm, to which he early
devoted himself. He lived with his parents until he was twenty-one years old and
then went to Cleveland, Ohio, where for twelve years he was in the business of a
gardener, after which he journeyed through the Southeast, spending several years
in various parts of the country and finding work to his liking wherever he went.
John Bolt decided to locate in Flushing Township, in 1883, and at that time paid
$5,000 for the eighty acres which constitute his farm. He has a fine house with
excellent outbuildings and fruit.

  Our subject was married in 1884 to Miss Eliza Koan, daughter of George and
Hannah (West) Koan, natives of Canada and England respectively. Mr. Koan was a
blacksmith by trade, but is now a farmer and has made his home on section 32, of
this township. The home of our subject has been brightened by the advent of
three children: Floyd J., Ruby M. and Archie R. The principles of the Republican
party are endorsed by Mr. Bolt and he has held the office of Pathmaster, and is
highly esteemed throughout the township.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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