 bolton family bolton family ray tue 7302013 754 walter t bolton walter thetford bolton  18591923 was born september 9 1859 in or near hickory newton county mississippi to judge isaac langston bolton 18271900 an alabaman and martha thetford bolton 18431870 also from alabama walter came as a single man to biloxi mississippi in 1892 from perkinston harrison county mississippi at perkinston dr bolton was also the us postmaster during his tenure here he was lauded for improving the mail service from perkinston to the outside world the biloxi herald january 18 1890 p 1 dr wt bolton was a graduate of louisville college and attended tulane university of louisiana circa 1893 he married olivia hill sones  a native of brookhaven mississippi they were the parents of four children  walter t bolton ii  18941964 m mrs tullos and charlsie hayes 19091982  cornelia justina bolton  18981994 m mark l miller 19011933 dewey r reagan 18971969 and nathan o berry 18972001  olivia sones bolton  19021933 m edgar n taylor and eldon l bolton  19101990 m carolyn howard mckellar 19131996 olivia s bolton was a graduate of whitworth college at brookhaven she worked diligently for her family church and biloxi mrs bolton was recognized by the biloxi lions club and awarded a loving cup as she was chosen by its membership in 1943 as biloxi s citizen of the year she was well known for her efforts to support the first methodist church of biloxi formerly the main street methodist church through its fund raising campaigns mrs bolton s last monetary project resulted in the completion of the church steeple she was a member of the red cross executive committee american legion auxiliary former state and local president of the united daughters of the confederacy past president of the cleophan club chairman of the local christmas seal and tuberculosis sales active in the girl scouts and a sunday school teacher during ww ii olivia worked with uso traveler s aid she was a charter member of the howard i mother s club and a former member of the eastern star and civic club the daily herald june 25 1952 p 1  bolton homes and lands it is known that the wt bolton family was domiciled on fayard street as early as 1896 their house was situated behind the catholic convent on reynoir street in november 1896 its roof caught fire due to a defective flue the small fire was extinguished without sending out an alarm the biloxi herald november 14 1896 p 8  1902bolton buildingwest howard avenue by late november 1901 the iron front for the new bolton building had arrived and was immediately put in place by pj gillen and bert c gillen contractors from birmingham they had been in biloxi since october 1901 erecting the bolton building at 138 west howard avenue for dr walter t bolton dr bolton had his offices and residence here until about 1920 when the family relocated to west beach and porter avenue by may 1902 the bolton building was completed and the gillens left for alabama the biloxi daily herald november 28 1901 p 8 march 20 1902 p 8 and may 9 1902 p 8  1118 west beach according to walter t bolton iv the family resided in a house in the rear of the bolton building until about 1920 when the handsome family at 1118 west beach boulevard was completed wt bolton ivjuly 2013 dr walter t bolton began acquiring land on the mississippi sound at biloxi in february 1900 at this time he acquired from origen g williams for 750 a large lot on the southwest corner of porter avenue fronting 180 feet on the beach road and running north on porter avenue for 600 feet harrison co mississippi land deed bk 43 p 518 by february 1910 dr wt bolton had bought two contiguous tracts to his initial acquisition from eg bousquet and he walker and onie sapp walker for 275 and 700 respectively these tracts had 290 feet on west suter street harrison co mississippi land deed bk 69 p 472 and bk 92 p 429 dr bolton is known to have had a sugar patch in the rear of the house in 1918 he reported that a stalk of his cane had reached 18 feet in height and had 26 joints occasionally young adventurers would make off with some of his prized sugar cane the daily herald november 23 1918 p3 in december 1938 mrs wt bolton signed a fiveyear lease with standard oil of kentucky for a tract measuring 75 feet by 100 feet on the se c of the bolton land the rent was 75 per month and the land was used as a gasoline filling station for many years harrison co mississippi land deed bk 223 p 323  bolton building in october 1901 p j gillen and bert c gillen contractors from birmingham alabama began erecting the bolton building at 138 west howard avenue for dr walter t bolton  dr bolton had his offices and residence here until about 1920 when the family relocated to west beach and porter avenue by may 1902 the gillens had returned to alabama the biloxi daily herald november 28 1901 p 8 march 20 1902 p 8 and may 9 1902 p 8 the original facade of the bolton building has long disappeared from the streetscape of west howard avenue mrs wt bolton after she became a widow sold the structure to phillip w levine 18901940 a russian jewish immigrant in january 1924 for 15000 through the years the building has been utilized a woolsworth variety store a hardware store and other commercial enterprises the daily herald february 16 1940 p 1 and harrison co mississippi land trust deed bk 35 p 187 and bk 55 p 445 in may 1981 the bolton building known as 759 vieux marche at this was acquired by biloxi attorneys lyle m page 30 fred manino 30 ronald g peresich 30 and paul j delcambre jr 10 from nathaniel b rosenberg and a charles rosenberg mr delcambre sold his 10 interest to the other principals in january 1989 2 nd jd land deed bk 114 235 and 2 nd jd land deed bk 205 p 483  children   walter t bolton ii walter thetford bolton ii   18941964 was born at biloxi mississippi on october 17 1894 in may 1911 he graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1911 from biloxi high school walter went on to earn a civil engineering degree in 1914 from mississippi a m college at starkville by late 1916 he was employed at lansing michigan with the michigan state highway commission as a civil engineer in 1917 bolton had taken a job as a civil engineer with the illinois central railroad at memphis tennessee the daily herald may 23 1911 p 1 june 4 1914 p 2 and december 19 1916 during world war i wt bolton ii served in the engineer corps of the aef and was sent to england and france he sailed for europe in late may 1918 he was in england until and was preparing to leave for france in october 1918 the daily herald may 27 1918 p 3 and october 7 1918 p 3 after the great war wt bolton ii took a job in orange texas and was employed constructing highways he would visit biloxi as often as time allowed the daily herald october 16 1922 p 2 circa 1923 mr bolton married mae hagan tullos  18931930 a widow or divorcee and native of louisiana she brought two sons robert tullos b 1910 and frank n tullos 19142000 into the marriage mae hagan bolton died at kirbyville texas on march 4 1930 after giving birth to jessie mae bolton  19301930 who passed the next day in 1930 walter was the proprietor of a cafe and frank tullos his stepson was vending sign post advertising the daily herald march 10 1930 p 2 and 1930 jasper co texas federal census r2361 p 15a ed 8 by 1935 wt bolton ii was domiciled at lubbock texas circa 1938 he had married charlsie hayes  19091982 a native of rotan fisher county texas by 1940 the boltons relocated to kirbyville jasper county texas here mr bolton was involved with outdoor advertising ie billboards etc at kirbyville they reared their five children walter t bolton iii 19392011 olivia bolton b 19401982 hayes bolton 19402008 charles bolton and dewey bolton 1940 jasper co texas t6274075 p 8a ed 12111 walter t bolton ii died in november 1964 at kirbyville texas charlsie lived to february 28 1982 she and wt bolton iii are confirmed buried in the kirbyville cemetery at kirbyville texas  cornelia j bolton cornelia justina bolton  18981994 was born at biloxi mississippi on september 7 1898 she married mark lewis miller 19011931 in yazoo city mississippi on november 7 1920 at this time cornelia taught english in the public school at yazoo city she was a graduate of the mississippi woman s college mscw at columbus mississippi cornelia would later marry dewey richard reagan  18971969 in harrison county mississippi on november 8 1934 and nathan o berry 18972001 on may 1 1976 also in harrison county mississippi harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 45 p 454 and 2 nd jd circuit court mrb 13 p 137  ford agency in 1932 robert h holmes 18691949 and sons acquired the ford motorcar agency at biloxi they incorporated as the holmes motor company in april 1932 their ford agency was relocated from lameuse street and the l n railroad to the northeast corner of west howard avenue and caillavet street in october 1933 the holmes motor company had a curious demonstration in their lameuse street showroom to demonstrate the chassis and springs strength of their automobiles one ford had 3400 pounds of lumber placed on its top  the daily herald october 10 1933 p 3    dewey r reagan  mr holmes sold the business to the pringlereagan motor company this organization was led by the pringle brothers lv pringle jr 19021974 robert h pringle 19041981 thomas n pringle 19061970 and victor b pringle 19091977 their other partners were a cousin frank pringle 19091957 and dewey r reagan  harrison co ms charter bk 52 p 123 and the daily herald june 2 1935 p 2    on formal opening day in late june 1935 the public was invited to observe that the building had been renovated and cleaned thoroughly and the entire plant elevated to first class conditions the large workshop in the north section of the structure was made into a temporary auditorium and a five reel motion picture of the ford plant in michigan ford cars climbing pike s peak and other promotional features of the ford automobile were shown during the afternoon some of the employees of the organization at this time were lv pringle jr dewey reagan frank pringle e jacquot john stojcich tn lightsey salesman jw watts salesman and the garage force george wilson robert illsley dudley powell and h campbell  the daily herald july 1 1935 p 2    on their 5 th anniversary celebrated in late may 1940 the pringlereagan motor company announced that had 18 employees and a 19224 annual payroll the daily herald may 31 1940 p 6   cornelia bolton berry died at biloxi on december 12 1994 her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery  the sun herald december 14 1994 p a2    olivia s bolton olivia sones bolton  19031933 graduated from biloxi high school and mississippi state college for women mscw olivia became a school teacher and taught at biloxi shaw mississippi in the delta and at atlanta georgia she married edgar n taylor in harrison county mississippi on september 20 1927 edgar was born at union city pennsylvania and made his livelihood at atlanta georgia as an insurance underwriter and district manager for the aetna insurance company the daily herald june 5 1927 p 2 and harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb olivia s bolton taylor expired at atlanta georgia on march 20 1933 she had been ill for more than a year and her mother had come from biloxi to care for her during her illness mrs taylor s corporal remains were sent to biloxi for internment in the biloxi cemetery the daily herald march 21 1933 p 2  eldon l bolton eldon langston bolton  19101990 was born january 11 1910 at biloxi in harrison county mississippi on may 23 1936 he married carolyn howard mckellar 19131996 a native of memphis tennessee and the daughter of h clinton mckellar and mrs mckellar eldon and mama b as mrs bolton was known were the parents of four children eldon l bolton jr m priscilla ann ober in july 1958 carolyn mckellar bolton m robert lee cox in june 1960 clinton mckellar bolton 19441997 m sharon e robinson in august 1966 and karen joyce degeorge in november 1975 walter t bolton m patricia ann tynes in september 1969 and laura ann ederer in july 1981 like his father eldon l bolton practiced medicine at biloxi for fiftysix years he devoted his life to the health and welfare of the denizens of biloxi dr bolton worked with dr eugene a trudeau 18971970 and dr middleton and operated his clinic on the southwest corner of lameuse street and washington now ml king jr dr bolton expired at biloxi on christmas day 1990 mrs bolton passed here on december 26 1996 their corporal remains were interred at southern memorial park in west biloxi  references  the beaumont enterprise walter bolton june 15 2011 the biloxi herald perkinston points january 18 1890 the biloxi herald the unexpected happens again november 11 1893 the biloxi herald local happenings january 9 1892 the biloxi herald to whom it may concern january 30 1892 the biloxi herald wt boltonphysician surgeon advertisement august 6 1892 the biloxi herald otto pharmacy advertisement october 14 1893 the biloxi herald latest city news november 14 1896 the biloxi daily herald city officials february 7 1899 the biloxi daily herald city news november 28 1901 the biloxi daily herald city news march 20 1902 the biloxi daily herald personals may 9 1902 the daily herald all in readiness for commencement in biloxi school may 23 1911 the daily herald young biloxian graduates june 4 1914 the daily herald walter bolton returns to biloxi december 19 1916 the daily herald sterilizer demonstration august 15 1917 the daily herald walter bolton sails may 27 1918 the daily herald biloxi news paragraphs october 7 1918 the daily herald jack in the cane stalk november 23 1918 the daily herald cows tested yesterday july 4 1919 the daily herald boys clean out cane patch september 29 1920 the daily herald millerbolton wedding in yazoo city november 12 1920 the daily herald biloxi news paragraphs december 9 1921 the daily herald biloxi items october 16 1922 the daily herald biloxi loses prominent man wt bolton august 28 1923 the daily herald boltontaylor engagement announced june 5 1927 the daily herald mrs bolton mae hagan tullos buried march 10 1930 the daily herald phillip w levine succumbs to short illness february 16 1940 the daily herald mrs wt bolton is outstanding biloxi citizen december 29 1943 the sun herald longtime biloxi physician bolton 80 dies tuesday december 26 1990 the sun herald eldon l bolton december 26 1990 the sun herald cornelia bolton berry december 14 1994 the sun herald carolyn m bolton december 27 1996 the sun herald clinton m bolton january 28 1997 957 views  