John Boles (1807–1892)
John is part of the older Boles line being followed toward George, James, and Evelyn. What we still need is the document that identifies his parents. Cornelius and Nancy are candidates, but the parent link remains unproved.
The working research gives John’s birth as March 28, 1807, in Pennsylvania. The original source for the exact date should remain attached when available. He would have been about fourteen when Cornelius’s estate was administered in 1821.
Working researchJohn’s 1850 household records a wife as Mary J. “Mary Jane Magee” and a death around 1851 appear in secondary material, but neither the Magee surname nor that death date has been independently verified here.
Documented name; other details unresolvedJohn married Margaret McMullin January 13, 1853, in Guernsey County, Ohio, according to a marriage record Sandy has independently reviewed. The image still needs attaching to this profile.
Documented record reviewed by SandySandy reviewed all 44 pages of Cornelius Boyles’s estate file and found no John. Look next for Washington County Orphans’ Court, guardianship, minor-child, land, and estate records after 1821. Search Boles, Boyles, and Bowles for wording that identifies John as Cornelius’s son, minor child, heir, or ward. An absence from the estate file alone proves none of those things.
UnresolvedCornelius & Nancy → ? → John
Cornelius’s estate does identify son Jacob. It does not yet identify John. The older couple belongs on the research board, while John’s parent cards remain open in the family tree.
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