U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- DeBolt, George W. (1858-1921) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley West Virginia Author: James Morton Callahan Volume II, Pages 488-489 This sketch considers the De Bolt family of which George W. De Bolt, of Fairmont, is a member. The father was John Hamilton De Bolt, born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, in 1830. He was a farmer, and was killed in the civil war while acting as a messenger in West Virginia, 1861. Politically he was a Republican, and in church faith of the Presbyterian denomination. He married, in 1855, Abigail Howard, born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1837. Children: Emma, born 1856; George W., 1858; Sarah, 1861, died 1902. Mrs. De Bolt was the daughter of Denune Howard, who married Sarah Haught; the grandfather was Absalom Howard, born in Pennsylvania, married Mary Smith, and his parents, Absalom and Sarah (Denune) Howard were born in England, from whence they came to America, settling at Baltimore, Maryland. (II) George Washington, son of John Hamilton and Abigail (Howard) De Bolt, was born October 30, 1858, at Masontown, Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He received his education at the public schools of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and at the Southwestern State Normal, of California, Pennsylvania. He has been engaged as follows: An accountant for the Dunbar Furnace Company, at Dunbar, Pennsylvania, for four years; accountant for the Montana Coal and Coke Company, Fairmont, West Virginia, 1887 to 1901; secretary and treasurer of Fairmont Coal Company, 1901-05; secretary and treasurer for the Red Rock Fuel Company, Fairmont, 1906-10; president of Red Rock Fuel Company, Fairmont, 1910, and still serving. Politically Mr. De Bolt is a Republican; has been councilman in the city of Fairmont for two terms; belongs to the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Chapter, Consistory, Shriners; and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He has been grand commander in the Knights Templar degree of Masonry, for West Virginia. He is a member of the Fairmont Country Club, a new organization. In church relations he is a member of the Episcopal church. He married (first), in 1883, at Masontown, Pennsylvania, Lida Miller, born at Masontown, Pennsylvania, 1859, daughter of David and Elizabeth Miller; (second), in Chicago, Illinois, Mary Watson Moderwell, born 1867, at Geneseo, Illinois, daughter of Erastus and Frances (Watson) Moderwell. The father was a lawyer; member of the state legislature; captain and major in the Twelfth Ohio Volunteer service in the civil war. Their children were: Mary Watson, Mattie Elizabeth, Louisa Frances and John Otis Moderwell. Mr. De Bolt's children are: 1. Gladys, born in 1884, educated at the public schools, Fairmont Normal School, Girl's Latin School at Baltimore, Maryland, Dwight School, Englewood, New Jersey; married Henry Shaw Lively, and they have one child, Mildred De Bolt Lively. 2. George Washington Jr., born 1891, graduate of the Fairmont, West Virginia, high school, now in Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Information: --------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE Date of death: Dec 11, 1921 Cause of death: Acute Dilation of Heart Place of death: Fairmont, Marion County, WV Occupation at time of death: Coal Mine Operator Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery ---------------------------------------------------------------------