Martin Jasper Bolt

b. 7 October 1841, d. 16 August 1928
  • Martin Jasper Bolt was born on 7 October 1841 in Polk County, Missouri.
  • He married Mary Jane Brooks, daughter of Harrison Brooks and Fanny Sharp, on 12 December 1867 in Burnet County, Texas.
  • Martin Jasper Bolt and Mary Jane Brooks, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Burnet, Burnet County, Texas. Other members of the household included Josephine Bolt.
  • He was a stock raiser, according to the 1870 census.
  • Martin Jasper Bolt and Mary Jane Brooks appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Texas. Other members of the household included Josephine Bolt. Also in the household were children Aliff (age 9), Charie A. (8), Jefferson (6), Franklin (3) and Loula (1).
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
  • Martin Jasper Bolt and Mary Jane Brooks appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Burnet, Texas. Also in the household were children Lulu (age 21), Lena (15) and Oliver (13), and granddaughter Gracie Bolt (3).
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
  • Martin Jasper Bolt and Mary Jane Brooks appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Brown County, Texas, enumerated next to the household of their dauther Josie Hill (age 41). Also in the household was daughter Gracie L. (age 12). They also were enumerated in 1910 in Brown County in the household of their daughter Mary Fry.
  • Martin Jasper Bolt and Mary Jane Brooks appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Texas enumerated in the household of their daughter and her husband, Mary L. (age 25) and James H. Fry . They also were enumerated in 1910 in Brown County living next to their daughter Josie Hill.
  • William Francis Hill and Josephine Bolt appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, enumerated in the same household as their daughter Jula Cannan and her family. Other members of the household included Martin Jasper Bolt, Mary Jane Brooks. Also in the household were children David M. (age 16), Frank (13), Minneola (11) and Milburn (9).
  • Martin and Mary Jane Bolt were photographed during the 1920s. [from the collection of Karen G. Hill]
  • Martin Jasper Bolt died on 16 August 1928 at age 86 in Texas.
  • Mary Jane Brooks became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Old Burnet Cemetery, Burnet, Burnet County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 27 Mar 2016

Family: Mary Jane Brooks b. 17 December 1845, d. 24 August 1933