John Amos Bolyard (1826 - 1893)

Born 25 Sep 1826 in Preston County, VA (now WV)

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Biography

1850 residence District 45, Preston County, VA (now WV); 1860 residence District 7, Preston County, VA (now WV); 1870 residence Reno Twp., Preston County, WV; 1880 residence Reno District, Preston County, WV

The Preston County Journal.
KINGWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1893.
VOL. XXVII--NO. 4. WHOLE NO. 1416.
Page 2, Column 5
Reno District.
Died, on Sept. 26, 1893, John A. Bolyard, aged 67 years. Interment in the old Mountain cemetery. Mr. Bolyard was an old soldier and drew a very liberal pension for his services in the sixties. He was a good neighbor, kind hearted and clever, but had such a desire for strong drink that he had lost all control of self.

The Preston County Journal.
KINGWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 1893.
VOL. XXVII--NO. 6. WHOLE NO. 1418.
Page 2, Column 5
Another veteran gone––John A. Bolyard, of Reno district, died September 26, 1893, of rheumatism and heart disease contracted while in the service, aged 67 years. Mr. Bolyard was a member of Co. E., 15th W. Va. Inft. As there is no widow or miner [sic] heirs the pension haters can save $17 per month by his death.
F. M. H. [Francis Marion Huffman]

He is buried in the Mount Israel United Methodist Church Cemetery, near Fellowsville, Preston County, WV; served in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4B-55B : 19 March 2020), John A Bolyard, 1870.

• "The Goff Family" Roy L. Lockhart 1974, "A History of Preston County West Virginia" Oren F. Morton 1914, FamilySearch.org, John A. Bolyard obituaries, Find A Grave, U.S. census returns.