Cumberland County, Maine - Sumner C. Bolton
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Biography
Sumner C. Bolton
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 544


Sumner C. Bolton, a prosperous merchant tailor and respected citizen of Gorham,
was born in Portland, this State, November 15, 1828, a son of Thomas and Martha
(Noble) Bolton. He is of English ancestry, being descended from one of two
brothers who came to this country from England during the last century, and
settled at White Rock in the town of Gorham, Cumberland County.

Thomas Bolton, who was born in White Rock,lost his father when he was but a
child of four years. In early manhood he learned the trade of an edge-tool
maker, and subsequently removed to Portland, where he was engaged in that line
of business for many years. He was a member of the State militia, in which he
attained the rank of Captain, and saw active service during the War of 1812-14.
He escaped the British bullets, and died many years after the war at his home in
Portland. His wife's father also served in the war, and was a man of such
remarkable .longevity and physical vigor that it is said that, when he was one
hundred years old, he came on horseback from his home to Portland, a distance of
thirty miles, to get his pension. Eleven children were born to Thomas Bolton and
his wife, seven of whom reached maturity, and three are now living - Elbridge
G., Charles, and Sumner C.

Sumner C. Bolton, after attending the public schools of his native city, learned
the trade of a tailor, and worked for different firms in Saco, Portland, and
Windham. In 1862 he enlisted in Company F of the Twenty-fifth Maine Regiment,
which was stationed at Arlington Heights as a guard to the long bridge, and
subsequently at Chantilly, W. Va. The following year Mr. Bolton returned home,
and shortly after entered the employ of Edward Hasty, of West Gorham, being
taken into partnership a year later, when the firm name was changed to Hasty &
Bolton. This company afterward, owing to another change, became known as Eastman
& Bolton. Nine months later Mr. Bolton came to Gorham, and established his
present business, in which he has been highly prospered, and is now one of the
oldest and most successful business men of the town. He has been twice married,
first to Miss Lauriette Lane, by whom he had two sons - Frank O. and Joseph L.;
and second to Miss Lottie Shorey, a daughter of Frank Shorey, of Albion, Me.,
whom he married in 1891. By his present wife he has one child, Philip Sumner.

In political affiliation Mr. Bolton is a Republican. Fraternally, he is
connected with Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of
Saccarappa; Dirigo Lodge, No. 21, Knights of Pythias, of Gorham; and Warren
Post, No. 73, Grand Army of the Republic, of Standish, Me. Religiously, he is a
member of the Congregational church.