CURTIS A. BOLTON

Sacramento County

Biographies

CURTIS A. BOLTON

CURTIS A. BOLTON.—A native son who has made a great success in two different and important fields of industry, is Curtis A. Bolton, the merchant and rancher at Clay Station, where he was born on January 16, 1873. His father, Curtis Bolton, was a native of New York state and came out to California in 1851. He married Miss Elizabeth Louins, an Englishwoman, who came to the United States when she was a little girl. The worthy couple had three children, one younger, and one older than our subject. Myrtle is Mrs. A. Hauschildt, of Sacramento; Genevieve has become Mrs. William D. McEnerney, of Galt. When Curtis Bolton, the father, came to Sacramento County, he worked on the Meiss Ranch, northeast of Clay. He then acquired 480 acres near Clay Station in two parcels of land, and he farmed this until his death.

Curtis A. Bolton went to the Clay school and then took up ranching with his father; and when the latter died, he continued to operate the ranch. He now manages both of the places his father acquired, raises sheep and has a dairy. In 1907, Mr. Bolton purchased the general merchandise business of E. J. Steele at Clay Station, and he has since conducted this as a modern establishment which has proven of great convenience to the community. He has also been postmaster of Clay since the date of the store purchase, and for four years he served as justice of the peace of the Clay district. At present, he is a trustee of the Galt union high school.

On August 13, 1900, Mr. Bolton married, at San Francisco, Miss Ray McCoy, who was born in Texas, the daughter of worthy folks who died when she was a little girl. When still a mere child, she came to California accompanying her sisters and brother, and she was reared by her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson of Clay. The former, a farmer, is now deceased, while the latter, remarried, is still living at Clay as Mrs. Sherfey. Mr. Bolton, who votes with the Republicans in matters of national import, is a member of Galt Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West; and he is also a Mason.

Transcribed by Betty J. Vickroy.

Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Page 391. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.