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BIOGRAPHIES Pike County IL John O. Bolin, retired farmer; P. O. Milton; was born in Pickaway county, O., in 1824, and is the eldest son of Charles and Betsey (Griffin) Bolin, natives of Delaware, who came to this county in 1838 and settled in Pleasant Hill township; in 1848 they moved to Martinsburg township, where Mrs. B. died the next year; he then moved to Milton, where he married Miss Minerva Clemmons, and engaged in the mercantile business. In 1851 John O. was admitted to the partnership, and for 10 years this firm carried on a large dry-goods trade. Mr. Charles Bolin then retired, and in 1868 died. He was a minister of the Gospel. John O. then disposed of the stock of goods in 1865, and built his present residence, where he has 60 acres of land, valued at $100 per acre. He also has a farm of 155 acres on sec. 16, valued at $50 an acre. In 1845 he married Rebecca McCoy, a native of Missouri, who died in 1863. His present wife, Mary, is a daughter of Daniel Hoover. Mr. Bolin was Supervisor for a number of terms. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Christian Church. his brother, C. I. Allen, a practitioner in this section since 1866; attended medical lectures at the St. Louis Medical College 1875-8, and March 5 of the latter year he was graduated, and established himself in Milton, where he now has a large practice. He was born in Detroit township in 1857. Source: History of Pike County by Charles M. Chapman 1880
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