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Maria Bolles
Gift of Frank Richardson, in memory of Elizabeth Sophia Burritt Richardson, 1973.104.0 Photograph by David Stansbury. © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
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Maria Bolles

American, 1798 - 1881
BiographyMaria Bolles was born 4 September 1798 in New London, Connecticut. She was the fourth child of John Bolles and Betsey Avery. On 4 April 1822 she married Phineas Arms (b. 1793), son of Lydia Root Arms (1763-1828) and Phineas Arms (1759-1838); they lived in Madison, Pennsylvania and later moved to New Oregon Grove, Howard County, Iowa. She died 29 October 1881 in Wisconsin. They had seven children: William; Elizabeth; Mary Ann; Daniel D.; Edward P.; Minerva; and George W. Arms.
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