Biography

06/05/1837 - 11/06/1912

Captain Jacob Bolard (R50) Crawford County 1903-1906 

Early Life: 

Captain Jacob Bolard, born June 5, 1837, Spring Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; son of David and Elizabeth Bolard; Conneautville Academy; private, Company B, 137th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War, 1862-1863; hospital steward, Seminary Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States Army, Civil War, 1863-1865; captain, Company B, 197th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Civil War, 1865; married, Mary Elizabeth Montague Bolard, children baby Bolard, Mary Elizabeth Bolard Ross, Florence Montague Bolard Crandall; captain, 15th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, 1874-1884; engaged, oil business, 1865-1868; engaged, tannery business; engaged, cattle; elected, school director, Conneautville; elected, council, Conneautville; elected, burgess, Conneautville; gubernatorial appointee, Pennsylvania Road Commission, 1890; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1895-1896, unsuccessful reelection campaign, 1896; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1903-1906; president, First National Bank, Cambridge; died, November 6, 1912, Cambridge Springs, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; interment, Conneautville Cemetery, Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Enlisted, private, Company B, 137th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War, 1862-1863; hospital steward, Seminary Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States Army, Civil War, 1863-1865; captain, Company B, 197th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Civil War, 1865; captain, 15th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, 1874-1884, Governor Henry Martyn Hoyt, Sr. 

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

President, Crawford County Agricultural Society, eight years.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, school director, Conneautville, 2 years; elected, council, Conneautville, 2 terms; elected, burgess, Conneautville, 3 years. 

Gubernatorial appointee, Governor James Addams Beaver Pennsylvania Road Commission, 1890. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1895-1896; unsuccessful campaign for reelection, 1896.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 50th district, Crawford County, 1903-1906; committee assignments, Agriculture, Appropriations, Banks and Building and Loan Associations, Federal Relations, Finance, Game and Fisheries (Chairman), Military Affairs.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:  

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members B". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1906). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 824, 829-834, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 801.

Jacob A Bolard (1837-1912) - Find a Grave Memorial