(b. 06 JAN 1793, d. bef 1860)
(b. 11 DEC 1796, d. aft 1860)
At the time of the 1850 census, he was a "law student". Evidently, he succeeded in his studies. A biographical sketch — still not revealing what his initials stood for — is in History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin (Western Historical Co., 1881):
E.B. BOLENS, editor and publisher, Port Washington; is among the oldest editors in Wisconsin, having been engaged in printing and publishing since 1849. He is a native of Ohio, born in 1830; received a collegiate education, and early turned his attention to his present profession. His first newspaper venture was at Toledo, Tama Co., Iowa, where, in 1856, he assisted in getting out the Toledo Tribune, the first paper in the county. He did the principal part of the editorial work, half of the typesetting, and all the press work. He sold out in 1858, and in 1860, went to Washington, Iowa, and established the Washington Democrat, which he continued until 1866, at which time he removed to Janesville, and established the Janesville Democrat. He continued its publication until 1869, when he removed to Juneau, and established the Dodge County Democrat, which he edited and published until October, 1874, when he leased the office for two years and went to Madison to enter upon the duties as State Printer, which office he filled for the years 1875 and 1876. In April, 1873, he established a monthly paper in the interest of the Granger movement, called the Beaver Dam Sun, which he moved with him to Madison, and continued for some time under the name of the Wisconsin Granger, as a weekly; then changed the name again to Statesman, dropping its grange feature, but discontinued its publication a few months thereafter. In 1877, he began the publication of the Wisconsin Farm Journal, a strictly agricultural and literary paper, but soon discontinued it for want of proper support. In January, 1879, he went to Fond du Lac and engaged in the publication of the People's Champion, but soon severed his connection with it, and removed to Milwaukee, and for a few months edited the Daily News and the Daily Dispatch, after which he came to Port Washington and revived the Weekly Star, which he now edits and publishes. Of the papers with which he has been connected as proprietor, the following are yet published by his successors: Toledo Tribune, changed to Chronical; Washington Democrat; Janesville Democrat, now Times; Dodge County Democrat, now Juneau Telephone; People's Champion, now Standard, published at Oshkosh; Weekly Star, Port Washington. He has held the office of Mayor of Eaton, the county seat of his native county; Postmaster in Iowa, and State Printer in Wisconsin. In politics he is a Democrat, and has been quite active, participating as a campaign speaker in the Presidential elections of 1852, 1856, 1860, 1864, and 1868. In the campaign of 1860, he spoke nearly every day for two months, and mostly at out-door meetings by which he contracted a throat and lung disease which still troubles him very much. In 1868, he was the Democratic candidate for State Senator in Rock County against Hon. Charles G. Williams, now a member of Congress, which gentleman he challenged to a public discussion. He made over thirty speeches in Rock County that fall, and increased the Democratic vote from 600 to over 1,100, which has been maintained since. The effect of this severe work has been such that he has been compelled to almost wholly abstain from public speaking and consequently has taken a less active post in politics. Mr. Bolens has been twice married. March 10, 1853, to Elizabeth M. Trewsdale, a native of Ohio; she died in Toledo, Iowa, May 11, 1859. In 1861, to Sarah M. Brown, then of Iowa City, but formerly of Pennsylvania. They have three children living *mdash; Albert D., Harry W., and Josephine.
Other sources, such as various biographical sketches of his son, Harry Wilbur Bolens (1864-1944), give his name as Eugene B. Bolens.
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_Louis BOLENS ___________|
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_Jaques François BOLENS _______|
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| _Samuel PERNET ____________+
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| _Jean PERNET ____________|
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| | |_Susanne Marie NICOLIER ___+
| | (.... - 1799) m 1757
|_Susanne Julie Eleanor PERNET _|
(1796 - 1860) m 1818 |
| _François Abraham GAUDIER _
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|_Susanne Louise GAUDIER _|
m 1793 |
|_Susanne FALQUIER _________
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Jaques François BOLENS 
(ID #I2793)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: merchant (1850)
- BIRTH: 06 JAN 1793, Pampigny, Vaud, Switzerland
- BAPTISM: 27 JAN 1793, Pampigny, Vaud, Switzerland
- DEATH: bef 1860
Father: Louis BOLENS (dates unknown)
Mother: Magdelaine GLEYRE (dates unknown)
Family 1
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Susanne Julie Eleanor PERNET (b. 11 DEC 1796, d. aft 1860)
- MARRIAGE: 21 DEC 1818, Switzerland Co., Indiana
- Mary Sophia BOLENS (b. abt 1824)
- Eugene B. BOLENS (b. 1830)
- Josephine BOLENS (b. abt 1834)
- Lewis J. BOLENS (b. abt 1819)
- Julius A. BOLENS (b. 17 DEC 1817, d. 01 OCT 1872)
A James Francis Bolens from Vaud arrived at Vevay about 1817, according to Perret Dufour. He is said to have paid for the passage of several men who traveled with him, including George Tardy, who was definitely from Pampigny. There was only one Jaques François Bolens at Pampigny, but so far, there is no proof that this is indeed the one who settled at Vevay.
However, the circumstantial evidence is encouraging. By 1850, James Bolens and his wife Julia, ages 57 and 53 respectively, were in Euphemia, Harrison Township, Preble Co., Ohio, where the 1850 census says they were both born in Switzerland.
He probably died in Preble Co., Ohio or else in Noble Co., Indiana before 1860.
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Vevay settler.
Protestant minister.
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