About Samuel M. Bolling
Lived 1846 – 1927 (aged 80). Samuel M. Bolling was an American politician.
Samuel Mordecai Bolling (December 29, 1846 – July 31, 1927) was an American politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1891 to 1894.
Bolling was a native of Bedford, Virginia, and represented Bedford County in the Virginia General Assembly. In 1994-1905, he was superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary. In December 1905, he was elected clerk of the Circuit Court of Bedford County after the death of the previous clerk had left the clerk's office closed and unable to function. He also was a member of that county's Board of Supervisors for a decade.
Bolling was married first to Elizabeth Holcombe and later to Bessie Clark, who survived him.
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Who was Samuel M. Bolling?
American politician
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Samuel M. Bolling was born on 29 December 1846 in Petersburg.
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Samuel M. Bolling died on 31 July 1927 in Bedford, Virginia.
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Samuel M. Bolling was a politician.
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Samuel M. Bolling was American.
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