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Title Bolton, Mahlon, Jr.
Date January 1848-February 4, 1914
Description Mahlon Bolton, Jr., born January, 1848 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, was a partner in the Philadelphia lithographic establishment Lehman & Bolton. Originally a mechanical draughtsman near Front Street and Girard Avenue, he partnered with William H. Lehman in Lehman & Bolton in 1873. The firm operated until 1920.
The son of Pennsylvania-born carpenter, Mahlon Bolton, Sr. (b. 1811), and Sarah Ann (b. 1811), Bolton had three siblings: Caroline (b. 1840), George M. Dallas (1846-1890), and Frank (b. 1850). By 1880, Bolton had moved to Philadelphia from Norristown, residing for many years at 1533 North Tenth Street with his wife Emma M. (b. 1846), sister-in-law Clara W. Sempers (b. 1855), niece Minnie F. Bolton (b. 1874), and his deceased business partner's daughter Clara B. Lehman (b. 1874). They resided on North Tenth Street until Bolton sold the property in 1906 and moved to 3217 Diamond Street, where the family remained until Bolton's death on February 4, 1914.
Is part of Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
References See Lehman & Bolton.
Call number Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Bibliographic citation Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910
Last, 90
Library Company of Philadelphia research file
Philadelphia City Directories 1867-1913
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 20, 1890, September 17, 1906 and February 5, 1914