SIXTH GENERATION

225. Savage Garfield Boles ⁽¹⁾ was born on 19 Mar 1883 in Fentress County, Tn, Boles Homeplace, Big Piney Creek.⁽²⁾ He died on 6 Jul 1968 in Big Piney the, Old Home Place, Fentress County, Tn.⁽²⁾ He was buried on 8 Jul 1968 in Boles Cemetery, Old Home Place, Tn, Fentress, county.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

SAVAGE BOLES WAS MARRIED TO NICIE SMITH BOLES. THEY MARRIED 18 FEB 1 906. THEY
WERE MARRIED BY REV ALLRED AT WILDER, TN. Nicie is the daughter of Pr eacher
Dave and Agnes Hall Smith.

SAVAGE WAS THE SON OF ROBERT F. BOLES AND MARTHA "PATSY" (REAGAN) BOL ES.
(Martha was Robert Boles' second wife)

SAVAGE'S GRANDPARENTS WERE:

JOHN BOLES, DIED 1912 AND MATILDA (BEATY) BOLES
MATILDA WAS THE SISTER OF TINKER DAVE BEATY, LEAD ER
OF THE INDEPENDENT SCOUTS DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
JOHN BOLES ALSO WAS ONE OF THE INDEPENDENT SCOUTS , FOR THE
UNION. (GUERILLA WARFARE)

JOHN AND NANCY (FINDLEY) REAGAN

SAVAGE WAS 2ND GENERATION OF BOLES LIVING IN FENTRESS COUNTY, TN, AN D THE 5TH
GENERATION OF BOLES SINCE THEIR ARRIVAL IN AMERICA.

Savage worked in the Horsepounds and Wilder Coal Mines in the early 1 930's and
was deputy sheriff. Later years he was an overseer for Wilson A. Wya tt
& Huber Corp, a large timber and land corporation based in New Jerse y at that
time.

SAVAGE WAS THE 15TH CHILD OF 16 BORN TO ROBERT BOLES, by his second w ife.
NICIE WAS FAIRLY STRICT IN THE BRINGING UP OF THEIR CHILDREN (12 OF T HEM), BUT
SAVAGE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN "WHIPPING", BUT WAS A FIRM BELIEVER OF "NEED LING."
SAVAGE WORE AN OLD FELT HAT AND WHEN A CHILD/GRANDCHILD MISBEHAVED SA VAGE WOULD
JERK OFF HIS HAT AND WHACK YOU ACROSS THE BACK, REAR, OR LEGS WITH TH E OLD HAT.
IT FELT LIKE 100 NEEDLES AT ONE TIME. THE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDRE N ARE
WILLING TO BE NONE OF THEM HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT OLD HAT, THEY ALL REME MBER IT
WITH AFFECTION.

SAVAGE WORKED IN THE HORSE POUNDS AND WILDER COAL MINES, AND IN THE E ARLY 1930'S
HE WAS A DEPUTY SHERIFF AT WILDER, TN. LATER HE WORKED AS A LAND AGE NT AND
OVERSEER FOR WILSON W. WYATT AND HUBER CORP, A LARGE TIMBER AND LAND
CORPORATION BASED IN NEW JERSEY AT THAT TIME.

JOHN BOLES, SAVAGE'S FATHER WAS MADE AN HONORARY KENTUCKY COLONEL I N 1963, BY
THE LT GOVERNOR WILSON W. WYATT, UNDER GOVERNOR BART COMBS.

HE WAS KNOWN AS "REPUBLICAN BOLES", AND
MOST OF HIS MALE CHILDREN WERE NAMED AFTER PRESIDENTS, "GARFIELD, ABR AHAM
LINCOLN. ULYSSES GRANT AND GEORGE WASHINGTON.

SAVAGE NEVER SMOKED, HE WALKED ALOT, AND NEVER SHOOK THE HAND OF A DE MOCRAT, IF
HE COULD HELP IT. HE WAS A FIRM BELIEVER OF GOD, AND ONE OF HIS FAVO RITE
THINGS TO DO WAS TO VISIT DIFFERENT CHURCHES.

WHEN HIS FATHER, JOHN BOLES DIED IN 1912, THE BOLES HOMEPLACE WHICH W AS PART OF
A TENNESSEE LAND GRANT FOR SERVICE SERVED DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THI S LAND WAS
WILLED TO SAVAGE AND HIS BROTHER BLAINE BOLES.

IN 1925 SAVAGE BOUGHT BLAINE'S PART OF THE HOME PLACE, AND SPENT HI S REMAINING
LIFE THERE.

SAVAGE'S WIFE, NICIE SMITH BOLES, AND 5 OF THEIR CHILDREN PRECEDED HI M IN
DEATH, AND THEY ARE ALL BURIED IN THE BOLES CEMETERY, AT THE OLD HOM E PLACE AT
BIG PINEY WHERE THEY LIVED.

Their 12 children:

Martha Boles
Robert Boles
Johnnie Boles
Alice Boles
Ruby Boles
Myrtle Boles
Leeta Boles
Savage Boles, Jr
George Boles
Billy Boles
Bonda Boles
Sue Boles

INFO OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, BY THE FENTRESS CO UNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, F71.

He was married to Nicie Catherine Smith (daughter of David Smith and Lottie Hall) on 18 Feb 1906 in Wilder, Tn, Fentress County. Nicie Catherine Smith ⁽¹⁾ was born on 2 Aug 1886 in Fentress County, Tn.⁽²⁾ She died on 10 Apr 1966 in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She was buried on 12 Apr 1966 in Boles Cemetery, Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

NICIE CATHERINE SMITH WAS THE DAUGHTER OF AGNES HALL SMITH AND PREACH ER DAVID
SMITH OF FENTRESS COUNTY, TN.

NICIE MARRIED SAVAGE BOLES, SON OF ROBERT F. BOLES AND MARTHA "PATSY " (REAGAN)
BOLES.

NICIE AND SAVAGE WERE MARRIED 18 FEB 1906, BY REV ALLRED, IN WILDER , TN.
THEY HAD 12 CHILDREN TOGETHER:

MARTHA BOLES
ROBERT BOLES
JOHNNIE BOLES
ALICE BOLES
RUBY BOLES
MYRTLE BOLES
LEETA BOLES
SAVAGE BOLES, JR.
GEORGE BOLES
BILLY BOLES
BONDA BOLES
SUE BOLES

NICIE WAS FAIRLY STRICT IN THE UP-BRINGING OF THEIR CHILDREN, BUT SAV AGE DIDN'T
BELIEVE IN "WHIPPING". SAVAGE WAS A STRONG BELIEVER IN "NEEDLING."
SAVAGE WORE AN OLD FELT HAT AND WHACKED THE OLD HAT ACROSS YOUR BACK , REAR OR
LEGS. IT FELT LIKE A HUNDRED NEEDLES ALL AT ONCE. THE GRANDCHILDRE N THAT
REMEMBER GRANDPA SAVAGE BET NONE OF THE GRANDCHILDREN OR CHILDREN HAV E FORGOTTN
THAT OLD HAT AND THEY ALL REMEMBER IT WITH AFFECTION.

SAVAGE WORKED IN THE HORSEPOUNDS AND WILDER COAL MINES, AND IN THE EA RLY 1930'S
WAS A DEPUTY SHERIFF AT WILDER, TN. LATER HE WORKED AS A LAND AGEN T AND
OVERSEER FOR WILSON W. WYATT AND HUBER CORP, A LARGE TIMBER AND LAND
CORPORATION BASED IN NEW JERSEY AT THAT TIME.

SAVAGE WAS MADE AN HONORARY KENTUCKY COLONEL IN 1963, BY THE LT GOVER NOR WILSON
W. WYATT, UNDER GOVERNOR BART COMBS. HE WAS KNOWN AS "REPUBLICAN BOL ES" AND
MOST OF HIS MALE CHILDREN WERE NAMED AFTER PRESIDENTS, "GARFIELD, ABR AHAM
LINCOLN, ULYSSES GRANT AND GEORGE WASHINGTON.

SAVAGE NEVER SMOKED, WALKED ALOT AND NEVER SHOOK HANDS WITH A DEMOCRA T IF HE
COULD HELP IT. HE WAS A FIRM BELIEVER OF GOD, AND ONE OF THE THING S THAT HE
LOVED TO DO WAS VISIT DIFFERENT CHURCHES.

WHEN SAVAGE'S FATHER, JOHN BOLES, DIED IN 1912, THE BOLES HOMEPLACE W HICH WAS
PART OF A TENNESSEE LAND GRANT FOR SERVIE IN THE CIVIL WAR AND WAS WI LLED TO
SAVAGE AND HIS BROTHER BLAINE BOLES.

IN 1925, SAVAGE BOUGHT BLAINE'S PART OF THE OLD HOMEPLACE AND SPENT H IS
REMAINING YEARS THERE.

SAVAGE'S WIFE, NICIE, AND 5 OF THEIR CHILDREN PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH ( SAVAGE
DIED 6 JUL 1968) AND THEY ARE ALL BURIED AT BOLES CEMETERY AT THE OL D HOME
PLACE, BIG PINEY, WHERE THEY HAD LIVED.

INFO OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, BY THE FENTRESS CO UNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, F71. Savage Garfield Boles and Nicie Catherine Smith had the following children:

329 i. Martha Boles⁽¹⁾ was born in 1907 in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She died in Big Piney, Tn.⁽²⁾ She was buried in Boles Cemetery, Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

MARTHA BOLES WAS THE DAUGHTER OF NICIE SMITH BOLES AND SAVAGE BOLES , OF
FENTRESS COUNTY, TN. SHE WAS 1 OF 12 CHILDREN.

INFO OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, BY THE FENTRESS CO UNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, F71.
330 ii. Robert Boles⁽¹⁾ was born in 1908 in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ He died in Big Piney, Tn.⁽²⁾ He was buried in Boles Cemetery, Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

ROBERT BOLES WAS THE SON OF NICIE SMITH BOLES AND SAVAGE BOLES. ROBE RT WAS 2ND
OF 12 CHILDREN BORN TO THEM, IN FENTRESS COUNTY, TN.

INFO OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, BY THE FENTRESS CO UNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, F71.
331 iii. Johnnie Boles⁽¹⁾ was born in 1909 in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ He died in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ He was buried in Boles Cemetery, Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

JOHNNIE BOLES WAS THE 3RD CHILD OF 12 OF NICIE SMITH BOLES AND SAVAG E BOLES,
LIVING IN FENTRESS COUNTY, TN.

INFO OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, BY THE FENTRESS CO UNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, F71.
332 iv. Alice Boles⁽¹⁾ was born in 1910 in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She died in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She was buried in Boles Cemetery, Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

ALICE BOLES IS THE 4TH CHILD OF 12 OF NICIE SMITH BOLES AND SAVAGE BO LES. THEY
LIVED IN FENTRESS COUNTY, TN.

INFO OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, BY THE FENTRESS CO UNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, F71.
333 v. Ruby Boles⁽¹⁾ was born in 1911 in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She died in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She was buried in Boles Cemetery, Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

RUBY BOLES WAS THE 5TH CHILD OF 12 OF NICIE SMITH BOLES, AND SAVAGE B OLES.
THEY ALL LIVED IN FENTRESS COUNTY, TN.

INFO OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, BY THE FENTRESS CO UNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, F71.
334 vi. Myrtle Boles⁽¹⁾ was born in 1912 in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She died in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She was buried in Boles Cemetery, Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

MYRTLE BOLES WAS THE 6TH OF 12 CHILDREN OF NICIE SMITH BOLES AND SAVA GE BOLES.
THEY ALL LIVED IN FENTRESS COUNTY, TN.

INFO OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, BY THE FENTRESS CO UNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
335 vii. Leeta Boles⁽¹⁾ was born in 1913 in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She died in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She was buried in Boles Cemetery, Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

LEETA BOLES WAS THE 7TH CHILD OF 12 OF NICIE SMITH BOLES AND SAVAGE B OLES.
THEY LIVED IN FENTRESS COUNTY, TN.

INFO OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, BY THE FENTRESS CO UNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, F71.
336 viii. Savage Jr Boles⁽¹⁾ was born in 1914 in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ He died in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ He was buried in Boles Cemetery, Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

SAVAGE BOLES, JR. WAS THE 8TH OF 12 CHILDREN BORN TO NICIE SMITH BOLE S AND
SAVAGE BOLES OF FENTRESS COUNTY.

INFO OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, BY THE FENTRESS CO UNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, F71.
337 ix. George Boles⁽¹⁾ was born in 1916 in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ He died in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ He was buried in Boles Cemetery, Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

GEORGE BOLES WAS THE 9TH CHILD OF 12 OF NICIE SMITH BOLES AND SAVAG E BOLES.
THEY LIVED IN FENTRESS COUNTY, TN.

INFO OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, BY THE FENTRESS CO UNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, F71.
338 x. Billy Boles⁽¹⁾ was born in 1918 in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ He died in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ He was buried in Boles Cemetery, Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

BILLY BOLES WAS THE 9TH CHILD OF 12 OF NICIE SMITH BOLES AND SAVAGE B OLES.
THEY LIVED IN FENTRESS COUNTY.

INFO OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, BY THE FENTRESS CO UNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, F71.
339 xi. Bonda Boles⁽¹⁾ was born in 1920 in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She died in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She was buried in Boles Cemetery, Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

BONDA BOLES WAS THE 11TH OF 12 CHILDREN OF NICIE SMITH BOLES AND SAVA GE BOLES.
THEY LIVED IN FENTRESS COUNTY.

INFO OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, BY THE FENTRESS CO UNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, F71.
340 xii. Sue Boles⁽¹⁾ was born in 1921 in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She died in Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ She was buried in Boles Cemetery, Big Piney, Tn, Fentress County.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

SUE BOLES WAS THE 12TH OF 12 CHILDREN BORN TO NICIE SMITH BOLES AND S AVAGE
BOLES. THEY LIVED IN FENTRESS COUNTY, TN.

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