William Bolles (1800-1867)

He was the author and compiler of several books, notably "Bolle's Phonographic and Pronouncing Dictionary" (1842) that was admitted to be the best dictionary in the United States after Webster's Unabridged. He printed the paper for his dictionary at the paper mill he built at Bolle's Grove. He was an outspoken abolitionist, just as his ancestors James Rogers and John Bolles had been outspoken on the subject of religious liberty. Among others, he was the father of H. Eugene Bolles "whose collection of American furniture was considered the finest of its kind".