Robert Boles was killed at the Battle of the Blue near Westport Missouri while serving with the 2nd Kansas Militia. Robert was born in Indiana in 1831 and married May (Polly) McCown around 1850 in Morgan County Indiana. Robert and his wife had two sons in Indiana before migrating to Madison Co. Iowa in 1855 where another child was born before finally settling in Monmouth, Shawnee County Kansas in the late 1850's. Robert was a farmer in Monmouth and his family grew to six children all told, including a daughter, his last child.
Robert Boles was killed at the Battle of the Blue near Westport Missouri while serving with the 2nd Kansas Militia. Robert was born in Indiana in 1831 and married May (Polly) McCown around 1850 in Morgan County Indiana. Robert and his wife had two sons in Indiana before migrating to Madison Co. Iowa in 1855 where another child was born before finally settling in Monmouth, Shawnee County Kansas in the late 1850's. Robert was a farmer in Monmouth and his family grew to six children all told, including a daughter, his last child.
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