BOLTON, David Alexander

Athens — BOLTON, David Alexander, Professor of Mathematics in the University of Chattanooga, in the Athens school; born Washington Co., Tenn., near Washington College, Jan. 1, 1847; German, Scotch, Irish descent; son of Joseph and Saraphina (Willett) BOLTON; his father was a farmer; paternal grandfather David BOLTON, paternal grandmother Mary (Byerley) BOLTON, maternal grandfather Joseph WILLETT, maternal grandmother Susan (Stout) WILLETT; educated Laurel Hill Academy, Washington Co., Tenn., and East Tennessee Wesleyan University, Athens, Tenn.; graduated East Tennessee Wesleyan University with degree of A.B. June 19, 1872, the degree of A.M. was later conferred; began life on the farm in Washington Co., Tenn.; in Oct. 1862, went to Indiana, and enlisted in the Federal army in 1864; participated in the Battle of Nashville; was private in the Twenty-Fifth Indiana Battery or Light Artillery, U.S.A.  July 1864-5;  member of the Methodist church; married Ann Elizabeth HORNSBY June 19, 1872; has been Professor of Mathematics in University of Chattanooga for 38 years – the university was first known as East Tennessee Wesleyan, then Grant University, and the University of Chattanooga, the present name, with department; The Athens School, of Athens, Tenn.; served from 1889-92 in Chattanooga, Tenn.