Curliss Boles (1849-1913) Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Old Bridge, NJ

CURLISS BOLES (1849-1913) CHESTNUT HILL, OLD BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY

In this cemetery, you will find a stone marking the final resting place of a former slave named Curliss Boles.  When Boles was freed from slavery by President Abraham Lincoln, he did not leave the family he served.  The Squires family brought Boles with them from the South to Old Bridge, New Jersey, where he worked in the familys hotel and ice businesses.  In his later years, Boles contracted an incurable disease.  Former owner John Squires provided Boles a small building in which to spend his final days and when he passed away, Squires buried him with dignity and placed a granite marker on his grave.

CHESTNUT HILL CEMETERY (FEB. 7, 1862 BLACK SECTION) JOHN P. BROWN (DIED SEPT. 1824) OLD BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY (c. LAWRENCE E. WALKER FOUNDATION)

CHESTNUT HILL CEMETERY FEB. 7, 1863 BLACK SECTION) MARY E. SMITH born 1881-died 1957, OLD BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY(c. LAWRENCE WALKER FOUNDATION)