Dr. Archibald Cary Bolling, Jr.

Dr. Archibald Cary Bolling, Jr.

The paternal grandfather of US First Lady Edith White Wilson (Bolling)

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Dr. Archibald Bolling was the son of Archibald Bolling, Jr. of Campbell County, Virginia and his wife, Catherine Payne. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a Medical Degree, and practiced in Bedford County, Virginia. He married in Bedford County on 19 May 1835 to Anne Elizabeth Wigginton (b. Bedford County, Virginia 4 August 1809, d. Wytheville, Virginia 8 March 1898), daughter of Benjamin and Harriet Baugh (Scott) Wigginton. The Bollings lived in Bedford County with her parents at "Rose Cottage" on Wigginton Road.

They had four children, including Judge William Holcombe Bolling of Wytheville, Virginia; Harriette Wigginton Bolling, the wife of Robert Hodge Waddell of Arkansas; John Blair Bolling, who died as an infant; and Mary Jefferson Bolling, who married Rudolph Teusler.

After Dr. Bolling's death, his widow moved to Wytheville, Virginia and lived the rest of her life there with her son, Judge William H. Bolling, and his family. She is buried in Wytheville's East End Cemetery with the family of her son William.

Dr. Archibald Bolling was the grandfather of United States First Lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, second wife of President Woodrow Wilson.

Dr. Archibald Bolling was the son of Archibald Bolling, Jr. of Campbell County, Virginia and his wife, Catherine Payne. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a Medical Degree, and practiced in Bedford County, Virginia. He married in Bedford County on 19 May 1835 to Anne Elizabeth Wigginton (b. Bedford County, Virginia 4 August 1809, d. Wytheville, Virginia 8 March 1898), daughter of Benjamin and Harriet Baugh (Scott) Wigginton. The Bollings lived in Bedford County with her parents at "Rose Cottage" on Wigginton Road. They had four children, including Judge William Holcombe Bolling of Wytheville, Virginia; Harriette Wigginton Bolling, the wife of Robert Hodge Waddell of Arkansas; John Blair Bolling, who died as an infant; and Mary Jefferson Bolling, who married Rudolph Teusler. After Dr. Bolling's death, his widow moved to Wytheville, Virginia and lived the rest of her life there with her son, Judge William H. Bolling, and his family. She is buried in Wytheville's East End Cemetery with the family of her son William. Dr. Archibald Bolling was the grandfather of First Lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, second wife of President Woodrow Wilson.

Name: Archibald Bolling
Enlistment Age: 35
Birth Date: 1827
Enlistment Date: 14 Mar 1862
Enlistment Place: Richmond, Virginia
Enlistment Rank: First Lieutenant
Muster Date: 14 Mar 1862
Muster Place: Virginia
Muster Company: A
Muster Regiment: 13th Battn LA
Muster Regiment Type: Artillery
Muster Information: Commission
Rank Change Date: 15 Mar 1862
Rank Change Rank: 1st Lieut
Rank Change Information: Elected Jr 1st Lieut
Side of War: Confederacy
Survived War?: Yes
Death Date: 14 Feb 1897
Death Place: Richmond, Virginia
Burial Place: Richmond, Virginia
Notes: 1862-08-22 Absent, leave; 1862-11-01 Returned; 1863-12-20 Furloughed, (Cumberland County, VA), For 30 days; 1864-01-14 Leave extended; 1864-11-15 Commanding Company; 1865-04-26 Paroled, (Greensboro, NC)
Additional Notes: Attended Otey Battalion Reunion , 1878 & 1887.
Additional Notes 2: Rank Change 2 Date: 21 Oct 1862; Rank Change 2 Rank: First Lieutenant; Rank Change 2 Information: Elected Sr 1st Lietu;
Title: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

•Obituary

The News, Lynchburg, Va., Wednesday, March 9, 1898, p. 5, col. 1:
DEATHS AT WYTHEVILLE. The Mother of Judge William H. Bolling and Miss May Buchanan
Wytheville, Va., March 8.-- [Special.] The mother of Judge William H. Bolling died at his home here last night after a brief illness. She had reached the age of eighty-eight, and had retained until the last few years, her usual vigor of mind and charactor. She was Miss Anne Wiggington, of Bedford county. She came to Wytheville with her only son more than forty years ago being at the time already a widow. Judge Bolling and Mrs. J. R. Teusler of Richmond, Va. are her only surviving children.

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