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About Richard Wilmer Bolling
Richard Wilmer Bolling
Find A Grave Memorial ID # 81933427
Brother of US First Lady Edith White Wilson (Bolling)
OBITUARY: The Washington Post, October 19, 1951, p. B2:
R. W. Bolling Dies; Built Embassies
Richard Wilmer Bolling, 72, brother-in-law of the late US President Woodrow Wilson and builder of mansions and embassies in Washington, died of a heart attack yesterday at his home, 2430 S Street, NW.
Mr. Bolling, who moved to Washington 50 years ago from Richmond, VA, was the founder of the building firm of R.W. Bolling Company, now located at 2128 Florida Avenue, NW.
Among diplomatic residences he constructed are the Indian Embassy, 2700 Macomb Street NW.; the French at 2221 Kalorama Road, NW. and the Netherlands, 2347 S Street NW. He also built the former residences of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams in the 2300 block of R Street, NW, and the house at Woodley, estate of former US Secretary of War Henry Lewis Stimson.
A native of Wytheville, VA, Mr. Bolling received his early education in Richmond before entering business here. He was assistant treasurer of the United States Shipping Board from 1917 to 1919, when he became treasurer, a post he held until 1923. He then attended the Paris Peace Conference as its disbursing officer.
Mr. Bolling was a director of the former Merchants Bank & Trust Company and of the Episcopal Home for the Aged. He was a member of St. Margaret 's Episcopal Church of Chevy Chase and University Club and the Yorktown Country Club.
He married Miss Eleanor Hunter Lutz of Washington.
He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, of the S Street address and Mrs. Alexander Hunter Galt, 2219 California Street, NW.; a brother, John Randolph Bolling of the S Street address; two sons, Richard Bolling, Jr., of the California Street address and Sterling Ruffin Bolling, 2122 Florida Avenue NW; two daughters, Mrs. Harry R. Fowler, of the California Street address and Mrs. Barbara Bolling Fuller, 1501 26th Street, NW, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Chapel of the Washington Cathedral with Dean Francis Sayre officiating. Burial will be private.
Richard Wilmer Bolling, 1879 - 1951
Richard Wilmer Bolling was born on October 6, 1879, in Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, USA, to Judge William Holcombe Bolling and Sarah 'Sallie' Spiers Bolling (born White).
William was born in 1836, in Virginia, USA.
Sallie was born on January 5, 1843, in Bedford County, Virginia, USA.
Richard had 8 siblings: Annie Lee Maury (born Bolling), Bertha Bolling, Edith Galt (born Bolling), Rolfe Emerson Bolling, John Randolph Bolling, Gertrude Galt (born Bolling), William Archibald Bolling and Julian Brandon Bolling.
Richard married Eleanor Hunter Bolling (born Lutz) on May 9, 1908, at age 28 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Eleanor was born in 1886, in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
They had 5 children: Unknown Bolling, Clara Lutz Fowler (born Bolling) and 3 other children.
Richard lived at Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
He lived on Bet. 1917–1918, at Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
He lived in 6 more places.
Richard passed away on October 18, 1951, at age 72 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
He was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA.
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Richard Wilmer Bolling's Timeline
| 1879 |
October 6, 1879
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Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia, United States
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| 1915 |
March 7, 1915
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Washington, District of Columbia, DC, United States
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| 1951 |
October 18, 1951
Age 72
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Cedar Hill Cemetery, 4111 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suitland Silver Hill, Prince George's County, Maryland, 20746, United States
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