The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 414
A portrait of Charles F. Bolin appears in this publication.

CHARLES F. BOLIN.

Charles F. Bolin, attorney-at-law of Toppenish, was born in Eau Claire,
Wisconsin, February 22, 1886. His father, Frank C. Bolin. brought the family to
the northwest in 1910, settling first at Portland, Oregon. He has devoted his
life to the lumber trade but is now living retired, enjoying a rest which he has
truly earned and richly deserves. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Annie M.
Anglin, has passed away.

Charles F. Bolin, following the completion of his public school course at Eau
Claire, Wisconsin, entered the Carleton College at Northfield, Minnesota, from
which he was graduated with the class of 1899. He then pursued a business course
in the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso and afterward entered the
State University of Michigan as a law student, being numbered among its alumni
of 1906 he located for practice in Jackson, Michigan, where he remained for a
year, and in 1907 came to Toppenish, since which time he has been identified
with the development of the west. 
Here he has continuously practiced. covering a period of eleven years, and has
been accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage. He is very
thorough and painstaking in the presentation of his cases and seems to lose
sight of no feature that has bearing upon his cause, while at the same time he
gives due emphasis to each important point. In the application of legal
principles he is seldom if ever at fault and his knowledge of jurisprudence is
comprehensive and exact.

On the 1st of August, 1911, Mr. Bolin was united in marriage to Miss Maude
Claire Lillie, a daughter of Nevada H. and Josie (Bowser) Lillie. The father was
the first white settler on the Yakima Indian reservation and Mrs. Lillie was the
first postmistress of Toppenish and was the owner of the townsite. Mr. Lillie
was one of the early stage drivers. A typical pioneer, with large stock
interests, he contributed in substantial measure to the development of this
section of the state. 
For many years he served as United States deputy marshal. Mr. and Mrs. Bolin are
rearing two children of his wife's sister, Marvin and Rozella Tucker. Their home
is a fine twenty-five thousand dollar residence, one of the most attractive on
the reservation, and Mr. Bolin also owns a fine ranch of eighty acres adjoining
Toppenish. The religious faith of the family is indicated by their membership in
St. Aloysius' Catholic church and Mr. Bolin is identified with the Knights of
Columbus. He also belongs to the Elks lodge at Jackson, Michigan, and is
connected with the Toppenish Commercial Club as an earnest and active supporter
of all those measures which have to do with the upbuilding of the city and the
advancement of its best interests. He has never had occasion to regret his
determination to come to the Pacific coast country, for here he has found the
opportunities which he sought and in their utilization has won for himself an
enviable position as a lawyer and successful business man.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.