Hope DeBolt was born near Newton, Ohio, on January 23, 1847. On January 19, 1880, he married Stella Turner of Covington, Kentucky, who was born January 25, 1864 in Ohio.
The DeBolts and their son, Earl came to the Bordulac area in 1887 and homesteaded on the Northeast 1/4 of Section 4 in Bordulac Township. The DeBolts were active in the community and were instrumental in having the stone church built in Rose Hill Township. It was a Congregational Church and in 1913 the organization transferred to Bordulac Congregational Church.
Mr. DeBolt died June 29, 1926 and is buried in the Carrington Cemetery.
Mrs. DeBolt continued to live on the farm for a few years, then in Bordulac, then in Carrington and finally she moved to Jamestown. She died in January 1957.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 7B