Lewis Cass DeBolt was born October 28, 1848 at Cincinnati, Ohio. He worked as a store clerk in Cincinnati and Indianapolis for a number of years and later he worked as a railroad mail clerk in Kansas and Oklahoma. He came to Carrington and homesteaded on Section 34 in Rose Hill Township in 1884. On March 28, 1891 he married Mary Waite at Newton, Ohio. They lived on the farm in Rose Hill Township until 1921 when they moved to Carrington. Mr. DeBolt was a life long Democrat and active worker in the party. He was the Foster County Clerk of Court, 1891 and 1892.
They were the parents of five children: Elmer, Frank, Cassie, Velma and Martha.
Mr. DeBolt died in May 1937, Mrs. DeBolt died November 1941. They are buried in the Carrington cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 99B