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|spouse= Mary Eloise Martin Bolin (1913-2007; married, 1937-his death)
|spouse= Mary Eloise Martin Bolin (1913-2007; married, 1937-his death)
|children=James Bolin, Jr.<br/>
|children=James Bolin, Jr.<br/>
[[Bruce M. Bolin]]<br/>
[[Bruce Bolin|Bruce M. Bolin]]<br/>
Beth Bolin Falk<br/>
Beth Bolin Falk<br/>
Becky Bolin Maupin
Becky Bolin Maupin
Bolin was one of ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bolin in the [[village]] of Doyline in south Webster Parish. E. H. Bolin was a member of the Webster Parish School Board and the subject of a biographical sketch in ''[[North Louisiana History]].''<ref>[[John Ardis Cawthon]], [[Louisiana Tech University]], "E. H. Bolin: School Man of Webster Parish," ''[[North Louisiana History]]'', Vol. 15 (No. 1), 1984, pp. 41-48; the article was published only a few months before Professor Cawthon's death.</ref> Bolin attended school in Doyline and later transferred to Minden, where he graduated as the class president in 1931 from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School]]. His name was misspelled "Bolen" on the graduation program.<ref>Minden High School, 1931 yearbook, Minden, Louisiana.</ref>
Bolin was one of ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bolin in the [[village]] of Doyline in south Webster Parish. E. H. Bolin was a member of the Webster Parish School Board and the subject of a biographical sketch in ''[[North Louisiana History]].''<ref>[[John Ardis Cawthon]], [[Louisiana Tech University]], "E. H. Bolin: School Man of Webster Parish," ''[[North Louisiana History]]'', Vol. 15 (No. 1), 1984, pp. 41-48; the article was published only a few months before Professor Cawthon's death.</ref> Bolin attended school in Doyline and later transferred to Minden, where he graduated as the class president in 1931 from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School]]. His name was misspelled "Bolen" on the graduation program.<ref>Minden High School, 1931 yearbook, Minden, Louisiana.</ref>
Bolin then procured his undergraduate degree in 1935 from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He obtained his legal degree from the LSU Law Center in 1937 and maintained a private practice in Minden from 1937 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1952. For a time in the late 1980s, Bolin practiced law in Minden —estates, divorces, and automobile accident claims, primarily—with his younger son, [[Bruce M. Bolin]], who later moved to [[Bossier City, Louisiana|Bossier City]].<ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' December 30, 1986, p. 4.</ref>
Bolin then procured his undergraduate degree in 1935 from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He obtained his legal degree from the LSU Law Center in 1937 and maintained a private practice in Minden from 1937 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1952. For a time in the late 1980s, Bolin practiced law in Minden —estates, divorces, and automobile accident claims, primarily—with his younger son, [[Bruce Bolin|Bruce M. Bolin]], who later moved to [[Bossier City, Louisiana|Bossier City]].<ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' December 30, 1986, p. 4.</ref>
In 1937, Bolin wed his Minden High School classmate, the former Mary Eloise Martin (October 30, 1913 – September 20, 2007), a 1935 graduate of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] and a former [[high school]] [[Englishh]] teacher. The Bolins had two daughters, Beth Bolin Falk and Becky Bolin Maupin, and another lawyer son, James E. Bolin, Jr. (born 1941) of [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1875163_1?noconfirm=0|title=James E. Bolin Jr.|publisher=pview.findlaw.com|accessdate=June 11, 2015}}</ref>
In 1937, Bolin wed his Minden High School classmate, the former Mary Eloise Martin (October 30, 1913 – September 20, 2007), a 1935 graduate of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] and a former [[high school]] [[Englishh]] teacher. The Bolins had two daughters, Beth Bolin Falk and Becky Bolin Maupin, and another lawyer son, James E. Bolin, Jr. (born 1941) of [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1875163_1?noconfirm=0|title=James E. Bolin Jr.|publisher=pview.findlaw.com|accessdate=June 11, 2015}}</ref>