 Upon their daughter Emma's wedding to Silas Geer in 1873, Erastus and Sophronia gave them land across the road as a wedding present, upon which they built their own house.In 1875 Erastus transferred the smithy business to their son Charles, who soon relocated it a short distance downstream and added corn and feed grinding facilities.The Bolles store burned down in 1880 but Erastus had it rebuilt and turned it over to Charles and his other son Fred.