John Bollinger, Jr.

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BIRTH: Dan Vornberg gives date of birth as 5 May 1800 and place of birth as VA. Born Virginia from census records Based on his brother's DEATH CERTIFICATE: Feb 23rd, 1879 Crawford Co. Josiah Bollinger; male, white, age 77 years, farmer, born Shenandoah Co., VA.

BIOGRAPHY: Family name spelled several ways in various documents, including Bollinger, Boldner, Bolander, Bolender, Blinger, Bolner, Bowlinger

BIOGRAPHY: Crawford Co, IL Estate File Box # 6, File # 5 includes a copy of Will of John Boldener dated 25 Apr 1864 sealed with his mark and witnessed by Charles J. B???? & Samuel Hiser. He mentions his wife Barbary Boldener, sons Henry Boldener & Hiram Boldener, and daughters Sarah Ann Smith, Elizabeth Keenan, and Mary Ellen Boldener. He appointed his wife & Hiram Boldener as executors. Hiram Bollinger submitted a petion for probate of will in Oct 1876 stating that Barbary Boldener had departed life 4 years earlier. It states that the will is recorded in Will Bk 2, pg 264. In the settlement statement filed by Hiram Bolinger, the only heirs at law of John Bolinger, decd are identified as: Henry C. Bolinger, Hiram Bolinger, Sarah Ann Smith, Elizabeth Kennan & Mary E. Smotherman his only children who are all of legal age; husbands of daughters are idenitified as William Smotherman, John M. Smith, and James Kennan.

BURIAL: Standing white marble stone adjacent to wife just south of James Keenan and Elizabeth Bollinger Keenan in old section 2nd row east of western most north-south road about a third of the way from north edge. Headstone John Bollinger died 28 Oct 1876, age 76y 5m 28d FindAGrave.com John Bollinger BIRTH 30 Apr 1800, Virginia, USA DEATH 28 Oct 1876 (aged 76), Crawford County, Illinois, USA BURIAL Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Porterville, Crawford County, Illinois, USA MEMORIAL ID 21273900

BIOGRAPHY: Checked: "The Bollinger Connections" Compiled and edited by Orenia Bollinger, 1984. Copyright 1984 by Orenia Bollinger, Fredericktown, Missouri 63645. Printed in U.S.A. By McMinn Printing, Ferdericktown, MO. At that time their phone number was (314) 783-7611, but they redistricted the area codes, and now Fredericktown is in the (573) area code; could not find a John Bollinger born on or about 1800 that matched this John Bollinger.