BOLLINGER, JAMES WILLS
Attorney; b Geneseo, Ill Apr 10, 1867; s of Albert Lester Ballinger-Emily D Wills; ed Davenport HS 1885; U of Iowa, BA 1888, LLB 1889, MA 1893; Phi Kappa Psi; m Mary Elizabeth Gilman Nov 1, 1899 Davenport; s Stephen Albert; 1899- prac law, Davenport; 1897-1911 judge 7th Judicial Dist, State of Iowa; pres Security Fire Ins Co, Davenport; pres The Sieg Co, Davenport; pres Davenport Pub Museum; Scott Co & Amer Bar Assns; Iowa St Bar Assn, pres 1909 & 1st secy; Davenport C of C; Arsenal Golf Club; Treadway Rod & Gun Club; Iowa St Hist Assn; Ill St Hist Soc; Amer & Va Hist Sacs; Lincoln Group of Chicago; Abraham Lincoln Assn of Springfield; hobbies collection of Abraham Lincoln Library; off Putnam Bldg; res 425 E Lothrop, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1088.