Biography, W H Bolinger, Madison County, AR

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W. H. BOLINGER, junior member of the above firm, was born April 8, 1845, in
Ray County, Tenn. His father, ANDREW J., was born in Claiborne County, of that
State, and in 1850 located upon a farm at the head of War Eagle, where he has
since lived engaged in farming and blacksmithing. The mother, SARAH (NEWPORT)
BOLINGER, also a native of Tennessee, is still living. 

William H. lived with his parents until the war, when he entered the First
Arkansas Infantry, Union troops, with which he served two and one-half years.
He afterward worked in the shop and upon the home farm until thirty-five years
of age. In 1879 he came to Huntsville, and in 1880 joined the above firm. 

In May, 1879 , he wedded MARY ANTHONY, of this county who, however, was born
in Lincoln County, N. C. They have two children, GRACE and FLORENCE. Mr.
Bolinger is a good citizen, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Politically he is a strong Republican, and he is a member of the A. F. & A.
M." (Goodspeeds History of NW AR...)