Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Bollinger, Joshua 1810 - 
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Author: W. A. & Slocum & Co. (1882)

JOSHUA BOLLINGER.—Born in Bollinger county, Missouri, June 1,1810, where he
resided until April, 1850, when he joined a company bound for the Golden State,
and with ox-teams crossed the plains. On arriving in this State, he spent a
short time in the mines, and then engaged in farming on the Yount ranch, in Napa
county. He afterwards, in different parts of the State, carried on the same
vocation, until January, 1854, when he returned to Missouri, and with his family
again came to California, first settling in the Santa Clara valley, where he
resided until 1855. In the Fall of that year he came to Contra Costa county, and
located on the place now owned by his son Joseph, and known as Bollinger canon.
In 1866 he purchased his present farm of two hundred and eighty-three acres, and
is now one of Contra Costa's prosperous farmers. Mr. Bollinger was twice
married, both times in Bellinger county, Missouri. By his first union he had
five children; their names are: Elizabeth, Christopher, Adam, William and
Joseph. Married the second time March 24, 1854, to Miss C. Luney. By this union
they have seven children, as follows: George, Benjamin, Henry, Sarah, Mary,
Arthur and Matilda.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.


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