This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bollinger, Whitener, Sitzes, Lutes, Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TMB.2ACI/3299 Message Board Post: History of SE Missouri, Goodspeed Publishing 1888 Biographical Appendix, page 823 DANIEL E. BOLLINGER Daniel E. Bollinger, one of the most successful farmers and stock raisers of Bollinger County, Mo., is the fifth child born to David and Elizabeth (Whitener) Bollinger, natives of North Carolina. They were married in their native State and immigrated to Southeast Missouri before the present county of Bollinger was formed. David Bollinger was born in 1808, and by occupation was a farmer and miller. His wife died in 1861, being the mother of eight children, three of whom are now alive. Daniel E. Bollinger was born in Bollinger County on December 8, 1843. In early life, he worked on his father’s farm, and attended the primitive common schools of Missouri. On September 30, 1875, his marriage with Miss Rosilla J. Sitzes was celebrated. She was born in Wayne County, Mo., in 1860, and is a daughter of Andrew M. Sitzes, a native of Wayne County, Mo., born in 1830. He was a farmer and blacksmith, and died in 1883. Mrs. Bollinger’s mother, Mrs. Andrew (Lutes) ! Sitzes, was born in 1838, and died in 1880. Mrs. Bollinger is the eldest of eight children, five of whom are living. She is the mother of three children, two of whom, George W., and Daniel F., are alive. Daniel E. Bollinger has a fine farm of 226 acres of land, a great part of which lies in the productive Castor river Valley. In politics, Mr. Bollinger is a staunch Democrat. He is a member of the Lutheran Church. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.