Memorial services held in the Circuit Court room of Rock Island County, in memory of Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf. Mr. Andrew Kopp, of Moline, read the testimonial which was followed by an address by the Honorable James W. Bollinger, of Davenport, Iowa.

Rock Island County Bar Association.

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Oakleaf, Joseph Benjamin, 1858-1930

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Lawyer in Moline, Illinois who maintained collections of Abraham Lincoln and Illinois history material. In 1908 he received from his friend, William F. Carlson, in Chicago, two letters pertaining to the 32nd Illinois Infantry and its passage on the U.S.S. Winona from Savannah, Georgia to Beaufort, S.C. in January 1865. The letters had come into Mr. Carlson's possession from E.H. Sheffield, who had been quartermaster on the ship at that time. From the description of Papers, 1865, 1908...

Bollinger, James W. (James Wills), 1867-1951

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James Wills Bollinger was born in Geneseo, Illinois, on April 10, 1867. His family moved to Davenport, Iowa, in 1873, where he attended public school. In 1889, he graduated from the State University of Iowa Law School and received his master's degree in 1893. Bollinger practiced law throughout his life, and served as Scott county district judge from 1897 until 1911. He was extremely active in Davenport and Scott County business life, serving as the president of the Scott County Bar Association a...

Kopp, Andrew N.

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