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COLLINS, W. B.

COLLINS

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:54

Keokuk City
(P.O. Keokuk)

COLLINS, W. B., attorney at law ; was born in Lexington, Scott Co., Ind.; in 1843, his parents removed to this county. In 1861, Mr. Collins entered the service ; was promoted to Major of the 7th Mo. V. I.; served until June, 1864; his brother, Joseph A. M. Collins, was a Sergeant in the 2d I. V. I.; was in the signal service at the capture of Fort McAllister, near Savannah; Ga., and was a brave soldier. Their father, Dr. Milton F. Collins, was the first President of the first medical society in this city, and one of the oldest medical practitioners in Iowa. He was Lieutenant Colonel of the 60th U. S. I. in the late war, and recruited nearly the entire regiment himself.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879


 

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