Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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EDWARD COLLINS

Edward COLLINS, a highly respected citizen of Raglan Township, residing on section 16, became a resident of the county in the spring of 1857, when he commenced working out by day and month at farm labor.

Mr. COLLINS was born in Ireland, in 1832. He is the son of Thomas and Catherine COLLINS, who were the parents of the following children: Mary, Nancy, Edward, Owen, Peter, Catharine and Bridget. Our subject remained in Ireland until twenty years of age, and then sailed for New York. He spent seven months in New Jersey, and then went to West Virginia, where he bought a ninety-two acre timber tract, which he still (1891) owns. After five years in West Virginia he came to Harrison County. Thus far he has lived a single man.

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