in sections 33 and 34, and a few trees in the southeast quarter of section 13. Artificial or cultivated groves cover the township all over in beauty and profit, at this time, (1886).
For the business men of the town of Collins, see the " Directory " for Collins.
The members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and others, have recently built a church building in Collins. It is 60x30 feet, and 16 feet high—no bell—cost $1,800. There are ten members at Collins. The Christian Society has ten members here. Four miles south of Colo there is an United Brethren Church building, at which the Methodist Episcopal Church Society has seventeen members to meet. W. A. Welker, pastor. This United Brethren Church is situated in the southeast corner of section 30, township 83, range 21, and was built in 1886, costing about $1,200.
There is a United Brethern Church in the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 25, township 82, range 21.
Also, there seems to be a church in the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section 33, township 82, range 21.
Mr. C. E. Campbell is the postmaster at Collins, and Mr. A. H. Tracy is the station agent.
There are those who ship stock and grain, some of whom I will name: John W. Osmun, Chas. Mead. R. Miskimmons and Chas. Fish
.Those who raise stock and for sale, and other farmers, and citizens of energy, some of whom I will name, viz: S. I. Shearer, A. Jones, C. W. Etherton, Theo. Fowler, E. W. Shearer, Geo. Pease, W. S. Price, Wm. Parker, W. R. Heath, C. Day, J. A. Pringle,, I. L. Hilly, Z. Elliot, E. H. Guy, W. T. B. Shenkle, E. M. Patton, B. R. Shenkle, C. E. Dodd, Frank Millhouse, Anthony Jackson, Wyatt Carr, A. G. Armstrong, H. Angelo, Daniel Lamb, G. M. Kennedy, J. A. Pringle, A. L. Kennedy, Mrs. Susan C. Carr, R. Carpenter, Jno. Thompson, John Denniston, D. Parker, Wm. RICHARD, Jacob Crouch, J. W. Reagan, Aaron Hale, Anthony Hale, L. W. Marsh, L. Bence, R. Williams, Geo. Donning, L. Tipton, C. Mead, Sr., C. Patterson.
HISTORY OF THE SIXTEEN TOWNSHIPS CLOSED.
The history of the sixteen townships is now complete, and the directories for all the towns are placed adjacent to each other, but are to be found elsewhere in this history.
The list of names of stirring, active, go-a-head men of the different townships of the county—such as stock raisers, farmers, ship-