Polk County FlArchives Biographies.....COLLINS, PAUL F. June 5, 1892 - 
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Author: The History of Florida:  Past & Present, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1923,  Vol. III pg.169

	COLLINS, PAUL F. came to Florida in 1912,  completed his education in 
the University, almost immediately went into service as an officer in the 
American Army, was on duty in France for over a year, and since his return has 
achieved a place of definite success in the business affairs of Lakeland.
	Mr. COLLINS was born at Racine, Wisconsin, June 5, 1892, son of Dr. W. 
P. and GRACE (KENNEDY) COLLINS.  His parents were also born in Wisconsin, and 
his father is still living.  Paul Collins is the second in a family of four 
children.
	He was reared in Racine, attended grammar school there, was a student 
in the University of Wisconsin, and after coming to Florida entered the 
University of Florida, where he graduated in 1917.  His home was at Haines 
City in Polk County until he located at Lakeland.
	Mr. COLLINS early in the war was commissioned a first lieutenant in 
Company F of the Three Hundred Twenty-sixth Infantry, went overseas with the 
Eighty-second Division, and was in France fourteen months.  He was in some of 
the most important engagements in which the American forces were engaged.  
During the Argonne Forest battle he was wounded, and for three months was in a 
hospital.  His elder brother was killed during the war.  Mr. COLLINS after 
leaving the army located at Lakeland in 1919, and on November 1, 1920, 
organized the Growers Supply Company, of which he is president and manager.  
This company handles a general line of supplies for troops and vegetable 
growers in this section of Florida and does both a wholesale and retail 
business.  Mr. COLLINS owns several citrus groves.
	In 1921 he married Miss LELA COLEMAN of Racine, Wisconsin.  They have 
one son, EDMOND RICHARD.  Mr. COLLINS is affiliated with the Elks, the Rotary 
Club, the Woodmen of the World and the Chamber of Commerce.
	


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