Glynn-Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....COLLINS, Stephen February 26, 1885 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003209 July 24, 2009, 1:46 am Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 28 February 1885; pg. 6 col. 5 STEPHEN COLLINS DEAD—Telegraph & Messenger Stephen Collins, an old and estimable citizen of Macon, died in that city on Thursday, after a lingering illness of pneumonia. Collins was elected Mayor of Macon in 1854, and served in that office for two successive terms. He was born in Washington county on November 30, 1809, and moved to Macon about 1830, since which time he had been engaged in many enterprises conducive to the growth and prosperity of that city. Most prominent among them was his connection with his two brothers, Robert and Charles Collins, together with Elam Alexander, who contracted to build the Central Railroad from the Oconee river to Macon at a period when the country was overwhelmed with the greatest financial panic known to its history. In November, 1843, the road to Savannah was completed and was famous for being “the longest railroad in the world owned by one company.” Mr. Collins was once a citizen of this city, and always spoke in the warmest terms of our people. He has been a reader of the ADVERTISER AND APPEAL for years, and we shall be sorry to erase his name from our list. Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/obits/c/collins9458gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb