Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Collins, John 1830 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  JOHN COLLINS, Junction Mills, Robinson, is a native of Pennsylvania and was
born June 13, 1830. When but eight years of age, he removed with his parents to
Ohio, where he grew to manhood. He engaged in teaming for a time, and afterward
in farming. In 1863, he removed to Crawford County, Ill., and located on a farm
in Robinson Township. In 1878, he engaged in the milling and grain business, and
is a member of the firm of Collins & Kirk, in the Junction Flouring Mills or
Robinson. They turn out about twenty-five barrels of flour per day, and have
recently doubled the capacity of the mills. They do a large business in grain,
and for the four months of August, September, October and November shipped 213
carloads of wheat and forty car loads of corn. Mr. Collins is a member of the
Masonic fraternity. He has been three times married- all but his last wife being
dead. He has a family of seven children living. P. S.- Since the above sketch
was written, the Junction Mills have been destroyed by fire, together with
several thousand bushels of wheat, involving a loss to Collins & Kirk of $12,000
to $15,000. But with characteristic energy they are preparing to rebuild their
mills.

Additional Comments:
Extracted From:

HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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