Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Collins, Jerry 1820 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co IL 1882

Jerry Collins, farmer, P. O. Morris, was born in Albany, N. Y., in September, 
1820, son of Joshua and Margaret (Row) Collins, the former born in Rhode 
Island about 1776; was well educated, served in the war of 1812, and was one 
of the pioneers of this township. Margaret, his mother, a native of New York, 
was the mother of nine children, of whom the subject of our sketch was the 
fifth. His first business enterprise was the purchase of 80 acres of land in 
this township, which he has added to until he now owns 800 acres of good 
farming land, well improved. He was married in this county, in 1848, to Miss 
Hannah Cryder, who lived but eighteen months after her marriage. His second 
wife, Margaret Widney, was born about 1833, and is the mother of three 
children. Joshua, the eldest, is married, and a man of family; Hannah May, the 
second, is dead; Oscar, the youngest, lives with his parents. Mr. Jerry 
Collins was but thirteen years of age when brought to this township. His 
mother and the children came from Chicago in a wagon driven by Charlie Smith. 
Our subject handled the logs for the first house erected in the town of 
Morris, so he has been the witness and assistant of vast improvements in this 
part of the country. His political faith is Republican.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers, p124-5

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