Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Collins, Myron 1835 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 11, 2007, 4:46 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) MYRON COLLINS. This representative farmer, whose home is on section 4, Genesee Township, Genesee County, is a native of the Empire State, where he was born in Sodus Township, Wayne County, March 4, 1835. Hiram Collins, his father, was born and bred in the Green Mountain State, where he carried on his business of shoemaking, and where the mother, Laura Blood, was also born and brought up. Wayne County, N. Y., was the scene of their marriage, and there they lived and died, the father at the age of forty years, in 1843, and the mother at the age of eighty-six. Three of their four children grew to manhood. The subject of this sketch was the second son in this family and in his native town he received his education, remaining with his mother until the breaking out of the late war, when he entered Company E, One Hundred and Eleventh New York Infantry, in 1862. He was in the battle of Gettysburg and all through that campaign, being wounded at the battle of Petersburg. His honorable discharge was received at Syracuse in June, 1865, and he then returned to his native place. The marriage of Myron Collins and Annie Leadley took place in Wayne County, July 2, 1858. Mrs. Collins is a native of England, being born in Yorkshire, but has spent most of her life in this country. They came to Michigan in 1869, and rented a small farm Mt. Morris Township, Genesee Counnty, [sic] upon which they remained for seven years, at the end of which time they purchased a farm in the same township, and upon it they resided for eight years, selling that property in 1884, and buying the eighty on the section where they now live. The two sons of this marriage are Hiram and Elmer, both at home. The house into which Mr. Collins moved on coming to his present home was destroyed by fire in 1890, and he at once proceeded to erect a new abode, a pleasant and attractive house, which cost him some $1,100. Here he carries on general farming and keeps his land in a good state of cultivation, having excellent crops thereon. He is a Republican in his political views and his war experiences have brought him into the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to that organization at Mt. Morris. He is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at that place, in the work of which he takes an active part and is a liberal contributor to every good cause. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/genesee/bios/collins776gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb