Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Colling, Joseph 1844 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

JOSEPH COLLING. Among the public-spirited and prosperous farmers of Tuscola
County we are pleased to rank high the name which appears at the beginning of
this sketch. Mr. Colling is a man of sound mental calibre, whose judgment in
regard to business matters is keen. Thrift, energy and foresight are also among
his characteristics, and have gained him the important place he occupies among
the prosperous men of the community. He has a fine farm on section 10, Watertown
Township, and the buildings which may be noticed there are substantial and
adapted to the various needs. The commodious residence was erected in 1884, and
is the abode of a congenial, happy family, whose place in social circles is the
highest.

  Now in the prime of life, Mr. Colling was born March 8, 1844, in Nelson
Township, Halton County, Canada, and is the son of Joseph and Annie Colling,
natives of England and Scotland. At the age of eight years the father
accompanied his parents from England to Canada, and has since lived where they
settled. The paternal grandparents of our subject were Joseph and Jane
(Fetherston) Colling, and unto them was born a family of four sons and five
daughters. The grandfather died at the age of eighty-one, and the grandmother
when eighty-three years old. The father of our subject was reared in Canada to a
vigorous manhood, and when ready to establish home ties of his own, was married
to Miss Ann Masson, a native of Scotland. Three sons and two daughters came to
bless the union. The mother died in Canada when her children were quite small,
and the father subsequently married Miss Mary Ross, who was born in Ireland.
Seven children came to bless this second marriage. At present Mr. Colling, Sr.,
is a farmer in Canada, although he has retired from life's most active duties,
and at the age of seventy-eight years is awaiting the summons from on high.

  In the usual manner of farmer lads, the subject of this notice was reared to
manhood in his Canadian home, and at the age of twenty-two he came to Michigan
and settled in Tuscola County, where he operated a farm of two hundred acres,
which belonged to his father. This is his present home, and he has made of it a
fine farm, with the best of improvements, and containing the modern machinery
and first-class buildings which mark the home of the thrifty farmer. At the age
of twenty-eight a very important event occurred in his life. This was his
marriage, January 1, 1872, to Miss Eleanor Foster, a native of Nelson Township,
Halton County, Canada, and the daughter of John and Mary J. Foster, of whom
mention is made elsewhere in this volume. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Colling three
children have been born—Arthur D. H., Laura M. and J. Earl, all of whom are
under the parental roof and are being educated in such a manner as will fit.
them for positions of honor and trust in future years.

  In his political affiliations Mr. Colling is a Republican and in official
capacities he has contributed his services to his fellow-men. For one term lie
was Justice of the Peace, and at present is serving as Treasurer of his school
district. He is wide-awake and progressive, and is an important factor in
carrying forward the business interests of the community. The interests of the
township he has made his, and his upright life has won him many friends. He and
his estimable wife move in the best circles of Watertown Township, and take
great interest in what is for the best good of her people.


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


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