Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Colling, William 1858 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

WILLIAM COLLING. This thorough and Progressive farmer whose fine property lies
in Columbia Township, Tuscola County, was born in Nelson Township, Halton
County, Ontario, Canada, May 19, 1858. He is a son of Joseph and Mary (Ross)
Colling, natives of Durham, England, and of Ireland respectively. Our subject's
grandfather, Joseph Colling, married a Miss Featherstone, and they reared to
lives of usefulness a family of nine children. He worked in the lead ore mines
in England and came to Ontario, Canada, in 1821, and there farmed until his
death. He was an active and useful member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and
he was long remembered as a man of true Christian character.

  Joseph Colling, Jr., was a farmer in Canada, where he owned two hundred acres
of land. Of his eleven children he reared to maturity eight sons and two
daughters, and six sons and one daughter are now living in Tuscola County. He
was a member of the Methodist Church and his wife was a member of the Church of
England. A common-school education was all that was granted to William Colling
but he availed himself well of these advantages and obtained a good preparation
for the battle of life. Upon reaching his majority he started out for himself
and came where he now resides in 1880, taking one hundred and eighty acres of
land on section 22, Columbia Township, which his father had already entered, and
he has cleared and improved eighty acres of this.

  William Colling was united in marriage with Emily W. Rumple on the 27th of
June, 1883. This lady was a native of the same town with her husband and is a
daughter of William and Eliza A. (Burkholder) Rumple. The three children who
have come to bless this home are Joseph W., Laura and Jessie B., and to them the
mother is giving thorough training not only in home duties but also in the
principles of the Christian religion, as she is an earnest and devoted member of
the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Since coming to this country Mr. Colling has
looked into the political questions of the United States, and although he is not
in any sense a politician he feels convinced that the policy of the Democratic
party is the one which is best adapted to secure to this country the highest
degree of prosperity, and he therefore gives to it his hearty endorsement and
vote.


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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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