Bio of Collier, F. J. Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Collier, F. J., superintendent of the county poorhouse, is a native of New
York. At six years of age he came into Lorain county, Ohio, with his
father's family, and thirteen years later into Kane county, Illinois. He
learned his trade as a cooper, and worked at it in Ohio, Illinois and
Indiana, until 1855, when he came to Wabasha, and opened a hardware store
here, which he carried on for two years. He then purchased a farm of one
hundred and sixty acres in Cook's Valley, and farmed it there until 1865,
when his health rendering farm work impossible, he returned to this city,
was elected justice of the peace and city recorder, which latter office he
held until 1878, when he was appointed superintendent of the county
poorfarm. His office as justice of the peace he retained until the
expiration of his term in 1879. Was nominated and elected to the state
legislature in 1870, and was judge of probate for the term ending December
31, 1881. May 9, 1852, Mr. F. J. Collier married Miss Nancy Purcelle, a
native of Prescott, Canada. They have five children. W. D. Collier, born
July 28, 1854; Oliver F., born August 6, 1858; George O., born April 8,
1860; Elmer, born February 2, 1862; Charles H., born December 2, 1865. The
boys are residents of the city, unmarried, and with the exception of the
two eldest, at home. O. F., the second son, is proprietor of the Wabasha
"Herald."