Bio of Rollins, Edgar T. (b.1860) Wabasha Co., MN
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Rollins, Edgar T., (page 1297), of the Town of Elgin, is the son of Orvis
V. and Mary O. Rollins, who were among the early settlers of the town, and
was born in this town on October 27, 1860. In his early years he received
a common-school education, and at the age of nineteen he obtained the
appointment of teacher of a school in the town of Salem, county of
Olmsted. Here he "wielded the birch" for one term, afterward teaching for
one term in the Evans district of his native town, working on his father's
farm during the summer season. During the spring of 1880 Mr. Rollins was
appointed station agent and telegraph operator at Elgin station, from the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company, which position he held for two
years and a half, when he resigned, and since that time he has not been
actively engaged in any business. While acting as operator at Elgin
station, the disastrous cyclone of July 21, 1883, occurred, and it was Mr.
Rollins who sent the first telegram that conveyed the news of this
terrible event to the outer world. On September 23, 1883, Mr. Rollins was
united in marriage with Miss Rose M. Bentley, of the town of Viola,
Olmsted county. Mr. Rollins is noted as an excellent telegraph operator,
and a young man of much promise and ability. He is a member of Elgin
Lodge, No. 115, A.F.A.M., in which lodge he was made a Master Mason about
one year ago.
War of 1812