BIO:  Alexander David Collins, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Shrewsbury Township, Pg 171

ALEXANDER DAVID COLLINS was born in Hopewell Township, York County, February 14, 1853, and was 
the third son and child in a family of four sons and two daughters.  His parents, Cornelius and 
Elizabeth (Gordon) Collins, were natives of York county, and of Scotch-Irish descent.  He grew 
up on the farm; was educated at home and in Stewartstown Academy.  He entered the Shrewsbury 
Savings Institution, in 1876, as assistant cashier.  In 1879 he went to Cheyenne, Wyoming 
Territory, where he clerked in a bank two years.  He returned to Shrewsbury in the spring in 
1882, when he was elected cashier of the old bank, which position he has since held.  He is a 
member of the United Presbyterian Church.