William P. Collins, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 105 in "History of Dakota 
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				WILLIAM P. COLLINS, M. D. 

	Dr. William P. Collins is well known as a successful medical 
practitioner of Howard, South Dakota, where he has followed his 
profession continuously for the past thirteen years. His birth occurred 
in South Elgin, Illinois, on the 20th of February, 1875, his parents 
being Nathan Perry and Mary (Whitford) Collins, the former a native of 
St. Charles, Illinois, and the latter of Erie, Pennsylvania. Nathan P. 
Collins was a physician by profession. 

	William P. Collins acquired his early education in the public 
schools and was graduated from the Elgin Academy in 1896. Two years 
later, having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, 
he entered the Bennett College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery at 
Chicago, from which institution he was graduated in 1901. During the 
following year he served as house physician in Bennett Hospital. In 
May, 1902, he located for practice in Howard, South Dakota, and that 
city has since remained the scene of his professional labors. He has 
demonstrated his skill in the successful treatment of numerous 
difficult cases, and the extensive practice accorded him is a merited 
tribute to his ability in the field of his chosen calling. He belongs 
to the South Dakota Eclectic Medical Association, of which he is 
secretary and treasurer, and also to the National Eclectic Medical 
Association. 

	On the 13th of August, 1902, Dr. Collins was united in marriage 
to Miss Agnes Neuman, of Chicago, by whom he has had three children, as 
follows: Nathan P., born March 16, 1904, and Cedric E., born on the 
26th of June, 1907, both of whom are public-school students in Howard; 
and William P., deceased. Dr. Collins gives his political allegiance to 
the republican party and is identified fraternally with the Masons and 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his religious faith is 
indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. All who 
know him recognize his loyalty and progressiveness in citizenship as 
well as his faithfulness in friendship.