Thomas Elwood Collins

1830 - 1917  (87 years)

• Name	Thomas Elwood Collins
  Born	5 May 1830	Brookfield, Madison County, New York
  Gender	Male
  Group	Halls of Portsmouth, RI - DNA Family 015
  	Descendants of William Hall of Portsmouth, Rhode Island
  FamilySearch ID	L85F-QMM
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L85F-QMM
  1850 Census	17 Sep 1850	Salem, Henry County, Iowa
  	Division No Two, Salem Township, p. 230 Peter Collins    46  M   Merchant  $2600   Rhode Island Sarah    "        46   F                               New York Thomas E "     20  M   Clerk                         " Hannah     "    18   F                                    "            school Amelia J   "     15  F                                     "                " Malon       "     11  M                                    "                 " Huldah      "      6   F                                Iowa               " Anna F     "      4   F                                   "                  " Brinton Darliington     46  M   Corder & Feeder  $400   Pennsylvania Amelia       "              35   F                                        New York Ann           "              18   F                                        Ohio               school Esther        "             15  F                                             "                   "
  Died	4 Dec 1917	Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa
  Buried	Aft 4 Dec 1917	Union Cemetery, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa
  Person ID	I17483	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Peter Collins,   b. 16 May 1804, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island ,   d. 2 Aug 1876, Humboldt, Humboldt County, Iowa  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Sarah Hall,   b. 15 Nov 1803, Madison, Madison County, New York ,   d. 2 Feb 1870, Cedar County, Iowa  (Age 66 years)
  Married	10 Mar 1825
  Family ID	F8214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Williams,   b. 1835, Ohio ,   d. 10 May 1903, Ottosen, Humboldt County, Iowa  (Age 68 years)
  Married	25 Apr 1855	Bangor, Marshall County, Iowa
  Children	1. Alcaeus "Allie" Collins,   b. 3 Oct 1856, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa ,   d. 8 May 1858, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa  (Age 1 years)   2. Alice M. Collins,   b. 20 Nov 1858, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa ,   d. 19 Oct 1872, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa  (Age 13 years)   3. Oella S. "Ovella" Collins,   b. 4 Oct 1860, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa ,   d. 10 Feb 1935, East Meredith, Delaware County, New York  (Age 74 years)   4. Olive A. Collins,   b. 29 Jun 1862, Humboldt County, Iowa ,   d. 27 Apr 1896, Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa  (Age 33 years)   5. William Dearman Collins,   b. 9 Apr 1864, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa ,   d. 22 Dec 1877, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa  (Age 13 years)   6. Galen Peter Collins,   b. 1 Jan 1867, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa ,   d. Dec 1876, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa  (Age 9 years)   7. Emma Collins,   b. Abt 1869, Iowa ,   d. Unknown   8. Franklin Edwin "Frank" Collins,   b. 23 Feb 1871, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa ,   d. 2 Apr 1939, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa  (Age 68 years)   9. Arthur Elwood Collins,   b. 10 Aug 1875, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa ,   d. 7 Dec 1952, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F8292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 May 1830 - Brookfield, Madison County, New York 1850 Census - 17 Sep 1850 - Salem, Henry County, Iowa Married - 25 Apr 1855 - Bangor, Marshall County, Iowa Died - 4 Dec 1917 - Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa Buried - Aft 4 Dec 1917 - Union Cemetery, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Halls of Portsmouth, Rhode Island Hall DNA Family 015

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: T Elwood was the son of Peter Collins and Sarah Hall. He married Sarah W Williams in Marshall Co, Iowa on 25 April 1855. They were the parents of 8 children: Alcaeus, Alice, Oella, Olive, William, Galen, Franklin, and Arthur. Elwood was a brother of Mahlon D. Collins. Dec 14, 1917 - Humboldt Republican - The death of one of the old Humboldt county settlers occurred last week when T.E. Collins of Livermore passed away on Tuesday morning. He has been living with his son Frank in Livermore and upon retiring Monday evening was in the best of health. However, the family realized that life might depart at any time as he was gradually getting weaker while having no special ailment altho he was eighty-six years of age. Mr. Collins is the man who surveyed the original town of Humboldt then known as Springvale. History of Kossuth and Humboldt Co, Iowa - page 753 - T Ellwood Collins settled where he now lives, one of the few old settlers who are still residents of the township. He was born in New York in 1830 and is the son of Peter and Sarah Hall Collins. The former was born in 1804 in Rhode Island and died in Humboldt county in 1876. The latter was a native of New York born in 1803 and died in Cedar Co, Iowa in 1870. T.E. Collins came to Humboldt county in 1856 since which time he has followed farming. Previous to that time he was engaged in mercantile trade. He was married in Marshall Co, Iowa in 1855 to Sarah Williams, who was born in Ohio in 1835. She was at that time a teacher. Her father, Dr D Williams, was born in Ohio in 1804 and died in Humboldt county in 1867. Her mother died in Ohio. Mr and Mrs Collins have had 8 children, four of whom are living - Oella, born in 1860 and now married to Charles Hewitt; Olive born in 1862 now married to James Browning, a native of Kentucky; Franklin Edwin born in 1871; and Arthur E born in 1875. page 637 - Sarah W Collins, was with her husband, T.E. Collins, one of the earliest settlers in this county, and is known to many of its residents. Kate A Collins, who many of the older settlers will remember, resides with her husband Rev. D. Collins is Corning, Adams Co, Iowa. Their marriage was among the earliest in the county. Mary E, the youngest daughter, died of heart disease at the house of Hiram Flemming near Lotts Creek, March 23, 1863 in her 21st year. page 754 - The first birth was that of Allie, the son of T Elwood Collins, born on the 3d of October 1856. It only lived a year and 7 months when it died and was buried in the cemetery on section 12. The was the first death in the township also.