| 1. |  Thomas Elwood Collins was born on 5 May 1830 in Brookfield, Madison County, New York; died on 4 Dec 1917 in Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa; was buried after 4 Dec 1917 in Union Cemetery, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa. Other Events:
- Group: Halls of Portsmouth, RI - DNA Family 015
- FamilySearch ID: L85F-QMM
- 1850 Census: 17 Sep 1850, Salem, Henry County, Iowa
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.
Group:
Descendants of William Hall of Portsmouth, Rhode Island
FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L85F-QMM
1850 Census:
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 " "
Thomas married Sarah Williams on 25 Apr 1855 in Bangor, Marshall County, Iowa. Sarah (daughter of Dr. Dearman Williams and Mary Farmer) was born in 1835 in Ohio; died on 10 May 1903 in Ottosen, Humboldt County, Iowa; was buried after 10 May 1903 in Union Cemetery, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Alcaeus "Allie" Collins
 was born on 3 Oct 1856 in Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa; died on 8 May 1858 in Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa; was buried after 8 May 1878 in Union Cemetery, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa.
- 3. Alice M. Collins was born on 20 Nov 1858 in Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa; died on 19 Oct 1872 in Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa; was buried after 19 Oct 1872 in Union Cemetery, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa.
- 4. Oella S. "Ovella" Collins was born on 4 Oct 1860 in Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa; died on 10 Feb 1935 in East Meredith, Delaware County, New York.
- 5. Olive A. Collins was born on 29 Jun 1862 in Humboldt County, Iowa; died on 27 Apr 1896 in Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa; was buried after 27 Apr 1896 in Union Cemetery, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa.
- 6. William Dearman Collins was born on 9 Apr 1864 in Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa; died on 22 Dec 1877 in Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa; was buried after 22 Dec 1877 in Union Cemetery, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa.
- 7. Galen Peter Collins was born on 1 Jan 1867 in Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa; died in Dec 1876 in Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa; was buried after Dec 1876 in Union Cemetery, Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa.
- 8. Emma Collins was born about 1869 in Iowa; died in Unknown.
- 9. Franklin Edwin "Frank" Collins was born on 23 Feb 1871 in Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa; died on 2 Apr 1939 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; was buried after 2 Apr 1939 in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.
- 10. Arthur Elwood Collins was born on 10 Aug 1875 in Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa; died on 7 Dec 1952 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington; was buried after 7 Dec 1952 in Park Hill Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.
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1830 - 1917 (87 years)
