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Geo. W. Collins was born in Williams Co., Ohio, May 18, 1845, and is a son of Harvey Collins, who came to Cascade
tp., this county, in 1853. Geo. W. was a soldier for three years in the late war, in Co. H, 21st Mich. Inf., ahd
participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Bentonville and others. He settled on Wicked
creek in 1866, and ran a shingle mill several years. He now runs the Town Line Mills, which is located in the same
place as the old shingle mill. He was married in September, 1869, to Miss Rosalie Porter, by whom he has had two
children, one of whom is living, namely, Herald.
From:
History of Kent County, Michigan
Chas C. Chapman & Company
Chicago 1881.
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