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James A. Collins, born in Le Roy, August 7, 1841, is a son of Dewey
and Anna (Rich) Collins, natives respectively of Massachusetts and
Genesee County. Dewey Collins, born in 1802, was a farmer and brick
maker, and came with his parents to Wyoming County in 1813. After
his marriage he located in Le Roy, where he worked a quarry for plaster,
and reared four sons. He was a son of William Collins, who was an
early settler of Wyoming, where he kept hotel for some years. He had
three sons and two daughters, Dewey being the youngest. James A. Collins
received a good English education, and taught school one term. After
attaining his majority he clerked in a grocery store one year, when
he returned to the farm near Le Roy. He has been engaged in selling
farm implements and phosphates, and operated a bakery one year. Since
January, 1889, he has been engaged in the shoe trade. He married Bell,,
daughter of William Calvert, of Le Roy, and they have one child, Ada
G. Mr. and Mrs. Collins are members of the Presbyterian Church.
FROM:
Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited
by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y.
1890
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