Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,
Grant Co.

RICHARD D. COLLINS was born in Grant County, Ky., July 13, 1865, and is
the eldest of five sons born to Richard L. and Elizabeth (Durbin) Collins
of Grant County, Ky., and Indiana.  The grandfather of our subject, John
Collins, settled in Grant County with his father nearly one hundred years
ago.  Richard L. Collins was born in 1838, and for twenty years has run
a flouring mill, called the "Crittenden Flouring Meal."  His son, Ed T.,
now runs the mill.  Hosier Durbin, Mrs. Collins' father, a native of
Bourbon County, was a Methodist preacher, and was killed by lightning
between North Vernon and Greensburg, Ind., in 1852.  Richard D. Collins
received the appointment to West Point, passed the examination, but
through sickness was granted a sick leave for eight months; when he
returned, was again sick and resigned.  In 1885 he started in the drug
business, and carries about $1,600 worth of stock.  Mr. Collins is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Bourbon-KY IN
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