History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 777.
[Nicholas County]  [Headquarters Precinct]

R. H. COLLIER, farmer, P. O. Morning Glory, was born in Nicholas County,
Ky., March 17, 1831; his father, C. A. Collier was a native of Virginia,
and was born about 1790; he was a farmer by occupation and emigrated to
Kentucky some time prior to the war of 1812, and settled in Nicholas
County; he was a soldier in the 1812 war, and was captain of a company;
was taken prisoner at the battle of the River Raisin; after the war
closed, he returned to Nicholas County, Ky., where he died in 1855; his
wife was Catharine Howerton, also a native of Virginia, born about 1806,
and died in 1866.  They raised two sons, viz: Robert H. (subject) and
William J.; his sons received a moderate education in the country schools
of Nicholas County; Robert H. was married in Nicholas, in 1849, to Eliza
Peterson, a daughter of Henry and Annie Peterson; his wife, Eliza, was
born in 1832; they have three sons: Coleman A., Samuel R. and William H.
Mr. Collier has always been a farmer since he was large enough to work; he
however run a mill about six years in connection with his farm; in 1870,
he was elected Magistrate of his precinct for a term of four years, an
office he holds at this time; he was a soldier in the Federal army about
two years, belonging to the 18th Kentucky regiment; he has also been a
member of the Masonic order for twenty-nine years, and himself and wife
are members of the Baptist Church; politically, he is a Democrat; like
many others he began life without any means whatever, but by industrious
habits and close application to his business, he is now in very
comfortable circumstances.

Collier Howerton Peterson
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