Honorable Robert J, Collin, mayor of Tontogany, and a leading druggist of that town, was born July 21, 1849, in Medina,Ohio. His parents, Ephraim and Matilda Hall Collin, were both born near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, his father in 1825, and his mother in 1828. They were married there and in 1848 came to the United States making their home near Medina, Ohio, until 1853, when they came to Wood County; but in the following year, owing to the breaking out of cholera in that section, they returned to Medina County, and bought a farm at Chatham Center. They sold this in the fall of 1860, and in the spring of 1861 they came to Wood County where they purchased wild land near Perrysburg, which they cleared and improved, converting it into a fine farm. Here they remained until the fall of 1874, at that time selling out their possessions in Wood County, and once more returning to Medina County, where they now reside. Mrs. Collin is a faithful adherent of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mister Collin was an early Abolitionist, and one of the first in his locality to unite with the Republican Party. They are the parents of four children: Robert J.,our subject; Sophia, wife of Joseph Carpenter, of Perrysburg; Charles, a farmer in Medina County; and Wilson, deceased at the age of 16 years.
Robert J. Collin, the subject proper of this sketch, received his education in part at the county district schools of the Medina and Wood Counties,, three years at the high school of Perrysburg, and one year at Berea, graduating in 1875, at Valparaiso, where he had been studying two years. When he came to Wood County in 1853, bears and wolves abounded, and around on his father's farms near Perrysburg, in 1861, deer were frequently seen in droves. He taught five terms in district schools and two years in Miami schools, and then began to read medicine in Perrysburg, in 1876, a year later coming to Tontogany, where he bought an interest in a drugstore since carried on under the firm name of Davis & Collin. This is one of the most substantial business enterprises in the vicinity. In addition to his drug business he is interested in farmland, owning property in Washington Township, also in Kansas.
On June 24, 1879, Mister Collin married miss Alice Hannah, a native of Ottawa County, Ohio, born August 28, 1854, and they have two children: Arthur, born September 16, 1880, and Harry, born December 4, 1885, who have already given their allegiance to the church of their ancestors, the Methodist, of which Mister Collin has been a prominent member for years. For the past 18 years he has been superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school. The same sterling characteristics which have led to Mister Collin's success in other lines of effort, have made him a favorite candidate for official position, as he is now serving his third term as township clerk, and was in April, 1895 elected to the office of mayor of his town. Socially he is a member of the F. & A.M. , Tontogany Lodge No. 451.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P. 503 Contributed by Lavidaloca
Robert J. Collin, the subject proper of this sketch, received his education in part at the county district schools of the Medina and Wood Counties,, three years at the high school of Perrysburg, and one year at Berea, graduating in 1875, at Valparaiso, where he had been studying two years. When he came to Wood County in 1853, bears and wolves abounded, and around on his father's farms near Perrysburg, in 1861, deer were frequently seen in droves. He taught five terms in district schools and two years in Miami schools, and then began to read medicine in Perrysburg, in 1876, a year later coming to Tontogany, where he bought an interest in a drugstore since carried on under the firm name of Davis & Collin. This is one of the most substantial business enterprises in the vicinity. In addition to his drug business he is interested in farmland, owning property in Washington Township, also in Kansas.
On June 24, 1879, Mister Collin married miss Alice Hannah, a native of Ottawa County, Ohio, born August 28, 1854, and they have two children: Arthur, born September 16, 1880, and Harry, born December 4, 1885, who have already given their allegiance to the church of their ancestors, the Methodist, of which Mister Collin has been a prominent member for years. For the past 18 years he has been superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school. The same sterling characteristics which have led to Mister Collin's success in other lines of effort, have made him a favorite candidate for official position, as he is now serving his third term as township clerk, and was in April, 1895 elected to the office of mayor of his town. Socially he is a member of the F. & A.M. , Tontogany Lodge No. 451.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P. 503 Contributed by Lavidaloca
Honorable Robert J, Collin, mayor of Tontogany, and a leading druggist of that town, was born July 21, 1849, in Medina,Ohio. His parents, Ephraim and Matilda Hall Collin, were both born near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, his father in 1825, and his mother in 1828. They were married there and in 1848 came to the United States making their home near Medina, Ohio, until 1853, when they came to Wood County; but in the following year, owing to the breaking out of cholera in that section, they returned to Medina County, and bought a farm at Chatham Center. They sold this in the fall of 1860, and in the spring of 1861 they came to Wood County where they purchased wild land near Perrysburg, which they cleared and improved, converting it into a fine farm. Here they remained until the fall of 1874, at that time selling out their possessions in Wood County, and once more returning to Medina County, where they now reside. Mrs. Collin is a faithful adherent of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mister Collin was an early Abolitionist, and one of the first in his locality to unite with the Republican Party. They are the parents of four children: Robert J.,our subject; Sophia, wife of Joseph Carpenter, of Perrysburg; Charles, a farmer in Medina County; and Wilson, deceased at the age of 16 years.
Robert J. Collin, the subject proper of this sketch, received his education in part at the county district schools of the Medina and Wood Counties,, three years at the high school of Perrysburg, and one year at Berea, graduating in 1875, at Valparaiso, where he had been studying two years. When he came to Wood County in 1853, bears and wolves abounded, and around on his father's farms near Perrysburg, in 1861, deer were frequently seen in droves. He taught five terms in district schools and two years in Miami schools, and then began to read medicine in Perrysburg, in 1876, a year later coming to Tontogany, where he bought an interest in a drugstore since carried on under the firm name of Davis & Collin. This is one of the most substantial business enterprises in the vicinity. In addition to his drug business he is interested in farmland, owning property in Washington Township, also in Kansas.
On June 24, 1879, Mister Collin married miss Alice Hannah, a native of Ottawa County, Ohio, born August 28, 1854, and they have two children: Arthur, born September 16, 1880, and Harry, born December 4, 1885, who have already given their allegiance to the church of their ancestors, the Methodist, of which Mister Collin has been a prominent member for years. For the past 18 years he has been superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school. The same sterling characteristics which have led to Mister Collin's success in other lines of effort, have made him a favorite candidate for official position, as he is now serving his third term as township clerk, and was in April, 1895 elected to the office of mayor of his town. Socially he is a member of the F. & A.M. , Tontogany Lodge No. 451.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P. 503 Contributed by Lavidaloca
Robert J. Collin, the subject proper of this sketch, received his education in part at the county district schools of the Medina and Wood Counties,, three years at the high school of Perrysburg, and one year at Berea, graduating in 1875, at Valparaiso, where he had been studying two years. When he came to Wood County in 1853, bears and wolves abounded, and around on his father's farms near Perrysburg, in 1861, deer were frequently seen in droves. He taught five terms in district schools and two years in Miami schools, and then began to read medicine in Perrysburg, in 1876, a year later coming to Tontogany, where he bought an interest in a drugstore since carried on under the firm name of Davis & Collin. This is one of the most substantial business enterprises in the vicinity. In addition to his drug business he is interested in farmland, owning property in Washington Township, also in Kansas.
On June 24, 1879, Mister Collin married miss Alice Hannah, a native of Ottawa County, Ohio, born August 28, 1854, and they have two children: Arthur, born September 16, 1880, and Harry, born December 4, 1885, who have already given their allegiance to the church of their ancestors, the Methodist, of which Mister Collin has been a prominent member for years. For the past 18 years he has been superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school. The same sterling characteristics which have led to Mister Collin's success in other lines of effort, have made him a favorite candidate for official position, as he is now serving his third term as township clerk, and was in April, 1895 elected to the office of mayor of his town. Socially he is a member of the F. & A.M. , Tontogany Lodge No. 451.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P. 503 Contributed by Lavidaloca
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