Although her headstone shows her birth year as 1827, other documents indicate that Lucinda Sawyer was actually born in 1826, the daughter of Plant Sawyer (1779-1840) & Ruth Eastman (1785-1864).
She grew up in Vermont & was married there about 1849 to Amos Pettingill Collins (1823-1910). Of their known children, the first 5 were born in that state, & the last was born in Wisconsin where the family had moved for little more than a year, before moving on to Bremer Co, Iowa, in 1867.
Known children of Lucinda & Amos include:
~ Charles Edward Collins (1850-1850)
~ Carlos Plant Collins (1851-1910)
~ Evaline Augusta Collins (1852-1943)
~ Oscar Amos Collins (1856-1935)
~ Charles Fremont Collins (1864-1960)
~ Ira Day Collins (1866-1924)
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Although her headstone shows her birth year as 1827, other documents indicate that Lucinda Sawyer was actually born in 1826, the daughter of Plant Sawyer (1779-1840) & Ruth Eastman (1785-1864).
She grew up in Vermont & was married there about 1849 to Amos Pettingill Collins (1823-1910). Of their known children, the first 5 were born in that state, & the last was born in Wisconsin where the family had moved for little more than a year, before moving on to Bremer Co, Iowa, in 1867.
Known children of Lucinda & Amos include:
~ Charles Edward Collins (1850-1850)
~ Carlos Plant Collins (1851-1910)
~ Evaline Augusta Collins (1852-1943)
~ Oscar Amos Collins (1856-1935)
~ Charles Fremont Collins (1864-1960)
~ Ira Day Collins (1866-1924)
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