Son of John Collier and Henrietta Wilson.
Atlanta directories and censuses lists him as a "master mechanic" at W & A [Western & Atlantic Railroad] Machine Shop. He was the foreman.
Married 1868 to Lula Zachary.
Name appears on censuses as Manbo, Nirabeau, Maribo, etc. Went by Lamar or M. Lamar.
He lived in Inman Park.
Constitution, July 1917.
The funeral of Mirabeau Lamar Collier, one of the best known railroad men in the south, who died Thursday night, will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence, 56 Dixie avenue, Inman Park.
Mr. Collier was born in Decatur August 23, 1844, four years before Atlanta came into existence. In 1848 he moved to Atlanta, where he lived until the outbreak of the war between the states. A biographer said of him: "At this time the war clouds disturbed the country's tranquility. His state called him. Like every other southern son of valor, he responded. Noble as was the career of every confederate veteran, sublime as was their loyalty to duty, none surpassed Mr. Collier in this trying ordeal."
Personally he was a man of deep character and many close friends, which he acquired in a useful lifetime, are left to mourn his death. He was beloved by his fellow-workers and was always known for his democratic spirit towards his under workmen.
He was the son of the late Judge John Collier and Henrietta E. Collier. He is survived by a widow, Lula Zachary Collier; three sons, A. Warner, Claude L. and Zachary Collier; two brothers, Henry L. and Walter S. Collier, and three sisters, Mrs. Ella Collier Turner, Mrs. Floyd W. McRae and Mrs. Lily Collier Beall.
Atlanta directories and censuses lists him as a "master mechanic" at W & A [Western & Atlantic Railroad] Machine Shop. He was the foreman.
Married 1868 to Lula Zachary.
Name appears on censuses as Manbo, Nirabeau, Maribo, etc. Went by Lamar or M. Lamar.
He lived in Inman Park.
Constitution, July 1917.
The funeral of Mirabeau Lamar Collier, one of the best known railroad men in the south, who died Thursday night, will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence, 56 Dixie avenue, Inman Park.
Mr. Collier was born in Decatur August 23, 1844, four years before Atlanta came into existence. In 1848 he moved to Atlanta, where he lived until the outbreak of the war between the states. A biographer said of him: "At this time the war clouds disturbed the country's tranquility. His state called him. Like every other southern son of valor, he responded. Noble as was the career of every confederate veteran, sublime as was their loyalty to duty, none surpassed Mr. Collier in this trying ordeal."
Personally he was a man of deep character and many close friends, which he acquired in a useful lifetime, are left to mourn his death. He was beloved by his fellow-workers and was always known for his democratic spirit towards his under workmen.
He was the son of the late Judge John Collier and Henrietta E. Collier. He is survived by a widow, Lula Zachary Collier; three sons, A. Warner, Claude L. and Zachary Collier; two brothers, Henry L. and Walter S. Collier, and three sisters, Mrs. Ella Collier Turner, Mrs. Floyd W. McRae and Mrs. Lily Collier Beall.
Son of John Collier and Henrietta Wilson.
Atlanta directories and censuses lists him as a "master mechanic" at W & A [Western & Atlantic Railroad] Machine Shop. He was the foreman.
Married 1868 to Lula Zachary.
Name appears on censuses as Manbo, Nirabeau, Maribo, etc. Went by Lamar or M. Lamar.
He lived in Inman Park.
Constitution, July 1917.
The funeral of Mirabeau Lamar Collier, one of the best known railroad men in the south, who died Thursday night, will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence, 56 Dixie avenue, Inman Park.
Mr. Collier was born in Decatur August 23, 1844, four years before Atlanta came into existence. In 1848 he moved to Atlanta, where he lived until the outbreak of the war between the states. A biographer said of him: "At this time the war clouds disturbed the country's tranquility. His state called him. Like every other southern son of valor, he responded. Noble as was the career of every confederate veteran, sublime as was their loyalty to duty, none surpassed Mr. Collier in this trying ordeal."
Personally he was a man of deep character and many close friends, which he acquired in a useful lifetime, are left to mourn his death. He was beloved by his fellow-workers and was always known for his democratic spirit towards his under workmen.
He was the son of the late Judge John Collier and Henrietta E. Collier. He is survived by a widow, Lula Zachary Collier; three sons, A. Warner, Claude L. and Zachary Collier; two brothers, Henry L. and Walter S. Collier, and three sisters, Mrs. Ella Collier Turner, Mrs. Floyd W. McRae and Mrs. Lily Collier Beall.
Atlanta directories and censuses lists him as a "master mechanic" at W & A [Western & Atlantic Railroad] Machine Shop. He was the foreman.
Married 1868 to Lula Zachary.
Name appears on censuses as Manbo, Nirabeau, Maribo, etc. Went by Lamar or M. Lamar.
He lived in Inman Park.
Constitution, July 1917.
The funeral of Mirabeau Lamar Collier, one of the best known railroad men in the south, who died Thursday night, will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence, 56 Dixie avenue, Inman Park.
Mr. Collier was born in Decatur August 23, 1844, four years before Atlanta came into existence. In 1848 he moved to Atlanta, where he lived until the outbreak of the war between the states. A biographer said of him: "At this time the war clouds disturbed the country's tranquility. His state called him. Like every other southern son of valor, he responded. Noble as was the career of every confederate veteran, sublime as was their loyalty to duty, none surpassed Mr. Collier in this trying ordeal."
Personally he was a man of deep character and many close friends, which he acquired in a useful lifetime, are left to mourn his death. He was beloved by his fellow-workers and was always known for his democratic spirit towards his under workmen.
He was the son of the late Judge John Collier and Henrietta E. Collier. He is survived by a widow, Lula Zachary Collier; three sons, A. Warner, Claude L. and Zachary Collier; two brothers, Henry L. and Walter S. Collier, and three sisters, Mrs. Ella Collier Turner, Mrs. Floyd W. McRae and Mrs. Lily Collier Beall.
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