When Elijah Collins was born on 22 May 1833, in Ohio, United States, his father, Isaac Collins, was 31 and his mother, Lavina A. Babcock, was 27. He married Susan Elizabeth Ray on 2 November 1860, in Madison, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Nevis, Hubbard, Minnesota, United States in 1900 and South Township, Madison, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 11 December 1914, in Hanley, Madison, Iowa, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Sayre Cemetery, Madison, Iowa, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
English: variant of Colin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish and Manx: shortened Anglicized from Ó Coileáin, compare Cullen , or in Man or west Ulster shortened from Mac Coileáin, compare McQuillan and McCallion . The genitival -s is a local addition to Collin and variants after the surname was Anglicized.
Americanized form of French Colin or Collin and also Collette .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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