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Amanuesnsis Monday-History of Dresden Presbyterian Church 1819-1919/Part 2/

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The following History will be presented in 6 parts each one being posted on Monday.  This is a History of the Presbyterian Church in Dresden Ohio as of 1919, that is in my possession.  My Great Grandfather was the Pastor of the Church when this piece was commissioned. I have pulled it from a earlier posting on my rootsweb family website. I hope that it brings information you can use or maybe an interesting read. Enjoy! There is more to Dresden then baskets :D

 1819- Dresden Presbyterian Church History -1919
written by Mrs. T.M. (Mary Louise Cresap) Stevenson

CHRONOLOGY

 First Pastor-Rev. Prescott B. Smith(1819-1823)

Rev. Prescott B. Smith, the third member of the Presbyterial Commitee and noble Triumvirate, became our very first Pastor. He was a native of Vermont, was educated at Middlebury College, and ordained at Newark in 1818. He began preaching in 1818 soon after his ordination, lived in Irville. He so continued until his death in 1823, aged only twenty-nine.

Though only twenty-nine at his death, Rev. Prescott B. Smith was the Nestor of our Pastors. Some of our honored guests this evening are his grandchildren, viz., the familie of the late Mr. Horace Smith, of Adams Mills, faithful, active members of the Adams Mills Presbyterian Church. His works do follow him and his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are amoung us, a blessing today.

Charter Members

The Church records give the Charter members in the following order: Daniel Stillwell, Esq., Joseph F. Munro, John C. Stockton, Mrs Mary Smith, (wife of pastor), Mary Munro, (wife of J.F.), Mrs. Sohpie Cass, (wife of G.W.), Mrs. Mary Cass, (wife of Major Jonathan), and Rev. Hildreth adds Major Jonathan Cass. As Mrs. Munro was the daughter of Major Jonathan Cass, and Rev. and Mrs. Hildreth made their home with Mrs. Munro, Mrs. Hildreth’s mother, Rev. Hildreth’s testimony is accurate.

Major Jonathan Cass was the great-grandfather of Mrs. J.W.P. Ried, Zanesville; Miss Mary Munro, Granville; Mrs. Rhoda Dunmead, Newark; Mrs. Minnie Dunmead, of the Old Munro Home; former members of the Dresden chruch and now active Presbyterians in their home towns, with one exception, and we welcome them to this Centennial reunion as we look in their faces.

Mrs. Sophie Cass, wife of George W. Cass, another Charter member, is represented in Dresden today by the widow of Dr. Edward Cass and their two sons, Dr. Edward McDowell Cass and George Cass, both soldiers in the Great War. Dr. Edward attained the title of his ancestor, “Major” overseas, and George, a non-Com on this side.

Daniel Stillwell, Esq., was great-grandfather to the Scott families, of Adams Mills, as well as to the Horace Smith families, and wonder of wonders, Hamilton Scott’s daughter, great-great-grandaughter, is present tonight helping us to celebrate and to keep the ideas of Daniel Stillwell, Esq., in the Church active. The Scotts are also grandchildren of another of our Charter members, John C. Stockton. John F. Munro, the very first elder of this Church, and his wife, Mary G. Munro, both Charter members, were also represented by here Mrs. Ried, Miss Munro and Mrs. R. Drunmead, her grandchildren. Was ever a church so blessed?

Think of it! The descendants of every single one of the Founders of this Church gathered together to help celebrate its Centennial, and all still faithful workers in the Presbyterian Church. We heartily welcome you all to this, our “Home-coming.”

Second Pastor-Rev. James Parmele(1824-1825)

Rev. James Parmele surely had a vision of the future of our Church, for he arranged to preach in the town of Dresden. He obtained the town log school house located where the Union School Building now stands, and there held his preaching services. Rev. Parmele had faith in the increase and prosperity of the town and the Church must needs be in the center of the town and grow with it. He remains only a little over a year.

Third Pastor-Rev. Ebenezer Churchill(1825-1829)

Before the close of 1825 came the Rev. Ebenezer Churchill to care for our Zion. He ministered to the three Churches, Dresden, Adams Mills and Irville, where he lived, and gave each Church one-third of his time. He was a man of great energy, physically, mentally and spiritually. He frequently walked to his appointments, even all the way from Irville to Adams Mills, twelve miles.

The Church had then only one elder, Mr. Joseph F. Munro. There was always harmony in the session. At the suggestion of Rev. Churchill two more were added viz., Daniel Stillwell and John C. Stockton, by the choice of the congregation and session. Rev. Churchill labored with the Chruch from 1825 to 1829. During his pastorate there were received into the Church (1829) by examination, Mr. Gilbert Shaw, and Phoebe, the wife of William F. Compton, of Dresden. Received also, by letter, George Smith and his wife Polly. He also received into the Church by Baptism, three infants, viz., Henry Munro, son of J.F. and Mary G. Munro; Mary Selden, daughter of G.W. and Sophie Cass; and Samuel Shaw, son of Gilbert and Phoebe Shaw.

Fourth Pastor-Rev. John Pitkin(1829-1836)

Very soon after the departure of Rev. Churchill, Rev. John Pitkin began his labors with the Dresden Church. By this time the school house was brick and was built on the mound in what is now the Cemetery. That sounds strange, but then it was not “Gods Acre.” That was then east of the canal bridge as you go down to Old Town. When the canal was dug the cemetery was removed to its present location and the school house was returned to its former and present situation.

Rev. Pitkin was a graduate of the Ohio University at Athens, (then under Presbyterian supervision). Mrs. Pitkin was a daughter of President Wilson of that University. For a while Rev. Pitkin lived in Irville. Very soon he came back to Dresden and built a house of his own. We are glad to know that house still stands. It was the former residence of Mrs. Michael Carter, was from Main Stree back to the alley and new house errected on the site where Mr. Joshua Stump now lives, and Rev. Pitkin’s house is Mr. Stump’s garage. Another Presbyterian minister lived in Rev. Pitkin’s house, viz., Rev. William Wallace. He and his eldest son had the Dresden paper. His second son, James Wallace, was a musician and a jeweler, and he married Miss Amelia Ingalls, daughter of Major J.N. Ingalls, one of the ruling elder of our Church. Rev. Wallace has also a little daughter, Amelia, and a little son, Chalmers. Amelia later married Joames White, who was principle of the high school when the Stevenson brother, Thos. M. and Robert W., his successor, were superintendents. James White is now D. D., and their son is now a successful pastor in Ohio, both in the United Presbyterian Church. Rev. Wallace lived and died in Rev. Pitkin’s house. It was a good house of seven rooms, five below and a center hall, and two above.

Mrs. Pitkin deserves special attention. She had ideals and carried them out. She organized the First Female Prayer Meeting in Dresden, which met at her home. Then she had a vison of the Church of the future and organized the First Sabbath School ever held in Dresden and conducted it regulary, every Sabbath, in her own home. She had no helpers at first. What ever did she do with the restless little ones? How did she teach the adults at the same time? The Female Prayer Meeting soon developed worker to assist her. From that Sabbath School in 1829 to 1919-these ninety years-the Presbyterian Chruch has kept up faithfully its Sabbath School, though started by a woman.

One out come of Mrs. Pitkin’s Sabbath School was that of Ainlab S. Armenia, gathered together by Mrs. Josephine Lemert Coffing and her husband, Rev. Jackson Coffing. It was then-1860-the largest Sabbath School in the world and numbered 1600. Mrs. Pitkin has had efficient, untiring successors as Sabbath School Superintendents ever since, down to the present incumbent, S.F. Spencer.

When Rev. Hilderth was pastor the Catechism and Bible verse were recited. Elmira Rambo led with 963 verses and the School recited 1496 texts, in one month. Miss Rambo later became a faithful teacher, and though unable to hear the sermon, was always in her place in Church, and said Dr. Macleod , an inspiration to him as pastor, faithful till called up higher. Today the Christian word studies the same lesson. Is not this an answer to Christ’s prayer?-”That they may be one.” Never before were so many adults in the Sabbath School, but we can only say, “all were faithful workers and we are thankful for them.”

The Church was growing steadily. Rev. Pitkin so inspired the people that they began to talk of a Church Building. This culminated in a meeting of the Session at one o’clock, December 1, 1833. It was resolved “That a subscription paper be opened for the purpose of construction a Presbyterian Meeting House in the town of Dresden.” Later, September10, 1835, John C. Stockton, one of the ruling elders, was appointed to solicit and recieve donation for the Building of this “Meeting House.”

In 1835 Rev. James Harrison took charge of the Church of Irville. Rev. Pitkin was still pastor in Dresden and that winter-1835-Rev. Harrions assisted him in a series of meetings. Many were added to this Church. In the spring of 1836 Rev. Pitkin had another revival. There are among those names that will interest some of you, viz., Laban Lemert and Lucy Ann, his wife; Mrs. Webb; Mrs Alloways; Mrs. Caroline Brice; Mrs. Catherine Wolf; Miss Julia Stockton; Frances B. Stockton; and Archibald Blackburn Brice, who later became D.D., the first Minister of the Gospel sent out from the Dresden Presbyterian Church. He studied at Meadville College and was some years ago the consecrated Pastor of the Nelsonville Presbyterian Church of Athens Presbytery.

An interesting Sessions Record occured April 27, 1833, which throw light upon the Presbytery to which we belonged. We quote: “On motion, Resolved, That this Session apply to the Lancaster Presbytery, in this State, for a continuance of the yearly sum, heretofore allowed, to the Rev. John Pitkin by the Assembly Board of Missions; his places of preaching to be designated as Dresden, Muskingum, Stillwell and Wachatomaka Settlement.” ” Also, on motion, Resolved, That this Session apply to the Lancaster Presbytery for the ministeral labors of Rev. John Pitkin as ‘Stated Supply’ form that first of May, (this was April 27), for one year for half his time.”(Church growing before we only had one -third)

Following this action was another revival and increase in membership. The Rev. Pitkin enthused the people to “rise up speedily and build.” In May, 1836, the Building Committee for the Presbyterian Church of Dresden was appointed. God’s House is so dear to us we would remember these names.

Building Committee for the Presbyterian Church of Dresden: Laban Lemert, George W. Cass, W.W. Brice, Thomsa M. Barson, and Dr. A.H. Brown.

The building was begun in 1836 and by the summer of 1837 it was finished with rough seats for temporary use. In the spring of 1838 it was completed, at a cost of $1,500, and God’s people rejoiced.

Rev. Pitkin had resigned his pulpit in the late spring of 1836, after faithful, notable service of seven years. His departure was much regretted by all. Then the Church called one they already knew and loved for our Fifth Pastor.

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Amanuensis Monday-History of Dresden Presbyterian Church 1819-1919/Part 1/

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Amanuensis Monday – An Amanuensis is a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. 

The following History will be presented in 6 parts each one being posted on Monday.  This is a History of the Presbyterian Church in Dresden Ohio as of 1919, that is in my possession.  My Great Grandfather was the Pastor of the Church when this piece was commissioned. I have pulled it from a earlier posting on my rootsweb family website. I hope that it brings information you can use or maybe an interesting read. Enjoy! There is more to Dresden then baskets :D

History of Dresden Presbyterian Church
1819-1919

written by Mrs. T.M. (Mary Louise Cresap) Stevenson

 “Hitherto that the Lord helped us.”- 1 Samuel 7, 12

 

Ohio became a State, November 24, 1802. So when the Presbyterian Church was organized, the State was only ”sweet sixteen” and one month old. The town of Dresden was laid out by Major Jonathan Cass, a Revolutionary officer,who brought his family here, in 1801, and soon after laid out the town, which therefore, is as old as the State.Looking backward, as we should, what of our Nation is that year of our organization-1819? Our Fifth President waswas James Monroe, of Virginia, from 1819 to 1825. Today he is probably the most talked about of any of our former Presidents.

 

President Monroe and his Notable State Papers
 

The “Monroe Doctrine” is a Shibboleth to arouse every patriotic citizen, men and women, to enthusiasm. Our newspapers, religious and secular, or Senators and Congressmen, everybody, official and unofficial, are all discussing the Monroe Doctrine, as they believe it to be, for or againt. the “League of Nations.”

Nothing has so crystalized and immortalized patriotism in our land, for 1819 to 1919, as the famous Monroe Doctrine. “Friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.” and the American continents by the free independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European Power. France and Germany tried by sending Maximilian to Mexico; poor Maximilian and poor Carlota. How the past and the present are linked together! 1819-1919! President Wilson has been touring the country showing what he believes to be the harmony between the Monroe Doctrine and the League of Nations.”

In 1819, when the Dresden Presbyterian Church was organized, over in England, George III, the Pharoah, who oppressed our forefathers and called our Revolutinary War ” A Presbyterian Rebellion” (perhaps with astuteness as Presbyterians always stood for liberty), was still living. ( He died in 1820)

The times of 1819 were similar to those of 1919. an upheaval of the nations was just settling down. France and the “Man of Destiny” had been at war with England, Prussia, Germany and Russia. Bonaparte had been shorn of his power, like Germany today, and banished to St. Helens, as the Kaiser is an exile in foreign land; and on the lonely island in 1819 Bonaparte was then living, grieving, and the world was the, as it is today, drawing long breaths of peace and liberty, after this Wold War.

 

Some Events of 1819
In 1819 the very first ocean steamer crossed the Atlantic, from Savannah Ga., to Liverpool, Eng. In 1919 our brave aviator have crossed the same ocean in winged ships, by the “sky trail.”

In 1819 transportation was by horseback., Conestoga wagons, stage coach, and down the streams in flatboats. Today-1919- it is by autovans, carriages, or by the lightning express, sixty miles an hour, and across the continent in flying machines.

In 1819 the War of 1812 had been adjusted and a treaty of trade and commerce made with England. The “Star Spangled Banner,” the anthem of the War of 1812, had been written and sung form Lakes to Gulf and from Ocean to Ocean. A son of Maj. and Mrs. Jonathan Cass, two of the Charter members of the Dresden Presbyterian Chrauch, Capt. Charles L. Cass, served in the War of 1812 and was given a sword by the City of Zanesville for bravery. His great grandchildren are members today and active workers, viz., the family of Veda Howell, Mrs. Alta Stilt and Mrs. Mary Crabtree, etc.

Another son of these same Charter members of the Dresden Presbyterian Chruch, Gen. Lewis Cass, was Secretary of War, 1831 to 1836, and Secretary fo State 1857 to 1860, Governor of Michigan, and lastly, Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1848. You see how this Dresden Presbyterian Church has been in touch with this great nation.

In this notable year of 1819, of the organization of this Dresden Presbyterian Church, another important event took place, viz., a treaty with Spain, who then ceded the whole of the province of Florida to the United States, which she had claimed since 1565. Spain also at that time-1819- settled the boundary of Mexico. It seems to us in the light of late events, the Hidaloys of Mexico don’t know this and its will take stronger hand than Spain’s to settle that matter.

In 1819 came the beginning of Ohio State legislation as to a canal connecting Lake Erie and the Ohio River. In 1819 the first railroad west of New York State led from Toledo, Ohio, to Adrian, Mich. In 1919 railroads touch nearly every town in Ohio; and Dresden has four.

It was a glorious epoch in which to begin a Church. Therefore, in 1819 the Dresden Presbyterian Church was organized in a log school house, about a mile below Adams Mills, where the main road comes out on the banks of the Muskingum. Since the days of your Pilgrim Fathers the Church and the School house have been closely connected.

The Ministerial Committee, sent by Presbytery that gathered with this little consecrated band of men and women in the log school house in 1819, were: Rev. James Culbertson, of Zanesville; Rev. Mr. Root of Cincinnati; and Rev. Prescott B. Smith, of Irville.

Rev. James Culbertson was the consecrated pastor of Zanesville First Presbyterian Church. He received a call to the largest Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, but declined, saying “his duty lay in Zanesville” and there he lived and served, 1811 to 1844, and died.

Of Rev. Mr. Root, of Cincinnati, we have been unable to learn anything.

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Amanuensis Monday-one page from list of pardons, commutation, and respites granted by the President during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. From The National Standard Encyclopedia

Amanuensis Monday was started on the Transylvanian Dutch Blog. This link will take you to the page concerning Amanuensis and why one should transcribe the records !

 

List of pardons, commutations, and respite granted by the President (William Howard Taft*) during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911-Continued  page 246  Report of the Attorney General (George W. Wikerson*)

Name of Applicant:
Claude Fry
District and offense:
United States Army
Date of Sentence:
Nov. 23, 1905. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for 1 year at Fort Riley, Kans. (Unexecuted portion of sentence remitted Feb. 7, 1906)
Recommendation of Attorney General:
[Pardon recommended by the Secretary of War to restore rights of citizenship]
Action of President, and date:
July 6, 1910. Pardon granted to restore rights of citizenship

Name of Applicant:
Esias White
District and offense:
Indian Territory, central. Murder, without capital punishment
Date of Sentence:
Nov. 30, 1904. Imprisonment for life in the United States
Recommendation of Attorney General:
The petitioner, an Indian, was about 15 years of age when this crime was committed. He did not himself fire the fatal shot, but witnessed the murder, and aided and abetted to the extent of holding the gun for his companion, and the fact that he was probably dominated by his companion, who was an older man, the Attorney General recommended that the sentence be commuted to 15 years, the remainder to be served in the Missouri Training School for Boys.
Action of President, and date:
July 9, 1910. Sentence commuted to imprisonment for 15 years, with allowance for good behavior, the remainder of the term to be served in the Missouri Training School for Boys or such institution, penal or reformatory, as the Attorney General may designate.

Name of Applicant:
Frank Minor
District and offense:
District of Columbia Murder
Date of sentence:
Nov. 29, 1884. To be hanged April 11, 1885, sentence commuted to imprisonment for life
Recommendation of Attorney General:
The death penalty in this case was commuted by President Cleveland to imprisonment for life on the ground that the circumstances of the killing showed such provocation as to justify clemency. At the time of the conviction there were no degrees of murder in the District, but the prosecuting attorney stated in his report that in another jurisdiction the offense would probably have been murder in the second degree. Under the new District Code the minimum penalty for murder in the second degree is 10 years. His conduct was good during an epidemic of smallpox in the penitentiary, when he rendered valuable and faithful service. The Attorney General Advised that the sentence be commuted, to expire immediately
Action of President, and date:
July  13, 1910. Sentence commuted, to expire at once.

Name of Applicant:
James R. Kaye
District and offense:
Illinois, southern. Making and having in possession molds for making counterfeit coin.
Recommendation of Attorney General:
Jan. 11, 1908. Two year in the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kans. (Case appealed; judgement affirmed with leave to have case reopened and new sentence reduced to 6 months in the Peoria House of Correction and costs.)
There was no evidence that  petitioner ever attempted to pass any of the spurious coin which he made, and the work was done openly.  It was claimed by him that the molds with which he experimented were for the purpose of making medals to be used in his Sunday school.  Public sentiment in the community where he lived was strongly in his favor, because he was not believed to be guilty of wrong intent. The Attorney General advised a pardon, to take effect upon his release from imprisonment.
Action of President, and date:
July 13. 1910. Pardon granted to take effect  July 17, 1910.

James R. Kaye, is my grandmother Ruth O. McCartney’s Uncle.
More at the end of transcription. 

Name of Applicant:
Lewis Coffey
District and offense:
Kentucky, Counterfeiting
Date of sentence:
October 25, 1898. Five years in the Ohio Penitentiary and $5 fine.
Recommendation of Attorney General:
It was certified that since the release of these prisoners, in 1901 and 1902, they have conducted themselves as honest, law-abiding citizens, having the respect of the communities in which they live. The Attorney General advised pardon to restore their civil rights.
Action of President, and date:
July 13, 1910. Pardon granted to restore civil rights.

Name of Applicant:
Shelvy  Coffee
District and offense:
Kentucky, Counterfeiting
Date of sentence:
Oct. 25, 1898. Three years in the Ohio Penitentiary and $5 fine.
Recommendation of Attorney General:
It was certified that since the release of these prisoners, in 1901 and 1902, they have conducted themselves as honest, law-abiding citizens, having the respect of the communities in which they live. The Attorney General advised pardon to restore their civil rights.
Action of President, and date:
July 13, 1910. Pardon granted to restore civil rights.

Google Books  Congressional edition, Volume 6215

James Ross Kaye

In the year of 1865 the 0n May 3.  James Ross Kaye was born to Byron and Ellen Smith Kaye in Woodstock, Ontario Canada. He and his twin sister Anna Gordon Kaye were the sixth and seventh children of this couple. My second great-grandparents. The extra ordinary feet of having twins carried to term and grow to adult hood in 1865 must have been a joyful thing, but  on  06 March  1865 shortly after beginning his work day Byron Kaye was killed in a boiler explosion at the Eaton & Wood’s flour mill, two months before the delievery of his children. What a bittersweet  moment must have been for Ellen. Ellen had to divide her children among friends and family, just to be able to survive. On 28 September 1880 she is believe to have come from Canada to the United States, Chicago to be exact.

I don’t know very much about their childhood, but the plight of his family must have had an impact on James. I do know from letters written by both of his parents that they were God fearing and dediticated to God. The morning that Byron left for work he had prayed for and over his wife and children to keep them safe and out of harms way. I imagine that this was a daily occurance. Ellen wrote this in a letter to family:

 ” on the morning of the 6th of March we had Breakfast at 7 oclock  we had worship as usual he read the 9th ch of the romans passed some remarks on the lecture the minister gave the evening before kneeled down & commended himself & family to the care of his heavenly father the children had gathered around me to say the Lords prayer “

With this up bringing and of course God’s glorius provisions James could not have but helped be a devoted man of God. He received some of his training at the Chicago Seminary along with his brother, Alexander and his soon to be brother in law David.

He served dutifully his Lord. As stated in the pardon he was trying to figure out how to make to make medals for his children in Sunday school. He was using coinage as models. They were accidently spent by his son and the perusing changers where brought up against him.

After the incident and the pardon, James removed himself from the pulpit, but he never ceased to thirst after his Lord. He made several trips to the Holy land and authored several books, The History of The Covenant, Chart Bible, The Coming Crisis: are approaching the end of the age? (this one I purchased for my father, James’ name sake), and many more.

I have in my possession a beautiful dried flower collection bound in carved wood that he brought home, to his sister Barbara (my great-grandmother), from the Holy-Land.

I never knew this kind of record was available. I guess I never thought about there being Court records pertaining to reprieves and such. This one I stumbled on, so I will tuck the source in my bag of tricks. One never knows who else it might bring to light.

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Thomas C. Collins son of Samuel and Tamar Kaye Collins a biography/Amanuensis Monday

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Below is a biography for a cousin of mine.  I’ve not stopped to count, but at a quick count I would guess Thomas is my first cousin 3 times removed. His mother Tamar Kaye is my 2 great-grandfathers sister. Byron Kaye was killed in an explosion in Woodstock, Ontario in 1865.  This family seems to have been a family associated with milling in one way or another. It was a mill’s  boilers that exploded that took my grandfather Byron’s life.

Another cousin sent me photo files of this excerpt. I have included a link to the whole book at www.archive.org below.

Collins, Thomas C.
Page 34-35

The late Thomas C. Collins, former mayor of Windom, president of the Cottonwood County Bank at Windom and later president of the Farmers Bank of that same city and for years actively engaged in the milling business, which is now being carried on there by his son, was a native of Canada, born on January 26, 1857, son of Samuel and Tamar (Kaye) Collins, both natives of England, who were married in Canada and who came to Minnesota in 1859.

Samuel Collins was a millwright and an experienced miller. Upon coming to this state he first located at Faribault, where he was engaged in the milling business for a time, after which he moved to Northfield, thence to Owatonna, where he built a mill, which he later sold and then went to Minneapolis, whence, after a sometime residence, he went to Hastings, where he remained until his removal to Windom in 1878. At Windom he became associated with E. F. Drake, the first president of the Omaha Railroad Company, and erected a mill, with which he was connected the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1882, he then being fifty-five years of age. His widow survived him for more than thirty years, the most of which time she spent in Minneapolis, her death occurring at Faribault on November 17, 1914, she being seventy-nine years of age at the time.

Thomas C. Collins was but an infant when his parents came to this state from Canada and was twenty-one years old when they located at Windom in 1878. He had received an excellent education and had also been carefully trained in the mills of Northfield and Minneapolis in the details of the milling business. Not long after the Collins mill was built at Windom he was made superintendent of the same and about two years after his father’s death he bought the mill and continued to operate the same the rest of his life. Thomas C. Collins from the very beginning of his residence in Windom took an active part in the business and civic life of that city and was one of the organizers of the old Cottonwood County Bank, whichhe served as president as long as it existed, and when it went into voluntary liquidation and the Fanners Bank of Windom was organized he was elected president of the latter institution and held that position until death. Mr. Collins also held extensive commercial and realty interests in the city and was otherwise active in business affairs. He was an ardent Republican, had served his party as a delegate to national conventions and was mayor of Windom for two terms. He was prominent in Masonic affairs, having been a Royal Arch Mason, a Knight Templar and a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, affiliated with Osman Temple, of the latter order, at St. Paul. He was likewise a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, of which his widow is still a member, and was also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, affiliated with the lodge of that order at Mankato, and of the Modern Woodmen of America and of the Woodmen of the World, also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He was an active member of the Episcopal church at Windom and for years served that church as warden. His death on October i, 1914, was therefore deeply felt in all circles hereabout, for he had done well his part, not only in the business life of the city, but in the civic and religious life of the same and his memory will long be cherished in this community.

It was on December 15, 1880, something more than three years after his arrival in Windom, that Thomas C. Collins was united in marriage to Ada Belle Smith, who was born in Livingston county, New York, December 13, 1860, daughter of Lyman Delos and Diantha (Combs) Smith, both natives of New York state, the former born on July 15, 1835, and the latter, April 22, 1833, who moved to Michigan in 1866, thence, in 1868, to Wisconsin, and from the latter state, in 1871, to Windom where they spent the rest of their lives. Lyman D. Smith erected a store building upon his arrival at Windom and became one of the foremost merchants of the town in its early days. He was a Republican and took an active part in local political affairs, for some time acting as a member of the school board. He was a charter member of the Masonic lodge at Windom and was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Smith had been reared a Baptist, but his wife was a member of the Episcopal church, in the beneficences of which she took a warm interest. Lyman D. Smith died on February 27, 1881, and his widow survived him many years, her death occurring on November 22, 1910.

To Thomas C. and Ada Belle ((Smith) Collins, two children were born, a son and a daughter, Richard Delos and Mabel. Richard D. Collins was born at Windom on May 11, 1883, and received his elementary education in the schools of his home town. Upon completing the course in the high school he entered the University of Minnesota, from which he was graduated in 1904. He then became actively associated with his father in the milling business at Windom, under the firm name of T. C. Collins & Son, and since the death of his father has continued to operate the mill. He is a Republican and has served several terms as a member of the Windom city council. On June 1, 1905, Richard D. Collins married Edna Kinyon, of Owatonna, this state. He is a Royal Arch Mason and Knight Templar at Luverne and warden of the Episcopal church.

Mabel Collins was born on January 6, 1887, and following her graduation from the Windom high school attended St. Mary’s School for Girls at Faribault. She married the Rev. E. Lofstrom, professor of Greek at Seabury Divinity School at Faribault, who died on February 22, 1916, leaving four children, Marjorie, Thomas Collins, Caroline and William Kaye. Mrs. Lofstrom and family reside at Faribault. Mrs. Collins, widow of Thomas C. Collins, still makes her home at Windom and retains her earnest interest in the various social and cultural activities of her home town. She has large property interests, her late husband having had extensive land holdings in Cottonwood county besides considerable real estate in Windom, including that section of the city known as the Hutton & Collins addition to the city, about half of the houses in the north part of Windom having been built on that addition. The family also owns a valuable farm in Amo township. Mrs. Collins’s father also was the owner of a valuable farm and property in Windom.

 

Cottonwood County Minnesota
Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties, Minnesota
Their People, Industries and Institutions
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
John A. Brown

Amanuensis Monday/Schedule B.- Marriages Muskoka Ontario Canada 1888 divison of Monch

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. From The National Standard Encyclopedia

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Schedule B.- Marriages  Muskoka, Ontario Canada 1888 divison of Monck

Number 007341

His Name: Cornelius Frank Butler

Age: Forty three years

Residence when married: Fairmount Tp of Monck(h)
Place of Birth: London, England

Bachelor or Widower: Bachelor

Rank of Profession: J.P

Names of Parents: Charles Butler, Eliza Eve Butler

Her Name: Amy Heatley Pooler

Age: Twenty Years

Residence when married: Fairmount Tp Monck(h)
Place of Birth: Shropshire, England

Spinster or Widow: Spinster

Parents Names: Henry Pooler, Sarah Ann Pooler

Names and Residences of Witnessess: Walter H. Pooler and

John Peoverr of the Township of Monck

Date and place of Marriage: October 20th 1887 Fairmount Tp of Monck(h)
Religious Denomination of Bridegroom: Church of England

Religious Denomination of Bride: Church of England

By whom Married: Revd. S. Knight

By Licsence of Banns: Banns

Remarks:none

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Number 007342

His Name: Abel Kaye

Age: Twenty eight

Residence when married: Point-Kaye Muskoka

Place of Birth: County Wellington, Ont.

Bachelor or Widower: Bachelor

Rank or Profession: Farmer

Parents Names: Charles & Sarah Kaye

Her Name: Martha Jane Smith

Age: twenty four years

Residence when married: Point Kaye Muskoka

Place of Birth: Liverpool, England

Spinster or Widow: Spinster

Parents Names: George and Martha Smith

Names and Residence of Witnessess: Lilly Cook, (Tp Walt)

Amanda Kay (Point Kay)

Bella MCallum (Bracebridge)

Date and place of Marriage: January 2 nd 1888

Point Kay

Religious Demonination of Bridegroom: Methodist

Religious Demonination of Bride: Episcopalian

By whom Married: Wilson McDonald

By License or Banns: License

Remarks: none

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Number 7343

His Name: John Kaye

Age: twenty six

Residence when married: Monck, Muskoka

Place of Birth: County Wellington, Ont.

Bachelor or Widower: Bachelor

Rank or Profession: Farmer

Names of Parents Charles and Sarah Kaye

Her Name: Lily V. Cook

Age: twenty one years

Residence when married:Stephenson, Muskoka

Place of Birth:County of  Prescott, Ont

Spinster or Widow: Spinster

Names of Parents: John and Mary E. Cook

Names and Residences of Witnessess:

Walter Kaye (Point Kaye)

Bryon Kaye (Bracebridge)

John E. Cook (Bracebridge)

Amanda I. Kaye (Point Kaye)

Charlotte Leith (Reymond)

Emily Troute(o)n (Bracebridge)

Date and place of Marriage: Feburary 6 th 1888

Point Kaye Muskoka.

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