Alexander Tichinor Collins and Irene June Shupe

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Husband Alexander Tichinor Collins ¹

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           Born: 28 Mar 1873 - Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY 1
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         Father: Jeremiah Collins (      -      ) 1
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       Marriage: 1 Nov 1897 1

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Wife Irene June Shupe ^{1 2}

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           Born: 29 Jun 1877 1
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         Father: Oliver Perry Shupe (1843-      ) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Sarah B. "Sallie" Dick (      -      ) 1 2 3 7

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Children

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1 M Oliver Shupe Collins ⁸

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           Born: 31 Aug 1901 8
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2 M Alexander T. Collins, Jr. ⁸

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           Born: 27 Oct 1909 8
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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Tichinor Collins

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He was educated in Louisville, Kentucky, public schools and Ben C. Weaver Business College, his first position after leaving the latter school being as clerk with the Central Passenger and Street Railway Company, then owned and controlled by A. V. Dupont, of powder mill fame. The Tom. Johnson system, better known as the "nickle in the slot," was in use by the company, and among the duties of the young clerk was the emptying of the money boxes into which the nickles dropped. He advanced rapidly to higher position, and when the Central Passenger Railway and the Louisville City Railway companies consolidated as the Louisville Railway Company, he was appointed auditor of receipts for the new corporation. Later there was a reorganization of the company and an increase in capital to twenty-two millions, and at that time Mr. Collins was made paymaster in addition to his former duties. That position he held until 1903, when he resigned and came to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
On coming to Westmoreland, Mr. Collins first located in Mount Pleasant as general superintendent of the milling interests of his father-in-law, Oliver P. Shupe, and was also secretary and treasurer of the Berlin Water Company of Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. A few years after moving to Mount Pleasant he was chosen to fill an unexpired term on the school board, and at the expiration of the term was elected to succeed himself. He was a member of the board at the time the new high school building was erected, and while yet school director was chosen chief burgess of the borough to serve three years. A new law went into affect during his term which extended it eighteen months. Business responsibilities in the meantime so increased that he declined all further public position of a political nature. He served as a member of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania State Millers' Association for one year, then was elected president of the association, serving two years. In 1912 he was elected chairman of the board of directors of the association. He was president of the board of trustees of the United Brethren church and interested in the welfare of that ancient organization of which his wife and four generations were connected. He was a member of Marion Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Scottdale, and of the local lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Shortly after Mr. Hoover, Food Commissioner, was appointed, he appointed a committee of seven members known as Eastern District Committee of the United States Food Administration Milling Division, and Mr. Collins was a member.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 133.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 496.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 552.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 21, 217.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 495.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 130.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 218.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 134.