George Washington Collins and Jane McElhoes

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Husband George Washington Collins ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Jan 1835 - Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: William Swan Collins (1801-1842/1843) 3
         Mother: Hannah Harvey (1804-1857) 4

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       Marriage: 22 Feb 1881 5

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   Other Spouse: Eliza Reed (1838-1871) 2 - 27 Nov 1860 2

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   Other Spouse: Mary J. Reid (      -1880) 1 - 20 Jan 1872 5

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Wife Jane McElhoes ^{5 6}

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         Father: Isaiah McElhoes (1815-1894) 6 7
         Mother: Isabella Kinter (      -1874) 6 7

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Children

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1 M Joseph McElhoes Collins ⁵

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           Born: 17 Feb 1882 5
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2 M George Edgar Collins ⁵

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           Born: 4 Feb 1885 5
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General Notes: Husband - George Washington Collins

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He was born in Penn township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. In 1857, he removed to West Lebanon, and worked for his brother Joseph, in the latter's factory. From 1866 to 1877, he conducted the manufacture of threshing machines, &c., on his own account.
The Collins Threshing Machine Factory was commenced in 1877 at the present location, having been removed from West Lebanon. The product was four-horse and tumbling shaft threshing machines, sleds, harrows, &c., and met with a sale directly from the factory. The works were situated on Blacklegs near the centre of the township.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 506.

2 Eunice Byram Roberts, Byram-Crawford and Allied Familes Genealogy (Publisher Unknown), Pg 87.

3 Eunice Byram Roberts, Byram-Crawford and Allied Familes Genealogy (Publisher Unknown), Pg 83.

4 Eunice Byram Roberts, Byram-Crawford and Allied Familes Genealogy (Publisher Unknown), Pg 85.

5 Eunice Byram Roberts, Byram-Crawford and Allied Familes Genealogy (Publisher Unknown), Pg 88.

6 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 525.

7 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 870.