The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . ackboard in all his school days. The lastschool which lie attended was taught by , who had our subject purchase a slatewhich was used as a blackboard for theschool. A testament served as a reader andan old elementary spelling book was the pens were made of quills. Mr. Collison remained at home until af-ter his fathers death. He received from theestate one hundred acres of raw prairie landand ninety dollars in cash, the land beingAalued at atjout five (U)llars per acre. Hewas then married to Miss Alary Billsland,who was
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . ackboard in all his school days. The lastschool which lie attended was taught by , who had our subject purchase a slatewhich was used as a blackboard for theschool. A testament served as a reader andan old elementary spelling book was the pens were made of quills. Mr. Collison remained at home until af-ter his fathers death. He received from theestate one hundred acres of raw prairie landand ninety dollars in cash, the land beingAalued at atjout five (U)llars per acre. Hewas then married to Miss Alary Billsland,who was Ijorn in Indiana, near Covington,anrl with whom he Ijecame acquainted \\iiileshe was teaching school in this district. Shelived until 1864 and then passed away, leav-ing four children: IVancis R., Charles,Dora and Florence L., all of whom are nowliving. After the loss of his first wife, wedded Mary Courtney, of Penn-sylvania. They have three children; Al-bert T., a banker of Windsor; Elizabeth, thewife of George Grays, who is employed in a. ^^PA^r^-^^^^ J^ ^(^^u-JJ^c THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD i6i bank in Rossville; and Stella, the wife ofAlfred Crays, who is engaged in the bank-ing business in Windsor. Throughout his business career Mr. Col-lison has been connected one way or anotherwith agricultural pursuits. He now ownsover sixteen hundred acres of valuable 1893 the railroad crossed his farm andthe company paid hirn forty-five hundreddollars for the right of way. The follow-ing year the town of Collison was estab-lished, about twenty acres of his land beingincluded within the town plat. He built thefirst buildings there, a dwelling and a black-smith shop, and later he erected a brickbuilding and a store building. During thelast three years he has rented all of his landwith the exception of his pastures. Forsome years he has been extensively engagedin the stock business, buying, feeding andshipping. In 1902 he shipped six hundredhogs and about 150 head of cat
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