Selah Baxter Collins
#20, b. 12 November 1812, d. 10 April 1891
Father | Alpheus Collins b. 24 Sep 1790, d. 16 May 1862 |
Mother | Elizabeth (Betsey) Hall b. 5 Oct 1791, d. 19 May 1861 |
Spouse 1 | Permelia Green b. 18 Sep 1817, d. 26 Jun 1883 |
Children |
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Spouse 2 | Sarah Soper b. c 1850 |
BMDB
Selah Baxter Collins was born on 12 November 1812 at Rose, Wayne, NY; Per census.1 He married Permelia Green, daughter of John Green and Sarah Willis, on 27 December 1833 at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Mich; Per family search labs.1 Selah Baxter Collins married Sarah Soper on 27 January 1884 at Manlius, Allegan, Mich; Family search labs. Selah Baxter Collins died on 10 April 1891 at Lyndon, Washtenaw, Mich, at age 78; Per family search labs. Cemetery marker gives date as 17 Apr. He was buried on 12 April 1891 at Collins Family Cemetery Lyndon, Washtenaw, Mich.2,3Other Events
In 1831, Selah Baxter Collins and his family moved from Rose, Wayne, NY, to Pittsfield, Washtenaw, Mich.4On 14 October 1835, Selah bought land in Washtenaw, Mich.5
On 16 August 1837, Selah and his father Alpheus bought land in Washtenaw, Mich.6,7
On 2 November 1837, Selah bought land in Washtenaw, Mich.8
On 10 February 1852, Selah bought land in Washtenaw, Mich.9
Citations
- Alfred S Roe, Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Wayne County, New York (Worcester, Mass: The Author, 1893), Page 269.
- Collins Family Cemetery.
- Find A Grave Memorial.
- Roe, Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Page 270.
- General Land Office Records, online at www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx, Cert No 9236.
- GLO Records online, Cert No 24517.
- GLO Records online, Cert No 24687.
- GLO Records online, Cert No 1573.
- GLO Records online, Cert No 29986.
- US Census 1820, Wolcott, Seneca Co, NY, Series M33, Roll 075, Page 143, Line 37, 7 Aug 1820.
- US Census 1830, Rose, Wayne Co, NY, Series M19, Roll 117, Page 174, Line 07, 1 Jun 1830.
- US Census 1840, Washtenaw Co, MI, Series M704, Roll 211, Page 045, Line 03, 1 Jun 1840.
- US Census 1850, Lyndon, Washtenaw Co, MI, Series M432, Roll 364, Page 302, Sheet 317, FN 1890, Line 41, 18 Sep 1850.
- US Census 1860, Lyndon, Washtenaw Co, MI, Series M653, Roll 563, Page 486, Sheet 194, FN 1430, Line 01, 23 Aug 1860.
- US Census 1870, Lyndon, Washtenaw Co, MI, Series M593, Roll 707, Page 220, Sheet 11, FN 73, Line 22, 11 Jul 1870.
- US Census 1880, Manluis, Allegan Co, MI, Series T9, Roll 569, Page 167, ED 08, Sheet 06, FN 53, Line 02, 7 Jun 1880.