Collins, Alfred A. (1848-1916)

Name:

Collins, Alfred A. (1848-1916)

Title:

State Legislator, Danville, 1876
Colonel, as a member of Gov. Currier's staff, 1885-7
Councilor, Gov. Bachelder's Executive Council, 1903-5
State Senator
Member, Masons and Knights Templar
Patentee, Collins Spring Heel Process, 1894
Mason, Gideon Lodge No. 84, Kingston, Exeter

Other Names:

Col. Alfred Asbury Collins

Born:

10/15/1848

Birthplace:

Danville, NH

Died:

08/11/1916

Death Location:

Danville, NH

Residence:

Danville, NH
South Danville, NH
Huntington, PA

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Shoe manufacturer (ladies, misses, and children's low cut shoes), So. Danville, NH, beginning 1868.
Traveling salesman in shoe business, beginning c.1881.
Associate in the C. M. Collins shoe factory; also McLane Collins; also H.S. C.M. Collins.

Father:

Collins, John Hazen

Mother:

Collins, Amy

Relations:

Siblings:
Collins, Cora (m. Edward A. Witherell)
Collins, Emma S. (m. John F. Heath)
Collins, Herbert Sumner
Grandson:
McPherson, Robert Collins

Spouse:

Lincoln, Elvira (1)
Lowell, Kate Colinda

Children:

By Elvira Lincoln:
Alice L. Collins (m. Alan Huntington)
By Kate Lowell:
Marion Collins (m.Robert H. McPherson; 1 son Robert)

Notes:

Politics: Republican.
1916 obituary starts, "Alfred A. Collins, one of the best known citizens in New Hampshire...".
Listed as engineer/builder/or architect for National Register of Historic Places building -- N.H. State Union Armory, Manchester, N.H., 1900-1924 (a.k.a. Hermsdorf Manufacturing Building).