COLLAR, Aaron
Husband of
1. Minerva nee MERWIN – m. 1816
2. Nancy nee HUNT – m. 1822
Son of Aaron and Levina Weeks Collar
B. 5 July 1790 in Marlboro, Middlesex Co. MA
D. 8 Nov 1877 in Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
at 87y 4m 4d
Burial – Nov 1877 in Canfield Village Cemetery, Section B Row 04, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
Note: War of 1812 - fife major, Inf, Col. Rayen, 3rd Reg, OH Militia
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 16 Nov 1877
"Died – At the residence of his son-in-law Mr. Sylvenus Ferrel, in Canfield, Nov. 9th, 1877, Mr. Aaron Collar, in the 88th year of his age. The deceased was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, July 5th, 1790. He was the second son of a family of six children, two of whom – Ammiel and Harvey W., - are still living, and are at present respected citizens of Trumbull county. When twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Canfield, where they arrived in the spring of 1802, and settled on a farm two miles east of the center. Here he spent his early years battling with the hardships incident of pioneer life and in the enjoyment of such educational privileges as the country then furnished. During this time but little concerning him is known by the writer, save that he sustained a good character, and in 1812 enlisted in the army and spent some time in the service of the country, so that at the time of his death he was one of the few surviving patriots of that early period. In 1816 he married Miss Minerva Merwin, who became the mother of three children, one of whom (Ira Augustine) is still living – some time after the death of his first beloved selecting for his companion, Miss Nancy Hunt, daughter of the late rev. Thos. Hunt of Richmond, Ohio. Thus was a long and interesting union, continuing through 40 years and terminating in the death of the second wife in 1853, by which event he was left in his old age to the society and care of his children. Since then he has lived with his daughter and son-in-law, at the old homestead south-east of the center.
Blessed with a strong constitution he has enjoyed excellent health though most of his age have confined him to his home and unfreed him for the active duties of life. There infirmities gradually increasing, he was at length confined to his bed where, after a brief illness, he passed calmly way. Thus another old resident has been removed, one who was widely and favorably known and we believe, the oldest male resident in the township. He was a man who sought to acquit himself honorably in all various relations he sustained in life. As a neighbor, he was kind and obliging, as a husband and father, affectionate and considerate, and a member and officer in the Church, of which he has been a member for 56 years, he was faithful and punctual in his attendance as long as health and hearing permitted, and up to within a few months of his death he, manifested great pleasure in the visits of members and other Christian friends, and delighted to converse on the subject of religion. He exercised strong faith in Christ and for months before his death he expressed a willingness and even a desire to depart. He was the father of 8 children, 40 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, some 57 or 58 of whom are still living so that he appeared as an aged Patriarch removed from the midst of a numerous household, and many will miss him, but they mourn not without hope. As an aged Pilgrim, he has ended his journey and the Master has called him home. Canfield Nov. 14, 1877"
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 25 June 1897, Article No. 23, by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Re: Excerpt from the Aaron Collar Family
"----the sons Amiel and Harvey removed in early life to Mesopotamia and both are dead; leaving only the son, Aaron, to perpetuate the name in Canfield. He was born in Massachusetts in 1790. In 1816 he married for his first wife Minerva Merwin.
A side remark will not be out of place. The Merwin family was prolific in furnishing talented, good looking and influential daughters. One of them was Mrs. Josiah Beardsley, for many years a resident of Boardman. Both husband and wife repose in our village cemetery. A few old Methodist people still live to join with me in attesting the fact that Mrs. Josiah Beardsley was a woman of remarkable ability and power. Wherever she attended religious meetings she was uniformly expected or invited to take a part, and I am very safe in saying that but few ministers or laymen could speak or pray more to the edification of the people than "Sister Beardsley." Another of these sisters became the wife of the well-known Rev. Billings O. Plympton, a man of power and influence in his day. It is fair to assume that Mrs. Aaron Collar was also a gifted woman. After the marriage Mr. Collar continued to occupy all or a portion of his father's farm. He burned the brick and built of them the two-story dwelling that stood on the place, and was for many years a conspicuous land mark. When he left this place he took an interest in the carding and fulling mill and other industries located on the Dunning hill. He afterward purchased the saw mill proper on Crane St. where he resided for many years and where he died, Nov. 8th, 1877, in his 87th year.
His mother, Lavina, was one of the original nine who first organized the Congregational Church in 1804. The son Aaron united with the same church in 1821 and immediately became one of the active and leading members of that society. When the church afterwards separated he went with the Presbyterian portion and faithfully served that church as one of its officers and was uniformly called and known by everyone as "Deacon Collar." It should not be overlooked that in the war of 1812 he was found in the ranks as fife major. In August 1822 his wife Minerva died of consumption. She was the mother of Ira, Lavina and Mary, the latter died in infancy. Lavina became the wife of our late undertaker, Ashbel G. Arnold.
In December, 1822, Mr. Collar married for his second wife Nancy Hunt, a daughter of Rev. Thomas Hunt, a Presbyterian clergyman, by whom the following were born: Thomas H., Charles F., Aaron R. and William H. Collar. Thomas has since died in Michigan. Charles F. lives in Coalburg, Trumbull county, and Wm. H. in Bellville, Ill. Mary died when young.
The descendants of Aaron Collar senior and junior, so far as our vicinity is concerned, are confined to Ira and Laura and their descendants.
Many of our citizens remember Ira as a good, orderly, industrious man who lived for many years on a farm on South Street. I neglected to obtain the maiden name of Ira's widow, an aged lady now residing at Loveland Station; but I know she is good and kind, for she fed me on luscious peaches the last time I saw her. It is one of my tender spots to regard kindly those that feed me well.
The children of Ira and the good widow, if I have got them right, are Royal, an insurance man in Alliance; Aaron of our village, Scott the gardener also a citizen of Loveland; Eben lives in the state of Alabama; Emma married to a Miller; Martha to Mr. Cochel; Nancy stays at home and cares for her mother; Laura M., the remaining daughter of Deacon Aaron Collar, married our fellow-citizen and humorist, S.S. Ferrell. One of their daughters, Laura by name, is the wife of Orange Fales. Ida, another daughter, married a Virginian who is working up a bonanza in the shape of an intricate machine that not only makes a cigarette but counts every one made with unerring certainty.
We have referred, briefly as possible, to the generations of the Collar family descending from the original Aaron. We cannot follow further. We hope the family will take good care of the name Aaron and not suffer it to be lost in the future."
Husband of
1. Minerva nee MERWIN – m. 1816
2. Nancy nee HUNT – m. 1822
Son of Aaron and Levina Weeks Collar
B. 5 July 1790 in Marlboro, Middlesex Co. MA
D. 8 Nov 1877 in Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
at 87y 4m 4d
Burial – Nov 1877 in Canfield Village Cemetery, Section B Row 04, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
Note: War of 1812 - fife major, Inf, Col. Rayen, 3rd Reg, OH Militia
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 16 Nov 1877
"Died – At the residence of his son-in-law Mr. Sylvenus Ferrel, in Canfield, Nov. 9th, 1877, Mr. Aaron Collar, in the 88th year of his age. The deceased was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, July 5th, 1790. He was the second son of a family of six children, two of whom – Ammiel and Harvey W., - are still living, and are at present respected citizens of Trumbull county. When twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Canfield, where they arrived in the spring of 1802, and settled on a farm two miles east of the center. Here he spent his early years battling with the hardships incident of pioneer life and in the enjoyment of such educational privileges as the country then furnished. During this time but little concerning him is known by the writer, save that he sustained a good character, and in 1812 enlisted in the army and spent some time in the service of the country, so that at the time of his death he was one of the few surviving patriots of that early period. In 1816 he married Miss Minerva Merwin, who became the mother of three children, one of whom (Ira Augustine) is still living – some time after the death of his first beloved selecting for his companion, Miss Nancy Hunt, daughter of the late rev. Thos. Hunt of Richmond, Ohio. Thus was a long and interesting union, continuing through 40 years and terminating in the death of the second wife in 1853, by which event he was left in his old age to the society and care of his children. Since then he has lived with his daughter and son-in-law, at the old homestead south-east of the center.
Blessed with a strong constitution he has enjoyed excellent health though most of his age have confined him to his home and unfreed him for the active duties of life. There infirmities gradually increasing, he was at length confined to his bed where, after a brief illness, he passed calmly way. Thus another old resident has been removed, one who was widely and favorably known and we believe, the oldest male resident in the township. He was a man who sought to acquit himself honorably in all various relations he sustained in life. As a neighbor, he was kind and obliging, as a husband and father, affectionate and considerate, and a member and officer in the Church, of which he has been a member for 56 years, he was faithful and punctual in his attendance as long as health and hearing permitted, and up to within a few months of his death he, manifested great pleasure in the visits of members and other Christian friends, and delighted to converse on the subject of religion. He exercised strong faith in Christ and for months before his death he expressed a willingness and even a desire to depart. He was the father of 8 children, 40 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, some 57 or 58 of whom are still living so that he appeared as an aged Patriarch removed from the midst of a numerous household, and many will miss him, but they mourn not without hope. As an aged Pilgrim, he has ended his journey and the Master has called him home. Canfield Nov. 14, 1877"
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 25 June 1897, Article No. 23, by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Re: Excerpt from the Aaron Collar Family
"----the sons Amiel and Harvey removed in early life to Mesopotamia and both are dead; leaving only the son, Aaron, to perpetuate the name in Canfield. He was born in Massachusetts in 1790. In 1816 he married for his first wife Minerva Merwin.
A side remark will not be out of place. The Merwin family was prolific in furnishing talented, good looking and influential daughters. One of them was Mrs. Josiah Beardsley, for many years a resident of Boardman. Both husband and wife repose in our village cemetery. A few old Methodist people still live to join with me in attesting the fact that Mrs. Josiah Beardsley was a woman of remarkable ability and power. Wherever she attended religious meetings she was uniformly expected or invited to take a part, and I am very safe in saying that but few ministers or laymen could speak or pray more to the edification of the people than "Sister Beardsley." Another of these sisters became the wife of the well-known Rev. Billings O. Plympton, a man of power and influence in his day. It is fair to assume that Mrs. Aaron Collar was also a gifted woman. After the marriage Mr. Collar continued to occupy all or a portion of his father's farm. He burned the brick and built of them the two-story dwelling that stood on the place, and was for many years a conspicuous land mark. When he left this place he took an interest in the carding and fulling mill and other industries located on the Dunning hill. He afterward purchased the saw mill proper on Crane St. where he resided for many years and where he died, Nov. 8th, 1877, in his 87th year.
His mother, Lavina, was one of the original nine who first organized the Congregational Church in 1804. The son Aaron united with the same church in 1821 and immediately became one of the active and leading members of that society. When the church afterwards separated he went with the Presbyterian portion and faithfully served that church as one of its officers and was uniformly called and known by everyone as "Deacon Collar." It should not be overlooked that in the war of 1812 he was found in the ranks as fife major. In August 1822 his wife Minerva died of consumption. She was the mother of Ira, Lavina and Mary, the latter died in infancy. Lavina became the wife of our late undertaker, Ashbel G. Arnold.
In December, 1822, Mr. Collar married for his second wife Nancy Hunt, a daughter of Rev. Thomas Hunt, a Presbyterian clergyman, by whom the following were born: Thomas H., Charles F., Aaron R. and William H. Collar. Thomas has since died in Michigan. Charles F. lives in Coalburg, Trumbull county, and Wm. H. in Bellville, Ill. Mary died when young.
The descendants of Aaron Collar senior and junior, so far as our vicinity is concerned, are confined to Ira and Laura and their descendants.
Many of our citizens remember Ira as a good, orderly, industrious man who lived for many years on a farm on South Street. I neglected to obtain the maiden name of Ira's widow, an aged lady now residing at Loveland Station; but I know she is good and kind, for she fed me on luscious peaches the last time I saw her. It is one of my tender spots to regard kindly those that feed me well.
The children of Ira and the good widow, if I have got them right, are Royal, an insurance man in Alliance; Aaron of our village, Scott the gardener also a citizen of Loveland; Eben lives in the state of Alabama; Emma married to a Miller; Martha to Mr. Cochel; Nancy stays at home and cares for her mother; Laura M., the remaining daughter of Deacon Aaron Collar, married our fellow-citizen and humorist, S.S. Ferrell. One of their daughters, Laura by name, is the wife of Orange Fales. Ida, another daughter, married a Virginian who is working up a bonanza in the shape of an intricate machine that not only makes a cigarette but counts every one made with unerring certainty.
We have referred, briefly as possible, to the generations of the Collar family descending from the original Aaron. We cannot follow further. We hope the family will take good care of the name Aaron and not suffer it to be lost in the future."
COLLAR, Aaron
Husband of
1. Minerva nee MERWIN – m. 1816
2. Nancy nee HUNT – m. 1822
Son of Aaron and Levina Weeks Collar
B. 5 July 1790 in Marlboro, Middlesex Co. MA
D. 8 Nov 1877 in Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
at 87y 4m 4d
Burial – Nov 1877 in Canfield Village Cemetery, Section B Row 04, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
Note: War of 1812 - fife major, Inf, Col. Rayen, 3rd Reg, OH Militia
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 16 Nov 1877
"Died – At the residence of his son-in-law Mr. Sylvenus Ferrel, in Canfield, Nov. 9th, 1877, Mr. Aaron Collar, in the 88th year of his age. The deceased was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, July 5th, 1790. He was the second son of a family of six children, two of whom – Ammiel and Harvey W., - are still living, and are at present respected citizens of Trumbull county. When twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Canfield, where they arrived in the spring of 1802, and settled on a farm two miles east of the center. Here he spent his early years battling with the hardships incident of pioneer life and in the enjoyment of such educational privileges as the country then furnished. During this time but little concerning him is known by the writer, save that he sustained a good character, and in 1812 enlisted in the army and spent some time in the service of the country, so that at the time of his death he was one of the few surviving patriots of that early period. In 1816 he married Miss Minerva Merwin, who became the mother of three children, one of whom (Ira Augustine) is still living – some time after the death of his first beloved selecting for his companion, Miss Nancy Hunt, daughter of the late rev. Thos. Hunt of Richmond, Ohio. Thus was a long and interesting union, continuing through 40 years and terminating in the death of the second wife in 1853, by which event he was left in his old age to the society and care of his children. Since then he has lived with his daughter and son-in-law, at the old homestead south-east of the center.
Blessed with a strong constitution he has enjoyed excellent health though most of his age have confined him to his home and unfreed him for the active duties of life. There infirmities gradually increasing, he was at length confined to his bed where, after a brief illness, he passed calmly way. Thus another old resident has been removed, one who was widely and favorably known and we believe, the oldest male resident in the township. He was a man who sought to acquit himself honorably in all various relations he sustained in life. As a neighbor, he was kind and obliging, as a husband and father, affectionate and considerate, and a member and officer in the Church, of which he has been a member for 56 years, he was faithful and punctual in his attendance as long as health and hearing permitted, and up to within a few months of his death he, manifested great pleasure in the visits of members and other Christian friends, and delighted to converse on the subject of religion. He exercised strong faith in Christ and for months before his death he expressed a willingness and even a desire to depart. He was the father of 8 children, 40 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, some 57 or 58 of whom are still living so that he appeared as an aged Patriarch removed from the midst of a numerous household, and many will miss him, but they mourn not without hope. As an aged Pilgrim, he has ended his journey and the Master has called him home. Canfield Nov. 14, 1877"
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 25 June 1897, Article No. 23, by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Re: Excerpt from the Aaron Collar Family
"----the sons Amiel and Harvey removed in early life to Mesopotamia and both are dead; leaving only the son, Aaron, to perpetuate the name in Canfield. He was born in Massachusetts in 1790. In 1816 he married for his first wife Minerva Merwin.
A side remark will not be out of place. The Merwin family was prolific in furnishing talented, good looking and influential daughters. One of them was Mrs. Josiah Beardsley, for many years a resident of Boardman. Both husband and wife repose in our village cemetery. A few old Methodist people still live to join with me in attesting the fact that Mrs. Josiah Beardsley was a woman of remarkable ability and power. Wherever she attended religious meetings she was uniformly expected or invited to take a part, and I am very safe in saying that but few ministers or laymen could speak or pray more to the edification of the people than "Sister Beardsley." Another of these sisters became the wife of the well-known Rev. Billings O. Plympton, a man of power and influence in his day. It is fair to assume that Mrs. Aaron Collar was also a gifted woman. After the marriage Mr. Collar continued to occupy all or a portion of his father's farm. He burned the brick and built of them the two-story dwelling that stood on the place, and was for many years a conspicuous land mark. When he left this place he took an interest in the carding and fulling mill and other industries located on the Dunning hill. He afterward purchased the saw mill proper on Crane St. where he resided for many years and where he died, Nov. 8th, 1877, in his 87th year.
His mother, Lavina, was one of the original nine who first organized the Congregational Church in 1804. The son Aaron united with the same church in 1821 and immediately became one of the active and leading members of that society. When the church afterwards separated he went with the Presbyterian portion and faithfully served that church as one of its officers and was uniformly called and known by everyone as "Deacon Collar." It should not be overlooked that in the war of 1812 he was found in the ranks as fife major. In August 1822 his wife Minerva died of consumption. She was the mother of Ira, Lavina and Mary, the latter died in infancy. Lavina became the wife of our late undertaker, Ashbel G. Arnold.
In December, 1822, Mr. Collar married for his second wife Nancy Hunt, a daughter of Rev. Thomas Hunt, a Presbyterian clergyman, by whom the following were born: Thomas H., Charles F., Aaron R. and William H. Collar. Thomas has since died in Michigan. Charles F. lives in Coalburg, Trumbull county, and Wm. H. in Bellville, Ill. Mary died when young.
The descendants of Aaron Collar senior and junior, so far as our vicinity is concerned, are confined to Ira and Laura and their descendants.
Many of our citizens remember Ira as a good, orderly, industrious man who lived for many years on a farm on South Street. I neglected to obtain the maiden name of Ira's widow, an aged lady now residing at Loveland Station; but I know she is good and kind, for she fed me on luscious peaches the last time I saw her. It is one of my tender spots to regard kindly those that feed me well.
The children of Ira and the good widow, if I have got them right, are Royal, an insurance man in Alliance; Aaron of our village, Scott the gardener also a citizen of Loveland; Eben lives in the state of Alabama; Emma married to a Miller; Martha to Mr. Cochel; Nancy stays at home and cares for her mother; Laura M., the remaining daughter of Deacon Aaron Collar, married our fellow-citizen and humorist, S.S. Ferrell. One of their daughters, Laura by name, is the wife of Orange Fales. Ida, another daughter, married a Virginian who is working up a bonanza in the shape of an intricate machine that not only makes a cigarette but counts every one made with unerring certainty.
We have referred, briefly as possible, to the generations of the Collar family descending from the original Aaron. We cannot follow further. We hope the family will take good care of the name Aaron and not suffer it to be lost in the future."
Husband of
1. Minerva nee MERWIN – m. 1816
2. Nancy nee HUNT – m. 1822
Son of Aaron and Levina Weeks Collar
B. 5 July 1790 in Marlboro, Middlesex Co. MA
D. 8 Nov 1877 in Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
at 87y 4m 4d
Burial – Nov 1877 in Canfield Village Cemetery, Section B Row 04, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
Note: War of 1812 - fife major, Inf, Col. Rayen, 3rd Reg, OH Militia
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 16 Nov 1877
"Died – At the residence of his son-in-law Mr. Sylvenus Ferrel, in Canfield, Nov. 9th, 1877, Mr. Aaron Collar, in the 88th year of his age. The deceased was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, July 5th, 1790. He was the second son of a family of six children, two of whom – Ammiel and Harvey W., - are still living, and are at present respected citizens of Trumbull county. When twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Canfield, where they arrived in the spring of 1802, and settled on a farm two miles east of the center. Here he spent his early years battling with the hardships incident of pioneer life and in the enjoyment of such educational privileges as the country then furnished. During this time but little concerning him is known by the writer, save that he sustained a good character, and in 1812 enlisted in the army and spent some time in the service of the country, so that at the time of his death he was one of the few surviving patriots of that early period. In 1816 he married Miss Minerva Merwin, who became the mother of three children, one of whom (Ira Augustine) is still living – some time after the death of his first beloved selecting for his companion, Miss Nancy Hunt, daughter of the late rev. Thos. Hunt of Richmond, Ohio. Thus was a long and interesting union, continuing through 40 years and terminating in the death of the second wife in 1853, by which event he was left in his old age to the society and care of his children. Since then he has lived with his daughter and son-in-law, at the old homestead south-east of the center.
Blessed with a strong constitution he has enjoyed excellent health though most of his age have confined him to his home and unfreed him for the active duties of life. There infirmities gradually increasing, he was at length confined to his bed where, after a brief illness, he passed calmly way. Thus another old resident has been removed, one who was widely and favorably known and we believe, the oldest male resident in the township. He was a man who sought to acquit himself honorably in all various relations he sustained in life. As a neighbor, he was kind and obliging, as a husband and father, affectionate and considerate, and a member and officer in the Church, of which he has been a member for 56 years, he was faithful and punctual in his attendance as long as health and hearing permitted, and up to within a few months of his death he, manifested great pleasure in the visits of members and other Christian friends, and delighted to converse on the subject of religion. He exercised strong faith in Christ and for months before his death he expressed a willingness and even a desire to depart. He was the father of 8 children, 40 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, some 57 or 58 of whom are still living so that he appeared as an aged Patriarch removed from the midst of a numerous household, and many will miss him, but they mourn not without hope. As an aged Pilgrim, he has ended his journey and the Master has called him home. Canfield Nov. 14, 1877"
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 25 June 1897, Article No. 23, by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Re: Excerpt from the Aaron Collar Family
"----the sons Amiel and Harvey removed in early life to Mesopotamia and both are dead; leaving only the son, Aaron, to perpetuate the name in Canfield. He was born in Massachusetts in 1790. In 1816 he married for his first wife Minerva Merwin.
A side remark will not be out of place. The Merwin family was prolific in furnishing talented, good looking and influential daughters. One of them was Mrs. Josiah Beardsley, for many years a resident of Boardman. Both husband and wife repose in our village cemetery. A few old Methodist people still live to join with me in attesting the fact that Mrs. Josiah Beardsley was a woman of remarkable ability and power. Wherever she attended religious meetings she was uniformly expected or invited to take a part, and I am very safe in saying that but few ministers or laymen could speak or pray more to the edification of the people than "Sister Beardsley." Another of these sisters became the wife of the well-known Rev. Billings O. Plympton, a man of power and influence in his day. It is fair to assume that Mrs. Aaron Collar was also a gifted woman. After the marriage Mr. Collar continued to occupy all or a portion of his father's farm. He burned the brick and built of them the two-story dwelling that stood on the place, and was for many years a conspicuous land mark. When he left this place he took an interest in the carding and fulling mill and other industries located on the Dunning hill. He afterward purchased the saw mill proper on Crane St. where he resided for many years and where he died, Nov. 8th, 1877, in his 87th year.
His mother, Lavina, was one of the original nine who first organized the Congregational Church in 1804. The son Aaron united with the same church in 1821 and immediately became one of the active and leading members of that society. When the church afterwards separated he went with the Presbyterian portion and faithfully served that church as one of its officers and was uniformly called and known by everyone as "Deacon Collar." It should not be overlooked that in the war of 1812 he was found in the ranks as fife major. In August 1822 his wife Minerva died of consumption. She was the mother of Ira, Lavina and Mary, the latter died in infancy. Lavina became the wife of our late undertaker, Ashbel G. Arnold.
In December, 1822, Mr. Collar married for his second wife Nancy Hunt, a daughter of Rev. Thomas Hunt, a Presbyterian clergyman, by whom the following were born: Thomas H., Charles F., Aaron R. and William H. Collar. Thomas has since died in Michigan. Charles F. lives in Coalburg, Trumbull county, and Wm. H. in Bellville, Ill. Mary died when young.
The descendants of Aaron Collar senior and junior, so far as our vicinity is concerned, are confined to Ira and Laura and their descendants.
Many of our citizens remember Ira as a good, orderly, industrious man who lived for many years on a farm on South Street. I neglected to obtain the maiden name of Ira's widow, an aged lady now residing at Loveland Station; but I know she is good and kind, for she fed me on luscious peaches the last time I saw her. It is one of my tender spots to regard kindly those that feed me well.
The children of Ira and the good widow, if I have got them right, are Royal, an insurance man in Alliance; Aaron of our village, Scott the gardener also a citizen of Loveland; Eben lives in the state of Alabama; Emma married to a Miller; Martha to Mr. Cochel; Nancy stays at home and cares for her mother; Laura M., the remaining daughter of Deacon Aaron Collar, married our fellow-citizen and humorist, S.S. Ferrell. One of their daughters, Laura by name, is the wife of Orange Fales. Ida, another daughter, married a Virginian who is working up a bonanza in the shape of an intricate machine that not only makes a cigarette but counts every one made with unerring certainty.
We have referred, briefly as possible, to the generations of the Collar family descending from the original Aaron. We cannot follow further. We hope the family will take good care of the name Aaron and not suffer it to be lost in the future."
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