LYDIA CRANDALL COLLINS WAS THE SISTER OF JUDGE RODOLF CRANDALL OF HILLSBORO,OR AND THE WIFE OF ALVIN MONTGOMERY COLLINS. SHE HAD 3 CHILDREN, EVALETT COLLINS HOFFMAN WILLIAMS, AND TWINS FRANCES COLLINS RASMUSSEN AND FLORA COLLINS MAGRUDER. SHE WAS MARRIED IN 1852 IN FARMINGTON WI AND LIVED FOR A TIME IN MANKATO MN. THE COLLINS FAMILY INCLUDING HER HUSBANDS PARENTS BROTHERS AND SISTERS CAME WEST BY ONE OF THE LAST WAGON TRAINS BEFORE THE TRAIN SYSTEM BECAME THE CHOICE MODE OF TRAVEL, IN THE YEAR 1870. SHE WAS PART OF THE COMMITTEE WHICH FIRST BEAUTIFIED THE STREETS OF HILLSBORO BY PLANTING TREES BROUGHT BY HER BROTHER AND HUSBAND FROM CA FOR THE PURPOSE. SHE DIED AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS. ALL OF HER BROTHERS SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR EXCEPT ONE.
LYDIA CRANDALL COLLINS WAS THE SISTER OF JUDGE RODOLF CRANDALL OF HILLSBORO,OR AND THE WIFE OF ALVIN MONTGOMERY COLLINS. SHE HAD 3 CHILDREN, EVALETT COLLINS HOFFMAN WILLIAMS, AND TWINS FRANCES COLLINS RASMUSSEN AND FLORA COLLINS MAGRUDER. SHE WAS MARRIED IN 1852 IN FARMINGTON WI AND LIVED FOR A TIME IN MANKATO MN. THE COLLINS FAMILY INCLUDING HER HUSBANDS PARENTS BROTHERS AND SISTERS CAME WEST BY ONE OF THE LAST WAGON TRAINS BEFORE THE TRAIN SYSTEM BECAME THE CHOICE MODE OF TRAVEL, IN THE YEAR 1870. SHE WAS PART OF THE COMMITTEE WHICH FIRST BEAUTIFIED THE STREETS OF HILLSBORO BY PLANTING TREES BROUGHT BY HER BROTHER AND HUSBAND FROM CA FOR THE PURPOSE. SHE DIED AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS. ALL OF HER BROTHERS SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR EXCEPT ONE.
Inscription
Aged 78 years.
The odelisk is actually a foursided memorial marker for Lydia, her husband Avin, and his parents.
Gravesite Details
her headstone says lydia A but census says Lydia jane.
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