Proceedings of the Mid-Winter Meeting and of the Annual Session (Volume 9) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888. Excerpt: ... Memorial of Frarxcis Gollirxs. (EXTRACT FROM SECRETARY'S REPORT.) The chairman of the Committee on Legal Biography, at our last meeting, committed me to the work of preparing a memorial of Francis Collins. Protracted illness and a recent death in the household of his widow have ever since precluded intrusion into his late home for conference and investigation necessary to a proper sketch, and I therefore bring you little more than an apology instead of a formal memorial. Francis Collins, I may say, however--speaking from memory alone--was a native of western New York--Lowville--his father, Eba Collins, being one of its leading lawyers. He was educated at West Point and entered the army as a Lieutenant just after the termination of the Florida war. He served through the Mexican war--was severely wounded in the battle of Cherubusco. After the close of the war with Mexico he resigned his commission as 1st Lieutenant and entered the office of his brother, Judge Isaac C. Collins, of Cincinnati. His military history as recorded in the Army Register is as follows: Born in New York; appointed from New York; admitted to West Point 1841; Brevet 2d Lieutenant 4th Artillery July 1, 1845; 2d Lieutenant August 18, 1846; 1st Lieutenant September 13, 1847; resigned December II, 1850. Brevet rank: Brevet 1st Lieutenant August 20, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct at Contreras and Cherubusco. Upon admission to the bar he settled for a short time in Dayton and having married Helen, one of the daughters of Hon. Alfred Kelley, he removed to Columbus, where he practiced his second profession from about 1851 until 1873, when his health failed. That failure was, perhaps, an outgrowth of seed remaining from a struggle with yellow fever during his army life. With his wife ...