Biography - Henry G. Collinson
HENRY G. COLLINSON. His father, Simon L. Collinson, was a native of England,
and his mother, Mary M. Collinson was born in Pennsylvania. Henry was born in
Lynn township, Knox county, Jan. 4, 1840, where he has a fine farm. He has
always been a farmer by choice; served in the war for the Union three years;
married March 7, 1867, Miss Jannett McKie [the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index
lists a Henry G. Collison marrying a Jennett McKay in Knox County on March 7,
1867], who bore him two sons, neither of whom is living; united with the
Presbyterian Church in 1870. Postoffice, Altona, where he now resides.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County,
Illinois published by Charles C. Chapman.
