Kalaska Collins

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01

Life

  1. c. 1838
    Born
    Morgan County, Illinois

    Aged 12, born Illinois, in 1850. The county is from the master tree.

  2. 1850
    Lived
    Wells Township, Appanoose County, Iowa

    In his mother's household, as "Calaska", entered as female.

  3. 1862
    Married Margaret King
    24 Aug 1862, Schuyler County, Missouri

    By Richard A. Collins, M.G., the same day as Samuel Swinney and Catharine Collins. FamilySearch's "Mary King" is wrong.

02

Family

Father
Jesse Collins c. 1804–1847
Mother
Mary Reed c. 1804–c. 1852

In 1850 the census entered him as female.

Spouse
Margaret King · married 1862

Identified by the rare name and by place; Schuyler County borders Appanoose.

03

Pedigree

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Notes

Private, Company E, 118th Illinois Infantry, organized at Camp Butler in the fall of 1862, weeks after his wedding; served in the Vicksburg campaign and came home to raise a family. The regiment was a white one.

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