Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2012, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of the Great Lakes Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899 Page 32 CAPTAIN GEORGE COLLINS, son of Cap- tain Thomas Collins, was born in Sacket's Harborn, N.Y., in 1838. He was seven- teen years of age when he commenced sail- ing with his father, and he followed the water until his death. Among the vessels sailed by him were the Walter Oades, three seasons; the Adventurer, three seasons; and the Wyandotte, one season. He entered the United States army shortly after the breaking out of the Civil war, and after a year was transferred to the navy, where he served three years. He was carpenter on the frigate Iroquois, while she was follow- ing the Confederate cruiser Alabama, and at the time peace was declared was in Chi- nese waters, so that he did not receive his discharge until the war had been over six months. In 1865 he married Miss Dora Kelsey, of Clayton, N.Y. They have one daugh- ter, Clara, who is now married and lives in Detroit. Captain Collins suffered a tragic death. He was sailing an ice-boat on the St. Law- rence river, and while moving at a speed greater than a mile a minute, his boat be- came unmanageable and ran into a dock. Perceiving that a collision was unavoidable, Captain Collins slipped off the yacht to the ice, but this move did not perceptibly check his speed, and he struck the ice-bound dock with terrific force, being thrown full twen- ty feet into the air. His widow did not long survive his death. ===========================================================================