John Brace Coller (1829 - 1911)

Born 1829 in Hopewell, Ontario, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 1 Nov 1911 at about age 82 in Blue Mound Township, Livingston, Missouri, United States

Biography

The son of Lewis Coller and Martha (Parker) Coller, John Coller was born in Hopewell Township, New York around 1829.^{[citation needed]} He lived there with his family.^[1]

Samuel spent some time in Michigan, where one of his brothers had settled. There, he married Miranda Kitteredge (1824-1899), the daughter of Dr. William Thomas Kitteredge and Nancy Gorton, marrying in Ypsilanti, Michigan on April 10, 1853.^[2] John Coller is thought to have fought during the American Civil War, possibly achieving the rank of Captain.

After the war, John and his family migrated further west to Missouri, settling in Blue Mound Township, where he farmed. In 1870, his household included his widowed father-in-law, William Kitteredge, a physician, his brother-in-law, John H. Kitteredte, age 25, and his nephew, William Coller, age 25.^[3] John and Miranda adopted two daughters, Clara B. and Cora F. Harding, both born in Ohio,^{[citation needed]} both of whom lived in their household in 1880.^[4][5]

His wife passed away in 1899; in 1900, John lived alone in Blue Mount Township, working at the age of 71 as a general insurance agent.^[6] John Coller passed away in Blue Mound, Missouri at the age of 82^{[citation needed]} and is buried at Collar Cemetery in Dawn, Missouri.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCBY-BPP : 23 December 2020), John Collar in household of Lewis Collar, Hopewell, Ontario, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZM7-4XX : 18 February 2021), John Collar, 1853.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46N-1QS : 29 May 2021), John Collar, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6X2-J1R : 14 January 2022), John Collar, Blue Mound, Livingston, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K83S-F2M : 8 March 2021), John Collar, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,192.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3ZV-48Z : 10 March 2022), John Collar, 1900.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV2-Q4WW : 6 August 2020), John Collar, ; Burial, Dawn, Livingston, Missouri, United States of America, Collar Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #23162460