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id 245 lastname Collins firstname Phidelio sex m birth_date 1813.08.06 birth_place Schuyler's Lake, Otsego Co., NY date_admitted 1834.12.08 covenant_signed Hancock c1820, 1829, 1831, 1834, 1843, 1846, 1850, 1854-1855, 1860, 1864-1865, 1870, 1880, 1884. shaker_residences Seed peddler, 1850. Superintended preparing & putting up seed, 1854. Gardener, 1855 census. 2d Elder in Hancock Ministry, 1860. Farmer 1865 & 1870 censuses. Elder, 1880 census. Mechanic, 1884. health Son of Benjamin and Betsey, HTR, Brewer. Names, Ages & Birth Places, OClWHi.III:A-8. Came to family age 7 [ca. 1820], brother of Polly, MPH.8000 p207-8. Hancock Chh 2d Order 1829.08.30, OClWHi.III:B-42. Assigned place in meeting, Hancock Chh Family, 1831.11.20, MPH.1784. Signed covenant 1834.12.08, NOC.13,602, p48. Signed Sacred Roll 1843.04.20, OClWHi.III:A-17. Res Hancock 1846.09.25, OClWHi.V:B-36, p61. 1850 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Joseph Patten family 121: age 37, born NY. Started on seed route with Humphrey Smith, 1850.10.21, returned 1850.11.19, DeWint.851. 'Phidelio has many journeys to perform in the fall besides the general superintendence of preparing and putting up the seeds,' Thomas Damon letter to Ministry, 1854.08.01, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Visited eastern societies 1854.08.00, MPH.8000 p113. 1855 MA census, Hancock family 24 (Chh Family): age 42, gardener, born NY. 1860 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Simon Mabee family 2215: 2d Elder, age 47, born NY. Named 2nd Elder in Hancock bishopric Ministry, 1860.10.07, NOC.TDM. 1st Elder 1864.04.05, MPH.8000 p1-2. 1865 MA census, Hancock family 161: age 51, born NY, farmer. 1870 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 96: age 56, farmer, $400 real estate, born NY. 1880 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 100 (Phidelio Collins family): age 66, Elder, born NY. Obituary in Manifesto. 'Our beloved Elder Phidileo ... departed this life Apr 11th Aged 70 yrs. he was confined mostly to his room, eight weeks previous to his death had been feeble for several months, He was attended by Dr Verrnylle of Pittsfield and one of the best Physicians about here, at first is appeared like dyspepsia and then tumor or cancer in the stomach, it was difficult to determine what it was,' Lucy J. Osborn letter to Groveland 1884.05.04, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Died age 70 with 'universal love and respect,' MPH.8000 p207-8. Died 1884.04.11, age 70y 8m 5d, buried west Pittsfield cemetery, MPB.HVR-13, p72. Birthplace unknown, son of Benjamin & Betsey Collins; mechanic; died of general debility at the west Pittsfield Shakers Apr 11, 1884, Hancock MVR. occupation 1884.04.11 departure_apostasy Hancock notes Dyspepsia, then stomach tumor or cancer, 1884.05.04, OClWHi.IV:A-20. General debility, MVR. death_date MPH.8000 p207-8.
Village:Hancock, MA Source:sqtrlyobits:157Search: Full Last First
ID 157 FULLNAME Collins, Phidelio ISSUE tm1406 DETAILS Elder Phidelio Collins, Apr. 11, at Church Family Hancock, Mass. Age 70 yrs. 8 mo. and 25 days. He was received into the family at the age of seven years. His life has been one of faithfulness and Christian kindness, which gave him universal love and respect. His death is a sad loss to the family and Society. I. L.
AGE 70y. 8m. 25d. DEATHDATE 1884-04-11 VILLAGE Hancock, MA FirstNAME PHIDELIO LastNAME COLLINS PAGE 6:84