He was born at Bayville, south of Pleasant Hill, near Bay Creek.
E. B. Collard was born Oct. 16, 1841, in Pleasant Hill township, this county, and is a son of John J. and Mary E. Collard, deceased, so well-known in the early settlement of Pike county. His father filled the office of County Clerk of Pike county for two terms and filled every county office as deputy, except that of Surveyor. Our subject was raised for the most part on a farm and educated in the common schools; he was married Nov. 25, 1877, to Miss Emily M. Harpole, daughter of L. C. Harpole, of this township. They have one child, Arthur B. Mr. Collard is engaged in the mercantile business at Strout Station, on the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis R. R., and carries a stock of about $1,500, consisting of dry-goods, groceries, boots and shoes, and the general variety usually kept in a first-class store. He is also Agent for the Railroad Company, express agent and Postmaster.
(from one of the history books on Pike county, IL)
E. B. Collard was born Oct. 16, 1841, in Pleasant Hill township, this county, and is a son of John J. and Mary E. Collard, deceased, so well-known in the early settlement of Pike county. His father filled the office of County Clerk of Pike county for two terms and filled every county office as deputy, except that of Surveyor. Our subject was raised for the most part on a farm and educated in the common schools; he was married Nov. 25, 1877, to Miss Emily M. Harpole, daughter of L. C. Harpole, of this township. They have one child, Arthur B. Mr. Collard is engaged in the mercantile business at Strout Station, on the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis R. R., and carries a stock of about $1,500, consisting of dry-goods, groceries, boots and shoes, and the general variety usually kept in a first-class store. He is also Agent for the Railroad Company, express agent and Postmaster.
(from one of the history books on Pike county, IL)
He was born at Bayville, south of Pleasant Hill, near Bay Creek.
E. B. Collard was born Oct. 16, 1841, in Pleasant Hill township, this county, and is a son of John J. and Mary E. Collard, deceased, so well-known in the early settlement of Pike county. His father filled the office of County Clerk of Pike county for two terms and filled every county office as deputy, except that of Surveyor. Our subject was raised for the most part on a farm and educated in the common schools; he was married Nov. 25, 1877, to Miss Emily M. Harpole, daughter of L. C. Harpole, of this township. They have one child, Arthur B. Mr. Collard is engaged in the mercantile business at Strout Station, on the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis R. R., and carries a stock of about $1,500, consisting of dry-goods, groceries, boots and shoes, and the general variety usually kept in a first-class store. He is also Agent for the Railroad Company, express agent and Postmaster.
(from one of the history books on Pike county, IL)
E. B. Collard was born Oct. 16, 1841, in Pleasant Hill township, this county, and is a son of John J. and Mary E. Collard, deceased, so well-known in the early settlement of Pike county. His father filled the office of County Clerk of Pike county for two terms and filled every county office as deputy, except that of Surveyor. Our subject was raised for the most part on a farm and educated in the common schools; he was married Nov. 25, 1877, to Miss Emily M. Harpole, daughter of L. C. Harpole, of this township. They have one child, Arthur B. Mr. Collard is engaged in the mercantile business at Strout Station, on the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis R. R., and carries a stock of about $1,500, consisting of dry-goods, groceries, boots and shoes, and the general variety usually kept in a first-class store. He is also Agent for the Railroad Company, express agent and Postmaster.
(from one of the history books on Pike county, IL)
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