Isaac Clinton Collins

Isaac Clinton Collins (January 2, 1824 – July 30, 1879) was an American judge and politician. Collins, son of

Ela Collins Ela Collins (February 14, 1786 – November 23, 1848) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life Collins was born on February 14, 1786 in Meriden, Connecticut, the son of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 militia veteran Ge ...

, was born in Lowville, N. Y., January 2, 1824. His mother was Maria, daughter of the Rev. Isaac Clinton. He graduated from

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in 1846. After graduation he read law in New York for a year, and in 1848, settled in

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, Ohio, where he was admitted to the bar a year later. He continued in successful practice there until his death, except during two years service as Judge of the

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. He also served for two years as a member of the

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, and was otherwise prominent in political affairs in connection with the

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. He died suddenly at his home in Cincinnati, July 30, 1879, of heart disease, at the age of 55. Judge Collins was married, February 3, 1852, to Emily H. Ruth, formerly of Baltimore. She survived him with six children. {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Isaac Clinton 1824 births 1879 deaths People from Lowville, New York Yale College alumni Ohio lawyers Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers