History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 649.
[Harrison County]   [Cynthiana City and Precinct]

R. M. COLLIER, County Sheriff, P. O. Cynthiana; is one of Harrison
County's self-made men.  He is the grandson of William Collier, and son
of Robert and Catharine (Moore) Collier, the latter daughter of William
Moore, of Harrison County.  The father of R. M. was raised in Nicholas
County, Ky., and devoted his life to farming.  He died in Springfield,
Ohio, in 1849, leaving a family of five children, of whom our subject was
the second eldest, and born Oct. 18, 1844.  At the age of sixteen years
Mr. Collier entered the Confederate army; was with Humphrey Marshall and
Col. E. F. Clay's regiment; and spent ten months of his services as a
prisoner of war in Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind.  Returning from the
army, he engaged in farming.  In 1870 he was elected assessor of Harrison
County, which office he now holds.  Mr. Collier was married in June of
1874, to Miss Eliza Ewalt, daughter of John H. Ewalt.  Two children have
been born to them: Thomas A. and William M.  Mrs. Collier is a member of
the Christian Church, and he is member of the order of A. F. and A. M.,
in which order he is a Sir Knight.

Collier Moore Ewalt
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Nicholas-KY OH

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