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Longtime Logan resident James Collings Jr history noted
A lengthy obituary recalls James Collings Jr a Logan Cache Valley pioneer born in Deptford England in 1645 and his descendants. It details his family voyage to America in 1854 via ship and overland migration to Paris and Logan Utah his work as a farmer rancher mail carrier and ferry operator and his role in local church leadership. He married Francis Pheebe Rich in 1874 and raised eleven children. He endured hard years including winter journeys and illness before passing in November 1930.
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Deptford
Kent
England
James
America
Colm
Mnid-Ocean
Brooklyn
Tom's River
New _ Jersey
Joseph Brown
St. Loui
Johnston
Louis
Utah
Plains
Missolat River
Joseph
Brown
Jesse, Murphy? Co
Gall Lake Valley
Brigham Young
Logan
Cache Valey
Bear Lake Valley
Idaho
Collings
Paris
Franklin
Paris Canyon
Bloomington Canyon
Bear River
Sage Creek
James Collings Jr
Francis Pheebe Rich
Apochte Charles C. Rich
S.M. Rich
Evanston
Coop
Pals Hirst
Tear Lake
A. Gane