Collins, Ela
lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 14, 1786, in Meriden, Conn.
He was for twenty years district attorney, displaying ability as an advocate, and during the latter part of his life devoted much attention to farming. He commanded a regiment of militia near Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., in 1814; represented Lewis county in the legislature of the state, and in 1821 was a member of the state constitutional convention. He was in congress from New York from 1823 to 1825. He died Nov. 23, 1848, in Lowville, Conn.