Josiah Collins (North Carolina politician)
Josiah Collins (1807–1863) was a North Carolina lawyer and politician.
He was the son of Josiah Collins, a wealthy planter of Edenton, North Carolina, was born at that place in 1807.
He graduated from Yale College in 1826. After leaving college, he entered the Litchfield Law School and qualified himself for the profession of the Law. He was a man of mark in the neighborhood of his residence at Edenton, taking an active interest in political affairs, and serving several years as a member of the North Carolina Senate. He died in the latter part of 1863, aged 56 years.
In 1829, he married Miss Riggs, of New Jersey.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.