Background
Collins, Cornelius Van Santvoord was born on June 20, 1856 in Greenwich, New York, United States. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Vallance) Collins.
Collins, Cornelius Van Santvoord was born on June 20, 1856 in Greenwich, New York, United States. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Vallance) Collins.
Educational public schools.
Dry goods merchant, Troy, 1877-1898. Police commissioner, Troy, 1888-1890. Sheriff Rensselaer County, New York, 1905-1908.
Superintendent state prisons of New York, 1898-1911.
Member Republican State Central Committee, 24 years. Postmaster of Troy, since 1923.
Member Republican State Central Committee, 24 years.
Married Ida South. Salmson, 1879.