Rev./Dr. William E. Collier, a retired Methodist minister, lawyer, and Civil War surgeon, died in October of 1886 in Fort Myers. His wife, Sarah Holmes Collier, died only two months before. These dates were from the beautiful obituary I received from the church. He had previously been the presiding elder of the Tampa District, and had set up missions with the Seminoles in the Everglades. I have been in communication with both Lee and Monroe counties, since the county name changed in (I think) 1887. I am gathering from the responses I have gotten that any probate or other records were either "caught in the middle" of the change or just lost. Does anyone have an idea of where I might be able to find their burial site? I just have no idea where to write. I am not adverse to paying fair costs for someone who might help. I am just unable to get there myself and search. I have much more info if someone can help me. He sounds like he was quite a guy! I would love to have known him. There may be more family there, as the obit says they were survived by 4 children. I have only 3 in my research. They are Reverends Oscar and Junius Collier, and Lelia Collier Hussey. They are buried in the central Florida area. I have often wondered if they were with a surviving child in Ft. Myers, or vice versa. Thanks, Sydney Cardner (the Sydney is female)