(P. 575) M.V. PLANK, b. Lewis Co, NY, November 1823, son of Henry Plank and Margaret C. (Vaningen) Plank; Margaret the daughter of Joseph Vaningen, a native of Holland. M.V. Plank married October 1846 in Lewis Co, NY to Miss H.A. Witherbee, daughter of David and Eliza (St. Clair) Witherbee; they have six children: Zelia Eliza with of David Vanalstine of Belknap Twp; W.J. of Cora Valley, Oregon; Hattie wife of George L. Boals of Dakota Co, Nebraska; Ida Belle and Ada N., twins, the former wife of J.A. Fletcher of Colorado and the latter the wife of Marion Barton, Pottawattamie County, Iowa; Iona L. wife of B.S. Leader of Balknap. Mrs M.V. Plank is an ordained minister of the Adventist Church and has prached in Sioux City, Yankton and Omaha. (P. 476) NATHAN SMITH COLLINS, b. Vermont, October 1858, son of Alfred and Cordelia (Smith) Collins, natives of Vermont. Alfred had six children by his first wife, five living, viz.: Mary A. Wall of Montgomery Co, Iowa; Stukely Alden Collins of Omaha, Nebraska; Edith Cordelia DeVoss of Arkansas; Gertrude E. Simpson of Denver; and Nathan Smith Collins. His second wife was Harriet A. Wickware. Nathan Smith Collins, our subject, was married February 1883 in Iowa to Emma Hulbert, daughter or Orlando and Charlotte (Bliss) Hulbert, natives of Vermont and now residents of Wayne Co, Nebraska. Mr and Mrs Collins have 3 children: Mary Emma, Valma Belle and Frank Huber. (P. 577) CHARLES S. PRICE, proprietor of Pleasant Ridge stock farm, b. Pennsylvania in 1850, son of Martin and Melinda (Williams) Price, Virginians. Charles Price is a pioneer in the introduction of Percheron horses in the county and has spent much time and money to obtain the best specimens to be found. One of the best horses in Western Iowa is his "Metayer," foaled in 1884 and imported in 1886; weight 1,800 pounds. He took the first premium as a 3-year-old at the Nebraska State Fair in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1888. Mr Price married in 1875 to Miss Marion, daughter of James Perks of Macedonia Township.