Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Sylvester Collins    
                Born: 1853                  1,2
                Died: 1952                  1
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880                 in Ritchie Co, WV  4
          Occupation:                      farmer  4
              Mother: Margaret ___ 
                Wife: Cynthia Jane Bee   5  
         Census name: Cynthia J. Bee 
             Married: Nov- 6-1875          in Ritchie Co, WV  2
                Born: Jan-25-1853           6,1
                Died: Jul-19-1939          in Ritchie Co, WV  7,1
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880                 in Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: John Nelson Bee   (1827 - 1921) 
              Mother: Perdilla Bland   (1830 - 1917) 
           M Child 1: Creed B. Collins      
         Census name: Crede Collins 
                Born: Mar-15-1877          in Ritchie Co, WV  8,9,1,10
                Died: Jan-28-1947          in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  8,1
              Buried:                      in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  8
              Census: 1910, 1930           in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  
             Resided: 1902                 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  10
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Ritchie Co, WV  4
          Occupation: 1930                 superintendent at U.S. Post Office  11
          Occupation: 1910                 mail clerk for railroad  12
                Wife: Nellie Ann Kelley  b. Mar- 4-1878  d. Feb- 4-1967  
             Married: Nov-15-1902          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  10
           F Child 2: Lola G. Collins      
                Born: 1878                  1,4
                Died: 1949                  1
              Buried:                      in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880                 in Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Husband: Creed McClellan Cox  b. Jan- 4-1877  d. Jun-23-1943  
             Married: May-24-1903          in Ritchie Co, WV  13
           F Child 3: Avah Dale Collins      
         Census name: Ava D. Collins 
                Born: Feb-  -1880           4,1
                Died: 1961                  1
              Buried:                      in Elmwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH  8
              Census: 1880                 in Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Husband: John M. Dennison  b. 1879  d. 1946  
           F Child 4: Nellie B. Collins      
       Also known as: Nell Collins 14,15
                Born: 1894                  1
                Died: 1985                  1
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  8
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV  16
             Husband: Jess Morton Kelley  b. Mar-15-1882  d. Apr- 3-1961  
         Census name: Morton Kelley 
             Married: Dec-16-1911          in Ritchie Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Headstone (year only) 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV. 
(5) Death record of wife. 
(6) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(7) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) 
(8) Findagrave.com. 
(9) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(11) 1930 Census, Marion County, WV. 
(12) 1910 Census, Marion County, WV. 
(13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as C. 
M. Cox, 26, of Ritchie Co; and Lola Collins, 24, of Ritchie Co.  Married May 24 
1903. 
(14) Marriage record of daughter. 
(15) Headstone. 
(16) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 







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