Jul-28-2018Husband: Richard Wilson "Dick" Collins Born: Dec- 5-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Jun-18-1920 in Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 4 (see note 2) Buried: in Cascara Cemetery (near Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1910, 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1906 in Harrison Co, WV 3 Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 6 Father: Richard Jasper Collins (1839 - 1897) Mother: Julia Ann Haymond (1843 - )
Wife: Laverna Drusilla Stark Married: Oct-11-1906 at Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Born: Feb-20-1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Died: Jul-11-1971 in Harrison Co, WV 7 Buried: in Cascara Cemetery (near Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1910, 1920, 1940 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Amaziah Stark (1858 - 1898) Mother: Louisa V. Lyons (1861 - ) Notes
M Child 1: Early Wilson Collins Born: 1906 8 Died: 1935 8 Buried: in Cascara Cemetery (near Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1910, 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 2: Jasper Harold "Shorty" Collins Census name: Harold J. Collins Born: Nov-27-1909 at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 9,10 Died: Apr- 7-1989 10,11 Buried: in Cascara Cemetery (near Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 5 Resided: in Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Resided: in Salem, WV 12 Resided: formerly in Garden City, Wayne Co, MI 13 Resided: 1941 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV 14 Census: 1940 in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH Resided: 1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 truck driver (furniture movers) 15 Wife: Gay Shields b. May-25-1913 d. Feb-26-2001 Also known as: Gaye Shields 16,10 Married: ca 1929 17 Wife: Phoebe Gwendolyn Broad b. Sep-28-1925 d. Sep- 1-2005 Married: Dec-27-1941 in Follansbee, Brooke Co, WV 14
F Child 3: Mildred Virginia Collins Born: Feb- 8-1912 10 Died: Jul-17-2000 10 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 18,19 Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1929 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Husband: Loyal C. Swisher b. Jan-13-1903 d. Aug- 1-1977 Married: Jun-29-1929 at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Husband: Sanford B. "Red" Riley b. Apr-26-1910 d. Apr- -1987
F Child 4: Mabel Lena Collins Born: Jan- 2-1914 in Doddridge Co, WV 9,3 Died: Nov-22-1955 in Detroit, Wayne Co, MI 20 Census: 1940 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH 21 Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Frank Barr b. ca 1906 Married: Jun- 7-1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Husband: John Blake
F Child 5: Phyllis Ruth Collins Also known as: Ruth Phyllis Collins 3 Born: Jan-19-1916 in Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Died: Aug-27-2001 22 Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 5 Census: 1920, 1940 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Hayward Glenn Snyder b. Apr- 7-1914 d. May- -1977 Census name: Hayward G. Snider Married: Sep-29-1934 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Husband: Ted Robinson b. Apr- 5-1912 d. Oct-10-2002 Census name: Teddy Robinson Married: Jul-18-1940 22
F Child 6: Wilma Lorraine Collins Also known as: Lorraine Collins Born: Apr-26-1918 in Doddridge Co, WV 23,3 Died: Jan-12-2002 in Mexico 23 Buried: (ashes) in Cascara Cemetery (near Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 5 Resided: 1937 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Stacel Bruce Nicholson b. Sep-27-1916 d. Nov- 9-1991 Married: Jul- 1-1937 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 24
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. (2) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (5) Findagrave.com. (6) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). (7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) Headstone (year only) (9) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) Social Security Death Index. (11) Obituary of wife. (12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. (13) West Union Herald-Record, 7/18/2006. (14) Ohio County Marriage Records, Wheeling, WV. (15) 1940 Census. (16) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (17) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (18) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Michigan before 1951. (19) Obituary of cousin. (20) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (21) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (22) Obituary of husband. (23) Headstone. (24) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797586&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in death record and obituary as Dec 5 1877, but birth record shows it as Dec 5 1876, as does his World War I draft registration. Birth date on headstone is Dec 5 1887, clearly in error, since he appeared in the 1880 Census. Note (2) Death date given in obituary as Jun 19 1920. But death record and obituary show it as Jun 18 1920.Name Index