Jul-28-2018
Husband: Elliott Collins
Born: Jan-10-1866 1,2 Died: Apr-24-1948 1,2 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Father: Isaac Sutton Collins (1843 - 1918) Mother: Amanda Barr (1844 - 1911)
Wife: Martha Jane Smith Also known as: Jane 1 Married: Sep- 3-1888 1
Born: Jun- 9-1868 in Ritchie Co, WV 4,2 Died: Oct-26-1937 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 4,2 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Barnes J. Smith (1838 - 1909) Mother: Mary Dye (1838 - 1914)
F Child 1: Ethel Collins Born: Jun- 9-1891 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 5,2 Died: May-30-1945 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 5,2 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 5,3 Cause of death: horse riding accident (runaway horse on buggy she was driving) 5 Resided: near Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Lloyd Reed b. Aug- 5-1883 Married: Aug-16-1913 in Ritchie Co, WV 6
F Child 2: Ima Collins 1 Born: Mar-22-1893 in Ritchie Co, WV 7,8 Died: Feb- -1977 9 Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 9 Census: 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1911 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Husband: Hiram Porter Smith b. Mar-30-1889 d. Jun- -1974 Also known as: Porter Smith 8,10,1 Married: Apr- 9-1911 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 11
F Child 3: Laura Delphia Collins 12 Also known as: Delphia Collins 13 Born: 1898 3,14 Died: Jun-22-1992 3 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Husband: Quince C. Pierce b. May- 1-1886 d. Aug- 4-1969 Census name: Quincy C. Pierce 16 Married: Dec-21-1924 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
Sources: (1) Amos Beaty Sharps, The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961) (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (4) Findagrave.com. (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (6) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (7) Alfred Ray Sharps (1927-2007), Virginia Beach, VA. (8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11541704&Type=Marriage. (9) Social Security Death Index. (10) Obituary of mother. (11) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Porter Smith, 22, b. Doddridge Co, res. Oxford WV; and Ima Collins, 18, b. Ritchie Co, res. Berea. Married April 9 1911 "at Elliot Collins' residence," officiated by J. E. Burns, a minister of the M. E. Church. (NOTE: Amos Beaty Sharps incorrectly reports marriage date as May 9 1911.), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11541704&Type=Marriage. (12) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, p. 652. (13) Marriage record of daughter. (14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (15) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, Name on headstone: L. Delphia Pierce. p. 652. (16) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).Name Index