Husband: Lawrence R. Collins 1
Born: Jun-21-1901 1 (see note 1) Died: Mar- -1978 2 Buried: in Mt. Olive Cemetery (new), Rt 47, Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Resided: in Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Resided: in Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 1 Census: 1940 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1930 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV Occupation: 1940 service station manager 4 Occupation: 1930 farm worker 5 Father: John Wesley Collins (1868 - 1953) Mother: Jeannettie G. Bartlett (1871 - 1904) Other spouse 2
Wife: Melva Roxanna Law 6 1 1
Also known as: Roxana Law 1
Married: Nov- 5-1925 in Gilmer Co, WV 6
Born: Feb- 6-1907 in Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV 7,8,2,6,9
Died: Mar-30-1995 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 8,2
Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 10
Resided: 1957 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 11
Resided: 1951, 1956 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 12
Census: 1940 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
Census: 1910, 1930 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV (see note 2)
Father: Levi Morris Law (1860 - 1935)
Mother: Iris Columbia Woodford (1865 - 1964)
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
F Child 1: Sadella Lavaughn Collins Born: Nov-30-1926 in Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 7,13,14 Died: Nov-30-1926 in Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 13,14 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Cause of death: stillborn 13
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) Social Security Death Index. (3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (4) 1940 Census, Gilmer County, WV. (5) 1930 Census, Gilmer County, WV. (6) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) (7) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (9) 1910 Census, Gilmer County, WV. (10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (11) City Directory. (12) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (13) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) Headstone. (15) Findagrave.com. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date reported as Jun 10 1901 in SSDI. Name listed as L. Collins. Note (2) In 1930, with her husband, in household of her parents.