Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Marshall Collins
Born: Dec-12-1849 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1,2,3
Died: May-29-1912 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,2 (see note 1)
Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: 1910 laborer in glass factory 6
Occupation: 1880 farmer 7
Father: Josiah Collins (1821 - )
Mother: Jane Hickman (1830 - 1913)
Wife: Eveline Bond
Married: Jul-22-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,8
Born: Oct-15-1849 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,2,3
Died: Jul-18-1940 in Doddridge Co, WV 9,2
Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA (see note 2)
Father: Butler B. Bond (1818 - 1904)
Mother: Eliza Margaret Dotson (1819 - 1902)
F Child 1: Minnie F. Collins
Born: Apr- -1871 in Ritchie Co, WV 10,11 (see note 3)
Census: 1900, 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Husband: Joseph Rogers b. Apr- 1-1863 d. Feb-12-1925
Married: Apr-10-1890 near Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 12 (see note 4)
M Child 2: Alph C. Collins
Also known as: Alfred Collins 13
Born: Nov-20-1873 in Tyler Co, WV 14,12
Died: Apr-27-1926 14
Buried: in Rogers Cemetery, Rogers, Benton Co, Arkansas 5
Resided: 1910 at Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 15
Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: coal dealer 15
Wife: Jettie Blanche Gain b. Dec-28-1876 d. Jan- 4-1950
Married: May- 4-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
F Child 3: Ina Collins
Born: Feb- 4-1875 in Tyler Co, WV 16,10,17
Died: Feb-27-1962 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16
Buried: in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Akron, Summit Co, OH 16
Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 18,16
Census: 1920 in Akron, Summit Co, OH
Resided: 1900 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Husband: Fielding H. Britton b. Feb- -1858 d. Jan-11-1942
Married: Nov-10-1892 in Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 19,8
F Child 4: Cindonah "Dona" Collins
Born: Oct- 5-1877 in Ritchie Co, WV 20 (see note 5)
Died: Mar-21-1956 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 21
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 22
Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: Monroe Coontz b. Jun- -1867 d. Mar-16-1907
Census name: Monroe Coonts 23,24
Married: Mar- 2-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 25,8
Husband: William Goff Henning b. Oct- -1886 d. Sep-26-1959
Also known as: W. Goff Hennings
Married: Sep-21-1910 in Doddridge Co, WV 26
M Child 5: Neil Collins 8,27
Also known as: Neal Collins 28,29
Born: Oct-20-1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 28,14 (see note 6)
Died: Jul- 1-1961 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 30,14
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 28,27
Cause of death: hit by train 28
Resided: at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 28
Census: 1930 at Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1920 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 28,29
Occupation: 1915, 1920 proprietor of pool room 31,32
Military: Spanish-American War 28
Wife: Dollie E. Cottrill b. Jul- 8-1885 d. Mar- -1985
Married: Jul-25-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 8
F Child 6: Mary Jane Collins
Born: Jan-11-1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 22,2,12
Died: Apr-18-1950 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 22,2
Buried: in Fleming Cemetery, Arnolds Creek, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 22
Census: 1930 in Akron, Summit Co, OH
Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: George Jefferson Gain b. Feb- 3-1879 d. Aug- 5-1916
Married: Mar- 1-1904 in Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 12
M Child 7: Hugh Collins
Born: ca 1884 6
Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 8: Thomas Staily Collins
Born: Dec-30-1885 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 11,33,2,12
Died: 1955 2
Buried: in East Akron Cemetery, Akron, Summit Co, OH 5
Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1920 blower in glass plant 34
Occupation: 1910 snapper in glass factory 6
Wife: Bessie M. Friend b. May- -1888 d. 1968
Married: Oct-13-1905 at Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 12
Sources:
(1) Victor E. Waldo, Jr. , Richard Dotson Family (posted at http://awt.ancestry.com)
(2) Headstone (year only)
(3) Birth record of daughter.
(4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.
(5) Findagrave.com.
(6) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
(7) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District)
(8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(9) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(10) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)
(11) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(13) Obituary of wife's mother.
(14) Headstone.
(15) West Union Herald, 1/12/1911.
(16) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV.
(17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 4, p. 255.
(18) Obituary of brother.
(19) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Informants for marriage license: Fielding H. Britton and J. M.
Collins. MR Bk 4, p. 255.
(20) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Name listed in birth record as Dona Collins, although her marriage
record has her name as Cindonah Collins, and the birth records of two of her children identify her as Cindona Collins.
Delayed birth record filed on Oct 8 1942 by Squire Bond, indentified as her uncle, so it would appear that she was
actually named Cindonah at birth, but adopted the form Dona later on. West Union as her place of birth is unlikely,
since birth records of two of her sons give her birthplace as Ritchie Co. BR Bk Del-1, p.
33.
(21) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
Identified as Dona Henning, married, b. Oct 5 1877 in WVa, dau of John M. Collins & Eveline Bond, res. in West Union
(Blockhouse Hill); died Mar 21 1956 in West Union (Blockhous Hill), burial in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery.
Informant: Howard Coontz.
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2626943&Type=Death.
(22) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(23) 1870 Census, Barbour County, WV.
(24) 1880 Census, Barbour County, WV.
(25) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 4, p. 280.
(26) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as W. Goff Hennings, age 25, of Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Dona Coontz, age 24, of Doddridge Co. Married Sep 21
1910.
(27) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)
(28) Obituary.
(29) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
(30) Obituary - Veterans Administration Hospital, Died in Clarksburg of injuries sustained when hit by a train in West Union
earlier in the day.
(31) West Union Herald, 7/8/1915.
(32) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District)
(33) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(34) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
Event Notes
Note (1) "Descendants of Josiah Collins," by Don Norman, reports death date as May 17
1912.
Note (2) Not with family in 1860 Census.
Note (3) Birthplace given as Tyler County in marriage record, but birth record shows
it as Ritchie County.
Note (4) "at the watch box near Central Station"
Note (5) Delayed birth entry filed in Doddridge Co by uncle, Squire Bond, in 1942 gave
birthplace as West Union. But birth records of sons Howard and Henry give her
birthplace as Ritchie Co, based on information provided by Eveline Collins, her
mother. The latter is thus considered more reliable.
Note (6) Birth date given in 1880 Census as Sep 1879.
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