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John Wesley COLLINS

John Wesley COLLINS

Male 1868 - 1953  (84 years)

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  • Name John Wesley COLLINS 
    Born 16 Oct 1868  Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1906  Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Died 13 Feb 1953  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Buried Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    Person ID I13469  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2020 

    Father Isaac Sutton COLLINS,   b. 13 Sep 1843, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1918  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Amanda BARR,   b. 23 Mar 1844, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1911  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F4806  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jennettie G. BARTLETT,   b. 13 Aug 1871,   d. 10 May 1904  (Age 32 years) 
    Married 27 Jan 1893  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Freeman Lawson COLLINS,   b. 6 Feb 1897,   d. 17 Oct 1984  (Age 87 years)
    +2. Lawrence R. COLLINS,   b. 21 Jun 1901,   d. Mar 1978  (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F4809  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Maude HICKMAN,   b. 1876,   d. 1949  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 14 Jun 1906  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F23595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
      "Ritchie County Cemeteries," p. 650, reports birth date on headstone as 1863, an apparent error in transcription.

    2. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    3. [S626] The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family, Amos Beaty Sharps, (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961).

    4. [S2052] 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    5. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    6. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    7. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    8. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as John W. Collins, 37, b. Calhoun Co, res. Lawford WV; and Mary Maude Hickman, 29, of Ritchie Co. Married Jun 14 1906.