Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Jacob Collins    
                Born: ca 1777              in Virginia  1
                Died: May- 1-1847          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  2
              Buried:                      in Collins Cemetery (Old), Rt 74 north of Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  2,3
             Resided:                      in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  4
             Resided: formerly             in Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA  5
              Father:
              Mother:
Notes 6 
                Wife: Phebe Stuthard   4,6  
             Married:                      in Virginia  4
                Born: ca 1777              in Virginia  1,5
                Died: Jul-24-1859           7
              Buried:                      in Collins Cemetery (Old), Rt 74 north of Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  2,3
             Resided:                      in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  5
             Resided: formerly             in Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA  5
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Elizabeth Collins      
                Born: ca 1803              in Pennsylvania  8,9
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: James Rush Jones  
           M Child 2: John Collins      
                Born: May-31-1805           5
                Died: Jun- 4-1873           5,7
              Buried:                      in Collins (aka Burnt House) Cemetery, jct Rt 74 & Co Rd 6, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  3
                Wife: Phoebe Brice  b. Nov- 7-1809  d. Aug-17-1865  
             Married: Aug-22-1833           5
           M Child 3: William S. Collins      
                Born: Jan- 9-1811          in Fayette Co, PA  2
                Died: Feb- 4-1882          in Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Buried:                      in Gnats Run Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Ellenor M. Britton  
       Also known as: Ellen Britton 10
                Wife: Harriet M. Allen  b. ca 1834  
             Married: Dec-  -1851          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  11
                Wife: Talitha Lynch  b. Aug- 4-1835  d. Oct-31-1922  
           M Child 4: Henry B. Collins      
                Born: ca 1812               
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1840                 in Wood Co, (W)VA   (see note 1)
                Wife: Eliza B. Britton  b. ca 1815  
    Marriage license: Dec-24-1832          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  11
       Marriage Bond: Dec-25-1832          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  11
             Married: Jan- 3-1833          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  11

Sources:
(1) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(2) Findagrave.com. 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 394. 
(5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 395. 
(6) Bernard L. Butcher, Genealogical & Personal History of Upper Monongahela Valley WV (1912, reprinted 1978 by 
Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD), p. 1131. 
(7) Headstone. 
(8) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay Twp) 
(9) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(10) Marriage record of daughter. 
(11) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1838, Henry B. Collins claimed 100 acres of land on the waters of Hughes
River.  Recorded in Wood County, Book 2, page 152.  (Ritchie County was not
formed until 1844.)







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