Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Alfred B. Collins    
                Born: Nov- 3-1869           1 (see note 1)
                Died: Dec-18-1953           1
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  2
             Resided:                      in Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Census: 1910, 1930           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Isaac Sutton Collins   (1843 - 1918) 
              Mother: Amanda Barr   (1844 - 1911) 
                Wife: Laura J. Ehret   3  
       Also known as: Laurie Ehret 4
             Married: Oct-15-1899          in Ritchie Co, WV  5,1
                Born: May-29-1870           1
                Died: Jan-25-1945          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Census: 1910, 1930           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: John Ehret   (1841 - 1922) 
              Mother: Elizabeth A. Law   (1846 - 1910) 
           M Child 1: Harry Romeo Collins      
                Born: ca 1901               7,8
              Census: 1910, 1930           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
                Wife: Verdie Bell ___  b. ca 1905  
             Married: Mar- 1-1943          in Ritchie Co, WV  9
           F Child 2: Susie Pearl Collins      
                Born: Jan- 4-1902           1
                Died: Nov-16-1952           1
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Census: 1930                 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Arden Lester Law  b. Apr-25-1904  d. 1988  
       Also known as: Lester Law 1,10,11
             Married: Nov- 5-1925          in Ritchie Co, WV  8,1
           F Child 3: Roxie Collins      
                Born: Nov-23-1905          in Ritchie Co, WV  12
                Died: Jul- 7-1938           12
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  13
              Census: 1910                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Forrest Martin Wedekamm  b. Jun-25-1909  d. Mar-21-1975  
       Also known as: Forest M. Wedekamm 14
             Married: Sep-22-1928          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  
           F Child 4: Gay Collins      
                Born: ca 1909               7
              Census: 1910, 1930           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           F Child 5: Alta D. Collins      
                Born: ca 1912               15
              Census: 1930                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           F Child 6: Alcie B. Collins      
                Born: ca 1912               15
              Census: 1930                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  

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) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(3) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 385. 
(4) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >. 
(5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(6) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1941-1955, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Dec 1998) 
(7) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) 
(9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as 
Harry Romeo Collins, 42, of Ritchie Co, son of Alfred B. & Laura; and Verdie Bell Davis, divorced, 37, of Ritchie Co, 
dau of W. Hedges & Etta A.  Married Mar 1 1943. 
(10) Obituary of brother. 
(11) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=72409&Type=Marriage. 
(12) Headstone. 
(13) Findagrave.com. 
(14) Obituary of wife. 
(15) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date on headstone:  1870







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