Husband: Isaac Sutton Collins
Born: Sep-13-1843 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 (see note 1)
Died: Jul-24-1918 3,2
Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 4,5
Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 1
Military: Co H, 6th Cav, G.A.R., Civil War 5
Father: Felix Washington Collins (1826 - 1882)
Mother: Lovina Tharp (1826 - 1896)
Wife: Amanda Barr 3
Married: Mar-18-1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,6 (see note 2)
Born: Mar-23-1844 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 2,3,1 (see note 3)
Died: Feb- 3-1911 2,3 (see note 4)
Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 2,5
Resided: 1865 in Calhoun Co, WV 1
Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Samuel Barr (1798 - 1864)
Mother: Rachel Weaver (1808 - 1862)
M Child 1: Elliott Collins Born: Jan-10-1866 3,7 Died: Apr-24-1948 3,7 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Wife: Martha Jane Smith b. Jun- 9-1868 d. Oct-26-1937 Also known as: Jane 3 Married: Sep- 3-1888 3
M Child 2: John Wesley Collins Born: Oct-16-1868 in Calhoun Co, WV 8,1,3 Died: Feb-13-1953 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 9,7 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 5,9 Resided: 1906 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Jeannettie G. Bartlett b. Aug-13-1871 d. May-10-1904 Also known as: Jeanette Bartlett 3 Married: Jan-27-1893 3 Wife: Mary Maude Hickman b. 1876 d. 1949 Married: Jun-14-1906 in Ritchie Co, WV 10
M Child 3: Alfred B. Collins Born: Nov- 3-1869 3 (see note 5) Died: Dec-18-1953 3 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: in Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1910, 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Laura J. Ehret b. May-29-1870 d. Jan-25-1945 Also known as: Laurie Ehret 11 Married: Oct-15-1899 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,3
M Child 4: Gye Collins Born: Mar-19-1886 12 Died: Feb-24-1887 2 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (2) Headstone. (3) 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) (4) Headstone, Photo by Alan Haught, posted at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvritchi/virt_cem/spr_crk_bap_cem/spr_crk_bap_cem.htm. (5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (6) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (7) Headstone (year only) (8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (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. (9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (10) 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. (11) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >. (12) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. Event Notes Note (1) Amos Beaty Sharps reported birth date as Sep 3 1845, but headstone reads Sep 13 1843. Middle initial reported as "E" by Amos Beaty Sharps, but as "S" in marriage record and headstone. Note (2) Amos Beaty Sharps reports marriage date as Mar 3 1865. Note (3) Amos Beaty Sharps gives birthdate as Mar 3 1844, but headstone reads Mar 23 1844. Note (4) Amos Beaty Sharps reports death date as Feb 4 1911, but headstone reads Feb 3 1911. Note (5) Birth date on headstone: 1870