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John COLLINS

John COLLINS

Male 1805 - 1873  (68 years)

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  • Name John COLLINS 
    Born 31 May 1805  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Jun 1873  [1, 2] 
    Buried Collins (aka Burnt House) Cemetery, jct Rt 74 & Co Rd 6, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • A prominent citizen in the early days of Ritchie County, he represented the county for three terms at the Virginia state legislature in Richmond. He was an ardent advocate of the Confederate cause, though not a soldier. [1, 4, 5]
    Person ID I40294  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 May 2011 

    Father Jacob COLLINS,   b. CA 1777, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1847, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Mother Phebe STUTHARD,   b. CA 1777, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1859  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Family ID F16861  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phoebe BRICE,   b. 7 Nov 1809,   d. 17 Aug 1865  (Age 55 years)  [6] 
    Married 22 Aug 1833  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah B. COLLINS,   b. 1834,   d. 1861  (Age 27 years)
     2. Benjamin L. COLLINS,   b. 24 Oct 1834,   d. 4 Mar 1935  (Age 100 years)
     3. Anne Marie COLLINS,   b. 13 Jul 1840,   d. 2 Dec 1864  (Age 24 years)
     4. Virginia COLLINS,   b. 20 Oct 1841,   d. 16 May 1842  (Age 0 years)
    +5. Creed COLLINS,   b. 14 Dec 1842,   d. 23 Apr 1909, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +6. Angeline Brice COLLINS,   b. 5 Dec 1845, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1920, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +7. William J. COLLINS,   b. 5 May 1847, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1922  (Age 75 years)
    +8. Jennie Lind COLLINS,   b. 8 Aug 1850,   d. 21 Feb 1876  (Age 25 years)
    Family ID F16090  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 395.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

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

    4. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 208.

    5. [S1251] Genealogical & Personal History of Upper Monongahela Valley WV, Bernard L. Butcher, (1912, reprinted 1978 by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD), p. 1131.

    6. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.