Family Tree Maker - Vaiden, Mississippi

uried in the graveyard of the old Baptist Church at South Elkhorn. Whitfield Collins, son of John and father of
Lewis, was born in Orange County, Virginia, April 16, 1782; he was about six years old when his father moved to
Kentucky. When a small boy, he and his brother went to Ryman's Mill; being compelled to remain overnight,
their horses were placed in a lot adjoining the mill, while they stood guard from the mill window. When about
twenty-four years of age he entered the ministry of the old style Baptist Church, in which he labored until his
death, Feb. 18, 1871. His career as a minister was a noted one, extending for a period of sixty-four years, having
as his associates Ambrose Dudley, and his son Thomas P., Matthais Gossett, William Conrad and others. Like
most of the pioneer preachers of his time, his work was scattered over a large territory, embracing churches in
most of the counties of Central Kentucky. On the 1st of February 1804 he married Sarah, daughter of David
Allen, of Pennsylvania, by whom he had thirteen children, and with whom he lived for more that sixty years, she
dying Jan. 5, 1865, in the eighty-second year of her age. Lewis Collins, the subject of this scetch, came to
Harrison County with his father when he was three years of age, and setteled at Rutland where he now resides.
His brother Meredith Collins, twenty-one years his senior, was the first resident of Rutland. Lewis worked with
his father till (sic) he was twenty-seven years old, when he married Martha Ann, daughter of Samuel and Rachel
(Boyers) Eckler, receiving from his father at that time thirty-seven acres of land, a part of the present farm; his
early education was quite limited, and after his marriage, while erecting the house in which he now lives, he was
taught at night by Joseph Miller, the stonemason who assisted him in his work; he has a family of seven children,
the oldest, Samuel, born July 21, 1854, an active member of the Cynthiana Commandery of Knights Templar; his
second child, Sarah, has beenafflicted since her eleventh year, and is now confined to her bed all the time, and has
not spoken a word for three years; Eliza, born Dec. 17, 1857, married to William Hannah; Mary Elizabeth, Jan.
19, 1859; Lewis W., Dec. 15,1861; Alice G., July 1, 1864; and Martha Ann, April 28, 1870. He stood three drafts
for the late war; was ordered into the ranks of Col. Landrum during the first battle of Cynthiana. Himself and wife
are both members of the Mill Creek Baptist Church; in politics he is a Republican.
Collins Allen Dudley Gossett Conrad Boyers Eckler Hannah
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Jessamine - Ky - Fayette - Ky - Orange - Va
Children of LEWIS COLLINS and MARTHA ECKLER are:
i. SARAH 11 COLLINS.
ii. SAMUEL COLLINS, b. July 21, 1854.
iii. ELIZA COLLINS, b. December 17, 1857; m. WILLIAM HANNAH.
iv. MARY ELIZABETH COLLINS, b. January 19, 1859.
v. LEWIS W. COLLINS, b. December 15, 1861.
vi. ALICE G. COLLINS, b. July 01, 1864.
vii. MARTHA ANN COLLINS, b. April 28, 1870.
293. GEORGE PRESTON 10 COLLINS (THOMAS 9 , JOHN *** 8 , THOMAS 7 , CAPTAIN JOSEPH 6 , JOSEPH 5 , JOHN 4 , WILLIAM 3 ,
JOHN * 2 , JOHN * 1 ) was born January 06, 1825 in Near Keen, Jessamine County, Kentucky, and died August 20,
1904 in Douglas, Illinois. He married NANCY HORINE December 24, 1846 in Woodford, Kentucky, daughter of
JOHN HORINE and NANCY COLLINS. She was born August 31, 1827 in Kentucky, and died Bet. 1858 - 1921 in
Douglas, Illinois.
Children of GEORGE COLLINS and NANCY HORINE are:
i. CLAY 11 COLLINS, b. Bet. 1845 - 1872; d. Bet. 1851 - 1952.
ii. MARGARET COLLINS, b. Bet. 1845 - 1872; d. Bet. 1851 - 1955.
iii. GRANVILLE COLLINS, b. Bet. 1845 - 1872; d. Bet. 1851 - 1952.
iv. WILLIAM L. COLLINS, b. Bet. 1845 - 1872; d. Bet. 1851 - 1955.
v. JOHN F. COLLINS, b. March 31, 1848, Jessamine County, Kentucky; d. Bet. 1849 - 1938.
378. vi. ANNICE COLLINS, b. 1855, Jessamine County, Kentucky; d. May 10, 1922, Illinois.
Generation No. 11
294. JACK WRIGHT 11 COLLINS (ALBERT HENRY "BUD" 10 , HENRY CLAY 9 , BENJAMIN FRANKLIN "FRANK" 8 , RICHARD 7 ,
ELISHA 6 , JOSEPH 5 , JAMES 4 , WILLIAM 3 , JOHN * 2 , JOHN * 1 ) was born October 24, 1922 in Calvert, County,
Texas, and died July 15, 1969 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married CATHERINE EMILY COLLINS
1945 in Kerrville, County, Texas.
Children of JACK COLLINS and CATHERINE COLLINS are:
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