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viii. MAHALA CATHERINE RAY, b. August 02, 1842, Fulton, Mississippi; d. Bet. 1871 - 1936; m. HENRY
COOPER, 1865, Itawamba County, Mississippi.
Notes for MAHALA CATHERINE RAY:
Source Boderbund's Vol. # 2 Tree #4332. She was named for her mother's mother Mahala and sister
Catherine.
ix. MARY EMELINE RAY, b. June 11, 1847, Fulton, Mississippi; d. Bet. 1848 - 1941.
x. FRANCES MARIAM RAY, b. June 11, 1847, Fulton, Mississippi; d. Bet. 1848 - 1941.
425. xi. PERMELIA REBECCA RAY, b. August 02, 1850, Fulton, Mississippi; d. Bet. 1891 - 1945.
xii. ALCIE DORA RAY, b. June 30, 1852, Fulton, Mississippi; m. OWEN A. GRAY, Bet. 1880 - 1914; b. Bet.
1835 - 1855; d. Bet. 1880 - 1941.
360. EDWARD FORBERN 11 COLLINS (ELIJAH WILLIAM 10 , JOHN 9 , EDWARD 8 , JOHN COLLINS 7 SR., CAPT. JOSEPH 6
COLLINS, JOSEPH 5 , JOHN 4 , WILLIAM 3 , JOHN * 2 , JOHN * 1 ) was born April 14, 1822 in Rhea County, Tennesee, and
died October 20, 1895 in Tigertown, Texas. He married MARY ELIZABETH MCFARLAND Abt. 1845 in Jackson or
DeKalb County, Alabama. She was born February 05, 1825 in Alabama, and died December 27, 1870 in
Tigertown, Texas.
Child of EDWARD COLLINS and MARY MCFARLAND is:
i. WALLACE 12 , b. 1858, Tigertown, Texas; d. 1946, Paris, Texas.
361. JOSHUA W. 11 COLLINS (JOHN 10 , JAMES * 9 , EDWARD 8 , JOHN COLLINS 7 SR., CAPT. JOSEPH 6 COLLINS, JOSEPH 5 ,
JOHN 4 , WILLIAM 3 , JOHN * 2 , JOHN * 1 ) was born 1817 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, and died December 02, 1878
in Shiloh Precint, Jefferson County, Kemtucky. He married (1) MARY COX October 20, 1842. She died Bef.
1860. He married (2) MARY DODGE Abt. 1860, daughter of RICHARD DODGE and SARAH WALLACE.
Notes for JOSHUA W. COLLINS:
Notes:
Joshua was a farmer, a Baptist for over 40 years and belonged th the "Masonic Fraternity".
More About JOSHUA W. COLLINS:
Burial: Old Bethel Cemetary, Union County, Kentucky
Children of JOSHUA COLLINS and MARY COX are:
i. LUCINDA 12 COLLINS, m. JOHN PARIS.
426. ii. CHARLES W. COLLINS, b. 1857; d. 1924.
Children of JOSHUA COLLINS and MARY DODGE are:
iii. JOSEPH FORREST 12 COLLINS, b. November 02, 1862, Kentucky; m. MARY E. SISSEN, November 28, 1886,
Kentucky; b. September 15, 1863.
Notes for JOSEPH FORREST COLLINS:
Source: History of Union County, Kentucky, 1886. Page 823 - 824.
Joseph Forrest Collins, a young farmer in the lower part of Shiloh Precinct, is the son of Joshua W. and Mary
(Dodge) Collins. His father was born in Jefferson County in 1817, and on October 20, 1842, was married to
Mary Cox, his first wife who bore him two children that are now living; Lucinda who married John Paris, and
Charles W. who married Jennis Boston. In 1860 a few years after, Mary's death, he married Mary Dodge. a
sister to Esquire Dodge, whose scetch will be found in another chapter, By this marriage there are three living
children, our subject, Grace, who married Davis Ray, and Hesekiah who is at home. Subjects father was a
devote man and respected citizen, having been a member of the Baptist Church for forty years, and a member
of the Masonic Fraternity for nearly the same length of time. He died at his splendid home in Shiloh,
December 2, 1878. Subjects paternal grandparents were John and Nancy (Young) Collins of Virginia, and his
maternal grandparents were Richard and Sarah (Wallace) Dodge, whose sketch will be found elsewhere.
Subject was born November 2, 1862 and has a limited education, but is a fine farmer; here November 28, he
married Mary E. Sissen who was born September 15, 1863. Her father, Strother Sissen, was born in Jefferson
County, Febuary 10, 1820, and is now living in Henderson County, where he is farming. Her mother
Elizabeth (Hendricks) Sissen, was born in Jefferson in 1844; her paternal grandparents were Edward and Nina
(Hendricks) Sissen of Irish extraction. Our subject and his wife are an excellant couple, highly appreciated in
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