Family Tree Maker - Vaiden, Mississippi

i. EMMA 10 COLLINS, b. 1876.
ii. JAMES F. COLLINS, b. 1876; d. 1901.
178. ELDRIDGE 9 COLLINS (FRANKLIN "FRANCIS" J. 8 , MAJOR CROOM 7 , JAMES COLLINS 6 "ELDER", JOHN COLLINS 5 *
III, THOMAS 4 COLLINS, WILLIAM 3 , JOHN * 2 , JOHN * 1 ) was born 1838. He married MARGARET HOOKS September
02, 1855.
Child of ELDRIDGE COLLINS and MARGARET HOOKS is:
i. IRA 10 COLLINS, b. 1859; m. MARY HOWARD, 1880.
179. WILLIAM COLLINS 9 GATHWRIGHT (DOCTOR OBADIAH FOX 8 , MARY 7 COLLINS, JAMES COLLINS 6 "ELDER", JOHN
COLLINS 5 * III, THOMAS 4 COLLINS, WILLIAM 3 , JOHN * 2 , JOHN * 1 ) was born June 24, 1865 in Lafayette County,
Mississippi, and died January 29, 1942 in Filmore, Ventura County, California. He married SARAH "SADDIE"
REBECCA CROWFORD October 17, 1906 in Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, daughter of KING CROWFORD and
ELIZABETH LEEPER. She was born August 01, 1876 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio, and died October 26, 1930
in Filmore, Ventura County, California.
Children of WILLIAM GATHWRIGHT and SARAH CROWFORD are:
i. WILLIAM 10 GATHWRIGHT, b. December 31, 1907, Filmore, Ventura County, California; d. August 01, 1983,
Filmore, Ventura County, California; m. DELPHA HIGGINBOTHAM, March 08, 1929, Filmore, Ventura
County, California; d. January 22, 1935, Santa Barbara, California.
ii. WALTER LINCOLN GATHWRIGHT, b. April 21, 1909, Filmore, Ventura County, California.
iii. DOROTHY ELIZABETH GATHWRIGHT, b. January 04, 1912, Filmore, Ventura County, California; d. April
26, 1998, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.
180. EUGENE FOX 9 GATHWRIGHT (DOCTOR OBADIAH FOX 8 , MARY 7 COLLINS, JAMES COLLINS 6 "ELDER", JOHN
COLLINS 5 * III, THOMAS 4 COLLINS, WILLIAM 3 , JOHN * 2 , JOHN * 1 ) was born November 23, 1875 in Tocopola,
Pontotoc County, Mississippi, and died November 07, 1911. He married MARY D. PICKENS.
Child of EUGENE GATHWRIGHT and MARY PICKENS is:
i. ROBERT HAROLD 10 GATHWRIGHT, b. February 25, 1905; d. September 20, 1963; m. PEARL GILMORE,
June 30, 1963; b. September 19, 1910, Tocopola, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; d. December 15, 1998,
Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
Marriage Notes for ROBERT GATHWRIGHT and PEARL GILMORE:
Robert and Pearl had two children.
181. MARIAH JANE 9 COLLINS (MAJOR ROBERT CRUME 8 , WILLIAM WINWRIGHT 7 , JAMES COLLINS 6 "ELDER", JOHN
COLLINS 5 * III, THOMAS 4 COLLINS, WILLIAM 3 , JOHN * 2 , JOHN * 1 ) was born December 29, 1850 in Greene County,
Alabama, and died Aft. 1883 in Montgomery County, Mississippi. She married JAMES POLK COLLINS November
25, 1870 in Webster County, Miss., son of JAMES COLLINS and CYENA BLAYLOCK. He was born Abt. 1843 in
near Lodi, Webster County, Miss., and died Bet. 1875 - 1934.
Notes for MARIAH JANE COLLINS:
Mariah acquired a fair education and had some knowledge of music.
Notes for JAMES POLK COLLINS:
James was born ? on the Winona and Bellefontain Wagon Road one mile east of Lodi, Mississippi.
James Polk Collins, at the age of 4, moved with his family one mile east of the Winona and Bellefontain and the
Bankston and Greensboro Road. He grew up to manhood gaining only a ordinary education, became a member of
the Baptist Church. He was a Tanner by trade, but exhibited ingenuity in mechanical lines.
James Polk Collins was in the CSA, Company A, 3 Mississippi Cavalry, enlisted April 23, 1864, in Carroll
County, Mississippi, and was taken prisoner. He was a private in the CSA, Robert's Company A, 3rd Battalion
Cavalry Reserves. He was received as a Military Prisoner im Alton Illinois on Janurary 17, 1865.
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