Benjamin J. "Ben" COLLINS

1882 - 1963  (80 years)

• Name	Benjamin J. "Ben" COLLINS
  Birth	27 Sep 1882	Ritchie Co, WV   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	laborer  [1]
  Residence	Chester, Hancock Co, WV   [1]
  Residence	1908	Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV   [3]
  Death	15 Sep 1963	Weston, Lewis Co, WV   [1, 2]
  Burial	Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV   [1, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I140012	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William J. COLLINS,   b. 5 May 1847, Ritchie Co, (W)VA d. 11 May 1922 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Sarah L. CUNNINGHAM,   b. CA 1851, Marion Co, (W)VA
  Family ID	F16862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clara Jane BOYCE,   b. Mar 1885, Doddridge Co, WV d. 21 May 1928, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV (Age ~ 43 years)
  Marriage	29 Apr 1908	Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV   [3]
  Documents		140012_Benjamin-J-Collins_Clara-J-Boyce_MarriageRecord_29Apr1908.jpg
  Family ID	F62348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  140012_COLLINS_Benjamin-J_1882-1963_DeathCertificate.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1992030&frame=01990. [S638] Headstone (year only). [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=839539&frame=00663. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995). [S934] Findagrave.com.