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Oval Edison COLLINS

Oval Edison COLLINS

Male 1907 - 1964  (56 years)


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  • Name Oval Edison COLLINS
    Birth 26 May 1907  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1940  Lower Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Wheeling Transfer Co, Fairmont WV (19 yrs)  [2] 
    Residence Monongah, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1944  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 1 Feb 1964  Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I268  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2025

    Father Larmar Martin COLLINS,   b. 28 Apr 1875, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1943, Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Mother Rulina Melinda GASTON,   b. 13 Jan 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1944, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F85  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dephna Pearl JONES,   b. 7 Feb 1906, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1988, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Marriage 18 May 1924  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on April 25, 1940 at Lower Run:
      Robert E. Jones, 68, widowed, farmer; son-in-law Oval Collins, 33, laborer for W.P.A.; dau Dephna, 34; granddau Willmjean, 15; grandson Ira B, 8; granddau Alma Jane, 5; granddau Ruby L, 3. All born in West Virginia.
    Children 
    +1. Wilma Jean COLLINS,   b. 30 Oct 1924, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1999, Richwood, Nicholas Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     2. Sharlene Virginia COLLINS,   b. 12 Dec 1927, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1928, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. Lorene COLLINS,   b. Nov 1929, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1929 (Age ~ 0 years)
    >4. Ira Benton "Bennie" COLLINS,   b. 5 Dec 1931, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 2017, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    >5. Alma Jane COLLINS,   b. 28 Dec 1934, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 2020, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    +6. Ruby Lovada COLLINS,   b. 15 Nov 1936, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 2008 (Age 71 years)
    >7. Betty Melinda COLLINS,   b. 27 May 1941, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 2016, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     8. Shirley Ann COLLINS,   b. 27 May 1941, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1944, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
    +9. Robert Martin COLLINS,   b. 20 Feb 1946, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 2005, Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    >10. Living
    Family ID F86  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 25.

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    4. [S48] Marion County Court House, Fairmont, WV, DR Bk 11, p. 32.

    5. [S1707] Obituary - Hospital.

    6. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).