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Richard Wilson "Dick" COLLINS

Richard Wilson "Dick" COLLINS

Male 1876 - 1920  (43 years)


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  • Name Richard Wilson "Dick" COLLINS
    Birth 5 Dec 1876  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in death record and obituary as Dec 5 1877, but birth record shows it as Dec 5 1876, as does his World War I draft registration. Birth date on headstone is Dec 5 1887, clearly in error, since he appeared in the 1880 Census.
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1906  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1910, 1920  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Death 18 Jun 1920  Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    • Death date given in obituary as Jun 19 1920. But death record shows it as Jun 18 1920.
    Burial Cascara Cemetery, Cascara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Person ID I88109  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2015

    Father Richard Jasper COLLINS,   b. CA 1839, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1897, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years)
    Mother Julia Ann HAYMOND,   b. CA 1843, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F37866  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Laverna Drusilla STARK,   b. 20 Feb 1884, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jul 1971, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Marriage 11 Oct 1906  Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on April 27, 1910:
      Richard W. Collins, 31, farmer, married 3 yrs; wife Laverna D, 26, married 3 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Earley W, 2; son Jasper H, 4 months.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 13 1940:
      Laverna Collins, 56, widowed, farm manager, 1935 residence same house; dau Phylis Snider, 24, divorced, house maid, 1935 residence Clarksburg WV; dau Mabel Barr, 26, married, occupation (blank), 1935 residence Steubenville OH; granddau Joan Snider, 4.
    Children 
     1. Early Wilson COLLINS,   b. 1906   d. 1935 (Age 29 years)
    +2. Jasper Harold "Shorty" COLLINS,   b. 27 Nov 1909, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1989 (Age 79 years)
    +3. Mildred Virginia "Midge" COLLINS,   b. 8 Feb 1912, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 2000 (Age 88 years)
    >4. Mabel Lena COLLINS,   b. 2 Jan 1914, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1955, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    +5. Phyllis Ruth COLLINS,   b. 19 Jan 1916, Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 2001 (Age 85 years)
    +6. Wilma Lorraine COLLINS,   b. 26 Apr 1918, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 2002, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F37863  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Richard Wilson Collins    		Richard Wilson Collins
    Birth date should be Dec 5 1876    		Birth date should be Dec 5 1876

    Documents
    88109_COLLINS_Richard_1876-1920_Obit.jpg    		88109_COLLINS_Richard_1876-1920_Obit.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S2012] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    5. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    6. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1374191&Type=Death.

    7. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.