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Lora COLLINS

Lora COLLINS

Female 1874 - 1969  (94 years)


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  • Name Lora COLLINS
    Birth 1 Sep 1874  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1900  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Mar 1969  [1, 2] 
    Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I97541  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2017

    Father William S. COLLINS,   b. 9 Jan 1811, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1882, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Mother Talitha LYNCH,   b. 4 Aug 1835, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1922, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F20485  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Whitman Dorsey BROWN,   b. 6 Oct 1872, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1930, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Marriage 7 Apr 1897  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 25 1900:
      Whitman D. Brown, 26, b. Oct 1873, hotel keeper, married 3 yrs; wife Lora, 25, b. Sep 1874, married 3 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Clarence, 1, b. Aug 1898; son, "not named," b. June 1900.
      (NOTE: The original pen-and-ink entry for the unnamed son was as given here, with the age column left blank. An alteration was later made by pencil, wherein the age 4/12 (i.e., four months) was entered and the birth month was changed to January. However, a birth record is on file for that child showing his birth date as Jun 19 1900. He died before the 1910 Census. No death record or headstone has been found for him.)

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 15 1910 in the Town of West Union:
      Dorsey W. Brown, 38, U.S. Marshall officer, married 14 yrs; wife Lora, 36, married 14 yrs, mother of 5 children (1 still living); son Carrol, 11.

      1920 Census, Marshall Co, WV (City of Moundsville), enumerated on Jan 3 1920:
      Dorsey Brown, 41, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), guard at penitentiary; wife Lora, 45, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa); son Whitman M, 2, b. NY (both parents b. WVa).

      1930 Census, Wood Co, WV (City of Parkersburg), enumerated on Apr 17 1930:
      Dorcey W. Brown, 56, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), Prohibition Officer (State); wife Lora, 53, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa); son Whitman M, 12, b. NY (both parents b. WVa).
    Children 
    >1. Carroll Clarence BROWN,   b. 26 Aug 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1978, Suffolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     2. Hallie BROWN,   b. 19 Jun 1900, Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1900 (Age 0 years)
     3. Whitman Martin BROWN,   b. 1 Jan 1918   d. 28 May 1985 (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F9633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.