Charles Collins family

 

The sources contain a lot of information about the Charles Collins family, including multiple generations. Here is a summary of what is available:

Charles Peter Collins was born September 11, 1861, and died in 1946. He married Ivetta S. Buzzard, who died in 1887, and later married Sallie Bagby Churchill. Charles Peter Collins had a total of nine children:

• Cecil Collins was a dentist who practiced in White Sulphur Springs, WV. He died August 16, 1876.
• Olin Collins was a jeweler and lived in Thomas, WV. He died on November 9, 1970.
• Edith Collins became a nurse in Charleston, WV. She married George Jones and lived in Sanford, Florida. She died December 13, 1972.
• Lucy Collins lived in Sanford, Florida and died in 1994
• Russell Collins worked on farms, died in Florida. He died July 28, 1971.
• Ward W. Collins was a dentist in Lewisburg, WV. He died on June 14, 1953.
• Alice Collins became a pharmacist and lived in Fairmont, WV.
• Claude Collins became a dentist and practiced in De Land, Florida for 50 years. He died April 14, 1977.
• Denleigh Collins took a business course and worked in Madison, Wisconsin. He died January 18, 1964.

Additional details about the children of Charles Peter Collins include:

• Cecil Collins was born August 16, 1870 and died August 16, 1876
• Olin B. Collins was born January 6, 1892 and died November 9, 1970. He was married and had a daughter named Kathleen Hutton.
• Edith A. Collins was born September 18, 1873, and married George A. Jones. She died December 13, 1972.
• Russell Edwin Collins was born August 4, 1897 and died July 28, 1971.
• Dr. Ward W. Collins was aged 54 when he died on June 14, 1953
• Denleigh M. Collins was born January 31, 1907 and died on January 18, 1964
• Dr. C. Claude Collins was born July 3, 1902, and died April 14, 1977.

Other information about the Charles Collins family:

• Charles Collins married Barbara Varner of Highland County and lived on top of Allegheny.
• Charles Collins and Barbara Varner had a son, Charles Collins, who was a Confederate soldier and died December 18, 1850.
• Benjamin Collins and Margaret Shinnery Collins are listed as the parents of Charles Peter Collins.
• Benjamin Collins settled on Back Mountain near McLaughlin Chapel.
• Charles Peter Collins had a sister, Emma Collins, who married John Shinnery.
• The Charles Collins family lived on a hilly farm near Cass where they lived for several years.
• They sold that farm and bought a farm in Knapps Creek Valley between Frost and Huntersville.
• The Collins family owned the Elmer McLaughlin property on Knapps Creek.
• A letter from the source mentions that Charles Peter Collins's grandfather came from Ireland and that his name was O'Collins but they dropped the "O" when they came to the U.S..
• Charles Peter Collins is listed in the 1900 census with his wife, Sallie, and children Bradford, Benjamin, Sinnie, Lucy, Edwin and Wilbur.

The sources also contain information on other members of the Collins family that are not explicitly linked to the Charles Collins family:

• Kate Collins died at the age of 86 on Friday May 6, 1938. She was the daughter of Charles and Barbara Varner Collins.
• Benjamin Collins of Hosterman was described as a tall man of the upper Greenbrier, who was six feet two inches tall and weighed 215 pounds.
• Lonnie A. Willis and Alice Collins were married at Valley Hotel September 20, 1909.
• A C.P. Collins sold two farms on Knapps Creek to Letcher McLaughlin of Dunmore

The Collins family has connections to the Shinnery family through marriage.