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Topic: Collins Family Connections
Conf: Greenwood County Queries, Msg: 17502
From: Deleted User
Date: 10/15/2000 01:18 AM

Hi there! I am looking for a connection to my Collins relatives that might have possibly lived in Greenwood County, around Eureka. My ggg grandfather and grandmother married in 1868 in Putnam County MO and they ended up in Kansas, primarily around the Franklin County (Ottawa/Pomona) area. Their names were Solomon Collins and Catherine Melissa Oyler (poss. Oylear). Their childrens names were:
Ira Collins b. Oct 24 1879 d. May 2 1949 m. Elsie M. Quillen
Edward Collins b. Dec 11 1872 d. April 4 1910 m.Ida M. Watts
Alice Collins b. Sep 13 1876 d. May 13 1958 m. Will Jones, Apr 5 1892
Clyde Collins b. Jun 29 1884 d. May 2 1949 m. Ethel Quillen
Elzie Collins b. Jul 28 1887 d. May 27 1974 m. Marie E. Winkler
Len Collins b. Feb 3 1889 d. Sep 3 1958 m. Bertha Crocker
Emory Collins b. Sep 15 1892 d. Nov 18 1918 didn't marry.
In 1983, my parents and my great grandfather Calvin Clarence Collins and I attended a Collins family reunion that included the descendants of Alice, Clyde and Ira among the others. This was held in Eureka. I believe that some of the other people that were there were poss. named McVey. I hope someone out there can help me.
Thanks! Hillary