Individual Details
Mary Jane Whitsett
(19 Mar 1841 - Aft 1900)
1860 Census. Fannin Co. TX, Hh 242 [but living with her father, W. C. Whitsett]
J. M. Collins, age 28, b. PA
M. J. Collins, age 19, b. KY
1870 Census. Upper Township, Ft. Smith P.O., Sebastian Co, AR, Hh 126
James Collins, age 38, farmer, b. VA. M. J., female, age 27, keeping house, b. KY
Elner, female, age 9, b. Texas. Elias, age 2, b. AR.
Ben Franklin, B, age 35, b. Texas, farmhand
Jas. Stimpson, B, age 27, b. Texas, farmhand
1880 Census. Upper Township, Sebastian Co, AR, Hh 262
James M. Collins, age 49, farmer, b. VA, father, b. VA, mother b. Penn.
Mary J., wife, age 38, b. KY as were both her parents
E. C. Hager, daughter, age 29, b. PA, father b. VA, mother b. PA [must be by an earlier wife, but where was she in 1860 and 1870?]
Nellie Collins, daughter, age 19, b. TX
Elias Collins, son, age 12, b. AR
G. H. Hager, age 31, son-in-law, b. Maryland as were his parents
Lee C. Hager, age 4, grandchild, b. MD
James McKee, boarder, age 35, cattle dealer, b. TX
Daniel C. Collins, age 53, brother, farm manager, b. VA [has pneumonia]
1900 Census. Ft. Smith Ward 5, Sebastian Co AR, Hh 68
Constant Wilson, b. May 1855, age 45, widowed. b. AR, father b. KY, mother b. VA
Constant, son, b. Jun 1882, age 17. b. AR, father b. TX, mother b. AR [it was just the opposite]
Nellie C., dau, b. Aug 1884, age 15
Jim C., dau, b. Feb 1890, age 10
Susie C., dau, b. Apr 1893, age 7
Mary J. Collins, mother-in-law, b. Mar 1841, 58 years old, widowed, had 3 children only 1 is living, b. KY
Son Elias was the surviving child. I found him in 1910
Upper Township, Sebastian Co AR, Hh 54
Elias D. Collins, age 42, married 11 yrs, b. AR, father b. PA, mother b. KY, he's a farmer
Maud F., wife, age 32, 4 children, b. AR as were her parents
Mary C., dau, age 10. Mattie P., dau, age 8. James F., son, age 6. Sally B., dau, age 2.
Lucy Franklin, servant, age 84, widow, never had children, b. VA
Events
Families
Spouse | James M. Collins (1832 - 1887) |
Child | Lizzie Eleanora "Nellie" Collins (1860 - 1893) |
Child | Elias Duval Collins (1868 - 1925) |
Father | William C. Whitsett MD (1812 - 1882) |
Mother | Elizabeth Lee Edmunds (1815 - 1883) |
Sibling | William Edmunds Whitsett (1837 - 1901) |
Sibling | Joseph Whitsett (1837 - 1839) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Henry Whitsett (1843 - 1908) |
Sibling | James Whitsett (1845 - 1862) |
Sibling | Joseph Haden "Hade" Whitsett (1847 - 1951) |
Sibling | Charles Churchill Whitsett (1855 - 1887) |
Endnotes
1. Email.
2. Family data, Edmunds Family Bible, Holy Bible, (N.p.: n.p., 1835); original owned in 1953 by Bryant Ralston Edmunds, , Bible has been lost. Photocopies previously made by Robert Cooney of Nashville, TN. Copy online..
3. Email.