Individual Details

1880 Census. Atkins, Pope Co, AR, Hh 21
Sam Collins, 49, blacksmith, b. VA
L. L., 39, wife, hotel keeper, b. IN
Mary M., 22, dau, b. AR
P. L., 20, son, blacksmith, b. AR
Willie L., 15, dau, b. IN
Sam L., 11, son, b. AR
Fred D., 10, son, b. AR
Ernest, 6, son, b. AR
Janeanna, 2, dau, b. AR
Bennie, 3 months, dau, b. AR
and five boarders

Fred D. Collins married Mary "Mamie" Suratt, 4 Dec 1898, Sebastian Co, AR. Mamie was born 9 Oct 1880, died 22 June 1905, daughter of Henry & Isabelle Suratt. She is buried Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian Co, AR.
Fort Smith Times, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 6 Dec 1898, Tuesday, p. 8
Married.
Miss Mary Surratt, daughter of ex-Chief of Police Henry Suratt, and Frederick D. Collins of Van Buren, were married at the residence of Mrs. Cooper, 216 North Eleventh Street, in this city Sunday afternoon, the Rev. P. O. Fletcher officiating, and left for the on the Cannon Ball for a honeymoon trip.
[There were multiple trains called the "Cannon Ball" - the first roughly in this time frame traveled from Chicago to El Paso, TX. Others with that nickname seem to have run mostly east-west across the country. In this instance, I believe it simply referred to the train out of Fort Smith, likely headed to St. Louis, or Chicago where they could possibly have boarded one of the actual Cannon Balls. ]

1900 Census. Van Buren, Crawford, AR, Hh 103
Fred D. Collins, b. Apr 1873, 27, married 2 years
Mary, wife, b. Oct 1880, 19, 1 child
Sammie J., dau, b. Sep 1899, 8 months old
Fory Gipson, 22, Boarder

1910 Census. Van Buren Ward 2, Crawford, AR, Hh 721
Henry A. Whitaker, 54, married once for 17 years, b. TN, Clerk, confectionary store
Mary M., wife, 51, 1 child, b. AR
Lewis A., son, 22, divorced, b. AR, Clerk, confectionary store
Lizzie L. Collins, mother-in-law, 69, widowed, 12 children - 7 are living, b. IN
Precious Collins, sister-in-law, 34, divorced, b. AR
Fredrick D. Collins, brother-in-law, 34, widowed, b. AR, brakeman, Railraod
Fredrick Collins, step-nephew, 5, b. AR
Mary Revis, servant, 40, single, b. MO, Chambermaid

Arkansas Death Certificate #8225
Fred D. Collins died of pneumonia, 12 July 1948, St. Edwards Mercy Hospital, Fort Smith, Sebastian Co, AR where he had been for 2 weeks. His residence in Fort Smith was 301 North 14th Street. He was married to Margaret E. Collins. Born 23 Apr 1874 in Lewisburg, AR, he was a retired baggage man for the Frisco Railway. His father was Sam Collins; no mother listed. Informant was M. E. Collins of the same address. Buried July 14th, Fairview Cemetery.

Buried Fairview Cemetery, Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR
FindAGrave Memorial #41080600
12 Jul 1948
Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., AR
Survivors were 3rd wife M E Collins (age 71), daughter Irene McVey, daughter-in-law Margaret Collins, nephew Lewis A Whittaker, and 3 great nephews

I did not find Fred listed in History in Headstones, the Crawford Co cemetery book, but I did find his parents buried Fairview Cemetery:
Sam Collins, b. Richmond VA, 14 Feb 1829, died 8 Jan 1898
and Lizzie L. Green, buried as L.L. Collins, born 19 Jan 1841, died 30 Dec 1910
Siblings also buried Fairview
Pomp Layfayette Collins, b. 18 Apr 1860, d. 16 Apr 1908
Willie Lee (Collins) Vogel, b. 20 Mar 1865 in Van Buren, died there 15 Oct 1928. Her obit states she was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Louie P. Vogel; survived by sister Mrs. E. A. Proctor of San Antonio, and brothers, Sam, Fred, & Ernest Collins.
Precious (Collins) Proctor, b. 22 Feb 1878, died 5 Sep 1935 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX.

Samuel Collins was born in Botetourt County, Virginia on February 14, 1829, the son of John and Mary Peery Collins.
Samuel was the oldest of eight children, and at the age of eighteen began to work at blacksmithing, which he continued many years.
In 1848 he moved to Searcy, White County, Arkansas, and in 1851 he went to Lewisburg, Conway County, Arkansas.
He married in 1860, Miss Lizzie L. Green, who was born in New Albany, Indiana in 1845. From this marriage came eight children: Pomp Lafayette, Mary M. (wife of Henry Whitaker), Willie Lee (wife of Louis Vogle), Samuel C., Frederick D., Ernest C., Precious J. and Bennie E.
During the late war, they spent three years in New Albany, Indiana, where Mrs. Collins started a boarding house in Lewisburg, and in 1877 they moved to Atkins, Arkansas and established the Atkins Hotel.
In 1882 they moved to Van Buren, where Mrs. Collins kept a first class hotel, known as the "Collins Hotel".
In January 1887 Mr. Collins started a retail liquor business.
He was a democrat and a member of the K. of H.
He passed from this life on January 8, 1898 in Van Buren.

Birth	23 Apr 1874	Lewisville, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Marriage	8 Sep 1918	Sebastian County, Arkansas - Alice Susan Freeman
Divorce	17 Feb 1928	Arkansas - Alice Susan Freeman
Death	12 Jul 1948

Spouse

Alice Susan Freeman (1874 - 1948)