James Monroe Collins (1859 - 1918)

Born 19 Aug 1859 in Yadkin County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Permelia Sizemore — married 19 May 1878 in Yadkin, North Carolina, United States

Died 28 Apr 1918 at age 58 in Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina

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Biography

James was the son of William Collins & Martha "Patsy" Sizemore.^[1] He was born in May 1859. ^[2] He married his first cousin, Permilia Sizemore, the daughter of John & Elizabeth Sizemore^[3], on 19 May 1878 in Yadkin County.^[4] In 1880, they were living with Elizabeth Sizemore and had a newborn son, Edward.^[5] They had at least one other child, a daughter named "Mamie" born in June 1892. James was a farmer. He died 28 April 1918^[6] and was buried at the Deep Creek Friends Cemetery in Yadkin, North Carolina.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDY-83F : 12 December 2017), James M Collins in entry for William Collins, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSB5-TZW : accessed 19 November 2019), James M Collins, Booneville Township Booneville town, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 133, sheet 11A, family 200, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,225.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDH-JBG : 14 June 2019), Permelia Scizemore in entry for John Scizemore, 1870.
4. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QY-CM9 : 22 December 2016), James M. Collins and Permelia J. Sizemore, 19 May 1878; citing , Yadkin, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 802,524.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCF3-MST : 19 August 2017), Monroe Collins in household of Elizabeth Sizmore, Boonville, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 225, sheet 426B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,988.
6. ↑ "North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F36W-K4K : accessed 1 July 2015), James Monroe Collins, 28 Apr 1918; citing Boonville, Yadkin, North Carolina, reference p 237 cn 2593, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,352.