Born about in Alabama, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Jared Jones Collins
— married
1832 [location unknown]
Mother of
Sarah Jane (Collins) Cochran, Julius W. Collins, Ausburn Collins and Matilda Etta (Collins) Lawrence
Died about
at about age 31
in Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Oct 2022
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Biography
Matilda was born about 1809. She passed away about 1840.
Research Notes
Comment posted on her husband's FSFT profile by Pamela Dempsey: "Reason This Information Is Correct: B. J. Collins, merchant, Hazen, Ark. Jared Collins, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in North Carolina in 1807, was married in about 1832 to Miss Matilda E. Witty and reared a family of five children: Sally J. (deceased, married Dr. Jerome Cockran), J. W. (was killed in a battle at Jonesboro, Ga.), O. B. (is residing at Birmingham, Ala.), Emma C. (married Mr. Steadham and now resides at Pine Bluff, Ark.) and Mattie E. (now Mrs. Lawrence, resides at Memphis, Tenn:). Mr. Collins moved to Mississippi about 1835, and settled in Hernando County, where he was engaged in the tailor's business, but later became a tiller of the soil in the same county. His wife died and he married Miss R. J. Irwin, the mother of the subject of this sketch, in 1842, ... (Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas, Goodspeed Publishers, 1891, p. 692) " Steffen-1085 18:46, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
Sources
- Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas, Goodspeed Publishers, 1891, p. 692
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