The 1870 census is the only record for Evalena (or Eva Lena or Evelyn) Collins, b. about 1866 in Iowa. She is the only member missing from the family in the 1880 US census, and is not in the 1885 Iowa census. No birth or death record found.
Sources
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKS-266 : 17 October 2014), Evalena Collins in household of John D Collins, Iowa, United States; citing p. 5, family 40, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,922.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Evalena by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Evalena: