Henry Collins was born in 1840 in Platteville, Wisconsin to James and Lydia B. (Sandlin) Collins. He married Sarah Emily Bobb on December 10, 1863 in Orion, Wisconsin. They were the parents of William Harrison (1865-1929), Laura Leona (1868-1963), Martin (1871-1879), Albert (1874-1926), Charles T. (1876-1963), Edwin (1878-1889), and Orville (born 1880). Henry died on September 2, 1891 at the age about 51 in Woody Creek, Colorado, and was buried in Collins Cemetery in Woody Creek, Colorado.
Fact: Residence (1850) Richland county, Richland, Wisconsin, United States
Fact: Residence (1860) Richmond, Richland, Wisconsin, United States
Fact: Residence (1870) Fort Calhoun, Washington, Nebraska, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Richland, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States
Fact: Burial Collins Cemetery, Woody Creek, Pitkin, Colorado, United States
Sources
1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DL-2MM : 23 December 2020), Henry Collins in household of James Collins, Richland, Richland, Wisconsin, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9X-FH9 : 18 February 2021), Henry Collins in entry for James Collins, 1860.
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YX-3NK : 14 January 2022), Henry Collins, Richland Township, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
Burial: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7Y-H935 : 21 June 2017), Henry Collins, 1989; Burial, Woody Creek, Pitkin, Colorado, United States of America, Collins Cemetery; citing record ID 178590930, Find A Grave: Memorial #178590930.
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