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Eliza was the daughter of George Collins and Lydia Collins. She passed away on her eightieth or eighty-fifth birthday.
Eliza Jane Collins was indicted on August 6, 1875 in Johnson County Circuit Court, Paintsville, Kentucky for fornication. Her sisters Mary Ann “Polly” Collins and Georgia Ann Collins and first cousins Amanda Ellen Collins, Nancy Ann Collins and Angelina Collins were also indicted for the same reason on that day.
ELIZA JANE COMBS
AGED WOMAN DIES OF BURNS
Mrs. Henry Combs of Tomahawk Is Victim Of Burns
Eliza Jane Combs, 85, wife of Henry Combs of Tomahawk, Ky., was burned to death Sunday evening in her home.
Her clothing caught fire at an open fireplace and it was impossible to extinguish the flames before she was fatally burned. She was rushed to a Paintsville hospital and died within a few hours.
She had been a devout member of the Church for several years, and has many friends in both Johnson and Martin counties.
She lived in Johnson County until the last few years, when she moved to Stafford in Martin County. Her untimely death takes one of our most loved and respected women.
She is survived by her husband, one foster daughter Mrs. Claude McFaddin, two brothers, Garland Collins, of Paintsville and Garfield Collins of Staffordsville.
Two sisters Mrs. A. B. Collins of Garrison, Ky., and Mrs. Fred Gullet [sic] of Falcon also survive.
Funeral services were held from the Freewill Baptist Church in Paintsville, Tuesday and burial in the Turner cemetery this county.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBC-HLW : 12 April 2016), Eliza J Collins in entry for G W Collins, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXWF-4MX : 12 April 2016), Eliza Jane Collins in household of Geo W Collins, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 3, family 19, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,976.
Commonwealth of Kentucky v.s. Eliza Jane Collins, Johnson County Circuit Court, Paintsville, Kentucky, August 6, 1875
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3ZL-69KL-6
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D8-QC6M : 22 July 2021), James Selvage and Eliza J Collins, 19 Jan 1880; citing Marriage, Paintsville, Johnson, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,912,952.
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28H-QYW9 : 22 July 2021), James Selvage and Eliza J Collins, 19 Jan 1880; citing Marriage, Paintsville, Johnson, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 836,570.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZQ-Z2R : 14 January 2022), Eliza J. Selvidge in household of James Selvidge, Barnetts Creek, Johnson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
(Census data from 1900 has not yet been found.)
(Census data from 1920 has not yet been found.)
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMXK-HGF : accessed 13 May 2023), Liza J Combs in household of Henry Combs, Paintsville, Johnson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 24B, line 62, family 517, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 761; FHL microfilm 2,340,496.
"Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC9-R8HP : 1 July 2015), Eliza J Combs, 29 Dec 1935; citing Death, Johnson, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jccem/genealogy/OBIT/COMBS,ElizaC.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185045539/eliza-jane-combs
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