Silas Young Collins (1872 - 1947)

Born 25 Nov 1872 in Douglas County, MO

Ancestors

Died 27 Dec 1947 at age 75 in Madison, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Silas was the son of Tipton Collins and Haley Martin.

He married Beady Alice Dotson about 1899.^[1]

They were the parents of:

• Infant Collins^[2]
• Roxie Ellen Collins^[3][4]
• Gracie Collins^[5][6]
• Squire Tipton Collins^[7][8]
• Arkie Angel Collins^[9][10]
• Viola Collins^[11][12]

The Madison County Record Huntsville, AR 1 Jan 1948

Silas Young Collins, aged 75, farmer and minister, passed away Dec. 27 at 5:40 a.m. at his home near Hindsville. A former resident of Witter, he had made his home with a son for the past seven years.

He was born in Douglas County, Mo., Nov. 25, 1872, the son of Tipton Collins and Haley Martin Collins. He was a member of the Christian Union Church for 52 years.

Survivors include a son, Tipton Collins, Hindsville; three daughters, Mrs. Arby Warford and Mrs. Roxie Croushorn, both of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Viola Collins, Malvern, Iowa.

Services conducted by Rev. Doyle Alderson, Baptist minister of Hindsville were held at the Wharton Creek cemetery at 2 p.m. on Dec. 29, with arrangements by the Brashears Funeral Home.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47433203/beady-alice-collins
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11575174/infant-collins
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKVD-JF5
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39430504/roxie-ellen-croushorn
5. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKVD-JFT
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ9Q-KZ7
7. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKVD-JFY
8. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53337928/squire-tipton-collins
9. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ9Q-KZ4
10. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125651660/arkie-angel-wofford
11. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKVD-JFR
12. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ9Q-KZQ

• United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M661-B1R : 7 September 2017), Silas Collins in entry for Tipton Collins, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 30, sheet 537B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0685; FHL microfilm 1,254,685.
• United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKVD-JFG : accessed 21 July 2019), Silas Collins, Lincoln, Madison, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 74, sheet 13B, family 234, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 57; FHL microfilm 1,374,070.
• United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ9Q-6P8 : accessed 21 July 2019), Silas Callins, Shannon, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 184, sheet 10A, line 3, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1483; FHL microfilm 1,821,483.
• United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQKD-WS7 : 14 March 2018), Silas Collins in household of Tipton Collins, Hindsville, Prairie Township, Madison, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44-15, sheet 8B, line 52, family 161, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 153.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZD5-R35 : 13 March 2018), Silas Young Collins, 1917-1918; citing Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,852,241.
• Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJTM-N8J : 27 November 2014), Sylis You Collins, 27 Dec 1947; derived from "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); a multigenerational derivative citing Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 (Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society).
• Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKV-Z7JJ : 13 December 2015), Silas Young Collins, 1947; Burial, Wharton, Madison, Arkansas, United States of America, Lower Wharton Creek Cemetery; citing record ID 47433185, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47433185/silas-young-collins