BIBLE: Ellis Edward Collins & Catherine Rutan Family This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Annette Lucas ClintonRoots@aol.com April 2003 I have no connection to this family Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm The following information is from the Iowa Genealogical Society, 6000 Douglas, P.O. Box 7735, Des Moines, Iowa 50322 This Bible was published in 1836 and bears the inscription "Mr. Collins, 1838" MARRIAGES Collins, E. E. & V. Catherine Rutan 11 Mar 1835 Paterson, NJ Pattee, James & Mary C. 14 Jan 1855 Janesville, IA High, Isaac & Margaret Ann C. 28 Dec 1865 Janesville, IA Collins, Alfred Brigg & Adney Inez Maynard 19 Sep 1868 Janesville, IA Boyington, Charles W. & Mary Lorett Collins 29 Sep 1886 Wright Co., IA Collins, Alfred B. & Mary McCormick 12 Jan 1887 Wright Co., IA Smith, Peter M. & Maggie Iness Collins 12 Mar 1890 Wright Co., IA Collins, Louis W. & Margaret Jane McKay 28 Jun 1916 Standish, CA Collins, Leroy E. & Maud I. Butler 27 Jun 1915 Alexander, IA Collins, Frank Bernard & Dorothy Irene Benedict 27 Aug 1941 Toresdahl, Richard Melvin & Dorothy Fern Collins 12 Jun 1948 BIRTHS Mary Catherine 21 Apr 1836 Margaret Ann Crossett 04 May 1838 Ellis Edward 26 Oct 1840 Alfred Brigg 04 Nov 1841 Marie Louisa 14 Jan 1844 Mary Loretta Collins 22 Nov 1869 Maggie Iness Collins 01 Nov 1871 Mary (McCormick) Collins 14 Jul 1855 Lasselsville, NY Leroy Earnest Collins 21 Jul 1888 Louis William Collins 15 Feb 1890 Clarion, IA Frank Bernard Collins 11 Jan 1918 Dorothy Fern Collins 04 Aug 1930 Christie Lou Collins 27 Oct 1944 Mary Anita Collins 16 Jun 1947 DEATHS Ellis Edward 07 Dec 1840 age 6 wks Marie Louisa 26 Apr 1844 age 3 mos 12 da Mary Catherine 29 Mar 1856 age 19 yrs 11 mos 18 da Margaret Ann Crossett 26 Mar 1874 age 35 yrs 10 mos 22 da John High, her baby 15 Apr 1874 Ellis Edward Collins 14 Feb 1876 Catherine Collins 18 Mar 1881 Adney I. Collins 03 Sep 1883 Alfred Brigg Collins 18 Feb 1916 Interment Clarion Evergreen Cem. Mary McCormick Collins 23 Feb 1936 Interment Clarion Evergreen Cem. Louis William Collins 13 Jan 1965 Leroy E. Collins 03 Nov 1969 Frank Bernard Collins 27 Apr 1970 Maud Collins 07 Jun 1971 BAPTISMS Mary Catherine, age 2 1/2 yrs 2 da and Margaret Ann Crossett, age 5 mos 19 da in 1838 by Rev. I. F. Clark (in house on Prospect St.)