Sketch of George Collins, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** The father of William Collins was an Englishman. At an early age William was bound out to learn the carpenter's trade, but becoming dissatisfied, he ran away and got married, which suited him better. He married Jane Blakey, of Warren County, Virginia, and they had six children: George, John, Reuben, Fanny, Elizabeth and William. John married Fannie Curtley, and settled in Franklin County, Missouri. George married Jane Eddings, of Warren County, Virginia, and settled in St. Charles County, Missouri in 1825. They had seventeen children: Sarah, Elizabeth, Frances, Smith, Eliza, Nancy, Clarissa, James, Eli- jah, Thomas, William, Tandy, George, Sandy, Jane, Mary and Joseph. Sandy, Joseph and Mary died before they were grown. Elizabeth, Eliza and Clarissa married and remained in Virginia. Sarah and Nancy marr- ied and settled in Warren County, Missouri. Smith married Emily Wyatt and moved to Oregon. Thomas, William and Frances settled in Henry County, Missouri. Elijah settled in Arkansas, and George in Warren County, Missouri. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================