MARSHALL COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - David Collins
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DAVID COLLINS is a son of Jones Collins, who was born in 1791 in North
Carolina.  The mother, Sophia (Wright) Collins, was born in 1798, in Georgia. 
The father participated in the war of 1812, and in 1832 came to Marshall
County, Tenn.  He is a Jacksonian Democrat, and at the breaking out of the
late war led some fourteen of his children and grandchildren to the front.  He
has always followed farming, and at one time was one of the most extensive
land owners in the county.  In 1875 the mother died.  The father is now (1886)
ninety-four years old and enjoys good health.  The Collins family were among
the earliest settlers of the county and are of Scotch-Irish descent.  David
Collins was born March 16, 1827, in Georgia.  He had good educational
advantages but did not improve them, which fact he has always regretted.  At
the age of seventeen he enlisted to serve in the Mexican war, and after a
short service had his leg shattered by an ounce ball at Monterey, disabling
him for further service.  After he returned home he clerked, farmed, and at
the age of twenty-two began operating the Allen Leper Mills.  In 1853 he
wedded Margaret Glenn, and to them were born five sons.  Mr. Collins is a
Democrat and the owner of 175 acres of land.  His son, John C. Collins, was
born September 15, 1858, in Marshall County.  His rudimentary education was
obtained in the common schools, and later he finished his education at
Culleoka.  After his return he kept several fine horses for about three years.
In 1883 he came to Gill’s Chapel and opened a grocery store in an old log
house, his capital being $300.  By good management he has built a new store-
room, a nice frame residence and has increased his stock of goods many fold.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and is a Republican in
politics.

Surnames: Collins, Glenn, Leper, Wright
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."