His parents are thought to be Jones W. Collins (1798-1850) and Margaret Tune Collins (1800-1861), whose places of burial are currently unknown.
However, other researchers state that Jones W. Collins and his wife, Margaret Tune had a son John, but they were from Halifax County, Virginia.
They then moved to Caswell County, North Carolina for a few years; then circa 1838 near Memphis, Tennessee and later to De Soto County, Mississippi where their two youngest children were born, sons John and James.
These names are confirmed by guardianship records.
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During the Civil War he served as a Corporal in Company E, 34th Mississippi Infantry. His middle name is from the Certificate of Death for his daughter, Margaret Louise Collins Roberts. On November 10, 1868 as John H. Collins, he married Mary J. Brown in De Soto County, Mississippi.
The Paris News Thursday, April 13, 1921
Rev. J.H. Collins, an aged resident of Paris, died at 1 o'clock yesterday morning [Texas Certificate of Death states April 6, 1921] at his home on East Austin Street after a prolonged illness. He was stricken with paralysis about a year ago and had never recovered fully from the effects of it. He was born near Memphis, Tennessee and was 82 years old. He served in the Confederate Army as flag bearer and was a member of Albert Sidney Johnston Camp United Confederate Veterans of Paris for several years. He was for a number of years engaged in the active ministry before leaving his native state and after moving to Texas as a member of the Baptist denomination. He had been living in Paris nearly twenty years at the time of his death and during a considerable part of that time he was employed as a county missionary to preach at churches and in communities where the membership was not strong enough to support a regular pastor. Besides serving as county missionary he was Secretary of the County Baptist Association a number of years. He is survived by his aged wife and by five children, C.F. Collins and H.L. Collins of Paris, Henry Collins of Fort Worth, Mrs. W.J. Beeson of Galveston and Mrs. S.P. Bailey of Marlow, Oklahoma. The funeral service was held at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the First Baptist Church. In the absence of Rev. W.B. Kendall, the pastor, it was conducted by Rev. Claud Carlton, county missionary, assisted by Rev. E.S. Hutcherson of West Paris. Interment was at Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Betsy Mills & Ron Brothers, The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, On-Line Edition (Paris, TX: ReBroMa Press, 2008.)
However, other researchers state that Jones W. Collins and his wife, Margaret Tune had a son John, but they were from Halifax County, Virginia.
They then moved to Caswell County, North Carolina for a few years; then circa 1838 near Memphis, Tennessee and later to De Soto County, Mississippi where their two youngest children were born, sons John and James.
These names are confirmed by guardianship records.
*****
During the Civil War he served as a Corporal in Company E, 34th Mississippi Infantry. His middle name is from the Certificate of Death for his daughter, Margaret Louise Collins Roberts. On November 10, 1868 as John H. Collins, he married Mary J. Brown in De Soto County, Mississippi.
The Paris News Thursday, April 13, 1921
Rev. J.H. Collins, an aged resident of Paris, died at 1 o'clock yesterday morning [Texas Certificate of Death states April 6, 1921] at his home on East Austin Street after a prolonged illness. He was stricken with paralysis about a year ago and had never recovered fully from the effects of it. He was born near Memphis, Tennessee and was 82 years old. He served in the Confederate Army as flag bearer and was a member of Albert Sidney Johnston Camp United Confederate Veterans of Paris for several years. He was for a number of years engaged in the active ministry before leaving his native state and after moving to Texas as a member of the Baptist denomination. He had been living in Paris nearly twenty years at the time of his death and during a considerable part of that time he was employed as a county missionary to preach at churches and in communities where the membership was not strong enough to support a regular pastor. Besides serving as county missionary he was Secretary of the County Baptist Association a number of years. He is survived by his aged wife and by five children, C.F. Collins and H.L. Collins of Paris, Henry Collins of Fort Worth, Mrs. W.J. Beeson of Galveston and Mrs. S.P. Bailey of Marlow, Oklahoma. The funeral service was held at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the First Baptist Church. In the absence of Rev. W.B. Kendall, the pastor, it was conducted by Rev. Claud Carlton, county missionary, assisted by Rev. E.S. Hutcherson of West Paris. Interment was at Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Betsy Mills & Ron Brothers, The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, On-Line Edition (Paris, TX: ReBroMa Press, 2008.)
His parents are thought to be Jones W. Collins (1798-1850) and Margaret Tune Collins (1800-1861), whose places of burial are currently unknown.
However, other researchers state that Jones W. Collins and his wife, Margaret Tune had a son John, but they were from Halifax County, Virginia.
They then moved to Caswell County, North Carolina for a few years; then circa 1838 near Memphis, Tennessee and later to De Soto County, Mississippi where their two youngest children were born, sons John and James.
These names are confirmed by guardianship records.
*****
During the Civil War he served as a Corporal in Company E, 34th Mississippi Infantry. His middle name is from the Certificate of Death for his daughter, Margaret Louise Collins Roberts. On November 10, 1868 as John H. Collins, he married Mary J. Brown in De Soto County, Mississippi.
The Paris News Thursday, April 13, 1921
Rev. J.H. Collins, an aged resident of Paris, died at 1 o'clock yesterday morning [Texas Certificate of Death states April 6, 1921] at his home on East Austin Street after a prolonged illness. He was stricken with paralysis about a year ago and had never recovered fully from the effects of it. He was born near Memphis, Tennessee and was 82 years old. He served in the Confederate Army as flag bearer and was a member of Albert Sidney Johnston Camp United Confederate Veterans of Paris for several years. He was for a number of years engaged in the active ministry before leaving his native state and after moving to Texas as a member of the Baptist denomination. He had been living in Paris nearly twenty years at the time of his death and during a considerable part of that time he was employed as a county missionary to preach at churches and in communities where the membership was not strong enough to support a regular pastor. Besides serving as county missionary he was Secretary of the County Baptist Association a number of years. He is survived by his aged wife and by five children, C.F. Collins and H.L. Collins of Paris, Henry Collins of Fort Worth, Mrs. W.J. Beeson of Galveston and Mrs. S.P. Bailey of Marlow, Oklahoma. The funeral service was held at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the First Baptist Church. In the absence of Rev. W.B. Kendall, the pastor, it was conducted by Rev. Claud Carlton, county missionary, assisted by Rev. E.S. Hutcherson of West Paris. Interment was at Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Betsy Mills & Ron Brothers, The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, On-Line Edition (Paris, TX: ReBroMa Press, 2008.)
However, other researchers state that Jones W. Collins and his wife, Margaret Tune had a son John, but they were from Halifax County, Virginia.
They then moved to Caswell County, North Carolina for a few years; then circa 1838 near Memphis, Tennessee and later to De Soto County, Mississippi where their two youngest children were born, sons John and James.
These names are confirmed by guardianship records.
*****
During the Civil War he served as a Corporal in Company E, 34th Mississippi Infantry. His middle name is from the Certificate of Death for his daughter, Margaret Louise Collins Roberts. On November 10, 1868 as John H. Collins, he married Mary J. Brown in De Soto County, Mississippi.
The Paris News Thursday, April 13, 1921
Rev. J.H. Collins, an aged resident of Paris, died at 1 o'clock yesterday morning [Texas Certificate of Death states April 6, 1921] at his home on East Austin Street after a prolonged illness. He was stricken with paralysis about a year ago and had never recovered fully from the effects of it. He was born near Memphis, Tennessee and was 82 years old. He served in the Confederate Army as flag bearer and was a member of Albert Sidney Johnston Camp United Confederate Veterans of Paris for several years. He was for a number of years engaged in the active ministry before leaving his native state and after moving to Texas as a member of the Baptist denomination. He had been living in Paris nearly twenty years at the time of his death and during a considerable part of that time he was employed as a county missionary to preach at churches and in communities where the membership was not strong enough to support a regular pastor. Besides serving as county missionary he was Secretary of the County Baptist Association a number of years. He is survived by his aged wife and by five children, C.F. Collins and H.L. Collins of Paris, Henry Collins of Fort Worth, Mrs. W.J. Beeson of Galveston and Mrs. S.P. Bailey of Marlow, Oklahoma. The funeral service was held at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the First Baptist Church. In the absence of Rev. W.B. Kendall, the pastor, it was conducted by Rev. Claud Carlton, county missionary, assisted by Rev. E.S. Hutcherson of West Paris. Interment was at Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Betsy Mills & Ron Brothers, The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, On-Line Edition (Paris, TX: ReBroMa Press, 2008.)
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