Orville or Orvill. Medical doctor.

(NDN) Four children Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, and John Dillard are listed in a letter from Nell Downing Norton to Glenn Dillard Gunn dated January 23, 1942. NDN reports that Orville Collins was a doctor.

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1. Was a physician. In 1840 he beagn to "read" medicine and in 1845 he
graduated from the medical department of Kemper College in St. Louis,
MO. He then practiced medicine with his father until 1853.
2. Had 10 children.
3. His wife was a daughter of John Christy of Clark Co., KY.
4. Was enumerated in the 1850 Hopkins Co., KY census.
5. Born 1798

1830 US Census household Orville Collins, unknown twp., Clark Co., KY
White Males: 1 0-5, 2 30-40 (incl. Orville Collins)
White Females: 2 0-5, 2 5-10, 1 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 20-30, 1 30-40 (incl. wife Mary Christie), 1 50-60
Slave Males: 2 0-10, 1 10-24, 1 55-100
Slave Females: 1 0-10, 2 10-24, 1 36-55
Total of 20 in household

1850 US census, Kentucky, Hopkins Co., District 1, 3 Sep 1850:
Orvill Collins, 51, Physician, $1000, b:KY [not "orville"]
Mary, 48, b:KY
Martha, 17, b:KY
Nancy, 15, b:KY
Orvill, 12, b:KY
Ellen J., 9, b:KY
Sarah Collins, 70, b:VA
Talitha Monroe, 47, b:KY

1860 US census, Kentucky, Hopkins, Madisonville, 25 August (page 6/12):
Orvill Collins, 60, M, Clergyman Christian, $2000, $1000, b:KY
Mary Collins, 58, F, b:KY
Ellen Collins, 18, F, b:KY

1870 US census, Kentucky, Hopkins Co., Madisonville:
Orville Collins, 70, Minister, $8000, $500
Polly Collins, 68, keeping house
Nammie(?) Lyon, 36
Imagine Lyon, 16
Mollie Lyon, 15
Nellie Lyon, 11
(All born KY).

From handwritten genealogical notes of great granddaughter Lucy Furman,
Orville Collins married Mary Christie, had the following children (not in chronological order):
1,2. Mary, and Sarah (one of these may have married a Nesbit)
3. Dr. John Dillard Collins, b 11 July 1823, m (1st) Elvira Hatchitt 1845, m (2nd) Sadie McMillan 1879 or 1880, no descendants. Had three daughters: Leila (b 1846), Jessie (b 1849?), Rosalie Allan (b 29 Mar?Nov? 1852).
4. Kate, b?, m? Wm? Brewster, lived Robards, KY, had 3 daughters and 1? son.
5. Elizabeth (or Bet), m Henry Goodloe, lived Madisonville, KY, had 1 daughter Fancie b 18 Jun 1889.
6. Martha (or Mattie), m Hanson Boring, lived Madisonville, KY, no descendants.
7. Nancy (or Nan), m Chet? Lyon, who died early, 3 daughters, 1 son (Molly, Imogene, Nell, Matthew).
8. Nell (Eleanor?), m Geo. Tigeley?, had 1 daughter (Rosalie or Rosie b 1872?)
9. Orville ("Bud"), m Cotie?, had 1 son J. Dillard Collins (called "D"), died in Henderson, KY.

• Married: 6 Oct 1819 in Clark Co., KY

1. John Dillard COLLINS b: 11 Jul 1823 in Winchester, Clark Co., Kentucky
2. Orville COLLINS b: 17 Jul 1837 in Hopkins Co., KY
3. Mary COLLINS
4. Sarah COLLINS
5. Elizabeth COLLINS
6. Ellen J COLLINS b: abt 1842 in Kentucky
7. Martha COLLINS b: abt 1833 in Kentucky
8. Nancy COLLINS b: abt 1835 in Kentucky
9. Kate COLLINS