ID: I6494
Name: Thomas COLLINS 1
Sex: M
Birth: 10 AUG 1816 in Albermarle County, Virginia
Death: 10 FEB 1899
Burial: Norris Cemetery, Big Creek Township, Henry County, Missouri
Note: Son of George COLLINS of Warren County, Missouri. Came to Warren County in Western Missouri in 1825, from Albermarle County, Virginia. Went to California during the gold rush of '49, crossing the desert with an ox team train and "striking it ric h," had returned home by way of the Isthmus of Panama and New Orleans, where he had exchanged his gold dust for U.S.A. currency. Came to Henry County in 1855, buying several hundred acres of land in the Garland community and there established hi s family.
Change Date: 2 APR 2004
Marriage 1
Sarah C. WOOSTER b: 24 FEB 1817 in Virginia
Children
William Benjamin COLLINS b: 18 JUL 1856 in near Urich, Henry County, Missouri James Thomas COLLINS b: 20 JUN 1859 in Missouri John Pressley COLLINS b: 20 JUN 1859 Sources:
- Type: Web Page
Text: Norris Cemetery, Big Creek Twp, Henry Co, MO cem1100.html
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