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MARSHALL COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - Thomas Collins
Source: " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."
THOMAS COLLINS, farmer, of Marshall County, Tenn ., and son of Willis and
Phoebe (Martin) Collins, is one of nine children and was born in the
State of
Georgia July 27, 1818. He was reared on a farm, an d his early education
was
wholly and needlessly neglected. He was married a t an early age, being
only
nineteen when he and Sarah Childs were united in marriage. Of the six
children born to them only two are living: W. P. and Fa nnie. Since his
marriage he has followed agricultural pursuits, and at one ti me was the
owner
of nearly 800 acres of land, the greater part of which he h as given tohis
children. In 1884 his wife died, and, after living with his c hildren a
year,
he was married to Mrs. Nancy E. (Clark) Judia. Previous to the war Mr.
Collins was a Whig; since that time he has not cast a party vote. He has
been
a resident of Marshall County some thirty years, and has the co nfidence
and
respect of all who know him. Our subject’s father and mother w ere bornin
North Carolina and Virgina, respectively, and were married in Geor gia.
The
father was an overseer in the latter State, and came to Tennessee in 1826,
where he became the possessor of nearly 1,000 acres of land. He was a
soldier
under Jackson, and in politics was an old-line Whig. He died in 1 854.
The
mother lived to be about eighty-four years of age.
[wgwillis[1].F TW]
Thomas COLLINS is on the 1850 Giles County census in District 10, HH1326,
age 32, born in Georgia, with Sarah [CHILES] Collins, 33, TN, Phebe A.,
8, TN, Wm. H, 7, Willis P., 4, Lucinda F., 1, all born in TN. Willis
COLLINS, th e father, not located, and not on the 1836 tax list.
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Abt 1818 - 1888 (~ 70 years)
