Ollie SMITH died UNKNOWN. He married Margaret KENNEDY.
Margaret KENNEDY was born Dec 1841. She died Bef 1920? in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. Margaret married Ollie SMITH.
Other marriages:VERNON,
They had the following children:
F i Ada A. SMITH was born 23 Sep 1860 and died 20 Feb 1932. F ii John Hugh GODWIN died UNKNOWN.
John Hugh GODWIN [Parents] died UNKNOWN. She married Living.
Henry Ozzie COLLINS [Parents] was born 3 Nov 1874 in Lynnville, Giles Co, TN. He died 31 Jul 1944 in Tarrant Co., TX and was buried in Alvord Cemetery. Henry married 1 Fannie Mae TAYLOR on 17 Jan 1897 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX.
Henry O. Collins and family were in Wise Co., TX by 1900
1910 Wise Co. TX Census
Collins, Henry O. 34 married 12 years
Fanny 32 mother of 5 children with 4 living
Clyde 12
Charlie 7
Vietta 4
Seless 11920 Wise Co. TX
Collins, H.O. 46
Mary 43
Clyde 22
Charlie 17
Viata 13
Selest 11
Vival 8
Florene 4
Delbert 4Henry must have been separated but never divorced from his wife Fannie. She is listed as head of household in the 1930 census but when she died, Henry showed up 2 years later to claim his half of the inheritance.
Wise Co. Birth Records
COLLINS H.O. TAYLOR T.M. blank 3/7/15 F blank 6049
COLLINS Henry Ozzie (TN) TAYLOR Fannie Mae (TX) Eddie Clyde 07/15/97 M Alvord (14882)
Fannie Mae TAYLOR [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1 5 Sep 1876 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX. She died 10 May 1931 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX and was buried in Alvord Cemetery Plot # 1086. Fannie married 2 Henry Ozzie COLLINS on 17 Jan 1897 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX.
BIOGRAPHY: Charles Collins Family of Six Wiped out When Denver Passenger Train Hits Auto (Decatur News May 11, 1931)
Lives of the six members of an Alvord family, all occupants of the same automobile, were snuffed out when the car in which they were driving was struck by the north bound Fort Worth and Denver passenger train, at the first crossing south of Alvord at 11:20 Sunday night
The dead are:
Charles Collins - 30
Mrs. Nora Lee Collins - 28, his wife
Charlene Collins - 5, his daughter
Mrs. Fannie Collins - 65, his mother
Florine Collins - 20, his sister
Cecil Ferguson - 18- brother of Mrs. Charles CollinsThe machine, a large sedan, was cut squarely in two and with the bodies was carried several hundred feet down the track. The bodies were badly mangled and that of the baby girl was located on the cow catcher, which was snapped from the engine by the impact and was found in a heap with the wreckage of the car, about the length of the train from the crossing where the accident occurred.
Engineer Saw Car
J.F. Gillespie, engineer of the train, later told Justice of the Peace A. M. Stone he saw the automobile approach the track and stop at the crossing. Then, Gillespie said, the car lunged forward and stopped directly in front of the locomotive.
Collins and his party had just returned to Alvord from Fort Worth, where they had been visiting his sister Mrs. P. J. Evans and presumably had taken a short cut to the home of Mrs. Fannie Collins in the south part of town when the tragedy occurred.
Justice Stone said today that insofar as he could ascertain there were no witnesses other than the engineer. The train was held here for an hour and a half while the bodies where recovered, the wreckage removed and the statements of the train crew were taken. Although no responsibility for the collision had been fixed. Stone said, his inquest was still open and with out formal findings today.
Funerals of the victims were set for this afternoon.
Crossing Unprotected
The crossing where the Collins car was struck is not protected. Engineer Gillespie said he blew his whistle several times upon approaching Alvord, and believed that the automobile had stopped, some 10 feet from the rails, in response to his warning. When the car lunged forward, he said, the locomotive was practically at the crossing.
There is a slight incline in the street to the railroad grade, and the opinion was held that Collins may have been holding the car with brake and clutch pedals depressed when his foot slipped, throwing the car back into gear and causing it to plunge forward.
Collins was a native of Wise County and for several years had operated Simms Oil company filling station here. Mrs. Collins was the daughter of Roy Ferguson, Wise county farmer, who moved his section last year from Wichita Falls, where he operated a cafι for several years.
Justice Stone has not yet found an eye witness to the crash, except the rail road engineer. One theory as in the cause of the accident was that Collins brought his auto to a standstill for the train to pass, that he left the gear in low, that his foot slipped off the clutch and the car lunged forward, the lurch forward causing the engine to die on the tracks.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Pearl Evans of Fort Worth, Mrs. Fannie Collins is survived by a daughter Mrs. Celeste Taylor of Decatur, and another daughter who lives in Arkansas. Cecil Ferguson and Mrs. Collins are survived by their parents, Mr. And Mrs. Roy Ferguson who lives three miles south of Alvord.ESTATE OF MRS. FANNIE M. COLLINS DECEASED} IN THE COUNTY COURT OF
No. 2390. WISE COUNTY, TEXAS.Wm. Covington, Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Mrs. Fannie M. Collins, deceased, hereby makes and presents this his final report and account of the condition of said estate, including his account therewith, showing a list of all the properties and assets of the estate which has come into his hands as such administrator.
PROPERTY AND ESTATE THAT CAME TO HAND.
Said temporary Administrator respectfully shows that the only property that has come to his possession as such administrator consists of the following receipts:
MONEY RECEIVED
May 10, 1931, Balance on deposit in Bank .. $117.96
Rents collected from farm .. 28.58
Jan. 20th, 1932, Amount collected on Life Policy Citizens Mut. Life and Acc. Assn.
45.00
Jan. 28, 1932, 45% cash dividend on bank stock First. Nat. of Alvord, W.H. Taylor Estate
28.12
Feb. 1st, 1932 Farm Rent W.H. Taylor Est 26.04
Total Receipts $245.70MONEY DISBURSED
Feb. 1st. 1932, School Taxes paid for 1931 6.00
Feb. 11th 1932, State and Co. Taxes paid for 1931 11.81
Court Costs in this proceeding . .3.12
Total Disbursed 20.93BALANCE ON HAND ..$245.77
This said temporary Admr. Respectfully shows to the Court that the said Mrs. Fannie M. Collins, deceased, left at the time of her death left surviving her the following children who are her sole and only heirs unless she had a living husband at the time of her death, and it is not known whether she had any such husband at said time or not; that in any event her said children are entitled to at least one half of the remaining moneys now on hand above shown, said children being entitled to equal shares therein, and said children being names as follows: Celeste Collins Taylor, a daughter; Clyde Collins, a son; Vietta Collins Evans, a daughter,; Vera Collins Thurman, a daughter; and Delbert Collins, a son who is a minor, and of whose estate P.J. Evans is guardian. This said temporary administrator respectfully shows to the Court that there is no further necessity for such administration on said estate, and he prays that he be authorized to pay one half of the above mentioned moneys on hand to the said children of said Fannie M. Collins, deceased, distributing same to them in equal portions, and that he be authorized to pay the other one half of said funds into the registry of this Court; and that said temporary administration be finally closed, and that this said administrator and his bondsmen be finally discharged.
Wm. Covington
Temporary AdministratorTHE STATE OF TEXAS}
COUNTY OF WISE} BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Wm. Covington, Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Mrs. Fannie M. Collins, deceased, who after being by me duly sworn, deposes and states upon oath that the above and foregoing final report and account contains a correct and complete statement of the matters to which the same relates, including a list of all property coming into his hands as such temporary administrator and of his disposition of the same.Wm. Covington
Temporary AdministratorSubscribed and sworn to before me this the 29th day of February A.D. 1932
Douglas Dickson
Notary Public in and for Wise County, Texas
ENDORSED: Estate of Mrs. Fannie M. Collins, Deaceased
Final Report and Account of Temporary Adm.
Received and filed this 29th day of Feb. 1932
W.V. Cunningham, Count Clerk, Wise County Texas. By Douglas Dickson, Deputy.ESTATE OF FANNIE M. COLLINS
DECEASED. No. 2390On this the 28th day of March A.D. 1933, it appearing to the Court that in the above styled and numbered administration there was deposited in the registry of this Court the sum of $112.38. as funds belonging and going to the surviving husband of said Fannie M Collins, deceased, in case he should be living, same being his distributive share of the estate of said deceased, and it further appearing to the court that H.O. Collins was and is the surviving husband of the said Mrs. Fannie M. Collins, deceased, and that he is alive and has appeared requesting payment of said sum to him as such distributive share belonging to him.
It is there ordered by the Court that the Clerk of this Court be and is hereby authorized and directed to make payment of said sum of $112.36 from the registry of the Court to the said H.O. Collins upon the execution of proper receipt therefore.
H.E. Brady
County Judge, of Wise County
They had the following children:
M i Eddie Clyde COLLINS was born 15 Jun 1897 and died 25 Aug 1974. F ii Infant Girl COLLINS was born 5 Feb 1899 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX. She died 9 Feb 1899 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX. M iii Hurbert COLLINS was born Oct 1899 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX. He died 1900 in Wise Co., TX. M iv Charles L. "Charlie" COLLINS was born 24 Oct 1902 and died 10 May 1931. F v Vietta Lucille COLLINS was born 31 Mar 1906 and died 20 May 1993. F vi Celeste COLLINS was born 22 Dec 1908 and died UNKNOWN. F vii Florene L COLLINS [scrapbook] was born 7 Mar 1915 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX. She died 10 May 1931 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX and was buried in Alvord Cemetery.
Died in Train Car Wreck - See Fannie Mae Taylor Collins for story.M viii Delbert COLLINS was born 27 Apr 1919 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX. He died Jul 1968 in Dumas, Moore Co, TX. F ix Verva COLLINS died Unknown.
James Edward COLLINS [Parents] 1 was born 2 25 May 1875 in Lynnville, Giles Co, TN. He died 2 3 May 1948 in Olney Or Graham, Young Co., TX. James married 3 Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" MORRIS on 13 Aug 1899 in Wise Co., TX.
James Edward Collins and family were in Wise Co., TX by 1900, According to Dorman Holub James was working at the Oil Mill in Graham, TX in 1917.
Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" MORRIS [scrapbook] was born 11 Nov 1879 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX. She died 1 5 Jul 1953 in Young Co., Olney, TX. Mary married 2 James Edward COLLINS on 13 Aug 1899 in Wise Co., TX.
They had the following children:
M i Guy C. COLLINS was born 30 Aug 1900 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX. He died Sep 1962. M ii Hershel C. COLLINS was born 11 Mar 1903 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX. He died Aug 1985 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX.
Wise Co. Birth Records
COLLINS Hershel STOUT Jamie Doris 8/27/23 F Alvord 7883F iii Eulalia COLLINS was born 31 Oct 1905 and died 20 Mar 1984. M iv James B. COLLINS was born 1910 and died before 1984. M v Byron Or Bryon E. COLLINS was born 14 Jul 1911 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX. He died 11 Feb 1978 in Graham, Young Co., TX and was buried in Pioneer Cemetery. F vi Agnes Odell COLLINS was born 19 Aug 1913 and died 17 Jul 2001. M vii Vernon T. "Percy" COLLINS was born 1 Apr 1917 and died 20 May 1966. M viii Living
William N MORRIS was born Aug 1874 in TN. He died Unknown. William married 1 Cora COLLINS on 8 Dec 1895 in Wise Co., TX.
1920 Wise Co. census shows that Willis G. Collins has a grandson by the name of Carl Morris living with him. Since Cora was his only daughter other than Mary Agnes who married William Williams, this must be Cora's son.
Cora COLLINS [Parents] was born Mar 1881 in Lynnville, Giles Co, TN. She died before 1910. Cora married 1 William N MORRIS on 8 Dec 1895 in Wise Co., TX.
They had the following children:
F i Eula MORRIS was born Mar 1897 in Alvord Cemetery, Wise Co., TX. M ii Carl MORRIS was born 1902 in Alvord, Wise Co., TX. He died Unknown.
James HARWELL died UNKNOWN. He married Hannah HARWELL.
Hannah HARWELL married James HARWELL.
They were first cousins
They had the following children:
M i Richard Levi "Dick" HARWELL was born 2 Mar 1836 and died 23 Mar 1912.
Jesse Joseph Jerome SHELTON [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1860 in Giles Co., TN. He died 1893 in Pulaski, Giles Co, TN. Jesse married Hannah Elizabeth HARWELL on 11 Oct 1885 in Giles Co., TN.
Hannah Elizabeth HARWELL [Parents] "Bettie" was born 21 Apr 1864 in Marshall Co., TN. She died 8 May 1939 in Roxton, Lamar Co., TX. Bettie married Jesse Joseph Jerome SHELTON on 11 Oct 1885 in Giles Co., TN.
Other marriages:REEVES, William Simon "Doc" Reeves
They had the following children:
M i William Levi "Will" SHELTON was born 19 Aug 1884 and died 1 Sep 1951. M ii Joseph Haywood SHELTON was born 9 Oct 1886. He died UNKNOWN. M iii Vannie Jerome SHELTON was born 14 Jun 1889 and died 31 May 1961. M iv Claud Clifton SHELTON was born 5 Aug 1891 and died 15 Feb 1971. M v Clyde Oklan SHELTON was born 21 Sep 1893 and died 15 Nov 1967.
William Simon "Doc" Reeves REEVES was born 18 Sep 1866 in Giles Co., TN. He died 31 Mar 1946 in Wichita Falls, TX. William married Hannah Elizabeth HARWELL on 9 Apr 1898 in Giles Co., TN.
Hannah Elizabeth HARWELL [Parents] "Bettie" was born 21 Apr 1864 in Marshall Co., TN. She died 8 May 1939 in Roxton, Lamar Co., TX. Bettie married William Simon "Doc" Reeves REEVES on 9 Apr 1898 in Giles Co., TN.
Other marriages:SHELTON, Jesse Joseph Jerome
They had the following children:
M i Luther REEVES was born 1899 in Pulaski, Giles Co, TN. He died UNKNOWN. F ii Lemora REEVES was born 7 Mar 1900 and died 30 Dec 1977. F iii Myrtle REEVES was born 3 Dec 1904 and died 9 Aug 1965.
Nicodemus D. WHITE was born 17 Mar 1861. He died 19 Jul 1940 in Hardin Co., TN. Nicodemus married Emily Virginia HARWELL on 31 Dec 1882 in Giles Co., TN.
Emily Virginia HARWELL [Parents] "Jennie" was born 2 May 1866 in TN. She died 11 Apr 1899 in Giles Co., TN. Jennie married Nicodemus D. WHITE on 31 Dec 1882 in Giles Co., TN.
They had the following children:
M i William "Bill" WHITE was born 12 Nov 1883 and died 6 Apr 1978. F ii Ozelle WHITE was born 2 Nov 1885 and died 27 Jul 1962. F iii Viola WHITE died UNKNOWN. M iv John Richard WHITE was born 25 Jul 1888. He died 16 Nov 1989. M v Polk English WHITE was born 30 Nov 1891 and died Sep 1974. M vi Leroy WHITE was born 13 Apr 1893. He died 27 May 1954. M vii Robert E. WHITE was born Nov 1896. He died UNKNOWN.
James C. (Sylvester) Jim SHELTON [Parents] was born 10 Oct 1864 in Giles Co., TN. He died 5 Jan 1907 in Italy, Ellis Co., TX. James married Mary Ella HARWELL on 27 Jul 1884 in Giles Co., TN.
Mary Ella HARWELL [Parents] was born 18 Jul 1868 in Pulaski, Giles Co., TN. She died 4 Nov 1955 in Dallas County, Dallas Co., TX. Mary married James C. (Sylvester) Jim SHELTON on 27 Jul 1884 in Giles Co., TN.
Other marriages:Living
They had the following children:
F i Mary "Minnie" Elizabeth SHELTON was born 18 Jun 1885 and died 30 Sep 1967. M ii Robert Edgar "Ed" SHELTON was born 9 Mar 1887 and died 24 Mar 1971. F iii E. Vera SHELTON was born 16 Apr 1888 and died Jul 1974. F iv Myrtle Lavanda SHELTON was born 16 Nov 1889 and died 4 Sep 1977. M v Oscar SHELTON was born Sep 1891 in TX. He died UNKNOWN. F vi Lillie SHELTON was born May 1893 and died UNKNOWN. M vii Oliver "Ollie" Richard SHELTON was born 5 Apr 1895 in TX. He died 11 Sep 1964 in Taylor Co., TX. M viii Homer SHELTON was born 28 Mar 1904 and died Jun 1986.