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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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W. L. COLLINS was born in Pendleton County, Ky., in 1825, and is a son of Richard and Lucy (Wilson) Collins, of Kentucky. Richard Collins, a native of Virginia, came to Kentucky, and settled in Mason County, but afterward moved to Pendleton County. He was a farmer. W. L. Collins was educated at the common schools, and afterward graduated from the Baptist Theological College at Covington, Ky. From 1851 to 1870 he sold dry goods at Sherman, Grant Co., Ky., but is now a retired merchant, living at his country home of 500 acres of rich blue grass, situated one mile east of Crittenden, on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. In 1860 he married Alice M., daughter of Hon. O. J. Lindsay, M. D., who represented his county in 1850-51 in the State Legislature. Her mother was Emily, the daughter of A. E. Clarkson, of Bourbon County. Four children were born to W. L. and Alice M. Collins, viz.: Richard L., Marguerite T., Guy W. (who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio) and Carl C. Mr. Collins, like his father, is a devout member of the Christian Church. Politically speaking, he is a Democrat.
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This family biography is one of 67 biographies included in the Grant County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company. For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7
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