Ellen COLLINS

Abt 1863 -

• Name	Ellen COLLINS
  Born	Abt 1863  [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	A56BECF8510E4B7590155DCF69048E7F5E1D
  Notes	(Ref: Will of her grandfather, Benjamin Whitaker.) She was 10 years old.  Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Chapman Publishing Company, 1903. p. 1126. HON. JAMES L. COLLINS The marriage of Judge Collins occurred in Polk county in 1861, Miss Mary Whiteaker becoming his wife. She was born in De Kalb county, Ill., in 1846, the daughter of Benjamin Whiteaker, who was one of the pioneers of Polk county in 1847, and a relative of John Whiteaker, the first governor of Oregon. Mrs. Collins died in 1864, leaving one daughter, Nellie, who is a graduate of La Creole Academy, the state normal school at Monmouth, and the New York state normal college at Oswego, N. Y. She is now critic in the state normal school at Madison, S. D., which position she has occupied for the past ten years. [1]
  Person ID	I2441	Master File
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	James Layton COLLINS,   b. 09 May 1833, Warren Co., MO ,   d. 21 Jun 1916, Dallas, Polk Co. OR  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Mary W. WHITEAKER,   b. 4 Oct 1846, Lee Co. IL ,   d. 27 Jun 1864, Polk Co. OR  (Age 17 years)
  Married	29 Sep 1861  [1]
  Family ID	F682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Descendants of Richard Whitaker, Jr. and Rachel Bentley, Joye Boardman.