Modified Register for William Henry Collins
First Generation
1. William Henry Collins was born on 31 May 1851 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. He died on 16 Mar 1939 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. He was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Montgomery, Mississippi.
FROM Enos Mason BLAYLOCK. Married Connie WILLIAMS 9 SEP 1875, 3 ch.
William married Martha Cornelia Williams daughter of Hollis Horton Williams and Elizabeth Barfield on 9 Sep 1875. Martha was born on 10 Jul 1856. She died on 3 Jan 1944 in Near Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. She was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Montgomery, Mississippi.
They had the following children:
+ 2 M i. Henry Walton Collins was born on 21 Aug 1876. He died on 20 Apr 1962.
+ 3 F ii. Cora Delana Collins was born on 20 Feb 1879. She died on 14 Aug 1967.
4 M iii. Claude Collins was born on 19 Dec 1880 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. He died on 24 Jul 1905. He was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Montgomery, Mississippi.
Single, died of Typhoid Fever.
Worked for the railroad.
5 F iv. Willie Comora Collins was born on 6 Dec 1882 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. She died on 9 Sep 1971. She was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Montgomery, Mississippi.
Unmarried 1939 at 56.
Known as Aunt Tannie.
+ 6 F v. Edna Pearl Collins was born on 19 Aug 1886. She died on 20 Feb 1979.
7 F vi. Lona May Collins was born on 30 Apr 1888 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. She died on 17 May 1909. She was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Montgomery, Mississippi.
Single.
+ 8 F vii. Mattie Bertha Collins was born on 1 Apr 1890. She died on 13 Jan 1974.
+ 9 M viii. Aubrey Travis Collins was born on 14 Mar 1893. He died on 6 Oct 1963.
10 F ix. Gena Blanch Collins was born on 19 Dec 1894 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. She died on 15 Oct 1903. She was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Montgomery, Mississippi.
Mrs. Leroy Mills of Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi gives the death date as 15
Oct 1906.
Second Generation
2. Henry Walton Collins (William Henry) was born on 21 Aug 1876 near Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. He died on 20 Apr 1962. He was buried in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama.
Henry married (1) Ida Mae Coffee daughter of Benjamin Franklin Coffee and Mary Jane Duncan on 19 Jun 1906 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. Ida was born on 20 Mar 1878. She died on 20 Oct 1922.
They had the following children:
11 F i. Mary Elizabeth Collins was born on 27 Apr 1907. She died on 6 Dec 1936.
12 F ii. Martha Virginia Collins.
13 F iii. Dorothy Evelyn Collins.
Dorothy married Donald Gene Marvin .
Henry married (2) Sarah Eliza Quinn daughter of John Vanburen Quinn and Martha Frances Coffee on 4 Sep 1924. Sarah was born on 4 Nov 1876.
3. Cora Delana Collins (William Henry) was born on 20 Feb 1879 near Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. She died on 14 Aug 1967. She was buried in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi.
Marriage date also given as 22 Dec 1900.
Cora married Richard Wade Stevens son of John Andy Stevens and Susan Johnson on 23 Dec 1901 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. Richard was born on 4 Oct 1873.
Charlene Gray gives marriage date as 20 Dec 1900.
Richard and Cora had the following children:
14 M i. Claude Luther Stevens was born in Cascilla, Tallahatchie, Mississippi.
Claude married Edna Pauline Martin daughter of Fred Martin and Lucy Wilson.
15 M ii. Cecil Bernard Stevens.
Was married and living in Jackson, Mississippi June 1940.
16 M iii. Hubert Inge Stevens.
17 F iv. Jennelle Stevens was born on 21 Dec 1913. She died on 27 Aug 1916.
18 M v. Eugene Stevens.
19 F vi. Sunshine Stevens.
6. Edna Pearl Collins (William Henry) was born on 19 Aug 1886 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. She died on 20 Feb 1979 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi. She was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Montgomery, Mississippi.
Married in the New Hope Church.
Edna married (1) Thomas Green Johnson son of John Johnson and Alice on 29 Apr 1906 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. Thomas was born on 25 Sep 1884. He died on 10 Dec 1914 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. He was buried in New Hope, Montgomery, Mississippi.
They had the following children:
20 M i. Wade Ladell Johnson was born in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
Wade married Lottie Peeples.
21 F ii. Johnson was born in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. She died on 21 Oct 1909 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
22 M iii. Travis Bertrum Johnson was born in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
Travis married Owedia Parker.
23 F iv. Landis Ercelle Johnson was born in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
Landis married Milton Hodges.
24 F v. Tomma Dean Johnson was born in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
Edna married (2) James Duskins Johnson son of John Johnson and Alice on 31 Dec 1920 in Bethesda Church, Near Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. James was born about Feb 1877.
They had the following children:
25 M vi. William Montie Johnson was born in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
26 M vii. Elmo Hayden Johnson was born in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
27 M viii. Fred Maurice Johnson was born in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
8. Mattie Bertha Collins (William Henry) was born on 1 Apr 1890 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. She died on 13 Jan 1974 in Bethlehem, Montgomery, Mississippi.
Mattie married Lindsey Fonier Durham son of William Lindsey Durham and Mary Alice Phillips on 19 Oct 1919 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. Lindsey was born near Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
They had the following children:
28 F i. Katherine Clyde Durham was born on 22 Nov 1920 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. She died on 23 Nov 1933.
29 M ii. Ralph Ringold Durham was born in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
9. Aubrey Travis Collins (William Henry) was born on 14 Mar 1893 near Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. He died on 6 Oct 1963. He was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Montgomery, Mississippi.
Aubrey married (1) Robbie Morgan on 25 Oct 1911 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi. The marriage ended in divorce.
Aubrey married (2) Inez Blaylock daughter of Jesse Kendall Blaylock and Sarah Rebecca Vance on 22 Dec 1931 in Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi. Inez was born in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
They had the following children:
30 M i. Roy Hays Collins was born in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
31 F ii. Evon Collins was born in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
32 F iii. Mazelle Collins was born in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi.
Mrs. Leroy Mills gives husband's last name as "Turner" and indicates that she
lives in "Oakalona MS".