James Collins

James was born on March 17th, 1877 in (Washington) AR.¹   James' father was Alfred Collins and his mother was Amanda Henry. He had six brothers and four sisters, named Thomas, Franklin, John, Addison, Martin, Alfred, Adelia, Susan, Ida and Antha.  He was the second youngest of the eleven children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Ira (Tobe) and Mary.