John Collins

John was born on February 11th, 1859 in (Rhea) TN.¹   John's father was Alfred Collins and his mother was Amanda Henry. He had six brothers and four sisters, named Thomas, Franklin, Addison, Martin, Alfred, James, Adelia, Susan, Ida and Antha.  He was the third oldest of the eleven children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Ira (Tobe) and Mary.  He died at the age of 82 in 1941.¹