Family Notes

 1910 census Darwin  had 12 children 11 living
Martha and Myrtle still at home



John Leonard and Elizabeth Savoree Collier

John Leonard Collier was born April 28, 1837 in Indiana                                                                       
  to Morgan and Elizabeth (Betsey) Purvis Collier. Betsey's pa-
  rents were James and Rhoda Roberts Purvis from North Caro-
  lina, where he served in the American Revolution. Elizabeth
  Savoree Collier was the daughter of John and Eliza Curry                               
  Savoree and he came from France.                                             
    John and Elizabeth Collier were married March 10, 1863,
  and lived in Clark County all their lives. They were farmers
  and built a new home in 1896 just south of Snyder, Illinois.
  His sons, William and Commodore, lived north of John at
  Collier's Crossing. John served as a private in the Civil War.
    They had 13 children. James, who married Catherine
  Bollinger and had 7 children; William, who married Hattie
  Kildow and had 6 children; Elizabeth, who (died in 1885, at
  16 years of age; John, who died in 1888, at 16 years of age;           
  Francis Marion, who married Fairy Holwick and had 9 chil-
  dren; Commodore, who married Lida Hutchinson and had 10  children;
Matilda, who married Farmer Cornwell and raised   2 foster children;
Lillie, who married Nick Mylcs and had 3   children;
Ola, who married Clarence Good; Isabell, who mar-
Bert Wait and had 12 children. There were 49 grandchildren

John Leonnrd and Elizabeth are buried at Brick Cemetary

From a History of Marshall Martinville and Central Clark County 1980