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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Martha Collins family Mystery

Information on Martha Collins Brown (1873-1949). She was born in Wyoming County WV and married Granville Brown in Whitesville, Boone County WV. Here's a new family mystery! Actually, not so mysterious, just unusual. Per another researcher, rumor has it that Grandma Blanton's mother, Martha Collins, was forced to leave her family, or asked to leave the Collins family around 1898 or thereabouts. I have tried to find out why..one lady told me that Martha's father kicked her out of the house, she ended up in Boone County, living with Granville Brown and his first wife Margaret Milam and family. Martha wasn't there very long when Margaret died in 1898. Martha stayed to take care of Granville's large family of 8 kids. In 1902, she was 28, he was 56, they married and she had 10 kids of her own including Grandma Vertie and Rufus Brown. To give a little history, Martha's father was Anderson Collins and her mother was Litha Collins. Anderson and Litha were 1st cousins. Anderson's mother Malvina was sister to Litha's father Perrin Collins. Sometime between 1898 and 1899 Martha was asked to leave her fathers home in Wyoming County WV. I believe it must have been soon after her mother Litha died in 1898. I recently discovered that Anderson Collins remarried in 1899 to another relative! This woman, was Martha's own first cousin Rosa Elswick. Rosa's mother was Louvenia Collins who was also Litha Collins sister. Anderson was 53 and Rosa was 23 when they married. Rosa was only 2 years younger than Martha. I'd leave home too!

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