Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 6th ed.,1887,
Spencer Co.

JAMES O. COLLINGS is a native of Spencer County, Ky., and was born in 1836.
His father, Reuben Collings, was also born in Spencer County, was of Irish
origin, and married Mary Johnson.  James O. Collings has always been a
farmer, and at present resides on his farm of 265 acres in Elk Creek
District, in his native county.  In 1861 he entered the Confederate Army
under Gen. John H. Morgan, was captured, but made his escape after several
months' confinement, and then resided in Indiana and Illinois until the
close of the war, when he returned to his native county.  February 29,
1876, he married Miss Sarah A., daughter of Coleman and Sarah (King) Wells,
early settlers of the southern part of Spencer County, and who died
respectively in 1860 and February 18, 1887, the latter in her
seventy-fourth year.  To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Collings three
children has been born:  William O., Mary A. and Roy Johnson.  For over
thirteen years Mr. Collings has been a member of the Masonic order, and he
is also a consistent member of the Baptist Church.

Collings Johnson King Wells
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