Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 
1887, Jessamine Co.

JOHN B. COLLINS, son of Ambrose and Sallie W. (Burgess) Collins, was
born May 16, 1860, in Jessamine County, and was educated at the College 
of Arts, Lexington.  At the age of twenty he began farming at Wilmore 
Station.  In 1882 he removed to his present location on the Union Mills 
Turnpike, purchased 300 acres, and engaged in general farming and 
trading in stock.  In 1883 he was appointed county assessor by the 
county judge, and has since been twice elected to the office, which he 
still holds.  He was married January 13, 1881, to Miss Nettie, daughter 
of Thomas and Emily (Bogie) Jones, and there have been born to him two 
children: Ernest and Chassne.

Collins Burgess Bogie Jones
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Lexington-Fayette-KY

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