Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,
Pendleton Co.

W. L. COLLINS was born in Pendleton County, Ky., in 1825, and is a son of
Richard and Lucy (Wilson) Collins, of Kentucky. Richard Collins, a native
of Virginia came to Kentucky, and settled in Mason County, but afterward
moved to Pendleton County. He was a farmer.  W. L. Collins was educated at
the common schools, and afterward graduated from the Baptist Theological
College at Covington, Ky.  From 1851 to 1870 he sold dry goods at Sherman,
Grant Co., at his country home of 500 acres of rich blue grass, situated
one mile east of Crittenden, on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad.  In
1860 he married Alice M., daughter of Hon. O. J. Lindsay, M. D., who
represented his county in 1850-51 in the State Legislature.  Her mother
was Emily, the daughter of A. E. Clarkson, of Bourbon County.  Four
children were born to W. L. and Alice M. Collins, viz: Richard L.,
Marguerite T., Guy W. (who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio) and Carl C.  Mr.
Collins, like his father, is a devout member of the Christian Church.
Politically speaking, he is a Democrat.

Collins Wilson Lindsay Clarkson
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Mason-KY Bourbon-KY VA OH


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