Brief Life History of Hollie Mott
When Hollie Mott Collins was born on 6 October 1890, in China Grove, Walthall, Mississippi, United States, his father, John Richmond Collins, was 42 and his mother, Florence Medora May, was 36. He married Cora Lee Cochran on 1 July 1909, in Columbia, Marion, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Beat 2, Pike, Mississippi, United States in 1900 and Beat 4, Walthall, Mississippi, United States in 1920. In 1917, at the age of 27, his occupation is listed as farmer in Darbun, Walthall, Mississippi, United States. He died on 20 August 1921, in McComb, Pike, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Darbun, Walthall, Mississippi, United States.
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- H M Collins, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mr. Kallie Callins, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
- Hollie M Collins, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Colin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish and Manx: shortened Anglicized from Ó Coileáin, compare Cullen , or in Man or west Ulster shortened from Mac Coileáin, compare McQuillan and McCallion . The genitival -s is a local addition to Collin and variants after the surname was Anglicized.
Americanized form of French Colin or Collin and also Collette .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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