Rebecca Jane Collins Stanfill

Brief Life History of Rebecca Jane

When Rebecca Jane Collins Stanfill was born on 10 February 1843, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Peter Shadrach Collins, was 29 and her mother, Margaret Hinkle, was 24. She married Milton Letcher Stanfill on 20 January 1865, in Campbell, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Jellico, Campbell, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Civil District 8, Hardeman, Tennessee, United States in 1900. She died on 31 July 1907, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Winfield Baptist Church Cemetery, Winfield, Scott, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Milton Letcher Stanfill
1843–1933
Rebecca Jane Collins Stanfill
1843–1907
Marriage: 20 January 1865
Martha Naomi Stanfill
1865–1955
Hannah Stanfill
1865–
Magnolia Alice Stanfield
1865–1892
Peter Lafayette Stanfield
1867–1867
James M Stanfill
1868–1909
Joseph Chalmer Stanfill
1872–1934
Charles H Stanfill
1877–1952
George Letcher Stanfill
1879–1960
Thomas Arthur Stanfill
1881–1971

Sources (17)

  • Rebecca Stanfill in household of Letcher Stanfill, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Rebecca J Collins, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Rebecca Jane Collins Stanfill, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

1862

Oldest grave seen in the memorial list.

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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