Brief Life History of Justus
When Justus Collins was born on 14 December 1857, in Clayton, Barbour, Alabama, United States, his father, Hartwell Collins, was 29 and his mother, Louisa Williams, was 21. He married Lucy Gertrude Dent on 4 April 1883, in Rome, Floyd, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Florida, United States in 1870. He died on 18 October 1934, in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States.
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- Justice A Collins, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Justus Collins - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth: 14 December 1857; Clayton, Barbour, Alabama, United States
- Justus Collins, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1878 · St. Mary's Episcopal Church is Built
The Episcopal Diocese of Florida organized a mission church in 1878 to provide a location that could serve seasonal guests. Visitors and residents from Green Cove Springs raised over $1000 to build the church. On March 10, 1879, the Church held its first service. This location is notable because it would eventually be added to U.S. National Register of Historic Places (February 17, 1978).
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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