James Layton COLLINS

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Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Chapman Publishing Company, 1903. p. 1126.

HON. JAMES L. COLLINS

The marriage of Judge Collins occurred in Polk county in 1861, Miss Mary Whiteaker becoming his wife. She was born in De Kalb county, Ill., in 1846, the daughter of Benjamin Whiteaker, who was one of the pioneers of Polk county in 1847, and a relative of John Whiteaker, the first governor of Oregon. Mrs. Collins died in 1864, leaving one daughter, Nellie, who is a graduate of La Creole Academy, the state normal school at Monmouth, and the New York state normal college at Oswego, N. Y. She is now critic in the state normal school at Madison, S. D., which position she has occupied for the past ten years.

Early Oregonian Search

Collins, James Layton
Date of Birth 09 May 1833
Place of Birth Warren Co., MO
Occupation lawyer
Date of Death 21 Jun 1916
Place of Death Dallas, Polk Co., OR
Mother Wyatt, Eliza Emily
Date of Arrival 1846
Father Collins, Smith

Marriage Information
Whiteaker, Mary W 27 Sep 1861 Polk Co., OR
Kimes, Mary Elizabeth 01 Jan 1867 Polk Co., OR

Associated Records
Death Certificate 21 Jun 1916 Dallas, Polk Co.,
Probate Estate 1501

Associated Persons
Collins, Smith Father
Kimes, Mary Elizabeth Female 1850 Spouse
Whiteaker, Mary W Female 4 Oct 1846 Spouse
Wyatt, Eliza Emily Mother

Census Events
1850 Federal OR Polk Co. 17yrs
1860 Federal OR Polk Co. 27yrs
1870 Federal OR Polk
1880 Federal OR Polk

James married Mary W. WHITEAKER 29 Sep 1861. Mary (daughter of Benjamin WHITEAKER and Mary (Polly) HAYTER) was born 4 Oct 1846, Lee Co. IL; died 27 Jun 1864, Polk Co. OR; was buried , Whiteaker Cemetery, Dallas, Polk Co. OR. [Group Sheet]

James married Mary Elizabeth Kimes 01 Jan 1867, Polk Co. OR. Mary was born 1850, Missouri; died 14 Jan 1920, Dallas, Polk Co. OR. [Group Sheet]

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(Ref: Will of her grandfather, Benjamin Whitaker.) She was 10 years old. 

Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Chapman Publishing Company, 1903. p. 1126.

HON. JAMES L. COLLINS

The marriage of Judge Collins occurred in Polk county in 1861, Miss Mary Whiteaker becoming his wife. She was born in De Kalb county, Ill., in 1846, the daughter of Benjamin Whiteaker, who was one of the pioneers of Polk county in 1847, and a relative of John Whiteaker, the first governor of Oregon. Mrs. Collins died in 1864, leaving one daughter, Nellie, who is a graduate of La Creole Academy, the state normal school at Monmouth, and the New York state normal college at Oswego, N. Y. She is now critic in the state normal school at Madison, S. D., which position she has occupied for the past ten years.