Albert Clay Collins married twice. He married first on 27 Nov 1907 in Bates Co MO, Lillian L. Bell, the daughter of James S. Bell. The young couple lived in Bates County, MO. They adopted a daughter Luella Lou. (She later married Henry Julius Barberich.) Albert Clay Collins and his first wife divorced, and he married 2nd Birdie Cockriel.
History of Bates Co MO, pg 463,464
Albert Clay Collins, an enterprising and successful farmer and stockman of New Home Township, one of the more recent additions to the citizenship of Bates County, has 'made good' as a farmer and dairyman. The Collins farm, consisting of 200 acres of prime, rich land, is utilized so as to produce a maximum of crops. The home, with its buildings grouped about with large trees growing on the lawn and among the farm buildings, resembles a small village. The farm is primarily devoted to the dairy business, Mr. Collins maintaining a fine herd of thoroughbred Jerseys for cream production. The cream obtained from the milking of the 30 cows is shipped to the condenser at fort Scott, Kansas, which is one of the finest concerns of the kind in the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Collins have a flourishing poultry business and raise each year from 800 to 1200 white Leghorns, a breed of poultry noted for their egg production. They also have at present a fine flock of Pekin ducks to the number of 25. Mr. Collins raises 250 hogs annually. Mrs. Collins has what is the only aviary in Bates county, and probably the only one in Western Missouri, outside of Kansas City. She is raising Hartz Mountain and Rowler canaries and has 70 of the feathered songsters in the home at the present writing. With all these things to care for and all of which are money makers and each intended to add to the revenue of the Collins farm, it will thus be seen that Mr. and Mrs. Collins are very busy people. A.C. Collins was born Sept 26, 1874 in Platte County, Mo, a son of Harrison and Eliza (Herndon) Collins, natives of Kentucky, who removed from Platte County to Cass Co MO in 1877. The senior Mr. Collins bought a farm in Cass County and resided there until 1884. In that year he went to Anderson County, KS and bought a farm which he improved and resided upon until his return to his old home country. Having met with reverses in Kansas, he found it expedient to begin again in Platte county and eventually owned a fine farm of 160 acres, which he sold in 1916 and retired from active farm work. Harrison Collins is now making his home in Smithville, MO and is aged 65 years. A.C. (Albert Clay) Collins left home in 1900 and went to the Indian Territory where he remained two years. Returning to Platte County, MO he remained there until 1909, when he made his permanent home in Bates County. Nov 26, 1907, Mr. Collins and Miss Lillian L. Bell, a daughter of James S. Bell, a Bates county pioneer, were married. Mrs. Collins was born and reared in Bates County. They have one child, Luella, born March 11, 1911. Politically, Mr. Collins is a Democrat. Mr. Collins is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. Collins belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Collins is fraternally allied with the IOOF of Smithville, MO. The team work, the cooperation in the management of their many departments of the farm work demonstrated by Mr. and Mrs. Collins is worthy of emulation. They always find plenty to do at all times of the year. They are mutually interested in the dairy business and the cultivation of the farm and are looked upon as an industrious, enterprising couple who are not afraid of work and are making good in their life work. (Biosketch continues with her father James S. Bell) and is online.
Democrat-Herald 17 Jul 1957 Smithville, Mo.
DEATH OF CLAY COLLINS
Clay Collins, 82 years old, died Wednesday at the Community hospital after an illness of two weeks with heart trouble. For the past five years Mr. Collins, who was a retired dairyman at Clovis, N. M., had made his home here with his sister, Mrs. Ella McComas. He leaves two other sisters, Mrs. Carrie Miller, St. Joseph, Mrs. Mary Collins, Yankton, S. D.; one brother, Will Collins, Clovis; a daughter, Mrs. Luella Barberich, Arcadia, Calif., and three grandchildren. He was a native of Platte Co. Services will be held at the Baptist church Saturday morning at 10:30, conducted by Rev. Keeney. Interment in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
History of Bates Co MO, pg 463,464
Albert Clay Collins, an enterprising and successful farmer and stockman of New Home Township, one of the more recent additions to the citizenship of Bates County, has 'made good' as a farmer and dairyman. The Collins farm, consisting of 200 acres of prime, rich land, is utilized so as to produce a maximum of crops. The home, with its buildings grouped about with large trees growing on the lawn and among the farm buildings, resembles a small village. The farm is primarily devoted to the dairy business, Mr. Collins maintaining a fine herd of thoroughbred Jerseys for cream production. The cream obtained from the milking of the 30 cows is shipped to the condenser at fort Scott, Kansas, which is one of the finest concerns of the kind in the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Collins have a flourishing poultry business and raise each year from 800 to 1200 white Leghorns, a breed of poultry noted for their egg production. They also have at present a fine flock of Pekin ducks to the number of 25. Mr. Collins raises 250 hogs annually. Mrs. Collins has what is the only aviary in Bates county, and probably the only one in Western Missouri, outside of Kansas City. She is raising Hartz Mountain and Rowler canaries and has 70 of the feathered songsters in the home at the present writing. With all these things to care for and all of which are money makers and each intended to add to the revenue of the Collins farm, it will thus be seen that Mr. and Mrs. Collins are very busy people. A.C. Collins was born Sept 26, 1874 in Platte County, Mo, a son of Harrison and Eliza (Herndon) Collins, natives of Kentucky, who removed from Platte County to Cass Co MO in 1877. The senior Mr. Collins bought a farm in Cass County and resided there until 1884. In that year he went to Anderson County, KS and bought a farm which he improved and resided upon until his return to his old home country. Having met with reverses in Kansas, he found it expedient to begin again in Platte county and eventually owned a fine farm of 160 acres, which he sold in 1916 and retired from active farm work. Harrison Collins is now making his home in Smithville, MO and is aged 65 years. A.C. (Albert Clay) Collins left home in 1900 and went to the Indian Territory where he remained two years. Returning to Platte County, MO he remained there until 1909, when he made his permanent home in Bates County. Nov 26, 1907, Mr. Collins and Miss Lillian L. Bell, a daughter of James S. Bell, a Bates county pioneer, were married. Mrs. Collins was born and reared in Bates County. They have one child, Luella, born March 11, 1911. Politically, Mr. Collins is a Democrat. Mr. Collins is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. Collins belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Collins is fraternally allied with the IOOF of Smithville, MO. The team work, the cooperation in the management of their many departments of the farm work demonstrated by Mr. and Mrs. Collins is worthy of emulation. They always find plenty to do at all times of the year. They are mutually interested in the dairy business and the cultivation of the farm and are looked upon as an industrious, enterprising couple who are not afraid of work and are making good in their life work. (Biosketch continues with her father James S. Bell) and is online.
Democrat-Herald 17 Jul 1957 Smithville, Mo.
DEATH OF CLAY COLLINS
Clay Collins, 82 years old, died Wednesday at the Community hospital after an illness of two weeks with heart trouble. For the past five years Mr. Collins, who was a retired dairyman at Clovis, N. M., had made his home here with his sister, Mrs. Ella McComas. He leaves two other sisters, Mrs. Carrie Miller, St. Joseph, Mrs. Mary Collins, Yankton, S. D.; one brother, Will Collins, Clovis; a daughter, Mrs. Luella Barberich, Arcadia, Calif., and three grandchildren. He was a native of Platte Co. Services will be held at the Baptist church Saturday morning at 10:30, conducted by Rev. Keeney. Interment in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
Albert Clay Collins married twice. He married first on 27 Nov 1907 in Bates Co MO, Lillian L. Bell, the daughter of James S. Bell. The young couple lived in Bates County, MO. They adopted a daughter Luella Lou. (She later married Henry Julius Barberich.) Albert Clay Collins and his first wife divorced, and he married 2nd Birdie Cockriel.
History of Bates Co MO, pg 463,464
Albert Clay Collins, an enterprising and successful farmer and stockman of New Home Township, one of the more recent additions to the citizenship of Bates County, has 'made good' as a farmer and dairyman. The Collins farm, consisting of 200 acres of prime, rich land, is utilized so as to produce a maximum of crops. The home, with its buildings grouped about with large trees growing on the lawn and among the farm buildings, resembles a small village. The farm is primarily devoted to the dairy business, Mr. Collins maintaining a fine herd of thoroughbred Jerseys for cream production. The cream obtained from the milking of the 30 cows is shipped to the condenser at fort Scott, Kansas, which is one of the finest concerns of the kind in the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Collins have a flourishing poultry business and raise each year from 800 to 1200 white Leghorns, a breed of poultry noted for their egg production. They also have at present a fine flock of Pekin ducks to the number of 25. Mr. Collins raises 250 hogs annually. Mrs. Collins has what is the only aviary in Bates county, and probably the only one in Western Missouri, outside of Kansas City. She is raising Hartz Mountain and Rowler canaries and has 70 of the feathered songsters in the home at the present writing. With all these things to care for and all of which are money makers and each intended to add to the revenue of the Collins farm, it will thus be seen that Mr. and Mrs. Collins are very busy people. A.C. Collins was born Sept 26, 1874 in Platte County, Mo, a son of Harrison and Eliza (Herndon) Collins, natives of Kentucky, who removed from Platte County to Cass Co MO in 1877. The senior Mr. Collins bought a farm in Cass County and resided there until 1884. In that year he went to Anderson County, KS and bought a farm which he improved and resided upon until his return to his old home country. Having met with reverses in Kansas, he found it expedient to begin again in Platte county and eventually owned a fine farm of 160 acres, which he sold in 1916 and retired from active farm work. Harrison Collins is now making his home in Smithville, MO and is aged 65 years. A.C. (Albert Clay) Collins left home in 1900 and went to the Indian Territory where he remained two years. Returning to Platte County, MO he remained there until 1909, when he made his permanent home in Bates County. Nov 26, 1907, Mr. Collins and Miss Lillian L. Bell, a daughter of James S. Bell, a Bates county pioneer, were married. Mrs. Collins was born and reared in Bates County. They have one child, Luella, born March 11, 1911. Politically, Mr. Collins is a Democrat. Mr. Collins is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. Collins belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Collins is fraternally allied with the IOOF of Smithville, MO. The team work, the cooperation in the management of their many departments of the farm work demonstrated by Mr. and Mrs. Collins is worthy of emulation. They always find plenty to do at all times of the year. They are mutually interested in the dairy business and the cultivation of the farm and are looked upon as an industrious, enterprising couple who are not afraid of work and are making good in their life work. (Biosketch continues with her father James S. Bell) and is online.
Democrat-Herald 17 Jul 1957 Smithville, Mo.
DEATH OF CLAY COLLINS
Clay Collins, 82 years old, died Wednesday at the Community hospital after an illness of two weeks with heart trouble. For the past five years Mr. Collins, who was a retired dairyman at Clovis, N. M., had made his home here with his sister, Mrs. Ella McComas. He leaves two other sisters, Mrs. Carrie Miller, St. Joseph, Mrs. Mary Collins, Yankton, S. D.; one brother, Will Collins, Clovis; a daughter, Mrs. Luella Barberich, Arcadia, Calif., and three grandchildren. He was a native of Platte Co. Services will be held at the Baptist church Saturday morning at 10:30, conducted by Rev. Keeney. Interment in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
History of Bates Co MO, pg 463,464
Albert Clay Collins, an enterprising and successful farmer and stockman of New Home Township, one of the more recent additions to the citizenship of Bates County, has 'made good' as a farmer and dairyman. The Collins farm, consisting of 200 acres of prime, rich land, is utilized so as to produce a maximum of crops. The home, with its buildings grouped about with large trees growing on the lawn and among the farm buildings, resembles a small village. The farm is primarily devoted to the dairy business, Mr. Collins maintaining a fine herd of thoroughbred Jerseys for cream production. The cream obtained from the milking of the 30 cows is shipped to the condenser at fort Scott, Kansas, which is one of the finest concerns of the kind in the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Collins have a flourishing poultry business and raise each year from 800 to 1200 white Leghorns, a breed of poultry noted for their egg production. They also have at present a fine flock of Pekin ducks to the number of 25. Mr. Collins raises 250 hogs annually. Mrs. Collins has what is the only aviary in Bates county, and probably the only one in Western Missouri, outside of Kansas City. She is raising Hartz Mountain and Rowler canaries and has 70 of the feathered songsters in the home at the present writing. With all these things to care for and all of which are money makers and each intended to add to the revenue of the Collins farm, it will thus be seen that Mr. and Mrs. Collins are very busy people. A.C. Collins was born Sept 26, 1874 in Platte County, Mo, a son of Harrison and Eliza (Herndon) Collins, natives of Kentucky, who removed from Platte County to Cass Co MO in 1877. The senior Mr. Collins bought a farm in Cass County and resided there until 1884. In that year he went to Anderson County, KS and bought a farm which he improved and resided upon until his return to his old home country. Having met with reverses in Kansas, he found it expedient to begin again in Platte county and eventually owned a fine farm of 160 acres, which he sold in 1916 and retired from active farm work. Harrison Collins is now making his home in Smithville, MO and is aged 65 years. A.C. (Albert Clay) Collins left home in 1900 and went to the Indian Territory where he remained two years. Returning to Platte County, MO he remained there until 1909, when he made his permanent home in Bates County. Nov 26, 1907, Mr. Collins and Miss Lillian L. Bell, a daughter of James S. Bell, a Bates county pioneer, were married. Mrs. Collins was born and reared in Bates County. They have one child, Luella, born March 11, 1911. Politically, Mr. Collins is a Democrat. Mr. Collins is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. Collins belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Collins is fraternally allied with the IOOF of Smithville, MO. The team work, the cooperation in the management of their many departments of the farm work demonstrated by Mr. and Mrs. Collins is worthy of emulation. They always find plenty to do at all times of the year. They are mutually interested in the dairy business and the cultivation of the farm and are looked upon as an industrious, enterprising couple who are not afraid of work and are making good in their life work. (Biosketch continues with her father James S. Bell) and is online.
Democrat-Herald 17 Jul 1957 Smithville, Mo.
DEATH OF CLAY COLLINS
Clay Collins, 82 years old, died Wednesday at the Community hospital after an illness of two weeks with heart trouble. For the past five years Mr. Collins, who was a retired dairyman at Clovis, N. M., had made his home here with his sister, Mrs. Ella McComas. He leaves two other sisters, Mrs. Carrie Miller, St. Joseph, Mrs. Mary Collins, Yankton, S. D.; one brother, Will Collins, Clovis; a daughter, Mrs. Luella Barberich, Arcadia, Calif., and three grandchildren. He was a native of Platte Co. Services will be held at the Baptist church Saturday morning at 10:30, conducted by Rev. Keeney. Interment in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
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