From official documents --Marriage record shows Jesse Collins and Nancy Whetsel were married in Jackson County, Ohio, 24 Oct 1832 --Death record shows Jesse Collins, born in Virginia, died in Wilkesville, Vinton County, Ohio, 12 Oct 1881 at age 72 (born in 1809) From Census records --The 1870 Census states that Jesse Collins was born in West Virginia --The 1840 Census shows Jesse Collins and family living in Tanney County, Missouri (age groups of adult male, adult female and several children fit with ages shown in family records) --1850 Census shows, in Wilkesville Township, Vinton County, Ohio: Collins, Jesse, 41, laborer, born in VA Collins, Nancy, 44, born in PA Collins, Rebecca, 14, born in OH Collins, Martha, 12, born in OH Collins, John, 8, born in Missouri (place of birth confirmed by death certificate) Collins, James J., 5, born in OH Collins, Jacob 2, born in OH From family records, and other records --Jesse Collins born 24 Jul 1809; his wife Nancy born 19 Oct 1806 in PA) --Children of Jesse Collins and Nancy Whetsel: Elizabeth, b. 4 May 1834 Rebecca, b. 14 Jun 1836 (married Samuel A. Zinn, 1858), d. 1928 Martha, b. 4 Feb 1838, d. 13 Mar 1855 (buried at Whetsel Cemetery, Jackson Co, OH) Catherine, b. 23 Feb 1840 Margaret, b. 21 Nov 1842 John, b. 21 Nov 1842, d. 1922 William, b. 1 Sep 1843 James Jefferson, b. 10 Dec 1845 Jacob F., b. 27 Sep 1847, d. 1919 Jesse, b. 16 Aug 1850, d. 1938 [Note: Five of these children were not in the 1850 Census; Elizabeth, Catherine, Margaret and William apparently died before 1850; Jesse Jr. (my g grandfather) was born in 1850 after the Census was taken] Just a quick view Susie