I would appreciate any information on the following family or branches. Steven Marquardt smarquardt@juno.com ===== John and Christina Soliday Collins John Collins (Abt.1789-1873) was our ancestor who came from Bath County, Virginia in 1815 to Salem, Indiana. His parents may have been John and Hannah Collins from Cork County, Ireland. The family homestead may have been on both sides of the Greenbrier River in what is now Greenbrier County, West Virginia. He fought in the Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815. After this battle he came directly to what is now Jefferson Township, Washington County, Indiana and entered land there at the U.S. Land Office. In July 1816, he married Christina Soliday (1792-1886) whose father (Jacob) had moved his family from Kentucky to the Indiana Territory in 1809 and entered the land adjacent to that acquired by Collins. They had seven children: Lewis B., John L., Andrew, Belinda, Alexander, Mary Jane and Samira. He built the first brick house in the area in 1828 and it is still standing with brick stuccoed over with frame portion added. The farm is now owned by Rev. Aaron Fisher. Between 1854-1856, Lewis B., John L., Andrew and Belinda who was married to Allen S. Fowler of Kentucky went to Traer, Tama County, Iowa. Alexander and Mary Jane who married Joseph D. Hague of Tennessee stayed around Salem, Indiana. In 1878, Lewis B. Collins (1818-1894) went to Nebraska (Kearney Co.). He had seventeen children: Three (Christopher Columbus, Sarah and Elizabeth) by first wife, Eleanor Montgomery, two (George Washington and Lewis Cass) by second wife, Mary Jane Tucker, and twelve (Mary, Levina, Rhoda, Hannah, Charles, Emma, Christina, Belinda, John, Celia, Joseph and Milton) by third wife, Christina McVey. Their descendants are in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, California, Wisconsin and Washington. John L. Collins (1820-1913) had eight children (Martin, Louisa, John, Margaret, Milton, Merritt, Douglas and Columbus) by Nancy Phillips. Most of them went to South Dakota, Montana, Washington, California, Minnesota and Illinois while some are in Iowa, Georgia and Florida. Andrew Collins (1823-1914) had nine children (Cornelius, Harvey, Alonza, Byron, Verna, William, Amanda, Edwin and Isabella) by Clementine Parr. Their descendants are in living in Iowa and Illinois. Belinda (Collins) Fowler (1827-1896) had eight children (Lucy, John, Frank, Caroline, Mary, Albert, George and William) by Allen S. Fowler of Kentucky. In 1880, they moved to Calhoun County and Woodbury County, Iowa and some of the descendants went to Canada (British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan) and Montana. Alexander Collins (1830-1899) had five children (Mary, James, John, Ora and Dempsey) by Rachael Spencer. And their descendants are around Salem, Indiana. Mary Jane (Collins) Hague (1834-1919) had three children (John, William and Lewis) by Joseph D. Hague of Tennessee. Their descendants are in Indianapolis and around Salem, Indiana. Samira L. Collins (1839-1839) did not live to womanhood.