In the message below, It should read "Jonas Ball COLLINS" Not "Jonas S. COLLINS" And "Salvin Wythe COLLINS" Not "Salvin Wyeth Sorry for the confusion Valerie In a message dated 1/26/99 3:19:35 PM Central Standard Time, sarahash@scrtc.com writes: > > Hi Carol ~ > > What part of Indiana is New Albney? My COLLINS family was living near > > Evansville from the mid 1800's to early 1900's. This would have been > Warrick > > County, IN. > > I don't have many male COLLINS' from that time, but the father of this > family > > was Jonas S. COLLINS. He had two boys in the 1840's, Slaughter Jonas > and > > Salvin Wyeth. Slaughter was a Union soldier in the Civil War. Both were > > farmers near Newburgh, and had many children. > > > > Also, Slaughter's ggrandson's middle name was "Harold". > > > > Valerie