Vicki, Here is something on the Maynard Line. This is from Betty Scott of Gig Harbor ,Washington. She has worked a lot with the Collins/Manard lines out of Pike County. I am sure if you contact her at BScott2@ix.netcom.com if she can she will help. Brenda FIRST GENERATION 1. Sampson Collins was born on 22 May 1852 in , Pike, KY (son of William Collins and Mary "Polly" Mullins. He died on 27 Nov 1942 in Mossyrock, Lewis Co, WA. He was buried on 30 Nov 1942 in Greenwood Cem., Centralia, Lewis, WA. He was married to Florence Maynard/ Mainard (daughter of Henderson Maynard/ Mainard and Lucinda McCoy) on 1 Feb 1880 in , Logan, WV. Florence Maynard/ Mainard was born on 10 Jan 1862 in Pond Creek, Pike Co, KY. She died on 18 Sep 1949 in Centralia, Lewis, WA. She was buried on 21 Sep 1949 in Centralia, Lewis, WA. The family moved to the state of Washington ca 1902 and settled in Walville, Lewis County where Sampson worked in the sawmill at Doty. After moving to Mossyrock he enganged in farming. The property in Mossyrock was fairly extensive and extended to the Cowlitz River. Their was a barn with several milk cows, a pig penm chicken house and a large stone building they called the fruit cellar. He also had 4 or 5 rental houses on his property. I remember an old lady we called "Aunt Becky" who lived in one of these houses. She was probably the widow of Sampson's half brother, Archibald Tobias Collins. The large family home burned to the ground in the early 1930's and they moved into one of the rental homes. His daughter, Hattie and her husband eventually built aa house on the site of the original family home. The only thing that remains is the old stone fruit cellar and the rental houses as well as Hattie and Al's house. The property has been divided and several fairly new houses are on the site of the barn and pasture. I have many fond memories of my grandparents. Sunday dinner was always fried chicken with fresh vegetables from the garden and mouth watering biscuits. Breakfast usually consisted of fried grits, home cured ham or bacon and fresh eggs. Grandma churned her own butter and they killed and plucked the chicken just prior to cooking it. Grandma also made something called "Hogshead cheese", which my father loved. They both retained some of their Kentucky speech habits, such as "down yonder and I reckon" Grandpa also owned a little Candy and Tobacco Store on the main street inn Mossyrock. This was a great treat for me, as I was allowed to pick out a piece of candy to eat. Grandma sold milk and eggs to the local grocery store. She always came home from delivering the items to the store with a new piece of local gossip. One day when she came home and told Grandpa the latest gossip he said "How did you hear that" Her answer was " Oh, in a round about way. I just came right out and asked them" Another time they were sitting in their rocking chairs, facing each other. Grandpa said something to her in a teasing manner. She said "Sampson, if ye don't hesh up, I'll come over there and beat up on you directly" Florence's mother, Lucinda McCoy was the daughter of Samuel McCoy and Elizabeth Davis. Lucinda's sister Sarah "Sally" Mccoy married her first cousin Randolph McCoy the leader of the McCoy clan during the Hatfield / McCoy feud. I have a great deal of McCoy genealogy to share with those who are connected to the McCoy line. SOURCE: Census, 1860 Pike Co, KY, Pg 933; 1870 Pike Co.KY, Pg. 95; Logan Co, WV marriage record; Wash state death cert. Sampson Collins and Florence Maynard/ Mainard had the following children: +2 i. William Zozel Collins. +3 ii. Oscar Cavanaugh Collins. +4 iii. Hattie Mae Collins. +5 iv. Minnie Myrtle Collins.