We are looking for descendants of Alpheus and Betsey Hall Collins. Alpheus and Betsey were the first of the families buried in the Collins Cemetary on Roepke Rd. Roepke Rd is located in the Lyndon township area and runs to the west of Joslin Lake in washtenaw County Michigan. He and his wife were buried there in the early 1860's.  Their children were 1. Selah Baxter b. 1812 d. 1897 he was buried in New Richmond Allegan Co, Michigan.  Selah was married to Permelia Green in Livingston county in 1833.  2.  Josiah H. b. 1814 d.1888 m 1835 to Mary Brown.  3. Wellington Harrison b 1816.  4 Walter D. Collins b 1817  We believe he was married to Lodewoski Baker and eventually resided in Texas.  Collinsville TX was named after one of them.  5. Isaac F. b 1819 we believe he may have followed his brother to TX.  6. Esther D. b 1821 d in 1849  7. Judson Dwight b 1828 both Esther and Judson were unmarried to the best of our knowledge.  8. William W b 1825 We believe he may have gone to TX and practiced law and for a while lived with Addison Comstock Collins in Ann Arbor.  9  Sidney Algeron b 1828 he was living in Ann Arbor area.  Our family is interested in preserving the Collins Cemetary and would like to form a trust involving the descendants of the Alpheus Collins family We know some of the descendants of Selah who was our gggrandfather.  Please contact Margaret Collins at mrgrtcollins@aol.com