I would appreciate any info on the following people: Merriatt COLLINS b. 1812 in Greenbriar Co. Va. He married in Monroe Co.Wv. Nancy Essie BASHAM b. abt 1856 in Twin Branch, Wv. Merriatt died 1880-1890 of gangrene in arm wound received cutting wood. Nancy Essie BASHAM may also have been married to Micajah MCCORMICK and an unknown husband. At the time of her death, Nancy may have been running a boarding house in Gary,Wv. This may have been in the 1930-1940 era. Samuel ( aka Rass, aka R.S.) COLLINS b. May 1876 in Pembroke,Va. Dec. 1910 in Welch,Wv, he married Ailene MCCORMICK. They lived in Hensley,Wv most of their lives. Samuel was crippled and died in 1954. Ailene died in 1967 in Lashmeet,Wv. Their children were: Bessie May COLLINS that m.Ernest DARBY, Paul COLLINS that m. Falla ENGLAND, Earl COLLINS, Herman COLLINS that m. Sarah Belle TRACEY, Clyde COLLINS that m. Carol BELCHER, Stella COLLINS, Raymond COLLINS that m. Edna, James Herod COLLINS, and Margaret COLLINS that m. Sherman DARBY and Albert DUNCAN. These children were all born in McDowell Co.Wv area. Ailene MCORMICK , dau. of James Madison MCCORMICK of Washington Co.Va., may also have been married to John SHUFFLEBARGAR, son of Jacob and Martha SHUFFLEBARGAR Thanks for any assistance. Sherry Crawford Dansher@tkdyer.com