To help get some dialogue going on this list, here are my McDowell connections. Any all additions are appreciated. Samuel (aka RS, aka Rass) COLLINS born in Pembroke Va in 1876 married Ailene MCCORMICK in Dec 1910 in Welch. Samuel was an invalid and died in 1954 in Hensley. Samuel and Ailene had the following children: Bessie May Collins b. 1905 in Wilco, Wv. Bessie died in 1998 in Pa. She married Ernest DARBY in 1924 in Big Sandy. Ernest was killed in 1928 by Cleve ATWELL in a dispute over their children. Ernest's brother, Sherman, was also killed in that dispute. Bessie and Ernest had Pauline Darby (married Clay UPTON) , Helen Darby (married John BERUTA), and Ernest Darby (married Dorothy FOLEY). Bessie also married Charlie KITCHEN and had several children by him. She also had children by a MCCOY. Paul Collins b. 1909 married Fally ENGLAND. He died in 1977. Earl Collins b. 1916 Herman Collins b. abt 1918 married sarah Belle TRACEY. He died in Mar. 1958. Clyde Collins b. 1921 married Carol BELCHER. He became an attorney and moved to Oklahoma. Stella Collins b. unknown died about age 14 of burns. Raymond Collins married Edna Unknown. James Herrod Collins Margaret Collins married Sherman DARBY. After his death she married Albert DUNCAN. Their children were Alice and Alma DUNCAN. Sherry Crawford Dansher@tkdyer.com