Josiah Collins, IV

(1830-1890)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Josiah Collins, IV was born in 1830. He died on February 14, 1890, and was buried in St. Matthew's Churchyard in Hillsborough, NC.

Places of Residence

• Edenton, NC [1].
• Lake Phelps, NC [1].

Relatives

• Parents: Josiah Collins, III [1] and Mary Riggs [1].
• Spouse: Sally Rebecca Jones  (1833-1892), married from December 13, 1859 to February 14, 1890 [1].
  Children:
  
  • two sons, Josiah Collins, V [1] and Cadwallader Jones Collins [1].
  • four daughters, Mary Riggs Collins (1861-1912) [1], Rebecca Allen Collins [1], Lizzie Jones Collins (1871-1900) [1] and Althea Collins [1].
• Sibling: one brother, George Pumpelly Collins (1835-1903) [1].
• Others: Pride Jones (brother-in-law, b. 1815) [1], Cadwallader [III] Jones (brother-in-law, 1813-1899) [1], Cadwallader Jones, [Jr.] (father-in-law, 1788-1861) [1], Rebecca Edward Long (mother-in-law, 1795-1881) [1], Mary Rebecca Jones  (sister-in-law, 1823-1878) [1], Eliza Adam Jones  (niece, 1839-1911) [1], Mary Cameron Jones  (niece, 1843-1924) [1], Frances Iredell Jones  (niece, b. 1837) [1], Peter Browne Ruffin (brother-in-law, d. 1900) [1], Mary E. Cameron (sister-in-law, d. 1845) [1], Annie Isabella Iredell (sister-in-law, 1816-1897) [1], Martha Ann Cain (sister-in-law) [1], Alice Ruffin Collins (niece, 1874-1958), George William Kent Collins (nephew, 1869-1946), Henrietta Page Collins (niece, 1870-1955), Mary Arthur Collins (niece, 1866-1871) and Paul Cameron Collins (nephew, 1877-1961).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).