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Mary Cornelia, Keela Collins 1839 – 1913 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Jul 1839

Birth Location: Buncombe County, North Carolina

Death Date: 9 Nov 1913

Death Location: Avery, Red River, Texas, USA

Father: Eli Collins

Mother: Dorcas Alexander

Spouse(s): Jesse Freeman

Children(s): Martha Freeman, Toliver Freeman, Ellen Freeman, Ella Freeman, David Freeman, Simeon Freeman, John Freeman, Mary Freeman, William Freeman, Joseph Freeman, Samuel Freeman, Zacharias Freeman, Assimeal Freeman

Mary Cornelia Keela Collins was born in 1839 in Buncombe County, North Carolina, the child of Eli Collins and Dorcas Reese Alexander. Mary Cornelia Keela Collins later married Jesse Singleton Freeman, and together they raised children including Martha Freeman, Toliver Jay Freeman, Ellen "Ella" Louise Butler Freeman, Ella Freeman, David Freeman, Simeon Freeman, John Freeman, Mary Freeman, William (Bill), Alfred Freeman, Joseph K "Robe" Freeman, Samuel (Sam) Benjamin Noah Freeman, Zacharias Calhoun "Zach" Freeman and Assimeal Freeman. In 1913, Mary Cornelia Keela Collins passed away in Avery, Red River, Texas, USA.

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Parents

Eli Collins
1807 – 1880
Birth Location: Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
EC
Dorcas Alexander
1807 – 1880
Birth Location: Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
DA

Spouses(s)

Jesse Freeman
1830 – 1901
Birth Location: Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
JF

Children(s)

Martha Freeman
1855 – 1896
Birth Location: Georgia
MF
Toliver Freeman
1857 – 1919
Birth Location: Fannin County, Georgia, USA
TF
Ellen Freeman
1858 – 1910
Birth Location: Union County, Georgia, USA
EF
Ella Freeman
1861 – 1910
Birth Location: Georgia
EF
David Freeman
1863 – 1912
Birth Location: Georgia
DF
Simeon Freeman
1864 – 1924
Birth Location: Georgia
SF
John Freeman
1865 – 1919
Birth Location: Georgia
JF
Mary Freeman
1868 – 1942
Birth Location: Georgia
MF
William Freeman
1871 – 1934
Birth Location: Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas
WF
Joseph Freeman
1874 – 1936
Birth Location: Gentry, Benton, Arkansas, USA
JF
Samuel Freeman
1876 – 1947
Birth Location: Gentry,Benton,Arkansas
SF
Zacharias Freeman
1881 – 1919
Birth Location: Springtsun, Benton County, Arkansas, USA
ZF
Assimeal Freeman
Birth Location: –
AF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 18 Jul 1839
    Event Place: Buncombe County, North Carolina
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: District 85, Union, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Flint, Hico, Benton, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Flint, Benton, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Flint, Benton, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 9 Nov 1913
    Event Place: Avery, Red River, Texas, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Red River County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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