COLLINS, Bird

Date of birth:  Unknown
Date of death: Aug 1900 – Indianapolis, Marion County, Indian

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, August 31, 1900,
Volume XLI Number 9, page 6 column 3

COUNTY NEWS

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ROCKLANE.

The funeral of “Bird” Collins took place at the M.E. church Sunday at 11 a.m. The funeral sermon was delivered by Elder A. W. Conner of Irvington. Mr. Collins came to this vicinity, from Kentucky in 1885. During the last ten years he has been a resident of In­dianapolis. While he lived among us he was recognized as a quiet, peaceful and industrious young man. The body was brought here Sunday morning and interred in the Rocklane cemetery.

Link to Bird Collins’s grave

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry