 Walter Daugherty Collins Walter
Daugherty Collins, was the son of A. R. and Hattie Collins. At about
five years old, he contracted scarlet fever; as a result he was
partially deaf. He could hear with a hearing aid and could read lips
even across the room so you had to be careful when talking about him!
(Information contributed by Bill Collins Johnson-Bauder, grandson) Walter's great-great-uncle, Judson Dwight Collins (1823-1852), was in the first graduating class of the University of Michigan. He was the first Methodist missionary to China, who became ill, and returned home to Washtenaw County, Michigan, and died at age 27. Walter was sent to a school in St. Louis where he was taught lip reading, at which he became very adept. He attended school at Denison, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Chicago. He was a self-taught architect who designed the interiors of banks in the days of extravagant fixtures. He designed banks throughout Texas and southern Oklahoma. He owned a marble quarry in Tennessee. At one time he owned most of Achille, Oklahoma. He also owned a ranch in Franklin County, Texas. He was a fine horseman.  In
1900, Walter married Miss Abbie Hargett of Paris, Texas. Collins had
two children: Virginia Collins Johnson, who married Harry Augustus
Bauder; and Miss Daugherty H. Collins (1904-984) who married Cecil B.
Dickson; one grandson, William "Billy" Collins Johnson Bauer (adopted
by H. A. Bauder). W. D. Collins developed Alzheimer's in the last two years of his life, thus died in a facility in Dallas in 1952.  ca 1900-1910  W. D. Collins Home 1025 West Gandy Street Denison Photo by
Jack Hendricks  Cecile Banner wrote: "My grandmother, Abby Hargett Collins, is on the horse. My grandfather, Walter Daugherty Collins, is standing on the porch holding my mother, Daugherty Hargett Collins Dickson."
  A.
R. Collins was president of the Walter D. Collins Company and was
interested in Real Estate and Loan Company in that City. Walter was
listed
as "safe dealer" in the Business Section of the 1905 Denison City Directory. In the 1913 Denison City Directory he is listed as "W.D.Collins - Safe and Bank Fixtures Co. Billy Collins Bauder was an architect who designed some Denison buildings and parts of Yellow Jacket Boats. He designed the 1711 W. Day St. residence for his mother and step-father, Virginia & Hap Bauder. Biography Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
