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Hannah Jane Sims Collins

30 Nov 1849 – Nov 1929

Birth	30 Nov 1849
Death	Nov 1929
Cemetery	Arlington Cemetery Arlington , Tarrant County , Texas , USA
Added by	Dana Meeks on 20 Sep 2018
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29337611

Bio

Friday November 22, 1929 Arlington Journal Mrs. Thomas B. Collins Dies Mrs. Hannah Sims Collins, age 79, wife of the late Thomas B. Collins, died at her home Sunday, November 17, after an illness of several months. She was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee, November 30, 1849. She was the daughter of Nathan and Susan Sims and was married to Thomas B. Collins in 1867. To this union were born nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Collins came to Texas from Milom, Ala., in 1874, and settled in north Dallas County. Several years later the family removed to a site near Arlington. Funeral services were held at the Arlington Baptist Church, Monday morning at 11 o'clock. The pastor of the church, Rev. W. T. Rouse officiated and was assisted by Revs. H. E. Dana, J. R. Branton, S. M. Bennett, J. H. Stewart, C. E. Statham, Bascom Thomas and W. D. Staley. Pallbearers were the grandsons of the deceased and were as follows: Harold Gooden, Benton Collins, Joe Collins, Alton Collins, Clifton Collins and Jack Swain. The body was interred in the Arlington Cemetery by the side of her husband, Capt. Thomas B. Collins, who died April ??, 1922. Surviving Mrs. Collins are two daughters, Mrs. J. D. Swain and Mrs. George Gooden; three sons, W. B. Collins, Ed Collins and J. M. Collins, all of Arlington; fourteen grandchildren and eight great grand-children.

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Family

Parents

• Nathan Benjamin Sims 1816–1896 FaG
• Susan L. Gray Sims 1827–1906 FaG

Spouse

• Thomas Benton Collins 1838–1922

Siblings

• Mary E Sims Pilant 1845–1899 FaG
• Benjamin T. Sims 1848–1925 FaG
• James M. Sims 1854–1915 FaG
• Nathan A. Sims 1856–1926 FaG
• Arabella Sims 1856–1861 FaG
• Edmon Holder Sims 1860–1924 FaG
• Thomas H. Sims 1862–1863 FaG

Children

• William Benton "Ben" Collins 1868–1936
• Malinda Lamyra Jane "Mackie" Collins Swaim 1870–1954
• Mary Eliza George "Georgie" Collins Gooden 1873–1937
• Archibald Sims "Arch" Collins 1875–1899
• Joseph Slavin "Joe" Collins 1878–1895
• Thomas Woods "Tom" Collins 1880–1922
• James Marshall Collins 1884–1931
• Nathan Edmon Collins 1886–1944
• Infant Collins 1888–1889
• Ethel Collins Freeman 1890–1927

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