Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Collins, John Dudley April 29, 1813 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, pg 424
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    John Dudley Collins was born in Kent county, Maryland, 
April 29, 1813, and is a son of James Collins and Sarah 
Dudley Collins.
    James Collins, father, was born in Maryland, October 17, 
1777; served in the War of 1812 in the commissary 
department; was married to Sarah Dudley February 17, 1807, 
and the following children were born to them: William 
Collins, born December 5, 1807, died in Kansas, October 24, 
1888; James Collins, born April 20, 1810, still living; 
Louisa Collins, born May 19, 1816, married William Patterson 
in October, 1834, who died March 8, 1838. There were two 
children born to them: James C, who died in the forty ninth 
year of his age, and Emeline, died young.  Her second 
husband was James Parkhill.  From this marriage three sons 
are living: William, David and John D.  Louisa died in 
October, 1886.  Edwin born in 1819, died in 1854, and 
Emeline born in March, 1822, died when quite young.
    William Collins, the paternal grandfather of John D 
Collins, was born in 1762 in England, came to America, 
settled in Kent county, Maryland, married a Miss Gail, and 
they had four sons: William Collins, John Collins, George 
Collins and James Collins.
    Nicholas Dudley, maternal grandfather, was born in 
England and came to America, settled in Maryland, married 
and had the following children: Benjamin Dudley, Nicholas 
Dudley, Francis Dudley, Elizabeth Dudley, Mary Dudley, Sarah 
Dudley (the mother of John D Collins), and Samuel Dudley, 
who came to Pennsylvania and lived the last thirty years of 
his life with J D Collins and James Collins.  He died the 
25th of May, 1889, in the eighty seventh year of his age.
    John D Collins was educated in the early subscription 
schools, born on a farm and came to Fayette county, Penna, 
in 1822 with his father and settled near East Liberty on a 
farm known as Fort Hill where he and his brother James now 
live.  He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, 
has been a trustee and held other offices in the church.  
     He was married on May 24, 1850, to Agnes Stoner, 
daughter of Christian Stoner, (who was) born in Bedford 
county, Penna, and moved to Westmoreland county where he was 
married to Anna Stauffer; afterwards moved to Fayette county 
where they raised a family of twelve children, six boys and 
six girls.  
    There was but one child born to them, a daughter who 
died when young. They are widely known for their charity; no 
one is ever turned away empty handed.

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