George William Kent Collins

(1869-1946)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

George William Kent Collins was born on April 17, 1869. He died on January 29, 1946, and was buried in St. Matthew's Churchyard in Hillsborough, NC.

Relatives

• Parents: George Pumpelly Collins (1835-1903) [1] and Annie Ruffin Cameron (1842-1915)  [1].
• Paternal grandparents: Josiah Collins, III and Mary Riggs.
• Maternal grandparents: Paul Carrington Cameron (1808-1891) and Anne Ruffin (1814-1897).
• Siblings:
  • one brother, Paul Cameron Collins (1877-1961).
  • three sisters, Alice Ruffin Collins (1874-1958), Mary Arthur Collins (1866-1871) and Henrietta Page Collins (1870-1955).
• Uncle: Josiah Collins, IV (1830-1890).
• Cousins: Althea Collins, Cadwallader Jones Collins, Mary Riggs Collins (1861-1912), Josiah Collins, V, Rebecca Allen Collins and Lizzie Jones Collins (1871-1900).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).