Alice Ruffin Collins

(1874-1958)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Alice Ruffin Collins was born on June 30, 1874. She died on December 4, 1958, 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:
  • two brothers, George William Kent Collins (1869-1946) and Paul Cameron Collins (1877-1961).
  • two sisters, Mary Arthur Collins (1866-1871) and Henrietta Page Collins (1870-1955).
• Uncle: Josiah Collins, IV (1830-1890).
• Cousins: Mary Riggs Collins (1861-1912), Josiah Collins, V, Cadwallader Jones Collins, Rebecca Allen Collins, Lizzie Jones Collins (1871-1900) and Althea Collins.

References

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