This page documents multiple families (Bryant, Matthews, Welch, Dillard, Sparks, Gossett, Harvey, McBee, Cannon, Kirby, etc) that are so interlinked that the reader is best served by the data being resident in a single data base. Please see the references in the photo galleries for background on these families. The first item in the individual family photo galleries provides some brief family history. These pages contain some erroneous data, it's just the best we happen to have right now. Use it at your own risk.

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Husband: John S. Collins
   Born: JAN 1848         at: NC  
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   Wife: Martha J. Welch
   Born: AUG 1845         at: Macon CO, NC  
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 Father:Josiah Bradshaw Welch
 Mother:Mary Cornwell
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   Name: Joseph E. Collins
   Born: ABT 1874         at:   
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   Name: Bette Lydia Collins
   Born: ABT 1876         at:   
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   Name: Nancy J. Collins
   Born: ABT 1877         at:   
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   Name: Mary E. Collins
   Born: MAY 1882         at:   
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   Name: Rutha Collins
   Born: AUG 1884         at:   
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   Name: Emma M. Collins
   Born: AUG 1888         at:   
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