Families of Sarah Elizabeth Blair
Andrew P. Collins
SARAH ELIZABETH BLAIR, daughter of EMILY CLARISSA HOUSTON and NEWTON BLAIR, was born January 8, 1850 in Kossuth County, Iowa,250, 8224 and died March 11, 1946 in Riverside, Riverside, California.250, 11855 She is buried in Evergreen Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Riverside, Riverside, California.456
She married (1) ANDREW PERRY COLLINS on March 26, 1868.8224 He was born August 20, 1835 in Seneca County, Ohio,8224 and died March 17, 1910 in Riverside County, California.3893 He is buried in Evergreen Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Riverside, Riverside, California.456
She married (2) JOHN WILGUS COVERT. He was born September 6, 1847 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania,456 and died May 6, 1936 in Riverside County, California.3893
Children of SARAH ELIZABETH BLAIR and ANDREW PERRY COLLINS:
- OLIVER EDWIN COLLINS, b. April 6, 1869, Solomon, Saline, Kansas;8224 m. MAUD GERTRUDE SHULTZ on June 6, 1895 in Salina, Saline, Kansas8224; d. March 15, 1945, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado.456
- SARAH EDITH COLLINS, b. November 19, 1870, Solomon, Saline, Kansas;8224 m. (1) GEORGE JAMES HAGERTY on August 23, 1894 in Salina, Saline, Kansas4694, m. (2) JOHN LEWIS BISHOP on March 15, 1910 in Riverside, Riverside, California3541, 10967; d. June 10, 1953, Indio, Riverside, California.250, 10969
- ALBERT NOEL COLLINS, b. December 13, 1872, Solomon, Saline, Kansas;8224 m. HARRIET MAY THOMPSON on September 28, 1899 in Manilla, Crawford, Iowa8224, 7649; d. September 18, 1950, Orange County, California.250
- FRANK NEWTON COLLINS, b. November 18, 1874, Solomon, Saline, Kansas;8224 m. RUBY CLIFTON TRAUGER on December 24, 1900 in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas8244, 8322; d. February 21, 1965, Riverside County, California.
- LORETTA MAY COLLINS, b. August 10, 1876, Solomon, Saline, Kansas;8224 m. CLARENCE HENRY MATSON on June 29, 1898 in Salina, Saline, Kansas8224, 4694; d. January 24, 1977, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California.456
- RUTH EMILINE COLLINS, b. December 16, 1883, Solomon, Saline, Kansas;8224 m. MELVIN COLE SHAIBLE on May 26, 1914 in Riverside, Riverside, California8252; d. May 2, 1971, Salina, Saline, Kansas.456
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Personal Information
- Sarah Elizabeth Blair was baptized on May 12, 1850 at Yellow Springs Presbyterian Church, Des Moines County, Iowa.6135
- Andrew Perry Collins was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Kansas. 8224
Education
- Andrew Perry Collins graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Delaware, Ohio in 1860.8224
Military Service
Work History
Andrew P. Collins
Obituaries
Oakland Tribune, March 18, 19108243
Kansas Politician Dies in Riverside
RIVERSIDE, March 18.—A. P. Collins, for more than thirty years a participant in Central Kansas political affairs, but for the last six years a Riverside orange grower, died last night of heart trouble.
Mr. Collins, who escaped from Andersonville prison during the Civil War, having been captured while a lieutenant in the Twelfth Michigan Infantry, was author of a volume entitled "Beyond the Lines; or A Yankee Prisoner Loose in Dixie."
He served four years in the Kansas Legislature and ten years as a member of the State Board of Agriculture. Shortly before Mr. Collins' death his daughter, Mrs. Edith C. Hagerty, was married at his bedside to John L. Bishop, a businessman of Salina, Kan.
Riverside Daily Press, May 7, 193611856
PIONEER CITIZEN CALLED BY DEATH
John W. Covert Dies After Brief Illness; Lived Here 40 years
Following a brief illness, John W. Covert, 88, pioneer orange-grower of Riverside and at one time a member of the city council, died yesterday afternoon at the Riverside Community hospital. He became ill Friday night at his beach home at San Clemente, where he had gone for a rest, and Sunday night was taken to the hospital.
Mr. Covert was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, Sept. 6, 1847, and had been a resident of Riverside for 40 years. He was one of the original stockholders in the Riverside Title company and at the time of his death was president of the company. He was active in the work of the First Methodist church and held the office of president of the board of trustees. For many years he had been a member of the board.
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Shortly after coming to Riverside, Mr. Covert planted a 20-acre orange grove in West Riverside, which he later sold. In 1901 he built the Covert Block, located on Eighth street between Main and Orange streets. During his later years he had lived a retired life, his business activities being confined to care of the Covert Block and a two-acre orange grove at his home, 1920 Eighth street.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Sarah E. Covert, a daughter, Mrs. Emerson L. Holt, of 3504 Larchwood Place; and a sister, Mrs. Nellie Jamison, of Redondo Beach. His first wife, mother of Mrs. Holt, died in 1922.
Funeral services for Mr. Covert will be conducted Friday morning at 10 o'clock from the chapel of M. H. Simons and company, Dr. J. Lewis Gillies, pastor of First Methodist church, of Monrovia, officiating. Interment will be made in the mausoleum at Evergreen cemetery.
Riverside Daily Press, March 11, 194611855
COVERT—In Riverside, Calif., March 11, 1946, Sarah Collins Covert, aged 96 years; late resident of 3227 Allen Place, Riverside, Calif. Mother of Mrs. Edith H. Bishop of Indio, Calif.; Albert N. Collins of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. C. H. Matson of Pacific Palisades, Calif.; Frank N. Collins of Riverside, Calif.; Mrs. N. C. Shaible of Salinas, Kansas, and Mrs. Emerson Holt of Riverside, Calif. Sister of A. H. Blair of Wakeeney, Kansas, and Byron P. Blair of Phoenix, Arizona. Also survived by 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Services will be announced by M. H. Simons and Co.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| September 12, 18501704 | Yellow Springs Township, Des Moines, Iowa |
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| June 3, 18804726 | Solomon, Saline, Kansas |
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| June 5, 1900491 | Salina, Saline, Kansas |
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| April 19, 19108229 | Riverside, Riverside, California |
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| April 10, 19304791 | Riverside, Riverside, California |
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