Person:Mary Collins (138)

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m. 10 May 1845
  1. William F CollinsAbt 1847 -
  2. James E. Collins1850 -
  3. George W. CollinsAbt 1854 -
  4. Mary Louisa Collins1856 - 1942
  5. Thomas J. Collins1858 - 1939
  6. Elizabeth A. Collins1861 - 1940
  7. Solomon E. Collins1862 - 1938
  8. Rebecca J. CollinsAbt 1865 -
  9. Jane CollinsAbt 1867 -
m. 10 Oct 1878
Facts and Events
Name Mary Louisa Collins
Alt Name Minnie _____
Gender Female
Birth[1][4] 10 Feb 1856 Baltimore (independent city), Maryland, United States
Census[6] 1870 American, Allen, Ohio, United StatesMary L. Collins, 14, at home
Marriage 10 Oct 1878 Allen, Ohio, United Statesto William Herring
Census[7] 1880 Amanda, Allen, Ohio, United StatesMary Herring, 23, w/o William
Census[1] 1910 Spencerville, Allen, Ohio, United StatesMary L. Herring, 52, w/o William
Census[2] 1920 Allen, Ohio, United StatesMary L. Herring, 64, w/o William
Census[3] 1930 Spencerville, Allen, Ohio, United StatesMary L. Herring, 74, w/o William
Residence[4] 1942 Spencerville, Allen, Ohio, United States314 S. Pearl
Death[4] 20 Aug 1942 Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States86y 6m 10d
Burial[4][8] 22 Aug 1942 Greenlawn Cemetery, Elida, Allen, Ohio, United States

Foster mother of twin daughters of Emerson Bennett Green & Emma Fern Hetzler: Hazel & Mabel.

Person: Hazel Green (3)

Person: Mabel Green (2)

News Article

WIFE'S SCREAMS BRING HUSBAND

The husband lighted the stove about 1 p. m., Thursday to boil some water and a few minutes later heard his wife's screams when her clothing caught fire when she is believed to have been reaching for some article on a shelf above the stove.

Herring rushed in from an adjoining room and observed his wife standing with her clothing in flames he obtained a bucket of water with which he extinguished the blaze and then turned off the stove. No damage was caused to the home.

Mrs. Herring was taken to the hospital in a C. B. Miller and Son ambulance.

Obituary

Mrs. Mary Collins Herring, 86, Spencerville.

Mrs. Herring, who has been blind for a past 15 years, was burned in her home at Spencerville about 1 p. m., Thursday and died at 6:30 p. m., in St. Rita's hospital.

Mrs. Herring and her husband, who is 86 and nearly blind, have lived alone for several years in their small home at Spencerville and have been using a gasoline stove for doing their cooking.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Family # 310, in Allen, Ohio, United States. 1910 U. S. Census Population Schedule
    p 310.

    Mary L. Herring, 52, w/o William Herring. Born abt 1858 in Maryland. Parents b. in Maryland. Twin daughters, Hazel & Mabel, 16, are actually foster children [never adopted].

  2. Allen, Ohio, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
  3. Allen, Ohio, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Herring, Mary L., in State of Ohio, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Ohio Deaths 1908-1953. (Ohio, United States: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.)
    20 Aug 1942.

    Mary L. Herring, b. 10 Feb 1856 in Baltimore, Maryland, d/o Solmon Collins b. in Baltimore, Maryland and Mary L. Walker, b. in Baltimore, Maryland, wife of Wililam Herring, died 20 Aug 1942 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, 86y 6m 10d; a housewife; residing at 314 S. Pearl St. Buried 22 Aug 1942 in Greenlawn Cemetery.

  5.   Herring & Collins, in Ohio, United States. Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958. (FamilySearch)
    10 Oct 1878.

    Miss Mary Collins to William Herring, 10 Oct 1878, Allen County, Ohio.

  6. Collins, Solomon, in Allen, Ohio, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
  7. Allen, Ohio, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
  8. Mary Louisa Collins Herring, in Find A Grave.