S. WESTBERRY COLLINS, farmer; P. O. North Middletown, son of Foster and
Elizabeth (Matheney) Collins, and was born in Bourbon County, Feb. 12th,
1817. Foster COllins emigrated from Orange County, Va., in the year 1797
and settled temporarily on the Maysville road in Bourbon County, between
Paris and Millersburg; he afterward bought a farm on Cane Ridge, at a
point about equidistant from the two towns above mentioned, where he
located permanently; he married Elizabeth Matheney, a native of Maryland,
who emigrated with her father to this State during the pioneer period of
its history; the result of this marriage was ten children reared to
maturity, five sons and five daughters. The third son, S. Westberry, who
is the subject of our sketch, was married on the 12th of Sept. 1839, to
Elizabeth H., daughter of Wm. Hansford, of Bourbon; this union was blessed
with one child, Mary E., who is now the wife of Robt. W. Owen, near North
Middletown, on Sept. 12, 1840, just one year from the date of his marriage,
Mr. Collins buried his wife, and from that time to the present, a space of
forty-one years, he has lived a single life, centering his heart and
affections upon his only child, with whom he now lives in his old days; he
has retired from an active life and is enjoying some of the fruits of his
past labors. He is a Democrat in politics.
