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Idaho County Free Press
Thursday, July 10, 1924
SAMUEL C. COLLINS DIES AT AGE OF 86
SOLOMON CEALSBURY COLLINS, 86, one of the oldest residents of Grangeville died
last Friday morning at 5:30 in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Laura Whitney, at
Wawawai, Wn. Mr. Collins had gone to Wawawai three weeks prior to his death.
The body, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Whitney, arrived in Grangeville Saturday
night and was taken to the Hancock parlors where funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 3:00, W.N. Knox, officiating. Burial was in Prairie View
Cemetery.
Mr. Collins was born in Ozark county, Missouri, February 18, 1838. When about 21
years old, he left Missouri for Texas, where he spent five years, then going to
Kansas where, on July 9, 1872, he was married to Miss Mary E. Goss. To them were
born seven children, five of whom survive.
Leaving Kansas in 1884, Mr. Collins and family removed to Missouri, staying
there ten years, and then going to Nebraska. During these many years he followed
farming and railroad work, during the ten years on the frontiers of Kansas and
Texas participated in Indian wars as a scout.
Mr. Collins and family came to Grangeville from Nebraska, arriving here July 19,
1900. This place has since been his home. In February, following their location
in this community, his son, Forest, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, died,
and then days later, Mr. Collins wife passed away. One son, Lonnie, died in
December 1922.
Mr. Collins is survived by five children; Mrs. Laura Whitney, Wawawai, Wn.;
Eugene Collins, Ten Sleep, Wyo.; Orville Collins, Woodland, Cal.; Mrs. Lulu
Williams, Seattle, Wn. and William Collins, Tacoma, Wn. He is also survived by
11 grandchildren.
Submitted by Chris
Cornett
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