Silas Collins b 8 Apr 1852 Letcher Co KY; s/o Thomas J Collins and Catherine Thomas. Silas Collins m. about 1873 to Margaret Peggy Adams b 1849 d 1925; d/o Spencer Adams and Celia Church. Children of Silas Collins and Margaret Adams;

1. James E. Collins b May 1874 d 23 Jul 1874 Letcher Co KY

2. William Patrick Collins b 18 Jun 1875 KY

3. John Wesley Collins b 1877; m. Sarah Unknown

4. Shadrick Collins b Apr 1880 KY

5. Nancy Collins b 4 Dec 1881 Letcher Co KY d 1 Jul 1950; m. 8 Jul 1895 Letcher Co KY to William Patrick Collins b 18 Jun 1875 KY d 1 Mar 1932; s/o Silas Collins and Margaret Peggy Collins.

6. Benton F Collins b Oct 1882

7. Monroe Collins b 22 May 1884 KY d 19 Feb 1965; m. Vina Hunsucker b 1885 VA d 4 Apr 1975.

8. Victoria Collins b 1884 KY; m. 19 Oct 1904 Letcher Co KY to Eli Collins b 1 Jan 1861 Letcher Co KY d 5 Nov 1939 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co OH; s/o Sanders A Collins and Polly Banks. Eli Collins m. 3 May 1879 Letcher Co KY to Josephine Gibson.