1   Jacob COLLINS b: 1831 in Wayne Twp., Clermont Co., Ohio   d: 1906 in Pleasant Plain, Warren Co., Ohio Burial: Bassinger Cem., Warren Co., Ohio
..  +Mary LONG b: 1828 in Ohio  m: December 13, 1857 in Clermont Co., Ohio d: 1881 in Pleasant Plain, Warren Co., Ohio Burial: Bassinger Cem., Warren Co., Ohio
..... 2   Hannah COLLINS b: 1858 in Clermont Co., Ohio
.........  +John William WARMAN b: Abt. 1856  m: December 15, 1878 in Warren Co., OH
..... 2   George E. COLLINS b: March 03, 1860 in Pleasant Plain, Warren Co., Ohio   d: July 25, 1860 in Pleasant Plain, Warren Co., Ohio Burial: Bassinger Cem., Warren Co., Ohio
..... 2   John Wilson COLLINS b: February 02, 1861 in Lerado, Clermont Co., OH   d: June 29, 1951 in South Lebanon, Warren Co., OH Burial: South Lebanon Cem., Warren Co., OH
.........  +Laura Alice ELSTEN b: August 09, 1862 in Fishersburg, Madison Co., IN  m: July 29, 1882 in Warren Co., Ohio d: August 05, 1935 in South Lebanon, Warren Co., OH Burial: South Lebanon Cem., Warren Co., OH
..... 2   Freddy C. COLLINS b: February 12, 1862 in Pleasant Plain, Warren Co., Ohio   d: April 20, 1864 in Pleasant Plain, Warren Co., Ohio Burial: Bassinger Cem., Warren Co., Ohio
..... 2   Mary Eliza "Lide" COLLINS b: 1863 in Pleasant Plain, Warren Co., Ohio   d: 1942 in Miami Twp., Clermont Co., OH Burial: South Lebanon, Warren Co., OH
.........  +John Wesley ELSTEN b: September 07, 1860 in Noblesville, Hamilton Co., Indiana  m: September 01, 1881 in Warren Co., OH d: May 13, 1929 in Kings Mills, Warren Co., Ohio Burial: South Lebanon, Warren Co., OH
..... 2   Laura S. COLLINS b: July 1867 in Pleasant Plain, Warren Co., Ohio   d: April 17, 1938 in Loveland, Miami Twp., Clermont Co., OH Burial: Goshen Cem., Clermont Co., OH
.........  +Henry HEISEL b: May 18, 1861  m: March 06, 1887 in Warren Co., OH d: June 01, 1897 in Loveland, Miami Twp., Clermont Co., OH Burial: Goshen Cem., Clermont Co., OH
..... 2   Carrie M. COLLINS b: 1871 in Pleasant Plain, Warren Co., Ohio   d: Aft. 1950 in Moline, Illinois
.........  +LOWRY b: Abt. 1870  m: Abt. 1892 d: Bef. 1932 in Moline, Illinois
..... 2   Ernest A. COLLINS b: 1872 in Pleasant Plain, Warren Co., Ohio   d: 1896 in Pleasant Plain, Warren Co., Ohio Burial: Bassinger Cem., Warren Co., Ohio

That little old shoemaker.  Looking more Amish than Methodist, Jacob raised his family in Pleasant Plain, Harlan Township, Warren County, Ohio.  Three of his children, George, Freddy and Ernest, died young and are buried next to him and his wife Mary.  Their home was near the Cincinnati and Marietta Railroad, where son John got his start working as a laborer as a teenager.  Jacob's father, Edmund, was an early settler in the Miami Valley, emigrating from New Hampshire.  They lived in Wayne Township, Clermont County, Ohio, where his mother Hannah died soon after his birth.  Jacob was raised by a step-mother not so much older than he.  At age 18 Jacob lived and worked on the McKinney farm nearby. After his marriage to Mary Long, who had two children of her own, they resided in Lerado, Clermont Co. OH until after John was born in 1861 and finally made their home in Pleasant Plain before 1870, where Jacob owned one and a half acres.  When his father died in 1862 Jacob inherited $500, but would not receive it until after his mother died.

1840 Census, Wayne Twp., Clermont Co., Ohio
E. Collins 40-50
male 5-10 (Jacob)

1850 Census, Wayne Twp., Clermont Co., Ohio
William McKinnie 34
his family
Jacob Collins 18

1860 Census, Jackson Twp., Clermont Co., Ohio; Monterey P.O. (Lerado)
Jacob Collins 28 M Shoe maker  $300 $100 Ohio
Mary Collins 32 F Ohio
Hannah Collins 2 F Ohio
George E. Collins 5/12 M Ohio
Olander Long 10 M Ohio (Mary's child)
Sarah J. Long 7 F Ohio (Mary's child)

1870 Census, Harlan Twp., Warren Co., Ohio; Pleasant Plain
Jacob Collins 39 M Shoemaker; $1200 $150; Ohio
Mary Collins 42 F  Keeping house; Ohio
Sarah Collins 15 F helps mother; Ohio
Hannah Collins 12 F At school; Ohio
John W. Collins 9 M At school; Ohio
Mary E. Collins 7 F At school; Ohio
Laura Collins 4 F Ohio
Orlando Long 20 M Farm Laborer; Ohio

1880 Census, Harlan Twp., Warren Co., Ohio; Pleasant Plain
Jacob Collins  48 M shoe maker; Ohio, father NH, mother Ohio
Mary Collins 52 F Wife Keeping House; Ohio, father Ohio, mother Ohio
Mary E. Collins 16 F Daughter No Occupation Ohio Ohio Ohio
Sally Collins 26 F Daughter No occupation Ohio, Ohio, Ohio
John W. Collins 18 M Son Laborer; Ohio, Ohio, Ohio
Laura Collins 14 F Daughter No occupation; Ohio, Ohio, Ohio
Carrie M. Collins 9 F Daughter; Ohio, Ohio, Ohio
Earnest A. Collins 7 M Son Ohio, Ohio, Ohio

Jacob Collins (1831-1906)                Mary Long (1828-1881)

Mary's brother Frederick in Civil War Uniform:  CLICK