Thomas C. Collins and Ida Coots

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Husband Thomas C. Collins

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           Born: 21 Apr 1878 - Washington Co., Arkansas 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Mar 1952 - Albuquerque, New Mexico 2
         Buried:  - Sunset Cemetery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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         Father: Thomas Columbus Collins (1850-1878) 3
         Mother: Mary Jane McCurdy (1855-1942) 4

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Ida Coots

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           Born: Mar 1882 - New Mexico
     Christened: 
           Died: 1931 5
         Buried:  - Masonic Cemetery, Walsenburg, Huerfano Co., Colorado

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         Father: Monroe J. Coots (1842-1892) 6
         Mother: Mary E. (1855-      )

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Children

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1 F Eva F. Collins

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           Born: Abt 1908 - New Mexico (Quay Co.)
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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2 F Mary E. Collins

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           Born: Abt 1913 - New Mexico (Quay Co.)
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Fred Thomas (Abt 1913-      )

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3 M Robert N. Collins

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           Born: 24 Jul 1915 - Quay Co., New Mexico
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Aug 1983
         Buried:  - Oaklawn Cem., Sulphur, Murray Co., Oklahoma

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas C. Collins

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CENSUS:

<pre>1910 Quay Co., NM, Precinct No. 35 Perry, ED 148; May 18; sheet 16B
364/365
Tom C. Collins 32 M5 Ar -- Tn Stockman/Home Farm
Ida " wife 28 M5/1/1 NM Tx Tx none
Eva F. " dau 2 8?/12 S NM Ar NM none </pre>

He owns an unmortgaged farm.

<pre>1920 Quay Co., New Mexico, Obar Precinct No. 10, ED 139; Jan 26; sheet 8A
59/59
Thomas C. Collins 41 M Ar Ar Ar Farmer/Stock Farmer, Employer
Ida " wife 37 M NM Tx Tx
Eva F. " dau 12 S NM Ar NM
Mary E. " dau 7 S Co Ar NM
Robert N. " son 4 6/12 S NM Ar NM </pre>

He owns his own unmortgaged home. His older brother George Collins lives at 60/60.

<pre>1930 Quay Co., NM, Precinct No. 7, Nara Visa, ED 19-11; Apr 14; sheet 2A
41/41
Tom C. Collins 51 M 27 Ar Tx Tn Farmer/Stock farm
Ida " wife 48 M 23 NM Tx Tx none
Mary " dau 17 S Co Ar NM none
Robert " son 14 S NM Ar NM none </pre>

He owns his own home worth $2000, has a radio set, and lives on a farm.

<pre>1940 Quay Co., New Mexico, Tucumcari Ward 3, ED 19-3; Apr 15; sheet 6A
105 414 Center Street
Tom C. Collins head 61 M Tx Labor Foreman/Bridge Construction
Mary " wife 37 M Ia
Martial Holcomb st-dau 14 S Tx
Tomie Jean " st-dau 11 S Tx </pre>


SUMMARY OF REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS:

Tom Collins appears to have been in Quay Co. by 1907 when he purchased 2 lots in the town of Perry. He was already married; in the 1910 census he has been married 5 years and has one child. He is designated as a 'stockman/home farm'. He was probably occupying the 280 acre tract which was patented to him in 1911. In 1912 he purchased an adjoining 160 acres. He did not acquire any more land until 1917. In that and the following year he bought 3 tracts and acquired 2 more at tax sales. He may already have been in possession of the 240 acres that were patented to him in the 1920's, so that by 1918 the building of his ranch (1640 acres) was completely or mostly done. Two other men were joint owners of a 360 acre tract purchased in 1918. In the 1920 census the oldest of his 3 children, a daughter, is 12, and the youngest, a son, is 4.

In 1923 he borrowed a large sum (over $10,000) from the two co-owners of the 360 acre tract and gave them a mortgage on most of his ranch. The land was already subject to two liens relative to debts of $700 and $3000. The $700 lien may have already existed in 1918 when the 360 acre tract was purchased, and it isn't clear whether the $3000 debt to the Federal Land Bank was related to purchase money. In 1926 he borrowed a small amount ($421.59) from the First National Bank in Nara Visa and mortgaged another 200 acres. Only 200 acres remained unmortgaged. The 1930 census says that he owned his own home worth $2000 and that he lived on a farm and had a radio.

In the fall of 1931 his wife Ida died of cancer. In 1933 Tom Collins mortgaged the remaining unmortgaged 200 acres and gave a second mortgage on the already mortgaged part in order to borrow over $5000 due in 3 months, but he managed to hang on until July 1935 when it was all over. He had to sell his ranch on which he had lived for over 25 years. He appears to have retained a 1 1/4 tract several miles away from the ranch and the 2 tracts (320 acres) which he had purchased at tax sales against which he had never borrowed.

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General Notes: Wife - Ida Coots

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She was buried as Ida Coots Collins 1882--1931 in the Masonic Cemetery in Walsenburg, Huerfano Co., Colorado. See Find-a-Grave Memorial # 66608555.

Her father was buried there in 1892.


Find-a-Grave has the dates 10 Mar 1882 and 27 Sep 1931 and says that she died in Nara Visa, Quay Co., New Mexico; it has this further information:

Ida is the daughter of Monroe Jackson Coots and Mary Ellen CAVINESS Coots.

Ida married Tom Columbus Collins on April 27 1905 at Channing, Hartley Co., TX. To this union were born these known children: Eva F., Mary E. and Robert N. Collins.

1 Mary Jane Weaver, Unbroken Circle, 1985, pg 27.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 64048871.

3 Mary Jane Weaver, Unbroken Circle, 1985, pgs 18, 27-28.

4 Mary Jane Weaver, Unbroken Circle, 1985, pgs 1, 106.

5 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 66608555.

6 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 11178445.