Charles Bruce Collier

CIVIL WAR Charles B. Collier (First_Last) Regiment Name 24 Texas Cavalry Side Confederate Company E Soldier's Rank_In Jr. 2 Lieut Soldier's Rank_Out 2 Lieut Alternate Name Notes Film Number M227 roll 7.

Father: James Gautney/Gwaltney "Jeems" Collier (b: 24 Feb 1812 in Twiggs Co., GA); Mother: Elizabeth (Eliza) Ann Stewart (b: 24 May 1816 in Georgia)

Marriage 1: Catherine Anna "Blanche" McNeill (b: 12 Sep 1844 in McDonough, Henry Co., GA). Blanche was the daughter of Hector George Robert McNeill and Nancy Ann Elizabeth George.They were married on 2 Apr 1865 in West Point, Troup County, Georgia. She resided in the Third Ward in 1870 in Houston, Harris County, TX. She died July 25, 1873, in Houston, Harris County, TX.

Children: William Reid Collier (b: 11 Jan 1866 in West Point, Troup County,GA); Anna "Daisy" Collier (b: 13 Aug 1867 in Tyler Co., TX, died March 10, 1936); Charles McNeill Collier (b: 22 Apr 1869 in Houston, Harris Co., TX, died January 4, 1887); James Perry/Perry Newton Collier (had name changed) (b:3 Nov 1871 in Houston, Harris Co., TX, died October 2, 1941/1942?).

Marriage 2: Charlotte A. Mushaway (born approx. 1848, in Louisiana).They married on 10 Apr 1877 in Houston, Harris Co., TX. She resided in 1880 in Tyler County, TX. She was a music teacher in 1880 in Tyler County, TX. She died on July 20, 1910, in Harris County, TX.

Children of Charles and Charlotte Collier:

Elizabeth Willis ("Lizzie") Collier (b: 5 Sep 1886 in Houston, Harris Co., TX, died July 25, 1887)

Note: Some records indicate Charles Bruce Collier died on 27 Feb 1888. Other records indicate it was 22 Feb 1888.