From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: Rueben Collier and his wife, Sarah "Frankie" Thomas

The short biography about Reuben Collier was found in the Minutes of the Louisiana Methodist Conference in 1885. 

Reuben S. Collier was born in Coweta county, Ga., October 4, 1851, and moved to Louisiana in 1857. He was converted, and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, October, 1876. He was licensed to preach, on Montgomery Circuit, May 12, 1877, and served Webster Circuit as supply in 1879 and 1880 ; was admitted on trial in the Louisiana Conference in January, 1881, and sent to Sparta Circuit ; to Indian Village in 1882, and ordained deacon that year by Bishop Wilson, and returned to the same work for 1883. In 1884 he served the Sparta Circuit.

Reuben married Sarah Franke Thomas on April 9, 1879 in Bienville Parish. Sarah, born March 2, 1862, was the daughter of Frances L. Wimberly and Benjamin F. Thomas of Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Sadly, Sarah Franke died soon after her marriage on April 18, 1881.  Ruben married Franke's sister, Elizabeth L. Thomas on December 21, 1882. 

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Sources

Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Louisiana, Compiled Marriage Records, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Marguerite Cook Clark. Accessed April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. Used with permission.

"Full text of 'Minutes of the Louisiana Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1885 annual session'." Internet Archive. .https://archive.org/stream/minutesoflouisia1885meth/minutesoflouisia1885meth_djvu.txt. Accessed 11 Apr. 2020.

"Sarah Franke Thomas Colier (1863-1881)."  Find A Grave Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70685418. Accessed 11 Apr. 2020.