Mr. Collins surname derived from this obit for Rebecca's sister Emma:

Mrs. Emma McDowell HOOD died in 1937. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)

Mrs. Emma McDowell Hood, aged 63, died at her home in Fairmont, W.Va., Sunday evening at 6:30
o'clock according to word which reached members of the McDowell family yesterday.  Her passing took
place just three weeks next Thursday from the death of her husband, a well known Fairmont merchant.
Mrs. Hood was a native of Uniontown and a sister of Alex McDowell and Mrs. Becky Collins and Mrs.
Martha McCloy, all of Uniontown.  She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John McDowell of
Uniontown. The following sons and daughters survive:  Martha and Charles of Fairmont, Leo, Paul and
Hugh at home. Alex McDowell, Samuel, Harry and Ray McDowell left for Fairmont yesterday to complete
the funeral arrangements.

In 1900, Rebecca is a widow living with her children in North Union TWP, Fayette County, Penn.