James Sidney Rollins:

Born: April 19, 1812
Birthplace: Richmond Kentucky
Father: Anthony Wayne Rollins 1783 – 1845
(Buried: Columbia Cemetery Columbia Missouri)
Mother: Sallie Harris Rodes 1787 – 1856
(Buried: Columbia Cemetery Columbia Missouri)
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Hickman 1820 – 1907
(Buried: Columbia Cemetery Columbia Missouri)
Married: June 6, 1837 in Columbia Missouri
Children:
Sophia Woodson Rollins 1839 – 1841
(Buried: Columbia Cemetery Columbia Missouri)
Captain James Hickman Rollins 1841 – 1898
(Buried: Hollywood Forever Hollywood California)
Laura Hickman Rollins Hockaday 1844 – 1904
(Buried: Columbia Cemetery Columbia Missouri)
Mary Elizabeth Rollins Overall 1846 – 1924
(Buried: Columbia Cemetery Columbia Missouri)
George Henry Bingham Rollins 1852 – 1915
(Buried: Columbia Cemetery Columbia Missouri)
Curtis Burnham Rollins 1853 – 1940
(Buried: Columbia Cemetery Columbia Missouri)
Florence Rollins Gray 1856 – 1930
(Buried: Columbia Cemetery Columbia Missouri)
Edward Tutt Rollins 1860 – 1913
(Buried: Columbia Cemetery Columbia Missouri)
Political Party: Whig Party, Constitutional Union Party, Unionist Party, Republican Party and Democratic Party
Education:
Attended Centre College
1830: Graduated from University of Indiana
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Columbia Missouri
Served in the Black Hawk War rising to the rank of Major
1838 – 1840: Missouri State Representative
1844: Missouri Delegate Whig Party National Convention
1846 – 1848: Missouri State Senator
1848: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Missouri
1854: Missouri State Representative
1857: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Missouri
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1865: United States Congressman from Missouri
1861 – 1863: Member of House War Department Expenditures Cte.
1861 – 1863: Member of House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Cte.
1861 – 1865: Acted as Conservative on Slavery Issues and Abolition.
1863 – 1865: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee
1864: Witness to the Centralia Massacre
1864: Supporter of George B. McClellan’s Presidential Campaign.
1865: Voted against the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1869: Attorney in Columbia Missouri
1866: Missouri Delegate to Philadelphia Union Convention
1867: Missouri State Representative
1867 – 1868: Director of Union Pacific Railroad Company
1869 – 1886: President Board of Curators of University of Missouri
1874 – 1888: Suffered from the effects of a train wreck
Died: January 9, 1888
Place of Death: Columbia Missouri
Age at time of Death: 75 years old
Burial Place: Columbia Cemetery Columbia Missouri