Monterey County CA Archives Biographies.....McCollum, Alfred J. 1841 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

ALFRED J. McCOLLUM.-This gentleman is a native of Byron Center, Genesee county,
New York, born September 27, 1841. His early life was spent in farming and in
other laborious occupations, and the education he acquired, which fitted him for
the practical duties of life and usefulness as a public official, was the result
of 6ome sacrifice on his part, coupled with a firm endeavor to succeed. He
attended the public schools until he had reached his seventeenth year, working
hard in the summer and doing chores in the winter to pay for his board while he
went to school. When he was nine years old his parents removed to Paw Paw,
Michigan, and nine years later he went to Lake county, Illinois. He traveled for
four years as an agent, and was employed as salesman for the same length of time
in a store at Waukegan, Illinois. In 1866, he tried his strength and fortune in
the mines near Central City, Colorado; but, it not proving a bonanza, he went
back East, locating in Kenosha county, Wisconsin, where he farmed for four
years. Later he engaged in the wood business. In 1876, during his residence iu
Kenosha county, he was married to Miss Belle McDougall, by whom he has six
living children. In 1876, and for three years thereafter, he held an important
position as foreman of a large stock ranch at Ottawa. Illinois.

  In the fall of 1879, Mr. McCollum, accompanied by his family, arrived in
California, and located in Salinas, where he has ever since made his home. The
diversity of his experiences in the East had fitted him to fill almost any
position offered, and during the first six years of his residence in Salinas he
was employed as clerk in the post office and store. For four years he served
most acceptably as Deputy Tax Collector; was afterward elected Tax Collector by
a popular majority, and is now serving his second term in that office.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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