Weld County, History of Colorado, BIOS: MCCOLLUM, Albert (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II


p. 211-212


ALBERT McCOLLUM.

	Albert McCollum is engaged in general agricultural pursuits in 
Weld county, near Evans. He was born in Polk county, Iowa, August 22, 
1858. His father, James McCollum, was born in Virginia, devoted his 
life to the occupation of farming and after living for a time in Polk 
county. Iowa, removed to the west, both he and his wife spending their 
last days in Evans, Colorado. Mrs. McCollum had a brother, Valerius 
Young, who was one of the early builders and promoters of Denver aiding 
largely in laying out the city. To Mr. and Mrs. James McCollum were 
born six children, namely: Caroline; Mary J.; Benjamin F.; Isaac N.; 
Barbara, who passed away in infancy; and Albert, of this review. The 
mother was twice married and by her first husband had two children, 
Florinda and John Addison Kimler.

	Albert McCollum spent ten years of his youth as a public school 
pupil and afterward went to Kansas, where he remained upon his father's 
farm of one hundred and forty acres for four years. On the expiration 
of that period he arrived in Colorado with Evans as his destination. 
For fourteen years he rode the range and then concentrated his 
attention upon the production of crops. He is now the owner of sixty 
acres of land, devoted to the raising of beets, alfalfa and wheat.

	On the 20th of March, 1890, Mr. McCollum was united in marriage 
to Miss Angeline Pulliam, of Fort Collins, a daughter of Henry A. and 
Nancy E. (Grain) Pulliam, both of whom passed away in Missouri. The 
father was born in Callaway county, Missouri, while the mother was a 
native of Macon county. During the Civil war Mr. Pulliam enlisted for 
active service and did duty as a teamster. He was taken prisoner while 
at the front. During much of his business career he followed farming, 
milling and carpentering. At different periods the family has been 
prominently connected with the pioneer development of various sections 
of the country. The grandfather of Mrs. McCollum went to Missouri when 
there were only three families in Macon county. Her grandfather was a 
Virginian by birth and at one time was a large landowner there, as were 
also other members of the family. A great-great-granduncle and aunt of 
Mrs. McCollum were scalped by the Indians in North Carolina. The 
ancestral line is traced back to the Belleau family of England.

	To Mr. and Mrs. McCollum were born four children: Agnes, the wife 
of C. C. Prunty, town clerk of Evans, by whom she has two children, 
Barney Robert and Helen Arlene; Jessie, who is the wife of J. Edgar 
Rabb, of Butler, Pennsylvania; Elwood, who is engaged in the drug 
business at Evans; and Edith, who attends the State Normal School and 
is still under the parental root.

	In his political views Mr. McCollum is a democrat and his 
religious faith is that of the Christian church. He finds his greatest 
happiness in promoting the welfare of his wife and children and takes 
no active interest in clubs or fraternal organizations. His business 
interests are concentrated upon farming and throughout his entire life 
he has carried on agricultural pursuits, always following the 
occupation to which he was reared.