Lucas County IA Archives Biographies.....McCollough, James N. 1827 - 1894
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1896)

JAMES N. McCOLLOUGH, deceased, was a resident of this State for over half a
century. He was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, April 26, 1827, and was the son
of John G. and Isabella (Mullen) McCollough. His father, John G. McCollough, was
born July 9, 1788, and was married to Isabella Mullen, July 6, 1814. John G.
McCollough was a strong abolitionist and temperance worker, also an influential
member of the Scotch Presbyterian Church and a stanch Republican after the
organization of that party. They were the parents of ten children, only three of
whom are living. John G. McCollough died December 11, 1864, while his wife died
many years before, in August, 1839.

   James N. McCollough, the subject of this sketch, attended New Athens College,
and after completing his education he found employment in the dry-goods store of
a relative. He came to Brighton, Iowa, at an early day, where he married Miss
Rebecca Ferree, in January, 1854. They moved to Chariton, Iowa, in 1882, where
he owned a dry-goods store until his death, on November 24, 1894. He never
sought political preferment, although he was a strong Republican, as were his
two sons. His wife, Rebecca E. Ferree, was born near Connersville, in Fayette
county, Indiana, January 24, 1832, the daughter of David and Tirzah (Bell)
Ferree. David Ferree was born January 12, 1793, of French ancestry. He was
identified with the Presbyterian Church and the Republican party. His death
occurred on July 21, 1854. Tirzah Bell Ferree was born in Kentucky, July 3,
1803, and died four days before her husband, July 17, 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Ferree
crossed the plains from Indiana to Iowa in covered wagons, bringing their
household goods and stock with them. They purchased 160 acres of partly improved
land, where they followed farming. A. H. McCollough purchased the livery barn of
Wm. Hendrickson in 1888, and has since been successfully engaged in that business.

   James N. McCollough and wife had five children. The eldest, Ralph F., was
born December 30, 1854, and married to Anna Gibbon in 1884. He was engaged in
mercantile pursuits with his father, under the firm name of J. N. McCollough &
Company, until his death, on February 4, 1894. Effie A. is the wife of J. E.
Brown, who is engaged in the shoe business in Chariton. A. H., born May 11,
1861. Lucy, the wife of O. J. Israel, who is a merchant; and Stella, the wife of
J. C. Maloney, who is agent for the Adams Express Company. A. H. McCollough was
married September 13, 1883, to Miss Minnie Day. Miss Day was born in Lucas
county, Iowa, November 8, 1866, and is a daughter of H. H. and Rebecca Day. Her
parents were natives of Ohio but came to Iowa in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. A.
H. McCollough have three daughters: Clare, Marie and Gladys.


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A MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF IOWA

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CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1896


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