Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....McColl, Hugh 1810 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

HUGH McCOLL. Among the venerable and representative octogenarian citizens of
Genesee County, Mich., whose names find a place in this volume, we present the
gentleman whose name is above. He is of sturdy Scottish ancestry and the trend
of his thought and principles shows the power of his nationality. He is a
prominent resident of Grand Blanc and is a native of Montgomery County, N. Y.,
having been born on the Mohawk River, his natal day being December 26, 1810. He
is a son of Alexander and Hannah (Christler) McColl. His father emigrated to
America with our subject's grandfather, when a boy, before the close of the last
century—1783— locating in New York State, where the grandfather died.

  Our subject's mother was a native of New York State, where he was reared to
manhood. When fourteen years of age he began the harness-maker's trade and at
sixteen years of age he began to learn the shoemaker's trade, and for the
greater portion of his life he has been engaged in these lines both in this
State and New York. He first married Mary Blue, who bore him eleven children of
whom the following survive: Alexander, John G., Arthur C, and Mary E., now the
wife of George Gundry. On the death of Mrs. Mary McColl he married Mrs. Sophia
Wilber, widow of Elias Wilber, a native of Monroe County, N. Y., who was born
August 31, 1816, and was reared in her native place, being a daughter of Daniel
and Margaret (Campbell) Gustin; the former being a native of Connecticut and the
latter of Scotland. In 1868 our subject came to Genesee County and located on a
farm in Mundy Township, where he lived for four years and then moved to the
village of Grand Blanc. He there engaged in the harness-making business until
1885, when he retired: Mr. McColl is a self-made man and has accumulated his
present handsome competency by his own efforts. He now enjoys the pleasant
assurance that he is secure in his advanced years against want.

  Mr. McColl is a Republican in his political affiliations. He has served as
Justice of the Peace, also Treasurer of Grand Blanc Township, filling these
prominent positions with credit to himself as well as to the satisfaction of his
constituents. Mrs. McColl is a member of the Congregational Church and is also
one of the enthusiastic workers in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She
is a lady who is thoroughly progressive and delights in good works. Our subject
and his wife in their pleasant home enjoy the fruits of a life spent in
usefulness and well-doing. They are highly esteemed members of society and it is
with pleasure we include their names among those who have helped to make Genesee
County notable as an agricultural region.


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Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892



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