Thomas McCollum

1808 -

• Name	Thomas McCollum
  Born	30 Jul 1808
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I197435	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Thomas McCollum,   d. Abt 1820
  Mother	Sarah Minter
  Family ID	F75029	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Fanny C. Elsey,   b. Scott County, Kentucky
  Married	2 Jan 1833	Bethel, Indiana
  Children	1. Sarah E. McCollum + 2. Rebecca J. McCollum,   b. Oct 1837, Indiana   3. John M. McCollum   4. William M. McCollum   5. Thomas A. McCollum   6. McCollum,   d. INFANT
  Family ID	F75028	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  THOMAS McCOLLUM is a native of Franklinton, Ohio, beingthe fourth child of five children born to Thomas and Sarah(Minter) McCollum, who were natives of South Carolina andVirginia respectively. The subject of this sketch was born July30, 1808, and is of Scotch-Irish extraction. His father diedwhen he was twelve years of age, throwing him upon his ownresources, thus hampering his opportunities for the acquisitionof an education. He and his mother afterward removed to Cin-cinnati, and later to Covington, Ky. He was a member of the firstSunday-school organized in Cincinnati, two ladies coming at thattime who were the first to take an interest in the work. There wasnot a church in the town that would open its doors to them. TheChristians at that time maintained that it was sacrilege to hold"school" on Sunday. They held their first meetings in an olddilapidated paint shop, and afterward in a brewery. There weretwelve in the first class. He was one of the twelve. Mr.McCollum was married January 2, 1833, to Fanny C. Elsey, atBethel, situated eight miles east of Indianapolis, born in ScottCounty, Ky. She has borne him six children: Sarah E., RebeccaJ., John M., William M., Thomas A. and an infant deceased.In 1853 Mr. McCollum came to Jackson County and loc-ated at Seymour, where he kept the first hotel. Theiroldest son is a lawyer in Idaho, and William a passenger con-ductor on the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad. He has occupiedthe office of justice of the peace of Seymour eighteen years. Heresigned this office in 1881. He and his wife are members ofthe Church of Christ. After half a century of wedded bliss,they celebrated their golden wedding at the residence of theirson-in-law, L. L. Shields, January 2, 1883. Mr. McCollum is aDemocrat of the Jacksonian type, having cast his first vote forold Hickory in 1828. He is one of the oldest and most respectedcitizens in the county. The son, Thomas, has been deputy clerk,and is now candidate for clerk of the court subject to the Demo-cratic convention. ---------- Reference: "History of Jackson County, Indiana.", Brant and Fuller, 1886, p 702-703.