1. | MCCOLLUM, Abraham Day was born on 11 Sep 1875 in Town of Porter, Niagara County, NY (son of MCCOLLUM, Abram M and SANBORN, Almyra S); died on 21 Apr 1964 in Gasport, Niagara County, NY. Notes:
Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/22/1964
GASPORT - An organizer of
the dairyman's League Co-operative
here, A. Day McCollum,
88, of the Slayton Settlement
Road, died Tuesday (April 21.
1964) at his home after a long
Illness.
The son of the late Abram and
Almyra Sanborn McCollum, he
was bom in the Town of Porter
Sept. 11. 1875.
He operated a farm on the
Balmer Road in Youngstown
where five generations of the
McCollum family had farmed
until the TNT plant came into
Model City in 1942 to buy up
the farm.
He subsequently moved to the
Slayton Settlement farm where
he continued breeding purebred
holsteins, a portion of his farming
career that took up 45 years.
Mr. McCollum married Minnie
Austin Dec. 9, 1903. Besides
activity in the Co-operative
movement, he was a charter
member of the Niagara
County Farm Bureau, and a
member of the Niagara County
Extension Service.
Surviving besides his widow
are a daughter, Mrs. Roy H.
Schul of Sanborn; three sons, A
Jerald McCollum of Ransomville,
Melville C. McCollum of
Lockport and Kenneth D. McCollum
in Gasport; a brother,
I. Lee McCollum of Lockport;
19 grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the
Bream Funeral Home, M a in
Street, Gasport, Wednesday
and Thursday from 2 to 4 and
7 to 9 p.m., where funeral services
will be held on Friday, with
the Rev. Hugh S. Tigner officiating.
Burial will be in North
Ridge Cemetery.
Abraham married AUSTIN, Minnie M on 9 Dec 1903 in North Ridge, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Minnie (daughter of AUSTIN, Edward) was born on 27 Aug 1879 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Mar 1965 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/10/1953
Recalling a heavy snow storm on their wedding day 50
years ago, Mr. and Mrs. A. Day McCollum of the Slayton Settlement
Road celebrated their 50th wedding annivenary
day at their home.
A. Day McCollum of the Balm-
er Road, Youngstown. and Minnie
M. Autin oi Dickersonville Road.
Ransomville. were united in Mar*
riage Dec. 9. 1903 at the M. E.
parsonage at North Ridge. After
a short wedding trip, the couple
resided on the McCollum farm on
the Balmer Road.
They lived on thai farm, which
was a part of the original Holland
Land Grant and was in the family
for five generations, until the
government purchased It as part'
of the tract of land acquired for
a government project in 1942. At
that time they purchased a farm
on the Slayton settlement Road,
where they now reside.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER
Besides being a progressive
dairy farmer, Mr. McCollum was
for many years a member of the
Ransomville Grange, Ransomville
Men's Club. director of the
L. F., president of the Dairymen's
League Local and member
of the Farm Bureau.
He was one of the first tanners
to practice conservation of soil In
his area, and has a modern farm
fully equipped and stocked with
100 head of registered holstein
Fresian cattle. Which is a partnership
with his youngest son, Kenneth
Day McCollum. who owns a
farm nearby.
15 GRANDCHILDREN
The couple have two other sons.
A Jerald McCollum of Ransomville
and Melville C. McCollum of
the Upper Mountain Road, and a
daughter,, Mrs. Roy M. Schul of
Cambria Road,, Sanborn. They al-
so have 15 grandchildren.
A recetion for relatives and
friends was held in the evening
with refreshments served from a
table covered with a lace cloth
and centered by a hree-tiered an-
niversary cake. Mrs.. Lester Rob-
zein and Miss Edith Pearson
poured.
The couple received many gifts.
The bigget thrill of the evening
for Mr.. and Mrs. McCollum was
a long distance call from their
eldest grandson, J. Grant McCol-
lum,, who i serving with the U.S.
Navy and is stationed at Havana,
Cuba.
Children:
- MCCOLLUM, Abraham Jerauld was born about 1905 in New York; died on 1 Nov 1967 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY.
- MCCOLLUM, Melville C was born about 1908 in New York; and died.
- MCCOLLUM, Kenneth Day was born about 1911 in New York; and died.
- MCCOLLUM, Thelma Jane was born on 6 Jul 1914 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Jul 1993 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY.
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