McCollum, James Dr. 1817 - 1897

MCCOLLUM, RANDALL, RICHARDSON, MITCHELL

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Date: 5/22/2024 at 16:07:20

Iowa Plain Dealer February 9, 1897, FP, C3,5

Dr. McCollum’s funeral will be on Thursday at 1 p. m. at the Methodist church, and the interment will be in New Oregon cemetery.

Dr. James McCollum answered roll call from the other side at about 10 o’clock Sunday evening. February 7. He had been up all day as usual and was shaved by his grandson, Rolla Mitchell. About half past eight, he complained of feeling unwell and was put to bed. He kept growing a little worse and soon told his wife that his end had come. Being alone, she went to the door and called for help, two gentlemen responding and summoning a physician, but withing{sic} a few minutes after his arrival, the good old man passed away. He had been nearly helpless from paralysis during the past few years. He served during the civil war for which, owing to disabilities he was pensioned at about $70 a month, which was reduced to $4 per month to extort from him such testimony as Lochren and Cleveland asked to inculpate persons whom they sought to punish for purposes of intimidation to other pensioners. After a year or more he was restored to the rolls at the former rate. He was bordering upon 80 years of age at the time of his death. Obituary notice hereafter.

Iowa Plain Dealer February 16, 1897, FP, C3

Obituary.
Dr. James McCollum, was born in in{sic} Bristol, Morgan county, Ohio, Ang. 3, 1817, and parted from this life in Cresco, Iowa, February 7, 1897, aged 79 years, 6 months and 4 days.
He was bereaved of his parents when a mere lad, being left as the head of a family of 12 children, 8 of whom are still living at advanced ages.
He was united in marriage with Miss Anna Randall, in 1839, seven children blessed this union.
The eldest born, Henry, was killed in the battle of Gettysberg in 1863,
Dr. McCollum was graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1848 and he continued the practice of medicine until 3 or 4 years ago.
In 1855 he moved with his family to Wisconsin, and ten years after, 1865, he was called to part with the wife of his youth.
At the call of his country, in the time of his country’s perils he responded, by giving himself as one of the defenders of the flag in 1863.

At the close of the war, and after the decease of his first wife, he moved from Wisconsin to Iowa, settleing{sic} in New Oregon in the year 1866.
He was married to his present wife October 4, 1869. Mrs. McCollum and two daughters, Mrs. Helen Richardson of Cripple Creek, Col.,and Mrs. Hattie Mitchell of this city, mourn the absence of their loved one.
Dr. McCollum was stricken with paralysis on March 9, 1895, and since that time has been helpless, and only waited the last summons.
The funeral was conducted by the G.A.R.,of which he was a member and for many years the surgeon, and was attended by over 60 members of that order from all over the county. Thefuneral{sic} address was delivered by Rev. Shaffer, pastor of the M. E. church where the services were held. The interment was in the cemetery south of New Oregon village, a large procession following the remains there.
The floral offerings were profuse, rich and beautiful, worthy tributes to the memory of the comrade and fellow citizen, among them being a beautiful basket of flowers sent by Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Van Leuven.
If good deeds, generous acts, universal benevolence, love, mercy and charity are christian acts, he was one in the fullest sense.

New Oregon Cemetery
 

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