A McCollum Family Gathering
I wish I could tell you the occasion. Wedding? Reunion? Holiday? Funeral?
This photograph was taken at a McCollum Family Gathering of unknown date and place. I can only identify three of the people shown: seated on the far left is Charlie McCollum, standing fourth from the right is his second wife, Martha Merriwether McCollum and seated in front on the far right is a son of one them - I just don’t know which son. So if anyone can help me identify whose home provided the setting for this family occasion, I would really appreciate it. The McCollum family first lived in Putnam, Callahan County, Texas and most of them eventually moved to Lockney, Floyd County, Texas. If I knew when it was taken, it would pretty much clear up the locality. Wouldn’t it be great if the home was still standing?
(Written for Smile for the Camera.)
Neat picture-whatever they were doing.
Hi,
I just stumbled on your message here.. I may be able to help you… This photo looks very familiar to me.. and I think I have an original of it too..somewhere… I’ll need to shuffle through my disorganized stack of genealogy research, but I do believe I have at least seen this photo before.
On my Father’s side (Dr. William H. Cross)…. his Father was Lester McCollum Cross…. and his parents (my Great Grand parents) were:
Charles Henley Cross
B:
13 Feb 1859
Miller County, Georgia, USA
D:
19 Feb 1951
311 Tift Ave., Albany, Georgia, USA
And…
Annie Elizabeth McCollum
B:
13 Nov 1868
D: (Not Sure)
Albany, Georgia, USA
I’ve traced my McCollum ancestry back to:
Daniel McCollum, Senior (…There is a son… Daniel II…)
B: (Not Sure)
County Tyrone, Strabane, Ireland
D:
19 Jan 1825
Union County, North Carolina, USA
Perhaps we could compare notes? It’s been a few months since I’ve had time to work on my tree, but I was trying to find something specific today… and ended up here with your posted message. I thought I was responding to Tipper at first?… but now it seems she responded to your message too?
Anyway… email me.. and let’s see if we each have missing pieces of the puzzle that the other needs..
Patrick (In Starkville, Mississippi)