Anderson County Biographies
"Portrait and Biographical Record of Southeastern Kansas"
Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1894
SAMUEL McCOLLAM. No better representative of honest manhood can be found
than the above-named gentleman, an influential citizen of
Lincoln Township, Anderson County. He is a native of Ireland, and
was born November 17, 1828.
The parents of our subject were Frank and Elizabeth (Kirkpatrick)
McCollam, both natives of Ireland. After their marriage, they settled in their
native county, where the mother died. The father then emigrated to America, where he spent
the remainder of his days and died in this county
at the home of our subject. The grandfather, John
McCollam, died in County Antrim, Ireland.
Of the five living children born to Frank
and Elizabeth McCollam, Samuel is the second.
He lived in his native country until 1850,
and then came to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania. He lived there for two
years and followed farming and boating, and at
the end of that time sold out and removed to Lee
County, Ill. In April, 1857, became to Anderson
County and settled in Lincoln Township, where
he bought the claim on which he now resides, and
which has been finely improved with all the modern appliances necessary for successfully operating
a farm. The neat and attractive appearance of the
outbuildings speaks of the good taste of the owner
and of the industry necessary to convert an
uncultivated tract into such a valuable farm. His
landed possessions aggregate about five or six hundred acres, all in Lincoln Township.
Mr. McCollam was happily married in Philadelphia, Pa., January 15, 1858, to Miss Margaret
Tweed, a native of Ireland, who was born February 11, 1829. This most worthy lady is an unfortunate victim of paralysis but endures her affliction with great fortitude and reconciliation, and
is tenderly cared for by her devoted husband.
Notwithstanding this severe trial, the home of this
estimable couple is often the scene of social gatherings, and the hospitality with which one is
greeted leaves a pleasant remembrance. Five
children have blessed the union of our subject and
his wife, namely: John, Frank; Eliza, wife of Tilford Perry; Rachael, wife of William Perry; and
Sarah, who is a school teacher.
Mr. McCollam takes an active part in local and
political affairs and always finds time to devote to
the cause of religion. He and his wife have been
connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church
for many years and he has held some important
offices therein. His high sense of honor and truth
has won for him the respect of the entire community, and his success as a substantial agriculturist
of Anderson County is well merited. He is
one of the solid men in the vicinity of his home,
and a true and reliable man in the fullest sense of
the term.
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