"Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Chapman Publishing Company, 1903. p. 1057. McCOLLUM BROTHERS (Perry and William) The McCollum family is represented in Lane county by several members of a rugged and capable second generation, of which two of the best known are Perry and William, occupying a farm of one hundred and eighty acres near Eugene. William McCollum, the senior of the two, was born on the paternal farm in Kentucky in April, 1841, his father, Samuel, one of the Oregon pioneers of 1850, being a native of the same state. His mother, Zilpha Callahan, was also born in Kentucky, and died on the old donation claim in Lane county in 1897, at the age of eighty-four, her husband living to be two years older. There were five children in the family, William being the oldest of all. A boy of nine years when the family fortune's were shifted to the west, William attended the public schools as opportunity offered, although hard work on the home farm interfered materially with both diversions and education. He remained at home until thirty years of age, and then purchased his present farm with his brother Perry, since then engaging in general farming and stock-raising. Mr. McCollum is a quiet, unassuming gentleman, loyal to his friends and interests, and heartily in touch with the work to which he is devoting his life. He is a Democrat in politics, but has never worked for or desired official recognition. Mr. McCollum is unmarried. Perry McCollum was born after his father and older brother had crossed the plains to Oregon, January 1, 1855, and he was educated in a little log school-house on Spencer creek, being reared to an appreciation of farming and a generally industrious life. Always most congenial in their relations to each other, it seemed eminently fitting that Mr. McCollum should engage in farming in partnership with his brother William, with whom he has since lived. Mr. McCollum married, in 1897, Frances Gearhart, and one son, Frank, has been born of this union. Like his brother, he is a Democrat in political affiliation, and has served as judge of elections. Progressive and enterprising, Mr. McCollum maintains a high standard of agricultural excellence on his farm, and his improvements are modern and extensive. He enjoys the confidence and good will of the community, which regards him as one of its most worthy native sons. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in August 2007 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.