Husband Newton Clarke McCollough 1 2 3
Born: 28 Dec 1863 - Chicora, Donegal Twp, Butler Co, PA 3 4
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Died: 27 Feb 1925 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 3
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Father: Peter McCollough (1835-Aft 1909) 1 5
Mother: Ann Margaret Daubenspeck (1838-1897) 1 4 6
Marriage: 10 Aug 1907 3
Wife Amelia W. "Millie" Sherman 3 7
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Father: Caspar Sherman (1843- ) 8
Mother: Elizabeth Knapp ( - ) 8
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1 M Newton Clarke McCollough, Jr. 3
Born: 17 Jun 1908 3
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2 F Elizabeth McCollough 3
Born: 21 Nov 1909 3
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3 F Anna Margaret McCollough 3
Born: 29 Jun 1912 3
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General Notes: Husband - Newton Clarke McCollough
He was born in 1864. [TCHBC, 926], [PAH, 217]
He was admitted to the bar of Butler County, Pennsylvania, November 5, 1896, having previously served two terms as county superin-tendent of public schools, and taught in the schools of the county. In addition to his law practice he was en-gaged in the real estate and insurance business with Leslie P. Hazlett, Esq., as a partner. He was also actively engaged in the oil business, and was one of the success-ful operators in the local oil fields.
On the old family homestead, he passed his boyhood, securing his education first in the township schools and later at Grove City College, where he was gradu-ated in 1887. He then engaged in teaching and followed this profession in Butler County and later in Kansas and before seriously taking up the study of law at Butler, he served two terms as county su-perintendent of schools. In 1897 he was admitted to the bar and thereafter engaged in practice. He owned large holdings in the oil fields of Pennsylvania and was extensively engaged as a producer. He was a stockholder in the Guaranty Safe Deposit & Trust Company and in other business concerns of impor-tance. He was an ardent Republican and a hard worker for his friends. For a time he was chairman of the Republican County Committee. He and his wife were members of the English Lutheran Church. Fraternally he was a Mason, an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias.
He was born in Fairview Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, and after attending the local public schools, he graduated at Grove City College with the class of 1887, and with his degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then taught in the public schools of the county for several terms, and came in close touch with all the educational progress of the district. In 1890 he was elected county superintendent of schools, and he was reelected for the second term in 1894. Mr. McCollough then read law in the office of Robert Presley Scott, and on November 5, 1896, he was admitted to practice in the Butler County courts, and from that time onward he was engaged in the practice of his profession, and he conducted a real estate and insurance business. As a member of the Butler County bar he was diligent, industrious and conscientious, always most solicitous in caring for the interests of his clientele; by nature modest and retiring, in disposition most kindly and courteous, and by reason of these traits of character was universally loved and honored. Mr. McCollough was also much interested in oil operations in the Butler County territory, and he was a leader in several other industrial enterprises. He was actively concerned in the organization of the first Chamber of Commerce of Butler, and he was appointed the first secretary of that organization. He was a member of the real estate and insurance firm of Hazlett & McCollough, which was formed in 1896 with Leslie P. Hazlett as senior member.
Mr. McCollough's fraternal affiliations were those of Victory Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; New Castle Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Connoquenessing Lodge, No. 279, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; for thirty-four years a member of the Knights of Pythias, of Chicora, Pennsylvania; the Butler Country Club; Sterling Club; Butler Board of Commerce; Butler Bar Association; and he was closely identified with the work of the Young Men's Christian Association. He was a member of the First English Lutheran Church, a former president of the Lutheran Brotherhood and Men's Bible Class, and a member of the church council and the board of trustees of the church.