Elizabeth Pettit McCollough

1842 - 1917  (75 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Pettit McCollough
  Born	20 Jan 1842	Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 Apr 1917	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	18 Apr 1917	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4752	Rossville
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2019

  
  

  Family ID

  F1851

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  Family	Isaac McCollough,   b. 8 Sep 1845, Holmesville, Holmes County, Ohio ,   d. 6 Aug 1894, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 48 years)
  Children	+ 1. Charles D McCollough,   d. 29 May 1928, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas + 2. Hudson E McCollough,   b. 1881,   d. 17 Dec 1941  (Age 60 years) + 3. Fred Pettit McCollough,   b. 16 Dec 1873, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 24 Jan 1971, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 97 years)   4. Sarah Olive McCollough McCartney,   b. 1879, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 16 Jan 1968, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 89 years)   5. Flora McCollough Mills
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2016 15:47:15
  Family ID	F1847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- McCollough, Elizabeth Mrs. Elizabeth McCollough Born Jan. 20, 1842, Died April 16, 1917 Mrs. McCollough, Pioneer Resident, passes away Mrs. Elizabeth McCollough passed away Monday evening, April 16, at 10:30 p.m. at her home four miles north of Rossville, after being ill ten days with pneumonia. Mrs. McCollough was one of the early day settlers of Rossville township and Shawnee county, coming to Kansas in March 1870 with her husband, immediately after her marriage. They settle first at Tecumseh, Ks., remaining there two years, spent one year near Kingsville, and moved to the home place north of Rossville in the fall of 1873. This fall would have been her 44th year on the home place. Elizabeth Pettit was born at Ft. Wayne, Ind., January 20, 1842, being 75 years, 2 months and 26 days old when death came. For ten years prior to her marriage to Isaac McCollough at Ft. Wayne, on January 18, 1870, she taught school in Indiana. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McCollough, Charles of Richland, Ks., Fred, of Rossville, Mrs. Flora Mills, of Burns, Ks. Mrs. Olive McCartney, of Geneva, Ks. and H.E. of Rossville, all of whom survive her beside one brother, David Pettit and two sisters, Mrs. Emaline Monn and Mrs. Anna White, all of Ft. Wayne, Ind. Early in life Mrs. McCollough united with the United Brethren church and continued in that faith until the end. The funeral was held yesterday at the home, services being conducted by the Rev. A.J. Crawford of the Rossville Presbyterian church, and interment was made in the Rossville cemetery.
  		Birthday- McCollough, Elizabeth Tuesday January 20, being the seventy-second birthday of Mrs. McCollough, her neighbors and friends took their well filled baskets and spent the day on the farm which Mrs. McCollough has owned and lived on for forty five years. The guests all had an enjoyable time and wish their hostess many happy returns of the day. Those present were: Mrs. McCollough, Fred McCollough and wife, Hudson McCollough, Mr. Immenschuh and wife, W.V. Hook and wife, Frank Zook and wife, Rev. Pontius and wife, Austin Sebring and wife, M.E. Myers and wife, Bert Heslet and wife, Den Wood and wife, Mr. Horten wife and daughter, L.F. Page and wife, W.H. Wilshire and wife, J.E. Taylor and wife, F.M. Graham and wife, J.M. Franklin, and wife, Marion Lasswell and wife, Crit Startup and wife, Mrs. Hallie Startup, Mrs. Wolf, Mrs. Arvilla Sebring and Mrs. R.D. James.