Elnora Graham and Merle A. McCollister

MERLE A. MCCOLLISTER, son of FIDELIA ADA AIRRON and MARK J. MCCOLLISTER, was born October 6, 1874 in Busti, Chautauqua, New York,⁴⁵³² and died September 6, 1940 in Montour Falls, Schuyler, New York.¹²²⁹⁰ He is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Odessa, Schuyler, New York.⁴⁵⁶

He married ELNORA GRAHAM on December 28, 1912 in Schuyler County, New York.³³⁹⁵ She was born in 1880 in Alpine, Schuyler, New York,³³⁹⁵ and died August 20, 1965.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Odessa, Schuyler, New York.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Daniell Broadley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • George Smith Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • George Page Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • Issac Johnson Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • William Hoadley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • George Hiland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • Abraham Cruttenden Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • George Griswold Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • Henry Howard Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • John Parmalee Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • Nicholas Mason Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • John Linsley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • John Hall Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • Thomas Cooke Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)
  • Henry James Descendant Report (Ancestor of Merle A. McCollister)

Obituaries

Elmira Star-Gazette, September 7, 1940¹²²⁹⁰

Merle McCollister, 65, of Alpine, died Friday, Sept. 6, 1940 at Shepard Relief Hospital, Montour Falls. The body was removed to the Horton funeral home in Odessa and was to be taken late today to the family home. He is survived by his wife, Nora; a sister, Mrs. L. J. Learn of Corydon, Pa.; a brother Jay; two half-sisters, a half-brother, a stepdaughter, Mrs. Frank West lake of Horseheads, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at the home in Alpine Monday at 2 p. m. (DST), with the Rev. D. S. Peterson officiating. Burial will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Odessa.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 17, 18803340	Conewango, Cattaraugus, New York	Mark J. McCollister Fidelia Ada Airron Merle A. McCollister
June 2, 19003393	Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania	Mark J. McCollister Alice Emma McBride Merle A. McCollister M. Jay McCollister Mabel McCollister Gladys K. McCollister William Hayward McCollister
January 27, 19203397	Horsehead, Chemung, New York	Merle A. McCollister Elnora Graham
April 17, 19403396	Catharine Town, Schuyler, New York	Merle A. McCollister Elnora Graham