of Pike County, Ohio · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Mary Mccollister b. 1826
parentsCharles McCollister & Mary McCollister
Mary Mccollister⚭ Mr. Byington (attorney
childrenO. A. Byington
Their story
What the record says
Portrait and biographical record of Johnson, Poweshiek and Iowa counties, Iowa.
Mother of subject O. A. Byington.
Of Scotch descent.
Born Pike County, Ohio, 1826.
Daughter of Charles and Mary McCollister.
Married the elder Byington (a lawyer who became a farmer and real-estate businessman near Iowa City).
OCR gives an implausible marriage year (1815) that is likely garbled.
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