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
childrenO. A. Byington
Source: Portrait and biographical record of Johnson, Poweshiek and Iowa counties, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
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).
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