 Collin Asbury Milam,
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Collin Asbury Milam, Jr. Collin Asbury Milam, Jr. was the son of Collin Asbury Milam, Sr. and Ellen Lewis. His grandparents were Benjamin Rush Milam (not Col. "Old Ben" Milam, Texas hero) and Lula Fain and his great-grandparents were Jefferson Milam* and Eliza Serene McKinney. He was named for Eliza's father, Collin McKinney**. He was born 27 March 1897 in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas and moved to Glen Rose, Somervell County Texas in the 1900's. He attended Terrell School, now St. Marks in Dallas, Southwestern University, Virginia Military Institute and the University of Texas. He worked with his father in the operation of the Bank in Glen Rose in the 1920's and in Milam & Son General Mercantile, which had been established in 1881 by his grandfather. He married Neville Nowlin on 4 December 1927. He was a member of the First Methodist Church and served as church treasurer for over 32 years. He was instrumental in securing location of the Glen Lake Methodist Camp in Glen Rose. He was a Mason, Shriner, member of the Eastern Star and American Legion member and a former member of the city council. He passed away Monday 27 September 1965 following a heart attack. He was survived by his wife and one sister, Laura Milam of Glen Rose. This information came from the bulletin "Somervell County Settlers", January 1996 and sounds as if it might have been his obituary. One more interesting fact is that his mother was killed on 28 April 1902 when a cyclone struck the Glen Rose area. *Jefferson Milam, son of Archibald Milam and Susan Shannon, was born in Franklin County, KY on Oct 15, 1802. He moved to Missouri and in 1826 on to Texas to join his uncle, Benjamin Rush Milam, with whom he lived for a time in the home of Collin McKinney. Jefferson Milam was surveyor for the Ben Milam colony in the Red River area. He worked as a farmer and surveyor until his death on November 26, 1844. **Collin McKinney was an early settler of Texas, arriving from Kentucky in 1824. He was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and served 2 terms in the legislature of the Republic of Texas. The town of McKinney and the county of Collin in Texas are named for him. |