William F. Collum

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name = William F. Collum

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office = Mayor of Jeffersonville
term_start = 1848
term_end = 1854
predecessor = William Cross
successor = John Shyer
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birth_date = 1812
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death_date = September 19, 1866
death_place = Jeffersonville, Indiana
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William F. Collum (1812-Sept 19, 1866) was a surgeon and politician of Jeffersonville, Indiana in which he served on the city council and as mayor.

Biography

William Collum moved to Jeffersonville in 1838 where he practiced his medical profession. He would serve on the city council and as the mayor of the city in 1948 to 1954 as the cities fourth mayor. [The "Encyclopedia of Louisville" by John E. Kleber pg.443] In 1866 he would die from blood poisoning after receiving a wound during a post-mortem examination. ["A Medical History of the State of Indiana" By General William Harrison Kemper 1911 (American MedicalAssociation Press) pg.254]

ee also

*List of mayors of Jeffersonville, Indiana

References