DR. J. C. McCULLOUGH, a well-known physician of Amwell township, with residence at Lone Pine, is of Scotch-Irish descent. His grandfather, William McCullough, born in West Bethlehem township, this county, was married to Rebecca Dunn. He passed all his life in that township, following the vocation of a farmer, and died at the age of about eighty-seven years. David McCullough, son of William and Rebecca (Dunn) McCullough, was born February 21, 1818, in West Bethlehem township, remaining there till March, 1843, when he was united in marriage with Catherine Lancaster, by which union there were born the following children: Hiram, who enlisted in the One Hundred and Fortieth P. V. I. and died in prison; Sarah Jane (Mrs. Wood), a resident of Greene county, Penn.; Rebecca, who was killed by a falling tree when eight years of age; John Cary; Mary Elizabeth (Mankey), residing in Washington; Joanna (Mrs. Horn), a resident of Amwell township; Samuel (deceased about the year 1888), who in his lifetime was a skillful wagon maker and blacksmith; Emma (Mrs. Scott), living in Washington county; Ella; William Ellsworth, who died of typhoid fever in 1883; Spencer and Newton, residents of Amwell township, both farmers. After his marriage David McCullough moved into Amwell township, east of Amity, near Big creek, and in 1849 located on the hill near the Baptist church, on the Clarktown road. He afterward moved to his father's farm, remaining there until the spring of 1855, when he went to Aleppo township, Greene county, and purchased a farm, which he sold in the spring of 1876; again coming to Washington county in 1883, and he bought the place where he now resides, near Amity. For more than forty years he has been a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and he has been a lay delegate to the Presbytery. Politically, he was formerly a Whig, then a Republican, but has never accepted any official positions.
Mrs. McCullough was a daughter of Samuel Lancaster, and was brought up by the Spencers near Clarksville. They formerly lived near Philadelphia, and old Mrs. Spencer heard the firing of the guns at the battle of Germantown, during the Revolutionary war.
J. C. McCullough was born on the farm east of Amity, Washington county, July 2, 1849, and remained at home until eighteen years of age, when he began teaching. He taught during the winter time, and was thus enabled to pay the expenses of his attendance at the summer terms at Jacksonville Academy, and at Waynesburgh, Greene county, until he was twenty-four years of age. Leaving college in the junior year, he began studying medicine at Cameron, W. Va., with Dr. S. B. Stidger, the leading physician of the county, and under his instruction remained two years, teaching in the winters. At the end of that time he went to the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, where he spent the sinter of 1875-76. He then practiced four years in Marshall county, W. Va., afterward returning to the same college, where he graduated with honors March l, 1881. He took one of the prizes offered to the graduating class of 105 pupils (a case of instruments), and stood second in the branches of chemistry and anatomy. He then returned to Marshall county, and on March 19,1884, was there united in marriage with Miss Jennie Kittle, a daughter of Samuel and Caroline (Wellman) Kittle, at Cameron, W. Va., where he practiced medicine eight years. Their union has been blessed with three children: Loyal C., Myra J., and Samuel Smith.
In the spring of 1889 Dr. McCullough came to Lone Pine, where he has already secured an excellent practice. He is a thorough, earnest student, and has evinced great pluck and perseverance, richly deserving the success which has crowned his efforts. In his political opinion he is a Republican, and he was a member of the board of health of Marshall county, W.Va., two years. In religious connection both he and Mrs. McCullough are members of the M. E. Church.
Text taken from page 329 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).Transcribed May 1997 by Patti Godesky of Pittsburgh, PA as part of the Beers Project.
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