McCULLOCH, William R. - 1914

MCCULLOCH, ROSS, LOGAN, MCNEIL, UNDERWOOD

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Date: 7/9/2009 at 08:40:02

HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

WILLIAM R. McCULLOCH.

One of the progressive and representative young men of Cherokee is William R. McCulloch, prominently connected with business interests of the city as a member of the L. M. & S. Shoe Company. He was born in this city January 11, 1888, a son of Donald and Catherine (Ross) McCulloch. natives of Inver gordon, Scotland. In the family were eight children: Miss Kate R. Logan, of Ames, Iowa; Elizabeth, who married George W. McNeil, of Humboldt, South Dakota; Thomas, of Wessington Springs, South Dakota; Alexander J., a resident of Miles City, Montana; Isabelle. the wife of Charles Underwood, of East Andover, Massachusetts; Donald K., of Stanley, Wisconsin; William R., of this review; and Annie M., at home.

William R. McCulloch acquired his education in the public schools of his native city and afterward followed civil engineering at Carbondale, Illinois, where he remained for three years. He then returned to Cherokee and at the end of a similar period of time became connected with the Illinois Central Railway. In 1911 he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in the same year came again to Cherokee, where on the ist of May the L. M. & S. Shoe Company was formed, of which he has since served as secretary and treasurer. His sister, Miss Kate R. Logan, is president of the concern. The company was incorporated with a capital stock of ten thousand dollars and the business has had a steady and rapid growth, being now one of the important factors in the commercial development of Cherokee. The company carries a complete line of shoes and hosiery and it maintains also a large repair department. Much of the, credit for the success of the institution is due to Mr. McCulloch, who has labored diligently to promote the growth of the business, discharging his important duties in a progressive and able manner.

Mr. McCulloch is keeper of the record and seals of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias. He is a republican in his political beliefs and as a public spirited citizen takes an active interest in community affairs. In Cherokee he is recognized as a farsighted and progressive business man and his worth is widely acknowledged -