McCulloch, Ellen Samantha (Allen) 1840-1931

MCCULLOCH, ALLEN, BALLARD, LANE, ASHING, ROBINSON, WESTCOTT, MORGAN, HERRING, HARTMANN, HARTHORN, TAYLOR, SLATER, GREGORY, ROWE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/11/2018 at 18:08:48

September 5, 1840 --- January 9, 1931

MRS. McCULLOCH FUNERAL HELD

Funeral services for Mrs. W. H. McCulloch were held from the home at 1235 West Street yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. E. M. Vittum. Singers were: Thomas Mason of Grinnell; and Rev. W.B. Wilson and Ed Newcomer of Newburg. Pallbearers were four grandsons and two great-grandsons. They were: Harold and James McCulloch, Ralph Ballard, Carroll Lane and Raymond and Floyd Ashing.

Among the large concourse of relatives and friends from out of town who were here to attend the services were: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCulloch, Kanawha, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ballard, Redwood Falls, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Robinson, Algona, Ia.; Floyd Ashing, Des Moines, IA; Carroll Lane, Rolfe, Ia.; Mrs. Mae Morgan, Burlington, Miss Phyllis McCulloch, Mediapolis, IA; Miss Helen Westcott, Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herring, Jeffers, Minn.; Mrs. Frankie Hartmann, Cedar Rapids, IA; and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. McCulloch daughter Ruth, and son James. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lane, Richard Harthorn, Mrs. Doris Taylor, Mrs. Marian Slater, Mr. and Mrs. Harold McCulloch, Mr. and Mrs. Cullin Gregory, and Raymond Ashing, all of Newburg.

Ellen Samantha Allen was born Sept. 5, 1840, in Silver Creek, Cass Co. Michigan. At the age of five, she moved with her parents to a home near Stoughton, Wisc. As a young women, she graduated from Milton Academy now known as Milton College. She was a member of the Baptist Church there. She taught for a number of years in Illinois, staying there with a sister.

On March 2, 1867, she was united in marriage with W. H. McCulloch. They lived on a farm in La Moille township, Illinois for two years. In the spring of 1869, they moved to Rutland, LaSalle Co., Ill., and in the fall of the same year emigrated to Jasper Co., Iowa, a short distance from where Newburg was afterward located, and started a home on the virgin prairie. They moved to Grinnell in the fall of 1924.

Four children were born to this union: Mrs. M. H. Rowe of Grinnell who has been making her home with her parents and caring for them. J. W. McCulloch of Kanawha, Ia.; H. H. McCulloch and Mrs. Lillian Lane of the Newburg neighborhood. There are ten grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

Mr. and Mrs. McCulloch were charter members of the Christian Union, an organization which preceded the Congregational Church at Newburg, and she was a earnest and efficient member of the church when it was organized. For a number of years she was a valued member of the Eastern Star of Grinnell.

Mr. and Mrs. McCulloch were unusually blessed in the long period of years which they were privileged to live together. Their happy golden wedding observance was an event which is still pleasantly remembered by their many friends. They have lived worthy, useful lives and Mr. McCulloch has universal sympathy in the loss of his helpmate during so many years.

Grinnell Herald - Grinnell, Iowa
January 9, 1931