Andrew McCullough 1825-1909

MCCULLOUGH, KITTLE, GILBERT, RAMBO, LIMING, MILLER, WALKER, FINNEY, WAINSCOAT, GARRISON

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 10/11/2002 at 22:02:45

ANDREW MCCULLOUGH

Andrew McCullough was born in Switzerland county Indiana, May 1st, 1825. He grew to manhood there and was married to Miss Mary Kittle at Egypt Bottom, Indiana, March 19, 1848. They came to Iowa in 1849 and settled on a farm near Business Corners in Van Buren county. Four years after coming to Iowa they purchased the home farm one and a half miles north of Douds, where they made their home until 1894, when they moved to Leando and after a residence there of two years they moved to a farm near Selma, where they lived until Dec. 1907, when they moved to the home where he died. To their union were born 12 children, three sons and nine daughters. Two daughters died in infancy and one son, Ira M died when 39 years of age. Mr. McCullough was always interested in the welfare of the community and county, having served at one time as township county supervisor, and was deeply interested in the cause of education. It can be truly said of him that he was a good neighbor, a kind friend, an affectionate husband and father and one of the pioneer corps to whom the present generation is indebted largely for our christian civilization and institutions. He leaves to mourn for him his companion, two sons, Edgar of Guthrie,
Oklahoma, and Mont. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and seven daughters, Mrs. P. B. Gilbert of Bellfourche, S. D., Mrs. Dr. J. W. Rambo of Portland, Colorado, and Mrs. W. H. Liming, Mrs. John Miller, Mrs. P. E. Walker, Mrs. C. W. Finney, and Mrs. J. W. Wainscoat, living in south eastern Iowa. He leaves also twenty-nine grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren, and of his father's family one sister Mrs. Olive Garrison of Adams, Nebraska. His last days were peaceful and quiet. A few days before his death, on Sunday, he sang the hymns of his childhood days, "Jesus My All to Heaven is Gone". and "Am I a Soldier of the Cross." He died at his home in Douds, Iowa, Sunday Feb. 7, 1909, having lived 83 years, 9 months and 6 days. The funeral [the rest of the obit is handwritten in right column and during copying a few letters were missing on the right hand side] took place from the home in Douds, Wed. Feb. 10, 1909, Rev. G. W. Barber of Salem, I[owa] conducting the serv[ices] assisted by Rev. Jo[?]. His body was lai[d] to rest in the M[t.] Moriah Cem.

NOTE: See first notice of his death elsewhere on this forum taken from Obit Book A page 90.

(Photocopy of this obit is located on page 94 of Obit Book A found in the Van Buren County, Iowa Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in March 2000. Name and date of newspaper not given.)

I am NOT related to this person and am posting it for those who may find him/her in their family tree.

[Original Post 07 Sep 2000]