REV. HENRY MCCULLOUGH
Rev. Henry McCullough, one of the elders of the Presbyterian church at Griswold, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, May 25, 1845. He is a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Ling) McCullough. He grew to manhood in his native county upon a farm, obtaining his education in the public schools. In 1866 his father died, and two years later he came to Iowa and located in Poweshiek county, where he resided till March, 1871. He then came to Cass
county, where a few weeks after his arrival, he was joined by his mother and sisters. His mother bought land on section 26, Pleasant township, upon which the family resided until 1881, when they removed to land that he had previously purchased and improved, on section 11, of this town. Mr. McCullough joined the Presbyterian church in Ohio in 1867, and has since that time, been a consistent member and an active and earnest Christian worker. He was one of the first members, and the first elder, of the Griswold church.
Contributed by Cheryl Siebrass from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 813.
