Patrick Henry McCullough was the third of four children born to Ebenezer McCullough (ca. 1786-1828) and his first wife Rachel Mahan (1795-1817) of Somerset, Washington Co., Pa. (His father had two additional children by his second wife Mary.) The family were strict Presbyterians, the grandfather, also named Patrick, having arrived in America from Ireland in 1750. Young Patrick McCullough was raised on the family farm. On February 23, 1841 he married Rachel Ward Thornburg (1821-1864) in Tridelphia, O. The couple had eight children, six surviving to adulthood: Isadora H. (b. 1842), Julius Wellington (b. 1843), David Benson (1846-1846), William Martin (1850-1851), Emma Florence (b. 1853), Robert Clifford (b. 1854), Frank Fenton (b. 1856), and Georgia Lee (b. 1861). After Rachel's death in 1864, Dr. McCullough married Fannie M. Williams (1833-1910) on February 1, 1865.
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Dr. P. H. McCullough, a graduate of Jefferson Medical College [Philadelphia], came to the county in 1840 and engaged in active practice. He moved to the present site of Huntington in 1862 and after the war served in the Legislature. He retired from active practice in 1888 and died in 1892.
[George Selden Wallace, Cabell County Annals and Families.]
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The Old McCullough Home
Shortly after Dr. Patrick McCullough and Rachel Ward Thornburg were married, February 23, 1841, they moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, the exact location of their home now being unknown. There they resided until 1845, when they moved to the Floyd farm, on the Guyandotte river, about three miles above Barboursville, Virginia, --now West Virginia.
Some time in 1858, Grandfather McCullough and his family moved from Barboursville to the Ohio River, purchasing the brick house which stood near what now is Second Avenue and Fifth street, Huntington, W.Va. That location originally was known as South Landing; then as Barboursville; later as Maple Grove; and finally as Huntington. Whether or not any part of the old building still is standing, now in 1944, I do not know. It was badly dilapidated, when I was a boy back in the Eighteen-Nineties. At that time, part of the central section of the house. with its two-storey porch pillars, still was standing, although in badly run-down condition. Scars in the brick of the side walls, plainly showed where one-storey wings on either side, had connected with the two-storey central section. When I was a boy. the two wings were entirely gone, as was part of the back of the central section. But what still remained, at that time, gave an idea of what the old place had been half a century before. Erected in 1805, by Dr. Richard Brown, it was the first brick house built in Cabell County. In the county records it was described as;--"No. 37 of the Military Survey of the Savage Grant".
Some eight or ten years later, Dr. McCullough moved to a rather rambling two-storey brick house, about three miles down river from his former home, and at a point where Four Pole Creek flowed into the Ohio. Being a good landing place for the river packets, it quickly became known as McCullough's Landing and was so designated on the river maps for many years. That was Grandfather McCullough's home until his death in 1891.
[Edward Miles McCullough, "The McCullough Family," manuscript, ca. 1944.]
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DEATH OF DR. MCCULLOUGH
Dr. P. H. McCullough is dead. At the ripe old age of 75, and after years of labor in alleviating the suffering of his fellowmen, the venerable physician passed to the great beyond yesterday about noon at his home below the city. He had been in bad health for the past two years, but recently his condition assumed a serious aspect, and his death came not unexpectedly.
The deceased was not only the oldest physician in this part of the State, but was one of the pioneer residents of Cabell county.
He was born at Cannonsburg [sic], Washington co., Penn., and located at Barboursville in 1846, where he practiced his profession for a number of years and moved to this part of he county about 1850. He continued in active practice here for years and had an immense practice.
Death was due to old age. His wife died some years ago. He leaves a number of children to mourn his loss: Mrs. Judge Harvey, Mrs. Chas. Harrold, County Clerk F. F. McCullough and B. B. McCullough
[Unidentified newspaper (Huntington, W.Va?), May 30, 1892.]
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Dr. P. H. McCullough, a graduate of Jefferson Medical College [Philadelphia], came to the county in 1840 and engaged in active practice. He moved to the present site of Huntington in 1862 and after the war served in the Legislature. He retired from active practice in 1888 and died in 1892.
[George Selden Wallace, Cabell County Annals and Families.]
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The Old McCullough Home
Shortly after Dr. Patrick McCullough and Rachel Ward Thornburg were married, February 23, 1841, they moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, the exact location of their home now being unknown. There they resided until 1845, when they moved to the Floyd farm, on the Guyandotte river, about three miles above Barboursville, Virginia, --now West Virginia.
Some time in 1858, Grandfather McCullough and his family moved from Barboursville to the Ohio River, purchasing the brick house which stood near what now is Second Avenue and Fifth street, Huntington, W.Va. That location originally was known as South Landing; then as Barboursville; later as Maple Grove; and finally as Huntington. Whether or not any part of the old building still is standing, now in 1944, I do not know. It was badly dilapidated, when I was a boy back in the Eighteen-Nineties. At that time, part of the central section of the house. with its two-storey porch pillars, still was standing, although in badly run-down condition. Scars in the brick of the side walls, plainly showed where one-storey wings on either side, had connected with the two-storey central section. When I was a boy. the two wings were entirely gone, as was part of the back of the central section. But what still remained, at that time, gave an idea of what the old place had been half a century before. Erected in 1805, by Dr. Richard Brown, it was the first brick house built in Cabell County. In the county records it was described as;--"No. 37 of the Military Survey of the Savage Grant".
Some eight or ten years later, Dr. McCullough moved to a rather rambling two-storey brick house, about three miles down river from his former home, and at a point where Four Pole Creek flowed into the Ohio. Being a good landing place for the river packets, it quickly became known as McCullough's Landing and was so designated on the river maps for many years. That was Grandfather McCullough's home until his death in 1891.
[Edward Miles McCullough, "The McCullough Family," manuscript, ca. 1944.]
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DEATH OF DR. MCCULLOUGH
Dr. P. H. McCullough is dead. At the ripe old age of 75, and after years of labor in alleviating the suffering of his fellowmen, the venerable physician passed to the great beyond yesterday about noon at his home below the city. He had been in bad health for the past two years, but recently his condition assumed a serious aspect, and his death came not unexpectedly.
The deceased was not only the oldest physician in this part of the State, but was one of the pioneer residents of Cabell county.
He was born at Cannonsburg [sic], Washington co., Penn., and located at Barboursville in 1846, where he practiced his profession for a number of years and moved to this part of he county about 1850. He continued in active practice here for years and had an immense practice.
Death was due to old age. His wife died some years ago. He leaves a number of children to mourn his loss: Mrs. Judge Harvey, Mrs. Chas. Harrold, County Clerk F. F. McCullough and B. B. McCullough
[Unidentified newspaper (Huntington, W.Va?), May 30, 1892.]
Patrick Henry McCullough was the third of four children born to Ebenezer McCullough (ca. 1786-1828) and his first wife Rachel Mahan (1795-1817) of Somerset, Washington Co., Pa. (His father had two additional children by his second wife Mary.) The family were strict Presbyterians, the grandfather, also named Patrick, having arrived in America from Ireland in 1750. Young Patrick McCullough was raised on the family farm. On February 23, 1841 he married Rachel Ward Thornburg (1821-1864) in Tridelphia, O. The couple had eight children, six surviving to adulthood: Isadora H. (b. 1842), Julius Wellington (b. 1843), David Benson (1846-1846), William Martin (1850-1851), Emma Florence (b. 1853), Robert Clifford (b. 1854), Frank Fenton (b. 1856), and Georgia Lee (b. 1861). After Rachel's death in 1864, Dr. McCullough married Fannie M. Williams (1833-1910) on February 1, 1865.
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Dr. P. H. McCullough, a graduate of Jefferson Medical College [Philadelphia], came to the county in 1840 and engaged in active practice. He moved to the present site of Huntington in 1862 and after the war served in the Legislature. He retired from active practice in 1888 and died in 1892.
[George Selden Wallace, Cabell County Annals and Families.]
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The Old McCullough Home
Shortly after Dr. Patrick McCullough and Rachel Ward Thornburg were married, February 23, 1841, they moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, the exact location of their home now being unknown. There they resided until 1845, when they moved to the Floyd farm, on the Guyandotte river, about three miles above Barboursville, Virginia, --now West Virginia.
Some time in 1858, Grandfather McCullough and his family moved from Barboursville to the Ohio River, purchasing the brick house which stood near what now is Second Avenue and Fifth street, Huntington, W.Va. That location originally was known as South Landing; then as Barboursville; later as Maple Grove; and finally as Huntington. Whether or not any part of the old building still is standing, now in 1944, I do not know. It was badly dilapidated, when I was a boy back in the Eighteen-Nineties. At that time, part of the central section of the house. with its two-storey porch pillars, still was standing, although in badly run-down condition. Scars in the brick of the side walls, plainly showed where one-storey wings on either side, had connected with the two-storey central section. When I was a boy. the two wings were entirely gone, as was part of the back of the central section. But what still remained, at that time, gave an idea of what the old place had been half a century before. Erected in 1805, by Dr. Richard Brown, it was the first brick house built in Cabell County. In the county records it was described as;--"No. 37 of the Military Survey of the Savage Grant".
Some eight or ten years later, Dr. McCullough moved to a rather rambling two-storey brick house, about three miles down river from his former home, and at a point where Four Pole Creek flowed into the Ohio. Being a good landing place for the river packets, it quickly became known as McCullough's Landing and was so designated on the river maps for many years. That was Grandfather McCullough's home until his death in 1891.
[Edward Miles McCullough, "The McCullough Family," manuscript, ca. 1944.]
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DEATH OF DR. MCCULLOUGH
Dr. P. H. McCullough is dead. At the ripe old age of 75, and after years of labor in alleviating the suffering of his fellowmen, the venerable physician passed to the great beyond yesterday about noon at his home below the city. He had been in bad health for the past two years, but recently his condition assumed a serious aspect, and his death came not unexpectedly.
The deceased was not only the oldest physician in this part of the State, but was one of the pioneer residents of Cabell county.
He was born at Cannonsburg [sic], Washington co., Penn., and located at Barboursville in 1846, where he practiced his profession for a number of years and moved to this part of he county about 1850. He continued in active practice here for years and had an immense practice.
Death was due to old age. His wife died some years ago. He leaves a number of children to mourn his loss: Mrs. Judge Harvey, Mrs. Chas. Harrold, County Clerk F. F. McCullough and B. B. McCullough
[Unidentified newspaper (Huntington, W.Va?), May 30, 1892.]
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Dr. P. H. McCullough, a graduate of Jefferson Medical College [Philadelphia], came to the county in 1840 and engaged in active practice. He moved to the present site of Huntington in 1862 and after the war served in the Legislature. He retired from active practice in 1888 and died in 1892.
[George Selden Wallace, Cabell County Annals and Families.]
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The Old McCullough Home
Shortly after Dr. Patrick McCullough and Rachel Ward Thornburg were married, February 23, 1841, they moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, the exact location of their home now being unknown. There they resided until 1845, when they moved to the Floyd farm, on the Guyandotte river, about three miles above Barboursville, Virginia, --now West Virginia.
Some time in 1858, Grandfather McCullough and his family moved from Barboursville to the Ohio River, purchasing the brick house which stood near what now is Second Avenue and Fifth street, Huntington, W.Va. That location originally was known as South Landing; then as Barboursville; later as Maple Grove; and finally as Huntington. Whether or not any part of the old building still is standing, now in 1944, I do not know. It was badly dilapidated, when I was a boy back in the Eighteen-Nineties. At that time, part of the central section of the house. with its two-storey porch pillars, still was standing, although in badly run-down condition. Scars in the brick of the side walls, plainly showed where one-storey wings on either side, had connected with the two-storey central section. When I was a boy. the two wings were entirely gone, as was part of the back of the central section. But what still remained, at that time, gave an idea of what the old place had been half a century before. Erected in 1805, by Dr. Richard Brown, it was the first brick house built in Cabell County. In the county records it was described as;--"No. 37 of the Military Survey of the Savage Grant".
Some eight or ten years later, Dr. McCullough moved to a rather rambling two-storey brick house, about three miles down river from his former home, and at a point where Four Pole Creek flowed into the Ohio. Being a good landing place for the river packets, it quickly became known as McCullough's Landing and was so designated on the river maps for many years. That was Grandfather McCullough's home until his death in 1891.
[Edward Miles McCullough, "The McCullough Family," manuscript, ca. 1944.]
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DEATH OF DR. MCCULLOUGH
Dr. P. H. McCullough is dead. At the ripe old age of 75, and after years of labor in alleviating the suffering of his fellowmen, the venerable physician passed to the great beyond yesterday about noon at his home below the city. He had been in bad health for the past two years, but recently his condition assumed a serious aspect, and his death came not unexpectedly.
The deceased was not only the oldest physician in this part of the State, but was one of the pioneer residents of Cabell county.
He was born at Cannonsburg [sic], Washington co., Penn., and located at Barboursville in 1846, where he practiced his profession for a number of years and moved to this part of he county about 1850. He continued in active practice here for years and had an immense practice.
Death was due to old age. His wife died some years ago. He leaves a number of children to mourn his loss: Mrs. Judge Harvey, Mrs. Chas. Harrold, County Clerk F. F. McCullough and B. B. McCullough
[Unidentified newspaper (Huntington, W.Va?), May 30, 1892.]
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