Julius Wellington McCullough was the second of eight children born to Dr. Patrick Henry McCullough (1816-1892) and his wife Rachel Ward Thornburg (1821-1864). He captained a number of steamboats that plied the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. On one trip down river he met Mary Ann Page Capps, daughter of James Allen Capps, a riverboat captain of Washington, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. The couple wed in Washington on March 5, 1872--the groom's 29th birthday. Capt. McCullough brought his bride north to Huntington where they were quickly joined by four children: Patrick Henry (b. 1872), Anna Hope (b. 1875), Julius W. Jr. (b. 1877), and Stanard Buffington (b. 1880). Perhaps because of the demands of a growing family, Julius left the river and took a position as book keeper and then clerk with the Chesapeake and Ohio R.R. offices in Huntington. Tragically, in the winter of 1883 he contracted a cold that developed into pneumonia. He died just short of his 40th birthday, leaving a young widow and four children.
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OBITUARIES
DIED--On Tuesday evening, February 27th, 1883, at his home in this city, Capt. J.W. McCullough, in the 39th year of his age. Capt. McCullough was well and favorably known by nearly everobody [sic] in this community. His sickness was of short duration--having been confined to his room only one week. His death is generally lamented. The funeral took place from the M. E. Church, South. on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. The order of K. of H., K. & L. of H. and the fraternity of Masons, to which organizations Capt. McCullough belonged, attended his funeral in a body, and took part in the ceremonies.
The family and friends of Capt. McCullough have the sympathy of all who know them, and though his departure was sudden and unexpected, there is consolation in the belief that his good works in this world will be rewarded in the world to come.
[Unidentified newspaper (Huntington, W.Va.), early March 1883]
Our community was indeed shocked Wednesday to learn of the death of Capt. J. W. McCullough, of your city, as he was known by most all of our citizens from his infancy, and liked by all who knew him, and was looked upon through life as a model young man.
OMIKRON
[Unidentified newspaper (Huntington, W.Va.), late February 1883]
Julius W. McCullough
Perhaps no man in this community was better known or more highly respected than the gentleman whose name heads this article. He was in the prime of life, and yet the grim monster Death selected him as a victim.
Captain McCullough, as he was familiarly called, was the oldest son of Dr. McCullough, known as one of the best physicians in this section, and who had just returned home from the State Legislature, to which the people of this county had sent him as their delegate. He was born in Elizabeth Town, Marshall county, Va., (now in this State,) on the 5th day of March, 1844 [sic], and consequently would have been 39 years old had he lived till next Monday. For some years he followed the river, and on a visit to the South, was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Capps, at Washington, St. Landry Parish, La., by whom he had four interesting little children--three boys and one girl.
He returned to this city shortly after this happy event, and continued to ply his avocation on the river, until he succeeded in becoming captain of a steamer, when he retired and entered Mr. Jenkins' News Depot as book-keeper; which position he filled with honor to himself and credit and profit to the establishment, until he resigned a few months ago to accept a more lucrative and easy position as clerk at Chesapeake and Ohio Railway shops.
On last Thuursday [sic] the Captain returned home very ill, from the effects of a cold, and took to his bed, from which it was decreed he should never arise. His symptoms were, however, not dangerous at first, and it was supposed he was improving until last Tuesday, when it was discovered that he was alarmingly ill, and unless a change speedily occurred, he could not live. His decline from this time was rapid, and, at 9:45 Tuesday evening he quietly breathed his last, surrounded by his bereaved family and friends.
He being a member of the Orders of Masons, Knights of Honor and Knights and Ladies of Honor, special meetings were immediately called to take action in relation to his death and burial, and in so great esteem was he held, that each of them decided to attend his funeral in a body, which was set for this morning at 10 1/2 o'clock, at the M. E. Church, South, of which he had been a consistent member for several years.
At an early hour a large audience assembled, and when the funeral cortege entered, the room was densely packed, many having to stand during the services. Rev. Bowling chose for his text, the words "To die is gain," and preached a brief but eloquent sermon. At the conclusion of this, the procession slowly and solemnly wended its way to our beautiful cemetery.
The ceremonies at the grave embraced the Ritual of the three Orders, all of which were, to very high degree, impressive; at the conclusion of which the remains of Captain Julius W. McCullough were laid to rest in the bosom of Mother Earth, there to remain until that day when the trumpet shall sound, the dead arise, and the just shall henceforth dwell in the presence of their loving Savior [sic]. May we be there to again clasp the hand of our departed friend. The sympathies of the entire community are extended to the sorrowing parents, widow, children, brothers and sisters.
[Huntington Argus (Huntington, WV), 1 March 1883, 1.]
As noted above, Julius was a devoted member of various fraternal organizations. Tributes of Respect were voted by the Huntington lodges of the A.F.&A.M. and Knights of Honor, the latter expressing communal regret at being deprived of Julius's "wise counsels in our hours of adversity, and his genial presence in our hours of social enjoyments...."
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DIED--On Tuesday evening, February 27th, 1883, at his home in this city, Capt. J.W. McCullough, in the 39th year of his age. Capt. McCullough was well and favorably known by nearly everobody [sic] in this community. His sickness was of short duration--having been confined to his room only one week. His death is generally lamented. The funeral took place from the M. E. Church, South. on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. The order of K. of H., K. & L. of H. and the fraternity of Masons, to which organizations Capt. McCullough belonged, attended his funeral in a body, and took part in the ceremonies.
The family and friends of Capt. McCullough have the sympathy of all who know them, and though his departure was sudden and unexpected, there is consolation in the belief that his good works in this world will be rewarded in the world to come.
[Unidentified newspaper (Huntington, W.Va.), early March 1883]
Our community was indeed shocked Wednesday to learn of the death of Capt. J. W. McCullough, of your city, as he was known by most all of our citizens from his infancy, and liked by all who knew him, and was looked upon through life as a model young man.
OMIKRON
[Unidentified newspaper (Huntington, W.Va.), late February 1883]
Julius W. McCullough
Perhaps no man in this community was better known or more highly respected than the gentleman whose name heads this article. He was in the prime of life, and yet the grim monster Death selected him as a victim.
Captain McCullough, as he was familiarly called, was the oldest son of Dr. McCullough, known as one of the best physicians in this section, and who had just returned home from the State Legislature, to which the people of this county had sent him as their delegate. He was born in Elizabeth Town, Marshall county, Va., (now in this State,) on the 5th day of March, 1844 [sic], and consequently would have been 39 years old had he lived till next Monday. For some years he followed the river, and on a visit to the South, was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Capps, at Washington, St. Landry Parish, La., by whom he had four interesting little children--three boys and one girl.
He returned to this city shortly after this happy event, and continued to ply his avocation on the river, until he succeeded in becoming captain of a steamer, when he retired and entered Mr. Jenkins' News Depot as book-keeper; which position he filled with honor to himself and credit and profit to the establishment, until he resigned a few months ago to accept a more lucrative and easy position as clerk at Chesapeake and Ohio Railway shops.
On last Thuursday [sic] the Captain returned home very ill, from the effects of a cold, and took to his bed, from which it was decreed he should never arise. His symptoms were, however, not dangerous at first, and it was supposed he was improving until last Tuesday, when it was discovered that he was alarmingly ill, and unless a change speedily occurred, he could not live. His decline from this time was rapid, and, at 9:45 Tuesday evening he quietly breathed his last, surrounded by his bereaved family and friends.
He being a member of the Orders of Masons, Knights of Honor and Knights and Ladies of Honor, special meetings were immediately called to take action in relation to his death and burial, and in so great esteem was he held, that each of them decided to attend his funeral in a body, which was set for this morning at 10 1/2 o'clock, at the M. E. Church, South, of which he had been a consistent member for several years.
At an early hour a large audience assembled, and when the funeral cortege entered, the room was densely packed, many having to stand during the services. Rev. Bowling chose for his text, the words "To die is gain," and preached a brief but eloquent sermon. At the conclusion of this, the procession slowly and solemnly wended its way to our beautiful cemetery.
The ceremonies at the grave embraced the Ritual of the three Orders, all of which were, to very high degree, impressive; at the conclusion of which the remains of Captain Julius W. McCullough were laid to rest in the bosom of Mother Earth, there to remain until that day when the trumpet shall sound, the dead arise, and the just shall henceforth dwell in the presence of their loving Savior [sic]. May we be there to again clasp the hand of our departed friend. The sympathies of the entire community are extended to the sorrowing parents, widow, children, brothers and sisters.
[Huntington Argus (Huntington, WV), 1 March 1883, 1.]
As noted above, Julius was a devoted member of various fraternal organizations. Tributes of Respect were voted by the Huntington lodges of the A.F.&A.M. and Knights of Honor, the latter expressing communal regret at being deprived of Julius's "wise counsels in our hours of adversity, and his genial presence in our hours of social enjoyments...."
Julius Wellington McCullough was the second of eight children born to Dr. Patrick Henry McCullough (1816-1892) and his wife Rachel Ward Thornburg (1821-1864). He captained a number of steamboats that plied the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. On one trip down river he met Mary Ann Page Capps, daughter of James Allen Capps, a riverboat captain of Washington, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. The couple wed in Washington on March 5, 1872--the groom's 29th birthday. Capt. McCullough brought his bride north to Huntington where they were quickly joined by four children: Patrick Henry (b. 1872), Anna Hope (b. 1875), Julius W. Jr. (b. 1877), and Stanard Buffington (b. 1880). Perhaps because of the demands of a growing family, Julius left the river and took a position as book keeper and then clerk with the Chesapeake and Ohio R.R. offices in Huntington. Tragically, in the winter of 1883 he contracted a cold that developed into pneumonia. He died just short of his 40th birthday, leaving a young widow and four children.
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OBITUARIES
DIED--On Tuesday evening, February 27th, 1883, at his home in this city, Capt. J.W. McCullough, in the 39th year of his age. Capt. McCullough was well and favorably known by nearly everobody [sic] in this community. His sickness was of short duration--having been confined to his room only one week. His death is generally lamented. The funeral took place from the M. E. Church, South. on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. The order of K. of H., K. & L. of H. and the fraternity of Masons, to which organizations Capt. McCullough belonged, attended his funeral in a body, and took part in the ceremonies.
The family and friends of Capt. McCullough have the sympathy of all who know them, and though his departure was sudden and unexpected, there is consolation in the belief that his good works in this world will be rewarded in the world to come.
[Unidentified newspaper (Huntington, W.Va.), early March 1883]
Our community was indeed shocked Wednesday to learn of the death of Capt. J. W. McCullough, of your city, as he was known by most all of our citizens from his infancy, and liked by all who knew him, and was looked upon through life as a model young man.
OMIKRON
[Unidentified newspaper (Huntington, W.Va.), late February 1883]
Julius W. McCullough
Perhaps no man in this community was better known or more highly respected than the gentleman whose name heads this article. He was in the prime of life, and yet the grim monster Death selected him as a victim.
Captain McCullough, as he was familiarly called, was the oldest son of Dr. McCullough, known as one of the best physicians in this section, and who had just returned home from the State Legislature, to which the people of this county had sent him as their delegate. He was born in Elizabeth Town, Marshall county, Va., (now in this State,) on the 5th day of March, 1844 [sic], and consequently would have been 39 years old had he lived till next Monday. For some years he followed the river, and on a visit to the South, was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Capps, at Washington, St. Landry Parish, La., by whom he had four interesting little children--three boys and one girl.
He returned to this city shortly after this happy event, and continued to ply his avocation on the river, until he succeeded in becoming captain of a steamer, when he retired and entered Mr. Jenkins' News Depot as book-keeper; which position he filled with honor to himself and credit and profit to the establishment, until he resigned a few months ago to accept a more lucrative and easy position as clerk at Chesapeake and Ohio Railway shops.
On last Thuursday [sic] the Captain returned home very ill, from the effects of a cold, and took to his bed, from which it was decreed he should never arise. His symptoms were, however, not dangerous at first, and it was supposed he was improving until last Tuesday, when it was discovered that he was alarmingly ill, and unless a change speedily occurred, he could not live. His decline from this time was rapid, and, at 9:45 Tuesday evening he quietly breathed his last, surrounded by his bereaved family and friends.
He being a member of the Orders of Masons, Knights of Honor and Knights and Ladies of Honor, special meetings were immediately called to take action in relation to his death and burial, and in so great esteem was he held, that each of them decided to attend his funeral in a body, which was set for this morning at 10 1/2 o'clock, at the M. E. Church, South, of which he had been a consistent member for several years.
At an early hour a large audience assembled, and when the funeral cortege entered, the room was densely packed, many having to stand during the services. Rev. Bowling chose for his text, the words "To die is gain," and preached a brief but eloquent sermon. At the conclusion of this, the procession slowly and solemnly wended its way to our beautiful cemetery.
The ceremonies at the grave embraced the Ritual of the three Orders, all of which were, to very high degree, impressive; at the conclusion of which the remains of Captain Julius W. McCullough were laid to rest in the bosom of Mother Earth, there to remain until that day when the trumpet shall sound, the dead arise, and the just shall henceforth dwell in the presence of their loving Savior [sic]. May we be there to again clasp the hand of our departed friend. The sympathies of the entire community are extended to the sorrowing parents, widow, children, brothers and sisters.
[Huntington Argus (Huntington, WV), 1 March 1883, 1.]
As noted above, Julius was a devoted member of various fraternal organizations. Tributes of Respect were voted by the Huntington lodges of the A.F.&A.M. and Knights of Honor, the latter expressing communal regret at being deprived of Julius's "wise counsels in our hours of adversity, and his genial presence in our hours of social enjoyments...."
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OBITUARIES
DIED--On Tuesday evening, February 27th, 1883, at his home in this city, Capt. J.W. McCullough, in the 39th year of his age. Capt. McCullough was well and favorably known by nearly everobody [sic] in this community. His sickness was of short duration--having been confined to his room only one week. His death is generally lamented. The funeral took place from the M. E. Church, South. on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. The order of K. of H., K. & L. of H. and the fraternity of Masons, to which organizations Capt. McCullough belonged, attended his funeral in a body, and took part in the ceremonies.
The family and friends of Capt. McCullough have the sympathy of all who know them, and though his departure was sudden and unexpected, there is consolation in the belief that his good works in this world will be rewarded in the world to come.
[Unidentified newspaper (Huntington, W.Va.), early March 1883]
Our community was indeed shocked Wednesday to learn of the death of Capt. J. W. McCullough, of your city, as he was known by most all of our citizens from his infancy, and liked by all who knew him, and was looked upon through life as a model young man.
OMIKRON
[Unidentified newspaper (Huntington, W.Va.), late February 1883]
Julius W. McCullough
Perhaps no man in this community was better known or more highly respected than the gentleman whose name heads this article. He was in the prime of life, and yet the grim monster Death selected him as a victim.
Captain McCullough, as he was familiarly called, was the oldest son of Dr. McCullough, known as one of the best physicians in this section, and who had just returned home from the State Legislature, to which the people of this county had sent him as their delegate. He was born in Elizabeth Town, Marshall county, Va., (now in this State,) on the 5th day of March, 1844 [sic], and consequently would have been 39 years old had he lived till next Monday. For some years he followed the river, and on a visit to the South, was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Capps, at Washington, St. Landry Parish, La., by whom he had four interesting little children--three boys and one girl.
He returned to this city shortly after this happy event, and continued to ply his avocation on the river, until he succeeded in becoming captain of a steamer, when he retired and entered Mr. Jenkins' News Depot as book-keeper; which position he filled with honor to himself and credit and profit to the establishment, until he resigned a few months ago to accept a more lucrative and easy position as clerk at Chesapeake and Ohio Railway shops.
On last Thuursday [sic] the Captain returned home very ill, from the effects of a cold, and took to his bed, from which it was decreed he should never arise. His symptoms were, however, not dangerous at first, and it was supposed he was improving until last Tuesday, when it was discovered that he was alarmingly ill, and unless a change speedily occurred, he could not live. His decline from this time was rapid, and, at 9:45 Tuesday evening he quietly breathed his last, surrounded by his bereaved family and friends.
He being a member of the Orders of Masons, Knights of Honor and Knights and Ladies of Honor, special meetings were immediately called to take action in relation to his death and burial, and in so great esteem was he held, that each of them decided to attend his funeral in a body, which was set for this morning at 10 1/2 o'clock, at the M. E. Church, South, of which he had been a consistent member for several years.
At an early hour a large audience assembled, and when the funeral cortege entered, the room was densely packed, many having to stand during the services. Rev. Bowling chose for his text, the words "To die is gain," and preached a brief but eloquent sermon. At the conclusion of this, the procession slowly and solemnly wended its way to our beautiful cemetery.
The ceremonies at the grave embraced the Ritual of the three Orders, all of which were, to very high degree, impressive; at the conclusion of which the remains of Captain Julius W. McCullough were laid to rest in the bosom of Mother Earth, there to remain until that day when the trumpet shall sound, the dead arise, and the just shall henceforth dwell in the presence of their loving Savior [sic]. May we be there to again clasp the hand of our departed friend. The sympathies of the entire community are extended to the sorrowing parents, widow, children, brothers and sisters.
[Huntington Argus (Huntington, WV), 1 March 1883, 1.]
As noted above, Julius was a devoted member of various fraternal organizations. Tributes of Respect were voted by the Huntington lodges of the A.F.&A.M. and Knights of Honor, the latter expressing communal regret at being deprived of Julius's "wise counsels in our hours of adversity, and his genial presence in our hours of social enjoyments...."
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