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George McCullough

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George McCullough
b. 17 June 1780, County Antrim, Ireland
d. 25 September 1867, College Springs, Page County, Iowa

m. 1805, Ireland
Jennet Thompson
b. 5 August 1785, Rocavau, County Antrim, Ireland
d. 13 March 1859, College Springs, Page County, Iowa

Children with Jennet Thompson:

  • William (b. 1805)
  • Jennet (b. 1807)
  • John (b. 1809)
  • James Young (b. 1811)
  • Margaret (b. 1813)
  • Elizabeth (died young)
  • Elizabeth (b. 1817)
  • Sarah (b. 1819)
  • Jane (b. 1822)
  • Mary (b. 1824)
  • George (b. 1826)
  • Robert (b. 1828)

George immigrated to Indiana from Chester District, South Carolina, in 1830. He resided at
Vienna Township, Scott County, Indiana, and moved to Page County, Iowa, in 1858.

According to family tradition, after George and Jennet McCullough left Ireland in 1806, they were shipwrecked off the Bermuda Islands and detained there for a while by authorities. Six months after leaving Ireland, they arrived in South Carolina in May of 1807.

George’s grandson remembered that when the family emigrated from Indiana to Page County, Iowa, George, who was 78 years old, thought they were headed for a new promised land. Among his possessions in their covered wagon was a tombstone so that if he died on the way, his death would not go unnoted.

Submitted by:
Mrs. Lynne Emmons
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Charles J. “Carl” Anderson

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CHARLES J. “CARL” ANDERSON
b. 23 October 1833, Grenna, Smaland, Sweden, to Anders and Brita Lisa (Lindberg) Josephson
d. 10 September 1921, Independence Lake, Hannepin County, Minnesota

m. 26 April 1856, West Point, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Christina Peterson
b. 29 April 1833, Orserum, near Grenna, Smaland, Sweden, to Peter and Anna Brita (Jonson) Peterson
d. 20 January 1907, Maple Plain, Hennepin County,
Minnesota

Children with Christina Peterson:

  • Alfred John (1857-1935) married Nellie Elizabeth Englund
  • Theodore Emanuel (1858-1926) married Louisa Matilda Anderson
  • Fred William (1861-1927)
  • Oscar Amel (who changed his surname to Allen) married Anna Christina Johnson
  • David Clarence (1866-1941)
  • Anna Lydia (1868-1937) married Oliver Thompson
  • Nancy Amelia (1871-1892)
  • Medora Christine (1873-1953) married Erland Klas Lind
  • Emma Charlotte (1875-1951) married Alton J. Stenseth
  • Mary Josephine (1879-1916) married Bryant O. Benjamin

Charles moved to Indiana after August 1852 and left the state between August 1856 and February 1857 for Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota. The sixth of eleven children, he had emigrated to America alone from Gottenburg, Sweden, arriving in New York City on 29 August 1852. While living in Minnesota, the family moved from Red Wing to Cannon Falls to Maple Plain to Lake Independence, all in Goodhue and Hennepin counties.

Submitted by:
Edith Grindstaff Anderson
Saline MI

 

Sarah Elliott

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Sarah Elliott
b. 17 January 1819, Shelby County, Kentucky, to Charles and Elizabeth (Glover) Elliott
d. 20 September 1911, Sharpsville, Tipton County, Indiana

m. 4 January 1838, Vienna Township, Scott County, Indiana
John McCullough
b. 25 August 1809, Chester District, South Carolina, to George and Jenny (Thompson) McCullough
d. 18 November 1855, Wapello County, Iowa

Children with John McCullough:

  • Elizabeth (b. 1839)
  • George (b. 1840)
  • Charles (b. 1842)
  • William (b. 1842)
  • James (b. 1844)
  • Charles Elliott (b. 1846)
  • Jannette (b. 1849)
  • Margaret (b. 1853)

Sarah immigrated to Scott County, Indiana, from Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1831 and emigrated from Sharpsville, Tipton County, Indiana, to Page County, Iowa, in 1884.

Sarah and her husband John helped in the raising of Hopewell Church, two miles east of Vienna, Scott County, Indiana. The couple owned a farm of 120 acres in Scott County, Indiana, another near Little York, Indiana, and 160 acres in Mahaska County, Iowa. In the fall of 1855, John went to see his Iowa land but became ill with cholera and died there in Wapello County, Iowa.

Sarah raised her six children as well as two other fatherless children and managed to add to the estate left to her by her husband. She remained a member of Hopewell Church until the congregation decreased so much it couldn’t support a minister.

In 1884, Sarah moved with her daughter and son-in-law, Dennis Sands, to Page County, Iowa. But in 1902, they returned to Indiana to live in Sharpsville, Tipton County, Indiana. At the time of her death, Sarah was supposedly the oldest woman in the county.

Submitted by:
Mrs. Lynn Emmons
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

George Washington Culberson/Culbertson

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George Washington Culberson/Culbertson
b. 3 August 1816, Indiana
d. 11 October 1887, Clinton County, Ohio

m. 21 December 1837, Clinton County, Ohio
Priscilla Stewart
b. 23 February 1821, Greene County, Ohio
d. 7 April 1879, Jasper, Fayette County, Ohio

Children with Priscilla Stewart:

  • William (1839–1907) married Ann Rebecca Hall
  • Emily (1843–1861) married Edmund Barrett Thorp
  • Ann Eliza (1845–1920) married William G. Pope
  • James (1847–1872)
  • Diana (1850–1944) married Joseph Wilson
  • George (1853–1905)
  • Jemima Rankin (1855–1940) married Cary Allen Wilson
  • David Henry (1857–1905) married Josephine Elizabeth Thompson
  • Isabella Jane (1860–1875)
  • Alice May (1864–1892) married James H. Hershey

George emigrated from Indiana before 1837 to Clinton County, Ohio.

Submitted by:
Margaret Van Ness Nelson
Sanibel FL
E-mail: mvnelson@ix.netcom.com

Archibald Joseph Allen and Evantha Elizabeth Sutton

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Archibald Joseph Allen
b. 24 July 1853, Indiana
d. 24 September 1925, Clay County, Illinois
m. 15 September 1882, Evantha Elizabeth Sutton

Children with Evantha Elizabeth Sutton:

  • five sons
  • two daughters

Archibald was survived by a sister, Mrs. Peter Thompson, half-brother George Mann, and half-sister, Mrs. James Montgomery.

Submitted by:
Dawne Slater-Putt from Clay Co., Illinois, Roots, winter 1993, p. 15.