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Reuben A. McCullough
REUBEN A. McCULLOUGH, attorney at law, and one of the eminent men of his
profession in active practice at Kittanning, was born in Wayne township, this
county, July 7, 1859. He is a son of David and Frances (Hoffman) McCullough.Alexander McCullough, his great-grandfather, was a pioneer in eastern
Pennsylvania, and served two years in the American army during the Revolution.David McCullough, Sr., paternal grand-father of Reuben A. McCullough, came
from Lancaster county to Westmoreland county, Pa., settling near Salem.David McCullough, Jr., was born in 1820. About 1845 he moved to Mahoning
township, Armstrong county, and worked as a wheelwright and farmer. In the
year 1878 he went to Cedar county, Nebr., where he devoted himself exclusively
to farming. During the Civil war he enlisted in Company A, 61st Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, and at the expiration of his term of service reenlisted,
serving until the close of the war. He entered the service as a private, but
when discharged held the rank of lieutenant. Having been connected with the
Army of the Potomac, he participated in every battle the 61st Pennsylvania was
engaged in during the war, and had the misfortune to be slightly disabled at
Fair Oaks and the Wilderness, and also in the charge at Mary’s Heights, before
Fredericksburg. Originally a Democrat, before the close of the war he became a
Republican, and affiliated thereafter with the party. In his after life he
serve as justice of the peace for a number of years. Having been baptized in
the faith of the Reformed Church, he attended services held by that
denomination. His wife was a daughter of George Hoffman, who came from eastern
Pennsylvania, and settled near Harrison City, Westmoreland county. Her
paternal grandfather, Goode, was a commissioned officer in the Revolution. Mr.
and Mrs. David McCullough had twelve children. She died in 1867, and her
husband later married a Mrs. Conger, of Clarion county, Pa. The eleven
children of the McCullough family who grew to maturity (for one died young)
were: Margaret, wife of John Doverspike; Sarah, wife of William Shields;
Lavina, wife of Robert Montgomery; Susan, wife of David Walton; Nora, wife of
Clark Olsen, of Nebraska; Rev. Charles, now deceased, a minister of the United
Brethren Church; David; Hiram; John, deceased; Reuben A., and William.Reuben A. McCullough attended public school in Mahoning township, and
Oakland Academy, from which after a four years’ course, he was graduated in
1882. He then studied law under Edward S. Golden, and edited a country paper
for a livelihood, and was admitted to the Armstrong county bar in 1887. That
same year, he began the practice of his profession. In 1904 he entered into a
law partnership with H. A. Heilman, of Kittanning, under the firm name of
McCullough & Heilman. After four years this partnership was dissolve, and
since then Mr. McCullough has continued alone. He has for some years been
solicitor for Kittanning borough. In 1909 he was a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for county judge. Mr. McCullough was sent by his
district as a delegate to the Democratic national convention held at Chicago
in 1896, and was one of the two Pennsylvania delegates who refused to bolt
that stormy convention after the free silver platform was adopted, contending
the right of the majority to rule. For several years he served as chairman of
the Democratic county committee. His religious affiliations are with the
Presbyterian Church of Kittanning, and for several years has been an elder in
same. Not only is he active in church work, but is teacher of the John Orr
Bible class, consisting of about 160 members. Mr. McCullough is recognized as
one of the most efficient and interesting Bible class teachers in the State,
and the people of Kittanning take deep pride in the standing of this very
remarkable class.In 1889, Mr. McCullough was married (first) to Susan Heeter, daughter of
George Heeter, of Clarion county. Three children were born of this marriage:
Ruby, Ward and Charles. Mrs. McCullough died in 1894. In 1898, Mr. McCullough
married (second) Ada M. Brown, daughter of Robert E. Brown, of Kittanning, a
prominent attorney and successful iron manufacturer of that city.
Source: Page(s) PAGES 422-423,
Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers &
Co., 1914Transcribed July 1998 by Caral Mechling Bennett for the Armstrong County
Beers Project
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