Husband Hon. Welty McCullough 1 2
AKA: Welty McCullogh 3
Born: 10 Oct 1847 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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Died: 1 Aug or 31 Aug 1889 4 5
Buried: - St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA
Father: John McCullough (1803-1884/1884) 1
Mother: Eliza Catherine Welty (1819-1882) 6 7
Marriage: 13 Jun 1872 2 5
Wife Ada B. Markle 6 8
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Father: W. H. H. Markle, Esq. (1823-1883) 2 9
Mother: Elizabeth Covode Goodwin ( - ) 9
Children
1 M Harry Markle McCullough 5 9
Born: Abt 1874
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Died: 1891 5
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 F Eliza McCullogh 5 10
AKA: Eliza McCullough 9
Born: Abt 1887
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Spouse: Henry Harrison Null Boyd ( - ) 5 10 11
General Notes: Husband - Hon. Welty McCullough
He was born in Greensburg, Pennsyl-vania, and was graduated from Princeton College in the class of 1870. He read law with the late W. H. H. Markle, Esq., in Greensburg, and was admitted to the bar in 1872. Very early in his professional life he became a corporation lawyer and devoted most of his time to railroad law. For many years he was solicitor for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and other important corporations. Whilst he always resided in Greensburg and practiced in Westmoreland courts, he almost continuously kept an office in Pittsburgh and practiced in the Allegheny County courts as well. He was renowned both there and in Westmoreland County as a lawyer of high standing particularly in corporation law. In the preparation of papers and in all the varied work of an all around lawyer, he had but few equals in either of these counties.
He was scrupulously careful to perform his share of the work or bear his share of the burdens that fell upon him and his friends. He always took an active part in politics, and made many public addresses of that character. In doing so he did not select the places easily accessible to his home, but willingly did his share of the work in remote regions of the county. Nor did he really ever seek office, though in 1886 he was nominated for congress by the Republicans of Westmoreland, Fayette, and Greene counties. The district was strongly Democratic but there were two Democrats in the field which divided the vote of that party and Mr. McCullough was elected. Unfortunately after the close of his term in congress he was taken sick and died. The bar associations of both Allegheny and Westmoreland counties passed highly eulogistic resolutions of his work and merit as a lawyer and a citizen. He was a man of strong physique, a handsome face and had talents of a high order. One of his leading characteristics was his thorough honesty, not only in business matters but in the expression of opinion and in everything he did. He could not feign a friendship he did not feel. Had he been less sincere he might perhaps have been more popular. His circle of friends was not as wide as that of many, but all who knew him personally were most devoted to him and remained so through life.
The preliminary portion of his education was obtained in the local public schools of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and he was prepared for college at the Elders Ridge Academy. During the Civil War he was connected with the provost marshal's office at Greensburg. In the year 1867 he entered Jefferson College at Cannonsburg, which afterwards moved to Washington, Pennsylvania, and became the Washington & Jefferson College. In 1868 he entered the junior class of Princeton University and graduated from that institution with a class of seventy in the class of 1870. He had in the meantime decided upon the legal profession as a career in life, and accordingly entered the office of the late Harry W. Markle, the eminent attorney of Greensburg, where he pursued his studies and was admitted to the bar of Westmoreland County in 1872. Very early in his professional life he gave his particular attention to corporation law and specialized in this branch of the subject. For many years he occupied the position of solicitor for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, as well as for many other important corporations. During his active career he continued to make his home in Greensburg, although the duties of his very extensive practice caused him to open and maintain an office in Pittsburgh, much of his practice being before the courts of Allegheny County. He rapidly rose to a position of great prominence in his profession, and while yet a comparatively young man was recognized as one of the leaders of the bar of western Pennsylvania. He was equally powerful in the preparation of briefs or in the direct address to the jury. Indeed he was recognized as possessing but few equals in his power of penetrating to the vital issue in the cases which he handled, and his profound knowledge of his subject was supplemented by an amazing ability to "think on his feet." Those who opposed him quickly realized that he could never be taken unawares, that he was ready for any eventuality and that the point upon which they hoped to surprise him was generally turned to their own discomfiture and rout. Mr. McCullogh was most punctillious in the discharge of all his duties, and if he engaged prominently in the affairs of the community, it was with the most entirely disinterested motives and in order to make prevail some cause in which he believed. He was in no sense of the word an office seeker, but in the year 1886 he was nominated for Congress by the Republicans of Westmoreland, Fayette and Greene counties, having been nominated by acclamation at the Westmoreland County convention, and afterwards receiving the nominations of the district conferees. This district was normally strongly Democratic, but on this occasion there were two Democratic candidates in the field, so that Mr. McCullogh benefited by the division in his opponents' rank and was elected to the United States House of Representatives. A most brilliant career was brought suddenly to a close by his death, immediately following his term as Congressman. [ONW, 51]