Rev. James Culbertson and Eleanor Colhoun

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Husband Rev. James Culbertson ¹

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           Born: 14 Oct 1785 1
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           Died: 22 Feb 1847 1
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         Father: Col. Samuel Culbertson (1741-1817) 2 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Maclay (1752/1755-1817) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 17 Oct 1817 5

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Milnor (      -Bef 1817) 5

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Wife Eleanor Colhoun ⁵

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           Born: 28 Mar 1792 5
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           Died: Feb 1853 5
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         Father: John Colhoun (      -      ) 5
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Milnor Culbertson ⁵

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           Born: 15 Aug 1820 5
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           Died: 3 Jan 1828 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Maj. John Colhoun Culbertson ⁵

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           Born: 27 Oct 1822 5
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           Died: 18 Jul 1872 5
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         Spouse: Mary Thomson (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 1850 6

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3 M Capt. Howard Culbertson, M.D. ⁵

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           Born: 17 Feb 1828 5
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           Died: 18 Jun 1890 5
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         Spouse: Louisa Maria Safford (1836-1885) 6
           Marr: 16 Nov 1854 6

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4 F Elizabeth Ann Culbertson ⁵

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           Born: 4 Aug 1830 5
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           Died: 1914 5
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         Spouse: Rev. W. E. Ijams (      -      ) 6

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. James Culbertson

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He received his academical education at Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, which he entered quite young. He prosecuted his theological studies under the direction of Drs. King and Herron, and was licensed to preach the gospel in 1811, by the Presbytery of Carlisle. In the summer of 1812, he went to Zanesville, Ohio, then a small village of log cabins chiefly. In 1816, a brick church was built, corner Fourth and South streets, and in 1839 a much larger church (the First Presbyterian) was built, corner Sixth and Market Streets. He preached fully 4000 sermons during his lifetime, and preached altogether thirty-four years. He was said to have been the best and most brilliant minister that ever filled a pulpit in Zanesville. He was perhaps as fine a scholar as ever lived in Zanesville, being well versed in Latin, Hebrew, Greek, French and German. He was a man of tall and commanding figure, very magnetic and eloquent in address. He thought nothing of riding a hundred miles on horseback to fill a brother minister's pulpit. He once received a call to fill the pulpit of one of the largest Presbyterian churches in Philadelphia, which paid a very large salary, but he declined, saying that "his duty lay in Zanesville." The salary had no consideration for him. His nephew, T. G. Culbertson, of Wheeling, said of him: "Another trait of his character was his quiet, unassuming modesty. When a certain institution wished to add D. D. to his name, he refused positively to permit it, and informed his friends never to address him that way."

1 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 139.

2 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 822.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 640.

4 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 137.

5 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 142.

6 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 147.