Robert McCullough
Robert McCullough, Farmer; P. O., Hardin, Ohio.
Mr. McCullough was born in Coliimbiana County, Ohio, April 29, 1816. He is a son of James and Mary McCullough. His boyhood days were spent on a farm. May 3, 1838, he married Miss Jane Hoey, of Columbiana County, born July 30, 1818. They settled in their native county and remained eight years, when they moved to what is now Auglaize County, Ohio, and settled on 120 acres of land, three miles southwest from Wapakoneta, on which he resided over thirty years. In 1877 he came to Shelby County, and purchased a part of section 25, Turtle Creek Township, where he now resides. His companion died January 11, 1857, leaving five children, viz., Susan, Margaret J., Sophia, James, and John M. John M. died December 23, 1880. December 5, 1861, Mr. McCullough married Margaret Downey, daughter of Walter and Mary Downey, born in Morgan County, Ohio, August 26, 1825, and came to Shelby County in 1852 and settled in Franklin Township. By this union he has two children, Martha A. and Clark D.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883