Yolo-Sutter-Solano County CA Archives Biographies.....McCullough, Fred Frank 1854 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 23, 2006, 10:28 pm Author: Tom Gregory (1913) FRED FRANK McCULLOUGH Diversified avenues of industrial activity are open to people removing to Yolo county, but agriculture still continues to be the leading occupation and one to which turn for a livelihood the greatest number of settlers. As an instance of the opportunities afforded by the soil when wisely cultivated, mention should be made of Fred Frank McCullough, whose large measure of success has been gained since he arrived in Yolo county and entered upon the laborious task of developing a farm. As a result of his ceaseless industry and sagacious management he has become the owner of a large landed estate and now holds a position among the leading farmers and stock raisers of the entire county. The genealogy of the family is traced back to the original American settler, John McCullough, a member of an ancient and influential Scotch Presbyterian family. Shortly after he accompanied other members of the family to Pennsylvania and had settled in the forests of that colony he was taken prisoner by the Indians, who kept him captive in Ohio for eight years. When finally he was exchanged he returned to his old Pennsylvania home and engaged in farming. Afterward he removed to Maryland and developed a farm near Frostburg, but his last days were spent in Pennsylvania. His son, Alexander, was born in Franklin county, Pa., near the Maryland state line. During young manhood he married Elizabeth Siler, a native of Frostburg, Md., and in 1856 they became pioneers of Champaign county, Ill., where they developed a farm near Urbana. Of their five sons and two daughters Fred Frank was the fourth in order of birth and he was a native of Frostburg, Md., born March 9, 1854. When only two years of age he was taken to Illinois, and his first recollections cluster around a tract of government land homesteaded by his father. As soon as he became old enough to work he assisted in the cultivation of the claim and gave his whole time to farm work with the exception of a few months each year spent in attendance upon country schools. Coming to California during the autumn of 1874, Mr. McCullough settled in Sutter county and secured employment on a ranch opposite Grand Island. Two years later he removed to Solano county and rented three hundred and twenty acres near Bird's Landing. The year 1886 found him a resident of Yolo county, where he rented a section near Dunnigan and engaged in the grain and stock business. About 1891 he bought three hundred and twenty acres of unimproved land and removed to the new tract, which he improved and developed. Later he bought a quarter-section adjoining, and this gives him four hundred and eighty acres in one body, the whole comprising his homestead, a well-improved and valuable property in the vicinity of Dunnigan. In addition he owns and manages three hundred and twenty acres near Blacks Station and five hundred acres northwest of Dunnigan, the large landed possessions representing his own untiring industry and frugal economy. Besides the raising of stock and of general farm crops, for some years he has engaged in buying and selling mules, sheep and hogs and now devotes much of his time to this important occupation. During the period of his residence in Solano county Mr. McCullough there married, December 5, 1883, Miss Mary Gapen, who was born and reared at Suisun City, the daughter of John M. and Janette (Wallace) Gapen, born in Pennsylvania and Michigan, respectively. Her father crossed the plains to California in 1849 and her mother crossed in 1848. They became pioneers of Solano county and died in Vacaville. Of the five children born to them Mrs. McCullough is the third oldest. Mr. and Mrs. McCullough are the parents of six sons and five daughters. The eldest, Fred G., attended a business college at Oakland and is now assisting his father in the management of the ranch. The others are Meredith, Victor, Marshall, Burns, Ruth, Welthy, Lemuel, Nevada, Marion and Elizabeth. The Masons have the active assistance of Mr. McCullough through his identification with Dunnigan Lodge No. 284, F. & A. M.; Woodland Chapter, R. A. M., and Woodland Commandery No. 21, K. T. Ever since attaining his majority he has voted the Republican ticket and in Yolo county he has served the party in county and state conventions, besides giving to its candidates his quiet influence and steadfast support. For his labors as a public-spirited citizen and as a capable farmer the county is indebted to him and rightly places him in a foremost position among its prosperous and progressive residents. Additional Comments: Extracted from HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA WITH Biographical Sketches OF The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth and Development From the Early Days to the Present HISTORY BY TOM GREGORY AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/bios/mccullou895nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb