Richard McCulloh Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

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Richard McCulloh, Donaldsonville, La, district attorney for Ascension parish,
ha. been a lifelong citizen of the place, born February 17, 1860. His parents,
William J. and Elizabeth (Bercegeay) McCulloh, were natives of Maryland and
Louisiana, respectively. The father was a prominent and influential man, and
held several of the highest offices in the gift of the people of his parish.
It was through his interposition that the records of the parish were not
burned during the war. He was drowned in lake Pontchartrain in 1878, and his
wife died in 1877. In 1880 Mr. McCulloh began the practice of law, having been
graduated from the law department of the University of New Orleans. He was
closely occupied with professional work until 1888, when he was elected to the
office of district attorney for Ascension parish. For two years he was a
member of the town council, and two years he served as deputy clerk of the
district court. lie is a man of excellent ability, and the people of the
parish have done well in confiding to him duties of district attorney. In
1881 he was married to Miss Bertha Bercegeay, a daughter of O. and Augustine
(Lussen) Bercegeay, who was born in 1863. Three children have been born to
this union, two of whom are deceased. Mr. MoCulloh is a member of the A T. O.,
the Knights of Pythias, and the Knights of Honor; he is also president of
the Phoenix Fire company, of Donaldsonville. Mrs. McCulloh is a member of the
Roman Catholic church. 

>From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, pp. 221.

Submitted by Mike Miller