OBIT: John C. McCULLOUGH, 1880, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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A SAD DEATH.
John C. McCullough Dies of Hemorrhage.

  Yesterday morning about 4:30 o'clock John C. McCullough, of this 
city, and the only brother of Frank McCullough, an employe of the 
TRIBUNE office, died at his father's residence at Fourth avenue and 
Twelfth street.  Mr. McCullough was 24 years of age on the 23d of 
September.  He has been sick with hemorrhages for about a year.  In 
July last he went to Denver, Colorado, where he supposed that the 
climate would suit him.  But the frail body failed all the more rapidly 
until last week the young man came home to die, surrounded by his 
friends and with every comfort to ease his last moments.  The deceased 
was an exemplary young man, loved and respected by all who knew him.  
Born in Hollidaysburg, his parents, John and Julia Ann McCullough, 
moved to Altoona while he was still a child.  John C. McCullough was 
known to almost every one and his quiet Christian life was admired by 
one and all.  He was a member of St. John's Church and was elected Vice 
President and Secretary of St. John's Society several different times.  
The family has our sincerest sympathy.  The funeral will take place on 
Wednesday morning, the body to leave the house at 8 o'clock.  Requiem 
mass will be celebrated at the church.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, November 2, 1880

The Funeral of John C. McCullough.

  Yesterday morning the mortal remains of John C. McCullough were 
consigned to their last resting place in the Catholic burying ground.  
The funeral took place from his late parents' residence at Fifth avenue 
and Twelfth street.  Services were performed in St. John's Church where 
Father Sheedy preached a most eloquent sermon and conducted high mass.  
St. John's Literary Society, and a very large attendance of friends, 
were present to pay their respects to the memory of this model and 
thoroughly conscientious young man.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, November 4, 1880