BIO: William Alexander McCullough, Cumberland County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Bookwalter Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/ ______________________________________________________________________ History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania. Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc. Illustrated. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/beers/beers.htm ______________________________________________________________________ PART II. HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. CHAPTER LV. PENN TOWNSHIP. 531 PENN TOWNSHIP. WILLIAM ALEXANDER McCULLOUGH, farmer, P. O. Newville, was born December 2, 1834, in West Pennsborough Township, this county, and is a son of Alexander and Elizabeth McCullough. December 27, 1866, subject married Miss Martha L. Clark, and they located where they now reside in 1874. Here they have a fine farm of 121 acres of land, also have a farm of 91 acres in Southampton Township, and a tract of 8 acres of timber on South Mountain. Their children are James Clark, Berdie and John Bruce. Our subject is a life-long Republican. He and his wife are members of Big Spring Presbyterian Church.