OBIT: Robert J. McCULLOUGH, 1900, Derry, Westmoreland County, PA

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TELEGRAPH OPERATOR KILLED.
Fatal Accident Near Greensburg Last Saturday Night.

  Robert J. McCullough, a telegraph operator in the employ of the 
Pennsylvania railroad company on the Pittsburg division, was instantly 
killed at 10.30 o'clock Saturday night near the telegraph tower just 
west of Greensburg.  He had jumped from the train when he slipped and 
fell under the wheels.
  The deceased was a son of Andrew J. and Maria McCullough, of Derry, 
and was aged 23 years and 7 days, having been born February 3, 1877.  
In the Spanish-American war he served as a corporal in company M, 
Sixteenth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers.  He leaves four sisters - 
Emma, wife of Abram Brandt, Laura, wife of James Coulter, both of 
Derry; Maggie, wife of John Chamberlain, of Altoona, and Annie, at 
home.  He is also survived by two brothers - Bertie and Edward.  
Deceased was a nephew of D. G. and J. H. McCullough, of this city.  He 
was a member of Lamont lodge No. 568, of Masons, of Derry, and also of 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  The funeral will take place 
Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at Derry.

Morning Tribune, Monday, February 12, 1900