BIO:  Thomas McCullough, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Chanceford Township, Pg 91

THOMAS MCCULLOUGH was born in Chester County, Penn., in 1818, and is a son of 
Thomas and Ann McCullough.  The father of our subject was born in Harford County, 
Md., and the mother in Chester County, Penn.  Mr. McCullough first learned the 
manufacturing of machinery and edged tools of every description, and followed 
auger-making a number of years.  His native home was Kennett Square, and his 
early days were spent in company with our esteemed and much loved friend and 
poet, Bayard Taylor.  In 1856 he removed to Chanceford Township, York Co., Penn., 
and engaged in farming and boating.  When the tocsin of war was sounded, he 
offered his life and interest in the defense of his country’s honor.  They 
received him, and chartered his boats at Baltimore to convey soldiers across the 
Southern rivers, and he many days lay defenseless under the enemy’s fire on the 
Pamunkey until the malarial fever drove him home.  Mr. McCullough married Miss 
Eliza Porter, of New Garden Township, Chester Co., Penn., in 1848.  Mrs. 
McCullough died November 3, 1883.  Mr. McCullough is a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church.