Sharon W McCullough (1833 - 1899) - Find A Grave Memorial

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Sharon W McCullough

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Birth:	Aug. 16, 1833 New Orleans Orleans Parish Louisiana, USA
Death:	Jul., 1899 Sullivan County Missouri, USA
From Bible of John and Elizabeth McCullough (from Joy Ware 7/2008) Sharon was born in New Orleans. In 1836 was brought by his parents to Boonville, Mo. In 1840 they moved to Sullivan Co, before the Co. was laid out. He received a limited education at the neighborhood log schoolhouse. During the early part of the Civil war he ran a heard of mules into Iowa for safe keeping from the invasion ofthe Confederate army, until the government should need them (mules). He had 560 acres of good land, well stocked and improved. A man of integrity and high character, a public spirited citizen, and liberal contributor to all educational and laudable enterprises. Was reared by a Republican father and adhered to that party. Sharon remained a bachelor in the home with the Mother until her death April 30, 1886. He erected a Presbyterian church on edge of farm for his Scotch Mother. Sharon died July 23, 1899 from an accident in a hay field. Family links: Parents: John McCullough (1809 - 1863) Elizabeth M Bell McCullough (1810 - 1886)

Burial: McCullough Cora Sullivan County Missouri, USA
Created by: Don DeWitt Record added: Apr 10, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 35725234