From the Putnam County Sentinel Newspaper 5/30/1889 on microfilm at the Putnam County Library, Ottawa, OH
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT,

D. U. McCullough Sacrifices his Life while Rescuing Others

On Wednesday evening the last affair is as follows: Mr. McCullough had started across the bridge to his barn while the train on the railroad was switching. The train was backing east at the time and one of them struck the support of the bridges. Mr. McCullough, who was on the north end of the bridge, looked back and saw three of his grandchildren on the bridge, and seeing the danger turned to rescue them, but before reaching the children the bridge fell, carrying with it Mr. McCullough and the children, a distance of twenty feet to the ground. In the fall Mr. McCullough struck his head against a rail on the track, crushing the back part of his skull and causing his death about four hours after the accident. The children fell into the sand beside the track and were but little hurt. The accident was one of the saddest events that have occurred in this vicinity for many years and is a source of great sorrow among a wide circle of acquaintances.
The deceased was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, on April 13, 1819, and was 70 years,1 month, and 9 days at the time of his death. He was married on January 7, 1844, to Matilda Brooks, who with nine children survived him. Mr. McCullough came to Putnam county in 1855 and resided here until his death. His funeral took place Friday afternoon. Rev. Colgan of the M. E. Church officiated and the remains were interred under the suspires the Masonic fraternity of Ottawa, of which he was a member. The funeral was probably the largest assemblage of the kind ever witnessed in the county over a thousand people being present. In the procession to the grave, there were nearly three hundred vehicles. The Midland Railroad Company ran a special train from this place taking the Masonic fraternity and a large number of our citizens. The remains of the deceased were interned at the Harman Cemetery. ( Haram cemetery is located on Old US 224 about a mile and a half west of Gilboa, Ohio.