The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-02-05
EX-SENATOR MCCULLOUGH
DIES AT BOARD MEETING
Prominent Friendsville Citizen
Was Pleading for Road Extern
sion Project When Stricken
HEART DISEASE VICTIM

HEART DISEASE VICTIM
John w. Mccullough, aged 68 years,
of Friendsville, former State Senator
from this county, died suddenly in the
office of the Board of County Commits
sioners about o'clock Tuesday after
noon while addressing that body on
road matter for the Friendsville COM
munity. Death was due to a heart
attack.
He was pleading for the extension
of a hard surfaced road from Bloom
ing Rose section to the Pennsylvania
State line at Markleysburg, when he
suddenly collapsed. He was carried
to the office of E. E. Friend, register
of Wills, and DR.. M. C. limbaugh
called, who pronounced him dead. The
body was taken to Bolden's Undertake
ing establishment here and prepared
for burial and later taken to his home
at Friendsville. His son George was
with him at the time of his death and
about 40 citizens of Friendsville who
had come to Oakland to meet with the
County Commissioners. Mr.. McCul-
Tough was chairman of the delegation.
Mr.. Mccullough, the son of Alex
ander and Jane Walker Mccullough,
was born on July 16, 1868, at Burn
side, Clearfield county, Pa. In the
schools of that county he received his
education and afterwards took over
his fathers farm where he remained
for some years. In the meantime he
became interested in the lumber busi-
ness and upon the completion of the
Confluence and Oakland Railroad, Mr..
Mccullough was among the first to
be attracted by the possibilities Of
lumber manufacturing along the line
of the new railway, and with Harry
E. Clark a copartnership was formed
and operations in the lumber business
were carried on for many years. Later
Mr.. Mccullough became interested in
lumber plants in West Virginia, Vir-
ginia and North Carolina and also in
the local mining and shipping of coal,
which latter businesses he was en-
gagged in at Friendsville at the time
of his death.
Mr.. Mccullough was interested in
all public matters and took leading
part in any movement that gave
promise of results to the public good.
In 1883 he was married to Miss
Mary E. Lydick, of Indiana county,
Pa, and to this union there were born
nine children: Ford c., Harold w.,
Raymond o., John w., Jr. (who died
several years ago., George, Iva Nc
Cullough Statler, Elma Mccullough
Friend, Maria Mccullough Guard, and
Claudine Mccullough Friend, compos-
ing a congenial family living in
Friendsville for over thirty years.
Mr.. Mccullough was not obtru-
sive, but at the same time he did not
shun public responsibilities and gave
of his service for the we'll being of the
community in which he lived as well
as of the entire county. He was as
conscientious in public matters as he
was in applying his efforts TO mis- own
private business. He was thrice
candidate for the State Senate on the
Democratic ticket and was elected to
this office in the fall of 1922, serving
four years. He was a delegate to the
National Democratic Convention in
New York that nominated John w.
Davis for President. AS citizen of
the county he served on many COM
missions and committees, and it is in
deed pathetic when it is remembered
that his passing occurred in a public
building of which he was one of the
commission supervising its erection
in 1907. 1t is a noteworthy fact that
any and all movements for the better
ment of local an6 general conditions
received his commendation and sup
port.
He took great pride in his county.
Always solicitous for the welfare of
the young and aged, he sponsored a
measure to provide home for Gar
rett county's poor as a member of the
Senate and did everything humanely
possible to make the lives of the I'M
fortunate happier. An annual event
to which he looked forward with a
great degree of pleasure was the
yearly Christmas treat for the chill
dren of Friendsville and community.
In this no child was missed and the
only satisfaction he derived was in
witnessing the, happy expressions Of
gratitude on the faces of the little
ones.
Mr.. Mccullough at the time of his
death was a member of the Garrett
County Board of Education, having