James McCullough, the youngest son and child of Samuel McCullough, Sr., was born May 1, 1793, upon the homestead in Amwell township, Washington county, Pa., and died July 29, 1857, aged sixty-four years. He received such education as could be obtained in the log school-house of those days, was reared a farmer, and remained on the home farm until June 18, 1835, when he removed his family to Perry township, Allen county, Ohio, where he settled upon 300 acres of land which he had purchased the year previous. And at the same time he also entered, in Perry township, Allen county, 160 acres and eighty acres in Sugar Creek township. The 300 he purchased and settled upon are now within the limits of Bath and Ottawa townships. He cleared 100 acres of the first 300 entered, built his dwelling, where he spent the balance of his life and reared his family. Mr. McCullough was well known throughout the county as a man who was deeply interested in its development. In his political views he was an ardent democrat. but neither sought nor would hold public office. In his religious convictions he was a life-long Presbyterian, connecting himself with the First Presbyterian church, of Lima, after his coming to Allen county. He was three times married. His first wife was Margaret, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (Hillis) Dobbins. Hugh Dobbins, the father, was killed May 18, 1818, by the falling of a tree on his farm in Trumbull county, during a storm.
Mrs. McCollough, wife of James McCollough, died November 19, 1837. By this union six children were born, as follows: Mathew H., of Lima, Ohio; Elizabeth, who married John Lee, died 1885, the mother of three children, of whom Homer Lee, of the Homer Bank Note company, of New York, is the only one living; Samuel C. married Samantha Blue; he died in 1888 on the homestead, near Lima, leaving two daughters-— Mrs. James Fisk and Mrs. Edward Baker, both residing on the homestead; Aurilla married Peter Fale, and died November 25, 1868, the mother of two sons and one daughter—\Villiam, Carson and Ella. James McCullough’s: second wife was Jane Milligan, who died August 9, 1849. His third, was Sarah Cunningham, who died November 7, 1893, aged eighty-three years. By his last two marriages he had no issue.
Hon. Mathew H. McCullough, the eldest son of James McCullough, was born April 29. 1818, in Washington county, Pa.,was educated in the old log school-house of that day, was reared upon the McCullough homestead in Pennsylvania, and came to Allen county. Ohio, with his parents in 1835'. At the age of twenty-one he began teaching school and taught in Tennessee. Pennsylvania and Ohio. In 1853 he returned to Allen county, married Miss Sarah J., daughter of John McKibben, who came from Wayne county, Ohio, and settled in section No. 30, Bath township, Allen County, as one of the pioneers. Mr. McKibben died in August, 1834, in the thirty-third year of his age. After Mr. McCullough‘s marriage he settled upon the McKibben farm, and later laid out what is known as McCullough's addition to Lima, and is living to see the land the home of many residents, being situated now in the heart of the city. For many years Mr. McCullough has been interested in the development of his real estate, and in connection with this operates a farm of 120 acres in Bath township; In 1879, he was elected by the democratic party, of which he had been a lifelong adherent, to represent Allen county in the state legislature, serving in the sessions of 1880—81—82—83, succeeding the late Judge Robb. He is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Lima. Mrs. McCullough died February 7, 1894, the mother of three children: One daughter, who died in infancy; George M., a merchant of Lima, and John C., civil engineer and a graduate of Columbia university. The eldest son, George M. McCullough, has one daughter, whose name is Hazel; the second son, John C., has one son, whose name is Hillis K. McCullough. Mr. McCullough is one of Lima"s oldest living citizens, has always taken an active interest in all matters pertaining to its advancement, and is respected and esteemed, by all who know him, for his integrity and usefulness as a citizen.
