Fresno County, California Biographies

Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of 
the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with 
its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919)

History By Paul E. Vandor 
Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919
 
Notes: Missing+page1185-1186

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


H. W. McCULLOUGH. � An agreeable couple enjoying their attractive 
home place, and proud of their American citizenship since they have a son 
in the United States service, are H. W. McCullough and his estimable wife. 
He was born near Pittsburg, Pa., in 1866, the son of Isaac McCullough, also 
a native of Pennsylvania, who was a farmer and died on the farm where he 
had a coal mine that he long operated, and who married Sarah McGuire, 
native of that locality, and who also died near the scene of her birth. She 
was beloved by nine children, among whom our subject was the second 
youngest. 

The father having died when H. W. was nine years of age, the lad 
remained at home with his mother until he was eighteen, in the meantime 
attending the public school. Then he started in coal-mining for himself, 
and for fourteen years was interested in that line of enterprise. At Indiana, 
Indiana County, Pa., on October 1, 1889, Mr. McCullough was married to 
Miss Delia Lewis, a native of that county, and the daughter of James Lewis 
who was born in Bedford County, the same state, and who was a tanner by 
trade. He became a farmer in Indiana County, and engaged in lumbering. 
Her mother was Christiana Longwell before her marriage, and she was 
born in Huntington County, Pa. Both parents died in Indiana County. Their 
family included twelve children, five of whom are still living, and Mrs. Mc- 
Cullough was the second youngest. 

In 1911, Mr. McCullough quit coal-mining and came to California. For 
three years he traveled the state prospecting for a home, and he then chose 
Fresno County as offering the greatest inducements. 

In 1914, therefore, he bought twenty acres of raw land in Barstow 
Colony, and by hard work and skilful management, he improved the land, 
and now has eight acres devoted to alfalfa, and he has ten acres in a muscat 
vineyard. He also has a small dairy with eight cows, and the whole farm is 
well' irrigated. Mr. McCullough is a member of the California Associated 
Raisin Company, and is alive to the interests of ranchmen generally. 

Five children have blessed the married life of Mr. and Mrs. McCullough : 
Dale, who is in Richmond with the Standard Oil Company ; Joseph, in the 
aviation section of the United States Signal Corps ; Gladys, who married 
Carl Schlotthauer, and lives at Barstow ; Lois, who is the wife of Lawrence 
Maneely, a rancher in Barstow ; and Kermit, who is at home. 

Mr. McCullough takes an intelligent interest in national politics, and 
adheres to the principles of the Republican party. In local movements, he 
discards party lines and supports the best men and the best measures. Mr. 
and Mrs. McCullough do what they can to maintain a lively and wholesome 
social spirit in the community, and Mr. McCullough is active in the order of 
the Woodmen of the World.