Addison McCullough
Addison McCullough was born in Adams County, April 25, 1817. His parents were Samuel McCullough and his wife, Mary McVey, both from Cecil County, Maryland. His childhood and boyhood were spent in West Union, where his father was a prominent and successful merchant. He was attending college at Augusta, Kentucky, in June, 1835, when he was called home by the death of his father. He did not return to school but took charge of his father's business which he continued successfully in West Union, until 1847, when he closed it out and invested the proceeds in Star Furnace in Carter County, Kentucky. He was married in West Union on June 27, 1837, to Eliza Ann Willson, eldest daughter of Dr. Wm. B. Willson. He left West Union in the winter of 1847 and 1848 and removed to Catlettsburg, Kentucky. He was the financial agent of Lampton, McCullough & Company, of Star Furnace, until 1854. when he sold a portion of his interest in the concern and purchased an interest in Hecla Furnace. At this time, he removed to Ironton, which continued his residence until his death. He continued his connection with Hecla Furnace until his death. His wife died December 16, 1868, at Ironton, and he died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Ella Capehart, at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, November 16, 1876. Both are interred at Woodlawn near Ironton.
Addison McCullough was of a thoughtful and serious mind; he was religious by nature and instinct. In West Union, he lived in an atmosphere of earnest and sincere religious influence. He joined the Presbyterian Church at West Union at an early age, and when there was a division in the church there on account of slavery, he, with the family of Dr. William B. Willson and others, went into a new church organization in which he and Dr. William B. Willson were made elders. He was highly respected and much loved by the people of West Union, and when he left there in 1848 there was universal regret and heartfelt grief. He was a loving and lovable man, and his practical charity while in West Union had endeared him to all. Soon after he located in Ironton, he was made an elder in the church there and filled that office until his death. Though a thorough business man, the church held his affections and he was always present at all its services and social meetings. He was of a quiet disposition and spoke ill of no one. In the church meeting, he was earnest and fervent, eloquent in speech and prayer. He was a diligerit biblical student and was faithful in his attendance in the teacher's meetings for the study of the Bible.
He was respected and esteemed by every one in Ironton as a model citizen and a true Christian gentleman. His death was like his life. His last illness continued eight weeks and he suffered much, but no complaint escaped him. The consolations of his religion made his final hours full of mental joy.
His children are Mr. Samuel McCullough, born in West Union, now a resident of Washington. D. C, where he holds a government position; Mrs. Julia Sechler, wife of Thomas M. Sechier, of Moline. Illinois; Mrs. Ella Capehart. wife of Hon. James Capehart, formerly a Congressman from West Virginia.
From "History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time" - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900