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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Garland County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Dr. Philip D. McCullough, Hot Springs, Ark. This enterprising and successful physician and surgeon was originally from Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tenn., where his birth occurred on January 18, 1825. His parents, Ben and Sallie (Lytle) McCullough, died in 1847 and 1862, at the ages of sixty-seven and seventy-six years, respectively. The father was a planter by occupation, and a prominent and much-esteemed citizen. P. D. McCullough was reared to the arduous duties of the farm, and in 1840 entered the University of Nashville, from which institution he graduated two years later. He then read medicine under Drs. Watson and Wendel, graduating from the University of Louisville, March 15, 1846, after which he commenced practicing medicine at Murfreesboro, Tenn. He moved to Trenton, Tenn., in 1853, and practiced there until his removal to Hot Springs in 1876. He was appointed by Gov. Harris, as superintendent of the Camp of Instruction, in 1861, for the organization of the State troops of Tennessee. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, has been Deputy Grand Master of the State of Tennessee, and Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of the State of Arkansas, for the years 1887 and 1888. At present he is Past Grand Commander of the State.
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