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McCULLOUGH, NATHANIEL, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Frankin Centre; is of Scotch descent, although he was born in Ireland, Nov. 10, 1805; emigrated to the United States in 1822, locating in Ogdensburg, N. Y. While there, he married Mary Flannigan; she was also a native of Ireland, and born in May, 1807. In the year 1830, they emigrated to Washtenaw Co., Mich., where they remained till July, 1844, when they came to Iowa, locating on the farm he still owns; in the spring of 1850, he crossed the plains with ox-teams to California; remained there till the spring of 1851, when he returned home via New York; on the 6th of August, 1871, his wife died. He again married Sarah Locke Jan. 8, 1873; she was born Jan. 25, 1822, in County Antrim, Ireland; Mr. McCullough had seven children by first wife; three now living — Minerva (now Rasey), Elizabeth (now Hathaway) and William, a practicing physician in Barry Co., Mo.; those deceased were Thomas, Nathaniel, Drummond, Walker and Mary, all of whom died in adult life. Mr. McC. was appointed Deputy Warden of the State Penitentiary at Fort Madison in 1854, and, the year following, was elected Land School Commissioner, and was re-elected at the end of two years for a second term, the office being abolished by the act of the Legislature about a year thereafter; he has also served in most of the offices of his township and as grand and petit Juror for many years. Is a Presbyterian; Democratic.