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��continued a short time alone, then formed a partner- ship with A. R. Scheble ; continued with said firm about four months, then resumed the practice alone. In the spring of 1871, he was a candidate for Prose- cuting Attorney against Andrew Stevenson and J. R. Cowen; Mr. Stevenson withdrew; was defeated bj Cowen, by 180 votes ; in the fall of 1872, the office was vacated by Cowen ; A. J. Mack and R. B. McCrory were nominated ; Mr. McCrory was elected ; in 1874 wiis re-elected over S. E. Fink ; served for the term of four years and three months ; since then continued the practice of law ; formed a partnership with An- drew Stevenson in December, 1878; nominated at the Democratic primary meeting in June, 1879, as candi- date for member of Legislature ; was elected Oct. 14, by 780 votes over Williams, 706 over Sowers ; it was one of the most enthusiastic campaigns ever known in Richland Co.

McCULLOUGH, DAVID; was born in Washington Co., Penn., March 30, 1810, and came to Mansfield in February, 1822 ; for a number of years, he lived and carried on his trade of tailoring on the west side of Main street, below Market. Mr. McCullough is now a resident of East Market street, Mansfield, where he has lived for nearly fifty years, and has raised a large family of children, many of whom are scattered over the Western parts of the United States, while others lie at rest in the beautiful cemetery of Mansfield, a place he has done much to improve and adorn while acting as one of the members of the cemetery association. Under the old constitution of Ohio, Mr. McCullough held the position of Associate Judge a number of years. In 1855, he was elected Treasurer of Richland Co., serv- ing out his full term with fidelity and conceded by all classes to have been faithful to his trusts. Mr. McCul- lough was taken into the Masonic Order in Mt. Zion Lodge, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in the year 1841, and is now supposed to be the only living charter member of the Mansfield Masonic Lodge, in which he has held at dif- ferent times a number of subordinate offices. During Mr. McCullough' s long residence in Mansfield, he has always been looked upon as one of her best citizens. David McCullough was married to Catherine Tumble- son in Mansfield by the Rev. James Johnson, first min- ister of the U. P. Church in Mansfield. Catherine Tumbleson was born in Franklin Co., Penn., in the year 1809, and died in Mansfield in the year 1878 ; a kind and affectionate mother and wife, Mrs. McCul- lough will long be remembered by residents of the city for her many acts of charity and love.

McCULLOUGH, NOAH COOK, tailor; the first child of John and Melissa Cook McCullough. John McCullough, also a tailor, came to Ohio and settled in Mansfield Oct. 20, 1817, when a boy of sixteen years, preceding his brother David, who survives him. In August, 1827, Melissa Cook McCullough died in Mans- field, and was buried in the same grave with an infant child. John McCullough was among the oldest and most respected of our pioneer citizens, and esteemed for his many virtues ; he died in Mansfield Oct. 4, 1872, aged 71 years. Noah C. McCullough was born in Mansfield, Oct. 29, 1824, on East Diamond street, near the old tanyard ; when about 16 years of age, he com- menced work with his uncle David, and continued in

��the same shop until 1848, when David retired; Noah McCullough is now and has been in the tailoring busi- ness in Mansfield since that date, and is the oldest tailor, in active business, in Mansfield. On the 24th day of Oct., 1848, Noah Cook McCullough was married to Sarah J. Pennywell, formerly of Massillon, in Mans- field. Miss Pennywell was born on the 1st day of December, 1825, and came to Mansfield in 1844. To them have been born two sons, Warren John McCul- lough, who died in infancy, and Willard Harvey, born Nov. 12, 1854, now connected with the Adams Express Company, in Mansfield. Mr. McCullough has been a member of the Mansfield Masonic Lodge, No. 35, since 1848, and during that time has held a number of sub- ordinate offices. A member of the Baptist Church for over fifteen years, he is looked upon as one of Mans- field's best citizens.

McCULLOUGH, A. H., M.D.; is a native of Beaver Co., Penn.; his parents lived on a farm in Raccoon Township, and he assisted his father in farming and attended school until he was 18 years old ; he then en- tered Westminster College, where he remained one year, and then went to Wooster University, where he graduated in 1873. After graduating, he went to Pitts- burgh, and entered the office of Dr. John Dickson & Sons ; and graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1875 ; he then located in Massillon, Ohio, and practiced his profession about six months, when he removed to Mansfield, where he has practiced medicine ever since. He added to his professional duties that of the drug business, having bought out the establishment of W. B. Mercer in September, 1878, in which bus- iness, together with his profession, he met with excel- lent success.

McFALL, HUGH (deceased). He was born in Bucks Co., Penn., Jan. 3, 1783; from there he moved to Beaver Co.,, where he learned the carpenter trade, which he followed for a time, when he removed to Can- ton, Ohio, in 1815, where he began work as a clerk in the store of Wm. Christmas ; he came to Mansfield in 1821, and commenced business in a general dry-goods store, under the firm name of McFall & Co ; his partner was George Stidger, of Canton, Ohio : this partnership continued about five years, when he purchased the interest of Stidger, and carried on the business until 1846, when he retired. He was married in Mansfield, July 4, 1824, to Miss Clarissa Smith, a native of Water- loo, Seneca Co., N. Y. ; she was born Jan. 16, 1805; they were th-e parents of four children, one of whom died in infancy; Ephraim, the eldest child living, was born in this city, April 26, 1825 ; Gaylord was born Feb. 22, 1829; Susan Franc Dec. 25, 1836; during Mr, M.'s long business career in Mansfield, he acquired the enviable reputation of being a strictly honest man ; he never was known to misrepresent to a customer, and often, when it would have been to his pecuniary inter- est, he refused, while others frequently used the advan- tage. He died in September, 1869. Mrs. Clarissa Smith McFall is yet living, and possesses a vivid rec- ollection of the early times in this county.

McFALL, EPHRAIM, son of Hugh McFall ; was born April 26, 1825, in Mansfield ; he was educated in the Mansfield schools ; then engaged in the wholesale gro- cery ; was the first to engage in a jobbing business;

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