Colonel William McCullough

• Residence: 1810 - Fairfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
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Lt. Col. William McCullough was born in Mansfield Twp., Sussex County (later Warren County, NJ; near or at Asbury, Warren County, NJ), on December 18, 1759. At the age of seventeen, he joined the patriot cause along with his father Benjamin McCullough. William was involved in skirmishes in Bound Brook, Springfield and Millstone, NJ during the Revolutionary War. He was made brigade quartermaster due to his efficiency and integrity. During and after the war he was a member of the Sussex County Militia attaining the rank of Lt. Col. He was adressed as "Colonel McCullough" during his lifetime at Asbury. In 1784, he settled in Hall's Mills (Asbury, NJ) and erected a fine colonial home overlooking the Musconetcong River. In 1786, Col. McCullough converted from the Presbyterian faith to Methodism. On August 9, 1796, he and several other members, helped establish the Asbury Methodist Church near his mansion. Many services were held on his property and the traveling minister was usually housed on his estate. The church was not completed during his lifetime. In addition to his military and religious duties, Willaim McCullough was an honored and well respected civil servant. He was a County Freeholder for Mansfield Twp. in 1797. He was a member of the NJ Assembly from 1793-1799. He was a member of the Council of NJ from 1800-1803. Hon. Col. McCullough served as a Judge in the Sussex and Warren County Courts of Common Pleas for 35 consecutive years. He became a Warren County Judge after its seperation from Sussex County in 1825.

Hon. Col. William McCullough of Asbury, Warren County, NJ. had three wives; (1) Keturah Hunt who died on September 17, 1788 and was interred in the family burying ground in Greenwich Twp. (2) Elizabeth Budd (b. May 23, 1770-d.June 1, 1823). They were married on July 15, 1789. She is interred in the Asbury Methodist Cemetery. (3) Mary Grandin, they were married on August 18, 1824. Her place of interment is unknown.

Hon. Col. William McCullough had at least eight children. Three with his first wife Keturah and five with his second wife Elizabeth. He did not have any children with his third wife Mary.

(1) Hannah McCullough died young (2) Mary married Henry Hankinson (3) Ann married Samuel W. Budd

(4) Letitia Budd McCullough (1791-1871) married Israel Doty Disosway, II (1789-1878), at her parents estate in Asbury, Warren County, NJ on June 12, 1813. Letitia B. McCullough and Israel Disosway, II had several children. Their daughter, Anne Marie McCullough Disosway (1816-1901), married Rev. Dr. Charles Alexander Force Deems (1820-1893). Dr. Charles Deems became a professor of rhetoric at the the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1843. In 1850, Rev. Dr. Deems was the President of Greensboro College in North Carolina. He later moved his family back to New York and founded the Church of the Strangers with the financial backing of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt with whom he had a close personal relationship. It was the first non denominational church in America. He spent many years in the battle to adopt a national prohibition against the selling and consumption of alcohol. Like her parents before her, Annie Marie Disosway was married at the McCullough family estate in Asbury, NJ. It was a June wedding as well. It took place on June 29, 1843, thirty years after her parents' ceremony. Anne Marie McCullough Disosway and Rev. Dr. Charles Deems had several children. Their eldest child, Lt. Theodore Disosway G. Deems (1844-1863), was a soldier in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He served in Co. G of the 5th. North Carolina Regiment at Oak Ridge during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was wounded and died in a hospital at Gettysburg, PA. Lt. Theodore Deems is Find-A-Grave Memorial Number 6910117. (5) Benjamin married Maria Bixler daughter of Christopher Bixler of Easton, PA. They had a son Robert Kennedy McCullough who married Martha Barmore. He became wealthy and had houses in Paris and New York. (6) Jane married William Van Antwerp (7) Keturah married Anthony Mindurt Farley (8) William Budd McCullough* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Nov 30 2020, 10:37:23 UTC

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