CHARLES H. McCULLOUGH, who resides upon a farm of sixty-four acres in the outskirts of Troy, in Concord Township, established a dairy business on February 8, 1869, and during the more than forty years which have since elapsed his wagon has not missed a single day in covering the route. He and his five sons have successively run the wagon, and the business is now in charge of H. A. McCullough.

Charles H. McCullough was born on what is known as the old Cosley place, in Troy, August 2, 1835, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Ayers) McCullough. His grandfather, Alexander McCullough, came to Miami County from Kentucky at a very early date and became an extensive land owner. He entered land upon a part of which Troy is located, and in Concord Township, obtaining title from the Government. He survived his wife some years and died at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. They had the following children grow to maturity: John, Margaret, Nancy, Polly, Isabella, and Lucilla.

John. McCullough, father of the subject of this record, spent most of his life in Miami County. He lived at home and farmed until his marriage, and thereafter engaged in the brick and stone business. Some time after the death of his wife at Troy, he moved to Logansport, Indiana, where the declining years of his life were spent. He died there at the age of seventy years. His wife's maiden name was Elizabeth Ayers, and she was a native of Maryland. They had the following children: Charles Henry; Augusta, deceased; Elizabeth, of Logansport, Indiana; Julia; John, deceased; Emma, who died young; and Mary, who also died young.

Charles Henry McCullough spent his boyhood days in Troy and attended the primitive school of that period. He has witnessed a wonderful change in conditions in that city, and recalls interestingly the advent of the railroad and the first use of telegraphy there. He knew the first man buried in each of the cemeteries, one of them, Elisha Harker, being a neighbor. In his early manhood he worked for five years at the tinner's trade, but after his marriage, he and his brother-in-law, Murray Telford, went and worked the farm of his father-in-law, James Telford, in Concord Township, the latter being then deceased. He later bought the farm on which he now lives from James Ward, it formerly being known as the John G. Telford farm. As above related, he embarked in the dairy business in 1869, and later took his sons into the partnership. He has always been an energetic and industrious worker and has met with unvarying success.

October 10, 1861, Mr. McCullough was married to Nancy Telford, a daughter of James Telford, now deceased. Her father was born in Kentucky and was fourteen years old when he came to Miami County, Ohio, with his father, Alexander Telford (deceased), and the other members of the family. After locating a short time in Dayton, Alexander entered a large tract of land in Concord Township and lived there the remainder of his life. He and his wife had the following children: John, Andrew, James, Finley, Mary, Nancy, and Jane. James Telford, father of Mrs. McCullough, helped to clear the home farm in Concord Township, and later came into possession of a part of the estate. He died on that place at the age of fifty-five years, and the house he occupied so many years is still standing. He married Mary Murray, who died at the age of forty-eight years, and they had seven children: Alexander, Murray, Elizabeth, Howe, Mary Ann, Nancy, who was born on the home farm, July 25, 1837, and is the only member of the family now living, and Hugh.

Charles H. and Nancy Telford McCullough became the parents of five sons, as follows: Eugene T., deceased; Heber A., of Troy; Walter G., a graduate of the University of Michigan and at the present time engaged in the capacity of a private secretary at Washington, D.C.; George McCullough, M.D., who graduated from the Cincinnati Medical College and is in practice at Troy; and Frank McCullough, D. D. S., who practices dentistry in association with Dr. Jones, of Troy. The last named was married to Miss Bessie McKnight. Dr. George McCullough married Miss Jessie VonHeseler. In 1864 Charles H. McCullough enlisted as a member of Company H, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment, O. V. I., under Captain Kelley, for one hundred days service and was stationed at Fort Marcy, near Washington. At the close of the war he returned to Miami County. He is a member of Coleman Post, G.A.R. at Troy. He is a Republican in politics. Religiously he and his wife are devout members of the First Presbyterian Church at Troy, of which he is a deacon.