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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Genealogy Memoirs
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Illustrated -
Vol. II
The Lewis Publishing Company
CHICAGO - NEW
YORK
1906
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HON. WELTY
McCULLOUGH was born in Greensburg,
Pennsylvania, Oct. 10, 1847, and was graduated from
Princeton College in the class of 1870. He read law
with the late W. W. H. Markle, Esq., in
Greensburg, and was admitted to the bar in 1872. Very
early in his professional life he became a corporation
lawyer and devoted most of his time to railroad law.
For many years he was solicitor for the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad and other important corporations. Whilst he
always resided in Greensburg and practiced in our courts, he
almost continuously kept an office in Pittsburg and
practiced in the Allegheny county courts as well. He
was renowned both there and in Westmoreland county as a
lawyer of high standing particularly in corporation law.
In the preparation of papers and in all the varied work of
an all around lawyer, he had but few equals in either of
these counties. He was married on June 13, 1872, to
Ada B. Markle, of Greensburg, a daughter of W. H. H.
Markle, Esq., with whom he had read law.
He was scrupulously careful to perform his share of the
work or bear his share of the burdens that fell upon his and
his friends. He always took an active part in
politics, and made many public addresses of that character.
In doing so he did not select the places easily accessible
to his home, but willingly did his share of the work in
remote regions of the county. Nor did he really ever
seek office, though in 1886 he was nominated for congress by
the Republicans of Westmoreland, Fayette, and Greene
counties. The district was strongly Democratic but
there were two Democrats in the field which divided the vote
of that party and Mr. McCullough was elected.
Unfortunately after the close of his term in congress he was
taken sick and died Aug. 1, 1889.
The bar associations of both Allegheny and Westmoreland
counties passed highly eulogistic resolutions of his work
and merit as a lawyer and a citizen. Mr. McCullogh
was a man of strong physique, a handsome face and as has
been shown above had talents of a high order. One of
his leading characteristics was his thorough honesty not
only in business matters but in the expression of opinion
and in everything he did. He could not feign a
friendship he did not feel. Had he been less sincere
he might perhaps have been more popular. His circle of
friends was not as wide as that of many, but all who knew
him personally were most devoted to him and remained so
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CLARK S. MASON,
superintendent of the St. Clair Coal and Coke Company, a
native of Pennsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, was born
May 6, 1868, and is the son of Uriah and Sarah (Null)
Mason. The father was born in Somerset county,
Pennsylvania.
Clark S. Mason was born on a farm and passed his
life there until he grew to manhood. In the colder
months of the year he attended school and the remainder of
the year he devoted to agricultural pursuits, until he was
eighteen years old. He then devoted his whole
attention to farming with his father until he went with the
employ of the Standard Oil Company for which he worked two
years. His next position was with the Westmoreland
Supply Company where he spent three years. Experience
in business and faithful discharge of duty then brought him
to the notice of the St. Clair Coal and Coke company, and in
1904 he became superintendent of its business, a position he
now holds.
Mr. Mason is a Republican in politics, but not a
politician. On the 9th day of April, 1902, he was
married to Edith Topper, daughter of Wilson J. and
Margaret (Carns) Topper, born June 8, 1878. |
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