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INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

First Published in 1994

INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

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Colonel James McCullough, an organizer and later Commander of the 16th Regiment, SC Volunteers,  born 20 February 1824 Greenville District, South Carolina; died 01 October 1892 Greenville County, South Carolina. Son of Joseph McCullough, an Ulster-Scot from County Antrim, Ireland and his wife, Mary Rebecca Cowan of the Laurens District, South Carolina. He married Keziah Jane Sullivan on 17 November 1842 at Tumbling Shoals, Laurens District, South Carolina.

Colonel Robert Wright Anderson, born 13 August 1828, Laurens District, South Carolina; died 26 July 1898 Travelers Rest, Greenville County, South Carolina. Son of George Anderson and Amelia “Millie” Smith. Colonel Anderson became Post Master of Travelers Rest, SC on 09 December 1889, a position he held until his death. He, also, ran a General Store which was beside the Post Office and the Spring Park Inn across the street from both the store and post office. He was a founding member of the Travelers Rest Methodist Church, and started a Private School in Travelers Rest which later became a public school. His funeral took place in the Methodist Church he help to found; the service was conducted on one day and his body was taken by hack to the McCullough Family Cemetery the next day.

The main purpose of the ceremony was to reunite the Anderson family with the McCullough family and was sparked by Mrs. Rebecca Nell (nee Anderson) Gibson’s desire to see her Great grandparents graves. It appears that the Anderson family members had lost contact with the McCullough family shortly after Colonel Anderson’s death. As things progressed we heard of Mrs. Lockaby’s relation and asked that she join too.

The event would not have taken place had it not been for the hospitality of Joseph Allen “Joe” McCullough IV and his family for allowing us onto his property. Also, I would like to acknowledge the hard work that he and the 16th South Carolina Color Guard of Honor did before and during the ceremony. While all are volunteers, their professional manner memorialized four gallant soldiers on this occasion: Colonel James McCullough, Colonel Robert Wright Anderson, Captain James Lewis McCullough, and 1st Sergeant Joseph Henry McCullough.

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