Thomas McCulloch II was married, October 5, 1815, to Dorcas Logan, who was
born December 12, 1792, and died October 29, 1855. They came to Iowa in 1843,
laid out the town of Abingdon, Jefferson County, which was name after the
home town of Mr. McCulloch in Virginia. He was called Col. Thomas McCulloch
because of the rank given him in the Virginia State Militia, and he became very
prominent in his new home, becoming the first surveyor, a justice of the
peace, member of the Iowa State Legislature for one term, 1851 to 1852, inclusive,
and county judge, and he died while holding the latter office. He and his
wife were buried in the cemetery at Abingdon, Iowa. They had two sons and three
daughters: Harriet, who was born May 5, 1831, married James Thompson, a
Methodist minister of Iowa; Mary Smith McCulloch, who was born April 29, 1820,
died May 21, 1858, married Thomas Wilson Gobble, on October 18, 1838; Charles,
born September 6, 1822; Elizabeth, born March 16, 1824; and John, born in
1828.
*Not my words- this from Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and New Yorkk
1931