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John Craighead Culbertson

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John Craighead Culbertson

Birth
Amberson, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
16 Mar 1885 (aged 76)
Princeton, Scott County, Iowa, USA
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Princeton, Scott County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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John was the son of Robert Culbertson and Nancy Breckenridge. He married Hannah McVitty on June 7, 1831 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. They were the parents of Denton Dunn, Mary Elizabeth, Hannah Jane, Cyrus J, Edward Hudson (1939), John, William F Breckinridge, Harriet Newell, Martha Ann (1848), Pauline V (1850), and Rebecca Jane (1853).

Contributor: #49891988 - John Craighead Culbertson's son, John Newton Culbertson (1841-1935), wrote a lengthy recollection of his boyhood in Amberson Valley, Pennsylvania, and Princeton, Iowa, which was published in the Dec. 1966 edition (Volume 18 Issue 1) of "AMERICAN HERITAGE" magazine and . The article, entitled "A Pennsylvania Boyhood," can be found on the magazine's website (https://www.americanheritage.com/pennsylvania-boyhood). The article describes the idyllic, secluded Scotch-Irish farm life of the Culbertsons in the Amberson Valley, and among other details, recalls that John Craig Culbertson used his barn as a way station for escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad to Canada.
John was the son of Robert Culbertson and Nancy Breckenridge. He married Hannah McVitty on June 7, 1831 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. They were the parents of Denton Dunn, Mary Elizabeth, Hannah Jane, Cyrus J, Edward Hudson (1939), John, William F Breckinridge, Harriet Newell, Martha Ann (1848), Pauline V (1850), and Rebecca Jane (1853).

Contributor: #49891988 - John Craighead Culbertson's son, John Newton Culbertson (1841-1935), wrote a lengthy recollection of his boyhood in Amberson Valley, Pennsylvania, and Princeton, Iowa, which was published in the Dec. 1966 edition (Volume 18 Issue 1) of "AMERICAN HERITAGE" magazine and . The article, entitled "A Pennsylvania Boyhood," can be found on the magazine's website (https://www.americanheritage.com/pennsylvania-boyhood). The article describes the idyllic, secluded Scotch-Irish farm life of the Culbertsons in the Amberson Valley, and among other details, recalls that John Craig Culbertson used his barn as a way station for escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad to Canada.

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