Jane McCullough

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane McCullough was born on 4 March 1819, in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, her father, Joseph McCullough, was 30 and her mother, Matilda Hutchinson, was 22. She married George Foster on 24 June 1835, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 10 July 1852, in Plum Creek Township, Frontier, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Plum Creek Township, Frontier, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Foster
1810–1888
Jane McCullough
1819–1852
Marriage: 24 June 1835
Sarah Jane Foster
1836–1910
Mary Ellen Foster
1837–1907
Margaret Ann Foster
1840–1883
Eliza Arnette Foster
1841–1880
Joseph Hyrum Foster
1844–1898
Thomas James Foster
1847–1858
Matilda Ruth Foster
1849–1931
Jane McCullough Foster
1852–1922

Sources (22)

  • Jane McCullough Foster in the Iowa, U.S., Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850
  • Jane Mccullock, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Jane McCullough in entry for Joseph Foster, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (7)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1820 · Making Land more affordable

The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then "The West". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Irish (especially Ulster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cú Uladh, a patronymic from the personal name Cú Uladh ‘hound of Ulster’. Compare McNally , which is from Mac Con Uladh, genitive form of the same name, and McColl , with which the name seems to have sometimes been confused. The name McCullough has sometimes been associated with Gaelic cullach ‘wild boar’, and some families in County Sligo translated it into English as Boar. However, Mac Cú Uladh is the more likely explanation.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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George Foster (1810-1888) (The following is copied from an original in his good hand)

I immigrated to America in 1832. I was married to Jane McCullough in 1835, in Cincinnati. She was a daughter of Joseph McCullough and Mattie Hutchison. We had eight children namely, Sarah Jane, Mar …

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