Obituary Col. John Stokes McCulloch Contributed 11 Feb 1999 by Hubert Henderson   McCulloch Papers, Center for American History, University of Texas Library, Austin, Tex. "Died on Wednesday morning last at his residence in this county, Col. John S. McCulloch. The immediate cause of his death was lockjaw superinduced by injuries received from an accident referred to by us in our last week's issue. The deceased was in his 76th year [born 1803] and has resided in this county for many years. He was universally esteemed by all who knew him as a man of unbending firmness and strict integrity. He was a brother of the celebrated Gen. Ben McCulloch and of Gen. Henry Eustace McCulloch, at present superintendent of the deaf and dumb asylum. The family was identified with the early history of Texas, and the name is intimately connected with the history of the state in its war for independence, in the war with Mexico and in the recent struggle between the states. Living to a green old age, but for the unfortunate accident, he would doubtless have been spared for several years to his family and friends. In the course of a long life he could look back without finding a single blemish with which to reproach himself. To his family, his relatives and his many friends we tender our sympathies." [Mr. Henderson notes that, from the wording, the clipping is obviously from an unidentified Ellis County newspaper.]   Copyright © 1999-2017, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:20:50 MDT