Mcculloch
HUGH, an American financier; born in Kennebunk, Me., Dec. 7, 1808; received a collegiate education; settled in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1833, and practiced law there till 1835; and in 1856 became president of the newly established Indiana State Bank. In 1863 he was made comptroller of the currency, and in 1865 appointed Secretary of the United States Treasury. His financial sagacity and skill had much to do with adjusting conditions after the Civil War.
He was Secretary of the Treasury in 1865-1869 and in 1884-1885. He wrote "Men and Measures of Half a Century."
He died near Washington, D. C., May 24, 1895.
MacCULLOUGH, JOHN EDWARD, an American tragedian; born in Coleraine, Ireland, Nov. 2, 1837; came to the United States in 1853; and made his first appearance two years later in Philadelphia. With Lawrence Barrett, he managed the Bush Street Theater in San Francisco, Cal., in 1869. In 1884, both his mind and body gave way and he died in an insane asylum in Philadelphia , Pa. , Nov. 8, 1885.