Isaac McCullough
There’s two Isaac McCulloughs- Isaac McCullough, the deaf one from Springfield, MO and Isaac McCulley/McCullia, the hearing one from Kansas City, both served in the 6th Division, but one was in the 6th Division STATE militia and the other was in the 6th Regiment, Company D then switched to Company AR.
For a few days, I myself got them mixed up and was thinking my Isaac abandoned my great great grandmother Nettie before great grandmother Celia was born, but I see now that it’s actually two different people with the same name, the same birth month, same birth year. But if you go back in the census, you’ll find Isaac McCulla/McCullia/McCulley in Kansas City area then Daviess County (near Kansas City) after the war while Isaac McCullough/Muckhollow/McCullia is found in the school for the deaf rolls at the same time that the other Isaac was in Kansas City schools, one is son of Wiley McCullough and the other is son of FT McCullough. FT is also mislabeled as Wiley at times. When I followed the censuses, I saw that it’s two different families.
I am still untangling the mess that has all the variations on the surname McCullough, but here are the facts I have.
Isaac Franklin McCullough was born on New Year’s day 1846, in Randolph County, Missouri. I need to track down his birth record. I got this information from his School for the Deaf papers. Then I found him on the census, thankfully the census specifically documents his deafness so it’s no question his parents are Wiley B McCullough and Charlotte Bedwell, both from Tennessee.
Then he is on the 1850 Census living in Nodaway County, Missouri, which is north of Kansas City, but the same year, the other Isaac appears on his own family’s census inside the city limits of Kansas City.
In 1860, they’re moved even closer to Kansas City in Holt County, Missouri, but the same year, the other McCullough family is running a boarding house in Kansas City. The OTHER Isaac enlists in 1860 into the state militia, aged 13. Whereas our Isaac is found enrolling into the Missouri Aslyum of Deaf and Dumb on January 13, 1861, aged 14.
Then our Isaac appears in the 1861-1862 school year rolls at the Asylum for the Deaf Dumb. I hate that word by the way. It is now, thankfully, called the Missouri School for the Deaf. Just Deaf. The generals orders all schools to be closed down in the union and all ablebodied teachers to come help with the war and any students can volunteer if they desire. Contrast this with the Confederacy ordering all asylums to remain open and all teachers/doctors/nurses in these asylums to be exempt from being ordered into service. Anyways, so the Missouri School for the Deaf never got to officially open for the 1862-1863 year.
That’s when we find Isaac F McCullough enlisting into the Union in Callaway, Missouri, United States on August 14, 1862. I imagine that was when the school year was supposed to open. The school is located in Callaway County, explaining why he did not enlist near his home when his brothers enlisted into the Confederacy.
Isaac’s job was a teamster and he was in active duty from August 14, 1862 to July 5, 1867- He was ages 16 to 21. Not the young soldier like the other Isaac. Still pretty young. He went into Company D, Missouri 6th Regiment and left Company D on October 22, 1863 to switch to Company AR. This puzzled me until I found that his higher up started a mutiny and apparently Isaac wanted no part of this. https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/032/0713
Enlistment card:
6th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry under William Crockett
Company D
M390 roll 31
Isaac F Muckullow
22 years old
5 ft 9 in
fair complexion
blue eyes
Hair color (can't read the handwriting)
Born in Randolph Co, Missouri
Mustered out July 5, 1867 from Company AR
under captain Wright of Arkansas
Disabled (Deaf)
If you want to go to Fold3 and look it up maybe you can decipher the handwriting of his hair color?
Here’s where he went in the Civil War. He was a teamster. He was responsible for doing supply runs- hard work, the wagons likely got stuck in mud, being weighed down with munitions, food rations, water, and such. From what I found, he did not get sent into battles, but he may have faced battles with them trying to stop the supply trains from getting where he was trying to go. The information on his specifics are sparse. I had to search the rolls of each battle for a checklist next to his name to see if he was there or not. That’s why I am not listing all the battles the 6th regiment was involved in, because it’s doubtful he was actually in every single one, having been sent away on supply runs.
Wilson’s Creek
No information on his role
Carthage
July 5, 1861
No information on his role.
Pea Ridge
March 6, 1862 - March 8, 1862
No information on his role
Prairie Grove
December 7, 1862
Isaac’s specific duties was to bring the wagon loaded down with more rifles and supplies to James Blunt (Here’s James Blunt’s page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_G._Blunt) and there’s a book based on the fact there were young teenagers in battle- this book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifles_for_Watie It is NOT about Isaac, just the fact that there were teenagers involved in the civil war.
When he got the wagon to where it needed to go, Blunt explained to the boys (including Isaac) that the confederates were circling back to block the incoming troops from Springfield, MO and he sent a letter with them to give them an heads up, and it was successful, the incoming 6th regiment took the long way around to surprise them. The rest of the battle is here- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Prairie_Grove But from what I understand, teamsters usually got out of there when actual battles began to bring the supplies elsewhere and guarding their supplies.
July 4, 1863 Battle of Helena
I do not have information on his role there.
Duty at Springfield and in Southwest Missouri till July, 1865. Mustered out July 18, 1865.
In 1870, he is found living with his parents, just his parents, no siblings, in Springfield, Missouri. At this time Jenettia’s father was the stagecoach driver doing runs up to Springfield, Missouri and back to Boone County, Arkansas areas. This is likely how Jenettia and Isaac met. Isaac McCullough and Jenettia Bell Coker married June 15, 1879.
In 1879, I suspect Isaac used his father’s name to apply for land and the government granted him land from Round Mountain to Piney Mountain to Kennedy Mountain. I wonder if this includes Terrapin Creek Road, as this is where Celia lost her first husband and would make sense why the family all had this land. In the 1880s, it was illegal for Deaf to buy anything, that’s why he used his father’s name to do that. It wouldn't have mattered that he’s a veteran, I think? Maybe he told people he lost his hearing in the war? The land officially became his on February 17, 1881, but confusing thing is it didn’t get handed to him, it went to the Coker family. However, if he died, that would make sense. I can’t get the full land records from the national archives due to Covid-19 precautions. I do plan to order these records when things open up again.
As for where his grave went… well, look at Celia’s husband Lewis Putman. His body was never recovered from the freak flash flood Terrapin Creek had in 1903 (Celia is Isaac’s daughter). There were many cemeteries moved to make way for the lakes, that could be another hint where his body went.
In the 1880 Census, which was taken in the fall, Jenettia is listed as a widow and Celia Bell McCullough was born March, 1881. I am still looking for solid information on his death. There were stories in the Crooked Creek Missionary Notes that JM Coker’s son in law got lost in the winter doing a stagecoach run for him. There’s another note that he also drowned in the Terrapin Creek which is confusing to me because it’s a dry creek most of the time. I hope there’s a way to find records of flash floods in that area to see if the timing fits.
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