Biography - William Culbertson
WILLIAM CULBERTSON, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Bronson, Bourbon County, was
born in Ireland, December, 1846; came to America in 1854, and resided with his
parents in New Jersey and Knox County, Ill. In the spring of 1868, he came to
Allen County, Kansas, and has since resided in this township. He has now about
500 acres of land, 150 of which are in cultivation. His main business is raising
livestock in which he is quite extensively engaged. He has on his place about
five acres of orchard. Mr. Culbertson was married in Allen County, in August,
1873, to Rachel M. Rogers, who died in the spring of 1879, leaving one daughter,
Alice.
Contributed by Bob Miller, extracted from the 1883 William G. Cutler's History
of the State of Kansas - Allen County, published by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
