Birth: | January 26, 1886, Detroit, Michigan |  |
Death: | May 30, 1940, Detroit , Michigan | |
Spouse: | Grace M Cahoon | |
Children: | Jack Davis McCullough | |
Parents: | Gilbert Charles McCullough | |
Siblings: | Hattie E. McCullough |
William D. McCullough was born in Detroit in on January 26, 1886 to Gilbert C. Charles McCullough and Marcelena Marcelina Davis.1 His father died of tuberculosis in 1899, when McCullough was only 13.2 McCullough was forced to fend for himself, driving a grocery delivery wagon. He then obtained a position in Charles Lang Freer’s Michigan-Peninsular Car Company where he stayed until until 1901.
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In 1910 McCullough returned to Detroit and became a purchasing agent for Cadillac Motor Company, a job he held for three years. In 1913, he went to work for Detroit Wire Spring Company, later to be known as the L. A. Young Wire and Spring Co. Ultimately, in 1915 McCullough organized his own company, the Premier Cushion Spring Co. This company was very successful, and in 1920 erected a large plant in Detroit on Bellevue avenue, covering two acres of ground, whereby its facilities were greatly enlarged, leading to an increase in its working force to 400 workers.
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