Background
Mccullough, Theodore Wilson was born on September 26, 1861 in Kirksville, Iowa, United States. Son of Samuel Clinton and Annie (Wilson) M.
Mccullough, Theodore Wilson was born on September 26, 1861 in Kirksville, Iowa, United States. Son of Samuel Clinton and Annie (Wilson) M.
Public schools private study.
Became connected with newspaper business at 12. Locomotive fireman, C.,B.&Q. Railroad, out of Burlington, 1878-1880. Returned to newspaper work in spring of 1881.
Removed to Omaha, from Black Hills, 1889.
City editor Omaha Herald. Night editor Omaha World-Herald, 1890.
Night editor Omaha Bee, 1891-1897, assistant managing editor, 1897, city editor, 1898. City editor, Denver Times, 1899.
Rejoined Bee, 1900, managing editor, 1906-1917.
Became associate editor, 1917. Chief editorial writer, Omaha Bee-News, since 1927.
Served in National Guard of Iowa, New Mexico and Nebraska. Member United States Express Profits Tax Advisory Board, 1917-1918. President Nebraska Forestry Association.
Married Alice May Shaw, September 26, 1888. Children: (Mistress H. K. Owen), Roger Shaw, Philip Morgan.