Born in Centre County, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1814. He was a clerk in his uncle’s store, and then engaged in business for himself. He came to Indiana in 1839, and then came to Iowa May 7, 1840, in this place; not a building here, only shanty used as claim house. He put up a small house and the Commissioners of the county proposed if he would build an addition to his house and keep hotel they would furnish the lumber. Mr. Culbertson kept hotel six years, then engaged in mercantile business for twenty-four years. He has held the office of Clerk of the District Court. He married Miss Margaret Jones, from Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, December 12, 1837; they had three children. He served in the House of Representatives of the Fifth and Sixth Legislative Assemblies of the Iowa Territory from 1842 to 1845, representing Cedar County. He died August 13, 1889, in Cedar County.

Born in Centre County, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1814. He was a clerk in his uncle’s store, and then engaged in business for himself. He came to Indiana in 1839, and then came to Iowa May 7, 1840, in this place; not a building here, only shanty used as claim house. He put up a small house and the Commissioners of the county proposed if he would build an addition to his house and keep hotel they would furnish the lumber. Mr. Culbertson kept hotel six years, then engaged in mercantile business for twenty-four years. He has held the office of Clerk of the District Court. He married Miss Margaret Jones, from Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, December 12, 1837; they had three children. He served in the House of Representatives of the Fifth and Sixth Legislative Assemblies of the Iowa Territory from 1842 to 1845, representing Cedar County. He died August 13, 1889 in Cedar County.