Hi Sharon,
I'm sorry I don't have any information, or know if any exists, that gives
the names of those who built the canal(s). Below is the URL for the Canal
Society of Indiana. They might have more information.
http://www.indcanal.org/
Following is a brief summary of my McCulloch family. If you (or anyone else)
wants more detailed information on this family, just let me know.
Hugh MacCulloch married Margaret MacKay. They lived in Dornoch,
Sutherlandshire, in the Highlands of Scotland. Hugh was a crofter (tenant
farmer), and when the Duke of Sutherland decided to turn the land into a
hunting range, the three MacCulloch sons, all born in Dornoch, Alexander,
Adam and one unnamed (perhaps James) decided to sail to America. This was in
1767. Alexander settled in Montreal and was a doctor; Adam chose to settle
in what is today Kennebunkport, York Co., Maine; the other brother settled
somewhere farther south.
During the Revolution, Adam (surname now spelled "McCulloch") was accused of
being a Tory and of hiding spys in his home. It was never really proven,
however, and he regained the respect of his neighbors. He married Louisa
Brown, daughter of Andrew Brown and Elizabeth Harding, in Kennebunk, and
they had 7 children. Among them was Margaret who married Jonathan Stone and
Hugh who married Abial Perkins.
Margaret and Jonathan had two children, Olive and Adam. Olive married Asa
Fairfield; Adam married Mirandia Fairfield, Asa's younger sister.
Hugh was a shipbuilder in Kennebunk, and very prosperous though he lost a
fortune during the War of 1812. He and Abial had 11 children; the seventh
was a son named Hugh. The younger Hugh married twice, first to Eunice Hardy;
then to Susan Maria Man.
In the early 1830s, Asa Fairfield and two brothers, Oliver and Charles, and
Hugh McCulloch moved from the Kennebunks to Fort Wayne. Whether they all
moved at the exact same time, I don't know. Asa and Oliver were married and
had children, Charles was single, and Hugh was a widower and had no children
at that time.
Hugh McCulloch practiced law in Fort Wayne and was cashier of the Fort Wayne
branch of the State Bank of Indiana, 1835-56. When the institution was
reorganized as the Bank of the State of Indiana in 1856 he was elected
president, serving until 1863 when Secretary Salmon P. Chase made him the
first Comptroller of the Currency. He is best known as Secretary of the
Treasury under Presidents Lincoln, Johnson and Arthur, and as the founder of
the Secret Service which is part of the Department of the Treasury.
Hugh McCulloch and Susan Maria Man had six children, a daughter, name
unknown; Eddy; Charles who married Sada Ross; Louise who married John B.
Yale; Fred; and Marie Stewart who married Lewis Charles Marshall.
Good luck with your research.
Laura Munson Cooper
Arlington, TX