Rosalee Ingram Barnes was best known as the adorable, beautiful and loving wife of the great David McCullough. McCullough married Rosalee Barnes in 1954; the couple met as teenagers and remained together until her death in June 2022. The couple had five kids. In 2016, the couple relocated from Boston’s Back Bay to Hingham, Massachusetts, where three of his five children reside as of 2017.

On the other hand, David Gaub McCullough was a popular historian, author, narrator, and lecturer from the United States.  He was a two-time Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, as well as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honor.

McCullough was born and raised in Pittsburgh and graduated from Yale University with a degree in English literature. His first book, The Johnstown Flood (1968), was followed by nine more on topics such as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Wright brothers.