William Calloway of Box Elder Valley
Thank you to CFA Genealogist, Sherrill Williams for contributing this Genealogy article.
From: The Real Pioneers of Colorado, Vol. 1, by Maria Davies McGrath, The Denver Museum, 1934.
WILLIAM CALLOWAY (1859)
William Calloway (John Harrison, Winder, William, Ebenezer, John, Peter Callaway) was born August 9, 1837 in Clinton Co., Indiana where he lived on his father's farm and attended school until he was twenty-one years of age. In the spring of 1859 he went to Missouri and associated with Jacob Cornelison engaged in freighting with ox teams from the Missouri River to Colorado. During the winter of 1861 and 1862 he and N. C. Alford camped on Meadow Creek, twelve miles north of Livermore and hunted game, which was hauled to Denver.
On one of his trips he was offered a town block situated in what is now the main business center of the city (Denver) for a sack of flour but refused to trade. Flour was worth then $100 a sack. In 1863 he went to Idaho and worked for N. C. Alford on a ranch for $100 per month the first year, and later conducted a ranch of his own. In 1867 he went to Cheyenne, Wyoming and in the fall of that year took up a ranch in Boulder canon [canyon?] which he sold and in 1870 located in Livermore on what is now known as the Cradock ranch and engaged in stock raising. In 1874 Mr. Calloway married Fannie Keach. To this union was born Mrs. Ella Burns of Seattle; Ray Calloway of Bellevue, Washington and Mina May, deceased.
Mrs. Calloway died in 1876. In 1881 he married Mary Calloway, widow of his deceased brother, Martin Calloway; a daughter was born of this union who is now Mrs. Libbie Hoffman of Fort Collins. Mr. Wm. Calloway died June 9, 1891 at Livermore, Colorado.
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From: The Real Pioneers of Colorado, Vol. 1, by Maria Davies McGrath, The Denver Museum, 1934.
WILLIAM CALLOWAY (1859)
William Calloway (John Harrison, Winder, William, Ebenezer, John, Peter Callaway) was born August 9, 1837 in Clinton Co., Indiana where he lived on his father's farm and attended school until he was twenty-one years of age. In the spring of 1859 he went to Missouri and associated with Jacob Cornelison engaged in freighting with ox teams from the Missouri River to Colorado. During the winter of 1861 and 1862 he and N. C. Alford camped on Meadow Creek, twelve miles north of Livermore and hunted game, which was hauled to Denver.
On one of his trips he was offered a town block situated in what is now the main business center of the city (Denver) for a sack of flour but refused to trade. Flour was worth then $100 a sack. In 1863 he went to Idaho and worked for N. C. Alford on a ranch for $100 per month the first year, and later conducted a ranch of his own. In 1867 he went to Cheyenne, Wyoming and in the fall of that year took up a ranch in Boulder canon [canyon?] which he sold and in 1870 located in Livermore on what is now known as the Cradock ranch and engaged in stock raising. In 1874 Mr. Calloway married Fannie Keach. To this union was born Mrs. Ella Burns of Seattle; Ray Calloway of Bellevue, Washington and Mina May, deceased.
Mrs. Calloway died in 1876. In 1881 he married Mary Calloway, widow of his deceased brother, Martin Calloway; a daughter was born of this union who is now Mrs. Libbie Hoffman of Fort Collins. Mr. Wm. Calloway died June 9, 1891 at Livermore, Colorado.
For more information on this Calloway family, see our web site here.
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