Mary Allen Callaway, M.D. 1878-1948
It has been given Dr. Callaway to achieve distinctive prestige as one of the representative members of the medical profession in the state which has been her home during the major part of her life, and in which she is a member of a most honored pioneer family. She is engaged in the successful practice of medicine and surgery in the city of Boise, capital of the state, and her precedence and popularity attest to her professional ability and to the high standing which is hers in the confidence and esteem of the community.
Dr. Callaway claims the Lone Star state as the place of her nativity, as she was born at Decatur, the judicial center of Wise county, Texas, on the 29th of December, 1878. The doctor is a daughter of Dr. Thomas Henry Callaway and Mary A. (Allen) Callaway, both of whom were born in Missouri and the marriage of whom was solemnized in Texas. Dr. Thomas H. Callaway was born in Boone county, Missouri, and was a scion of a distinguished old family of Virginia, representatives of the same having been allied by marriage with the patrician Lee and Early families whose names have been most prominent in connection with the history of the Old Dominion commonwealth. Both paternal and maternal ancestors of Dr. Thomas H. Callaway were found enrolled as patriot soldiers in the War of the Revolution, his paternal grandfather having served with the rank of captain and his maternal grandfather, John Markham, having been colonel of one of the gallant Virginia regiments in the Continental line; his wife was an aunt of General Jubal Early, one of the most distinguished officers of the Confederacy in the War of the Revolution. The father of Dr. Thomas H. Callaway was born at Lynchburg, Virginia, and in that state he was reared and educated. There also was celebrated his marriage to Miss Catherine Markham, and in 1820 he removed with his family to Missouri, where he bacame a representative and influential pioneer and where he and his wife passed the residue of their lives.
Dr. Thomas H. Callaway came to Idaho in the pioneer days and had his full quota of experiences in connection with the initial stages of development and progress. He admirably equipped himself for the medical profession and finally returned to the south, where he was engaged in successful practice for a number of years. After his retirement from active professional work he returned to Boise, Idaho, where he passed the residue of his life, secure in the high regard of all who knew him. He was summoned to the life eternal in 1905, at the venerable age of eighty years, and his cherished and devoted wife died at Caldwell, this state, in 1893, at the age of fifty-seven years. They became the parents of five children, concerning whom the following brief data are given: Dr. James R. is a leading physician and surgeon at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma; William T. is a representative agriculturist and stock-grower in the vicinity of Caldwell, Canyon county, Idaho; Ida E. is the wife of F. A. Braun of Boise; Malinda C. is the wife of J. A. Dement, of Caldwell, this state; and Dr. Mary A. is the youngest of the number. In politics the father was a staunch Democrat, and both he and his wife were consistent members of the Christian church.
As already stated, Dr. Mary Allen Callaway was born in the state of Texas, and she was about five years of age at the time of the family removal to Caldwell, Idaho, where she gained her preliminary educational discipline in the public schools. She was graduated in the College of Idaho, at Caldwell, Idaho, as a member of the class of 1897, and her professional education was secured under most favorable conditions, in the medical department of the Texas Christian University, at Fort Worth, Texas. In this excellent institution she was graduated cum laude as a member of the class of 1902 and from the same she received her well-earned degree of Doctor of Medicine. In April of the same year, upon examination before the state board of medical examiners, she was admitted to practice in Idaho, and she forthwith opened an office in Boise, where she has since continued successively in the work of her chosen profession, her extensive and representive practice giving tangible evidence of her fine technical ability as a physician and surgeon and also of her personal popularity. She is recognized as one of the leading physicians in the state and has the confidence and esteem of the members of the profession in general. She is identified with the Ada County Medical Society, the Idaho State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. The doctor finds time to enjoy social amenities and is a popular factor in the various social activities of her home city. She holds membership in the Christian church, and is affiliated with the Women of Woodcraft, the Order of Yeomen, of which she is secretary, and the Rebekah Lodge.
The above biography is from History of Idaho, Vol. 2, Hiram T. French, M.S., Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York, pp. 610-1, 1914
The family line of descent is as follows:
Joseph Callaway
William Callaway
Charles Callaway
James Callaway
Dr. Thomas Henry Callaway
Dr. Mary Allen Callaway
Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise City, Idaho, December 11, 1902, the following advertisement for her medical practice appears:
PHYSICIANS
Dr. Mary Allen Callaway, Rooms 7 and 9, Noble building, Ind. 'phone 874.
In 1922, at the age of 43 she married Isham B. Joplin. There were no children of this marriage. Throughout her career, even after her marriage, she maintained her maiden name in her professional life. Following is a directory listing for her medical practice:
Boise City and Ada County Idaho Directory 1927
Callaway-Joplin Mary, Physician and Surgeon, 511-513 Empire Bldg, Tel 2562, Hours 9 to 12 a.m., 2 to 4 p.m., r 308 W State, Tel 1214-J
She died October 15, 1948 in Boise, Ada Co., Idaho. Her obituary published in the Idaho Statesman on October 16, 1948 follows:
DEATH CLAIMS DR. CALLAWAY
Distinguished Idaho Physician, Former Legislator, Succumbs
Dr. Mary Allen Callaway Joplin, since 1902 a Boise physician and surgeon and twice a member of the state house of representatives, died Friday evening at the Boise hospital. She had been in failing health for some time.
Although married to I. B. Joplin, Boise realtor, Dr. Callaway retained her maiden name in her professional life. Their home is at 308 West State street.
Daughter of a pioneer Idaho physician, Dr. Thomas H. Callaway, Dr. Mary Callaway was born Dec. 29, 1878, at Decatur, Texas, the youngest of five children. When she was five years old, the family moved to Idaho to establish their home at Caldwell.
A member of the College of Idaho graduating class of 1897, Dr. Callaway pursued her professional education in the medical department of the Texas Christian University at Fort Worth, Texas, from which she was graduated cum laude in 1902.
She was admitted to practice in Idaho the same year and established offices in Boise where she continued in her chosen work throughout her lifetime. She was a member of the Ada County Medical society, the Idaho State Medical society and the American Medical association. She served for some time as Ada county physician.
Elected as a Democrat, she served for two terms, 1932 and 1934, as state representative from Ada county.
She was a member of the Christian church, and had been identified with the Rebekah Lodge, Women of Woodcraft and the Order of Yeomen.
Besides her husband, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. J. A. Dement (Malinda C. Callaway) of Caldwell.
Services for Dr. Mary A. Callaway Joplin will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Schreiber & McCann chapel. The Rev. Murl M. Jones of the Christian church of Caldwell will officiate. Burial will be at Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell.
Dr. Callaway claims the Lone Star state as the place of her nativity, as she was born at Decatur, the judicial center of Wise county, Texas, on the 29th of December, 1878. The doctor is a daughter of Dr. Thomas Henry Callaway and Mary A. (Allen) Callaway, both of whom were born in Missouri and the marriage of whom was solemnized in Texas. Dr. Thomas H. Callaway was born in Boone county, Missouri, and was a scion of a distinguished old family of Virginia, representatives of the same having been allied by marriage with the patrician Lee and Early families whose names have been most prominent in connection with the history of the Old Dominion commonwealth. Both paternal and maternal ancestors of Dr. Thomas H. Callaway were found enrolled as patriot soldiers in the War of the Revolution, his paternal grandfather having served with the rank of captain and his maternal grandfather, John Markham, having been colonel of one of the gallant Virginia regiments in the Continental line; his wife was an aunt of General Jubal Early, one of the most distinguished officers of the Confederacy in the War of the Revolution. The father of Dr. Thomas H. Callaway was born at Lynchburg, Virginia, and in that state he was reared and educated. There also was celebrated his marriage to Miss Catherine Markham, and in 1820 he removed with his family to Missouri, where he bacame a representative and influential pioneer and where he and his wife passed the residue of their lives.
Dr. Thomas H. Callaway came to Idaho in the pioneer days and had his full quota of experiences in connection with the initial stages of development and progress. He admirably equipped himself for the medical profession and finally returned to the south, where he was engaged in successful practice for a number of years. After his retirement from active professional work he returned to Boise, Idaho, where he passed the residue of his life, secure in the high regard of all who knew him. He was summoned to the life eternal in 1905, at the venerable age of eighty years, and his cherished and devoted wife died at Caldwell, this state, in 1893, at the age of fifty-seven years. They became the parents of five children, concerning whom the following brief data are given: Dr. James R. is a leading physician and surgeon at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma; William T. is a representative agriculturist and stock-grower in the vicinity of Caldwell, Canyon county, Idaho; Ida E. is the wife of F. A. Braun of Boise; Malinda C. is the wife of J. A. Dement, of Caldwell, this state; and Dr. Mary A. is the youngest of the number. In politics the father was a staunch Democrat, and both he and his wife were consistent members of the Christian church.
As already stated, Dr. Mary Allen Callaway was born in the state of Texas, and she was about five years of age at the time of the family removal to Caldwell, Idaho, where she gained her preliminary educational discipline in the public schools. She was graduated in the College of Idaho, at Caldwell, Idaho, as a member of the class of 1897, and her professional education was secured under most favorable conditions, in the medical department of the Texas Christian University, at Fort Worth, Texas. In this excellent institution she was graduated cum laude as a member of the class of 1902 and from the same she received her well-earned degree of Doctor of Medicine. In April of the same year, upon examination before the state board of medical examiners, she was admitted to practice in Idaho, and she forthwith opened an office in Boise, where she has since continued successively in the work of her chosen profession, her extensive and representive practice giving tangible evidence of her fine technical ability as a physician and surgeon and also of her personal popularity. She is recognized as one of the leading physicians in the state and has the confidence and esteem of the members of the profession in general. She is identified with the Ada County Medical Society, the Idaho State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. The doctor finds time to enjoy social amenities and is a popular factor in the various social activities of her home city. She holds membership in the Christian church, and is affiliated with the Women of Woodcraft, the Order of Yeomen, of which she is secretary, and the Rebekah Lodge.
The above biography is from History of Idaho, Vol. 2, Hiram T. French, M.S., Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York, pp. 610-1, 1914
The family line of descent is as follows:
Joseph Callaway
William Callaway
Charles Callaway
James Callaway
Dr. Thomas Henry Callaway
Dr. Mary Allen Callaway
Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise City, Idaho, December 11, 1902, the following advertisement for her medical practice appears:
Dr. Mary Allen Callaway, Rooms 7 and 9, Noble building, Ind. 'phone 874.
In 1922, at the age of 43 she married Isham B. Joplin. There were no children of this marriage. Throughout her career, even after her marriage, she maintained her maiden name in her professional life. Following is a directory listing for her medical practice:
Boise City and Ada County Idaho Directory 1927
Callaway-Joplin Mary, Physician and Surgeon, 511-513 Empire Bldg, Tel 2562, Hours 9 to 12 a.m., 2 to 4 p.m., r 308 W State, Tel 1214-J
She died October 15, 1948 in Boise, Ada Co., Idaho. Her obituary published in the Idaho Statesman on October 16, 1948 follows:
Dr. Mary Allen Callaway Joplin, since 1902 a Boise physician and surgeon and twice a member of the state house of representatives, died Friday evening at the Boise hospital. She had been in failing health for some time.
Although married to I. B. Joplin, Boise realtor, Dr. Callaway retained her maiden name in her professional life. Their home is at 308 West State street.
Daughter of a pioneer Idaho physician, Dr. Thomas H. Callaway, Dr. Mary Callaway was born Dec. 29, 1878, at Decatur, Texas, the youngest of five children. When she was five years old, the family moved to Idaho to establish their home at Caldwell.
A member of the College of Idaho graduating class of 1897, Dr. Callaway pursued her professional education in the medical department of the Texas Christian University at Fort Worth, Texas, from which she was graduated cum laude in 1902.
She was admitted to practice in Idaho the same year and established offices in Boise where she continued in her chosen work throughout her lifetime. She was a member of the Ada County Medical society, the Idaho State Medical society and the American Medical association. She served for some time as Ada county physician.
Elected as a Democrat, she served for two terms, 1932 and 1934, as state representative from Ada county.
She was a member of the Christian church, and had been identified with the Rebekah Lodge, Women of Woodcraft and the Order of Yeomen.
Besides her husband, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. J. A. Dement (Malinda C. Callaway) of Caldwell.
Services for Dr. Mary A. Callaway Joplin will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Schreiber & McCann chapel. The Rev. Murl M. Jones of the Christian church of Caldwell will officiate. Burial will be at Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell.
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