Abraham Callaway's Family Migration
Abraham Callaway and his wife, Tabita Wooten, were my great grandparents. Abraham was a son of Joseph Callaway and Nancy Ragan Callaway. Joseph was the son of Job Callaway.
In the early years my great grandparents lived in Wilkes County, Ga., where two girls, Nancy and Margaret, were born to them. In 1834 my grandfather, James Wylie Callaway was born to them and in 1837 Albert Hill Callaway was born to them followed by Joseph Willia Callaway in 1840.
Also in 1840, the Abraham Callaway family moved to Wetumpka, Ala., where son Limuel John Callaway was the first child born in their new home. He was later killed in action in the Civil War (1862). David Abraham Callaway was born in 1850, Xenophan R. Callaway in 1853, D. Robert Callaway in 1855, and Eugene Floyd Callaway in 1858.
The end of the Civil War in 1865 brought numerous changes, one of which was the change in the capital of Alabama from Wetumpka to Montgomery. These changes resulted in great financial losses for the Callaway family.
With heavy hearts they left Alabama and moved to Batesville, Miss., where they purchased land. By this time my grandfather, James Wylie, had reached manhood and married Lucy Ann Boseman in 1859. She was the daughter of Colonel Boseman of Arkadelphia, Ark.
Three children were born of this union: Ella in 1859, Nathan in 1861, and Eula in 1866. All died in early childhood. Later, Michael Abraham Callaway was born in 1867, Joseph Albert Callaway in 1869, James Wylie Callaway in 1871, and William Stone Callaway in 1873. In that same year (1873) a major portion of the family's land holdings was sold as the family bagan to prepare for the westward migration.
One son of Abraham Callaway, Albert Hill Callaway, remained at Batesville to carry on the family heritage there. Before moving westward, however, the family made a trip to Arkadelphia to visit their grandparents, the Bosemans. During this visit Charles Clark Callaway was born (1875), the last of five sons. In the next year (1876) a girl, Laura Lucy Callaway, was born.
The family then moved to Pueblo, Colo. From there they migrated to Silver Cliff, Colo., a flourishing silver mining town. My grandfather taught school there for two years.
The call went out for the newcomers to homestead land west of the Continental Divide where land had been set aside under the Homestead Act of 1863. The Indians on this land were taken to Unitah Reservation on the Colorado-Utah border.
The Callaway families moved to a new town in western Colorado in 1880. The beautiful town in the Uncompahagre Valley became home as the family grew with the town. As time passed, some family members migrated on to new territory.
My grandfather, James Wylie Callaway, and my father, Michael Abraham Callaway remained in western Colorado (Montrose) and are buried on Sunset Mesa. Masonic records show my great grandfather, Abraham Callaway, buried in Pueblo, Colo. I have been unable to ascertain whether or not he crossed the Great Continental Divide, as he died in 1875. My great grandmother, Tabita, died in 1884 on a wagon train in New Mexico. Her grave has not been located.
The above biography was submitted to CFA by Laura Callaway Huffer and first published in the 1988 CFA Journal
This family line of descent is as follows:
Peter Callaway
John Callaway
Edward Callaway
Job Callaway
Joseph Callaway
Abraham Aaron Callaway
James Wylie Callaway
Michael Abraham Callaway
In the early years my great grandparents lived in Wilkes County, Ga., where two girls, Nancy and Margaret, were born to them. In 1834 my grandfather, James Wylie Callaway was born to them and in 1837 Albert Hill Callaway was born to them followed by Joseph Willia Callaway in 1840.
Also in 1840, the Abraham Callaway family moved to Wetumpka, Ala., where son Limuel John Callaway was the first child born in their new home. He was later killed in action in the Civil War (1862). David Abraham Callaway was born in 1850, Xenophan R. Callaway in 1853, D. Robert Callaway in 1855, and Eugene Floyd Callaway in 1858.
The end of the Civil War in 1865 brought numerous changes, one of which was the change in the capital of Alabama from Wetumpka to Montgomery. These changes resulted in great financial losses for the Callaway family.
With heavy hearts they left Alabama and moved to Batesville, Miss., where they purchased land. By this time my grandfather, James Wylie, had reached manhood and married Lucy Ann Boseman in 1859. She was the daughter of Colonel Boseman of Arkadelphia, Ark.
Three children were born of this union: Ella in 1859, Nathan in 1861, and Eula in 1866. All died in early childhood. Later, Michael Abraham Callaway was born in 1867, Joseph Albert Callaway in 1869, James Wylie Callaway in 1871, and William Stone Callaway in 1873. In that same year (1873) a major portion of the family's land holdings was sold as the family bagan to prepare for the westward migration.
One son of Abraham Callaway, Albert Hill Callaway, remained at Batesville to carry on the family heritage there. Before moving westward, however, the family made a trip to Arkadelphia to visit their grandparents, the Bosemans. During this visit Charles Clark Callaway was born (1875), the last of five sons. In the next year (1876) a girl, Laura Lucy Callaway, was born.
The family then moved to Pueblo, Colo. From there they migrated to Silver Cliff, Colo., a flourishing silver mining town. My grandfather taught school there for two years.
The call went out for the newcomers to homestead land west of the Continental Divide where land had been set aside under the Homestead Act of 1863. The Indians on this land were taken to Unitah Reservation on the Colorado-Utah border.
The Callaway families moved to a new town in western Colorado in 1880. The beautiful town in the Uncompahagre Valley became home as the family grew with the town. As time passed, some family members migrated on to new territory.
My grandfather, James Wylie Callaway, and my father, Michael Abraham Callaway remained in western Colorado (Montrose) and are buried on Sunset Mesa. Masonic records show my great grandfather, Abraham Callaway, buried in Pueblo, Colo. I have been unable to ascertain whether or not he crossed the Great Continental Divide, as he died in 1875. My great grandmother, Tabita, died in 1884 on a wagon train in New Mexico. Her grave has not been located.
The above biography was submitted to CFA by Laura Callaway Huffer and first published in the 1988 CFA Journal
This family line of descent is as follows:
Peter Callaway
John Callaway
Edward Callaway
Job Callaway
Joseph Callaway
Abraham Aaron Callaway
James Wylie Callaway
Michael Abraham Callaway
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posted by DFM | 12/03/2004
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