Edward Marion Callaway 1833-1888

Edward Marion Callaway, the oldest son of Stephen White Callaway and his second wife, Mrs. Lydia (Logan) Bryan, was born in Howard County, Missouri on 16 October 1833. He moved with his parents to Monroe County in 1836 and to Platte County between 1840 and 1850. He was married three times. His first wife was Jane Clinkenbeard whom he married about 1858, place of marriage unknown. They were the parents of one daughter, Lydia Ann Callaway, born circa 1859 in Buchanan County, Missouri. Lydia Ann married John H. Miser in Baxter County, Arkansas circa 1881. She had two children, Henry Miser and Elizabeth Miser. Descendants were informed by Lydia Ann that her father had served as a soldier in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. As she was approximately 6 years old when the CSA soldiers were discharged, it is possible the one Edward Callaway in Missouri records was her father.

According to the single record in the Missouri State Archives and the single record in the National Archives, Edward Callaway was a resident of Monroe County, Missouri, when he enlisted. He served as a Private in Company E, 9th Battalion Missouri Sharp Shooters, surrendered at New Orleans on 26 May 1865 and was paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana on 7 June 1865. The date of his enlistment or his age at that time are not recorded.

Sometime after the Civil War, Edward Marion Callaway (pictured at left) moved to Baxter County, Arkansas, where he was listed as a teamster in the 1880 census. Evidently his first wife, Jane, died before 1870, and he married her cousin, Mary Talburt (or Talbot), daughter of Simon W. Talbert, born 1851 in Arkansas. They were the parents of one son, Walter Allen Callaway, born 21 September 1873 probably in Baxter County, Arkansas. Mary (Talburt) Callaway died before 1880. In 1882/3 Edward Marion married Susan Talburt, born 1865, a younger cousin of his second wife. She was the daughter of Walter M. Talburt and granddaughter of Simon W. Talburt. They became the parents of a daughter, Elenor born in 1884, and a son, William Edward Stephen, born 1886.

Edward Marion Callaway died in 1888 and was buried in the Henderson County Cemetery near Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas.

The following is a brief outline of known information on his descendants:
Lydia Ann Callaway m. John H. Miser. They had the following children;
1.) Henry Miser
2.) Elizabeth (Lizzie) Miser

Walter Allen Callaway (pictured at left) b. 21 Sep 1873, d. 21 Dec 1911, m. Rebecca Isabelle (Belle) Phaby, 11 Aug 1895. They had the following children;
1.) Elizabeth (Lizzie) Callaway
2.) Lydia Elenor (Lena) Callaway
3.) Ethyl Callaway
4.) Bertha Callaway
5.) Thomas Edward Callaway
6.) Verna Melvina (Vernie) Callaway

Elenor Callaway b. 1884 Baxter County, AR m. Theodore Hicks. They had the following children all born in AR.
1.) Raymond C. Hicks, died young
2.) Nova Hicks
3.) Inza Hicks
4.) Bessie Hicks
5.) Essie Ruth Hicks

William Edward Stephen Callaway b. 1886 m. Castilia Smith 23 Nov 1912 in Izard Co., AR. They had the following children;
1.) Henry Erie Callaway b. 12 Feb 1914 in Baxter Co., AR, d. 21 Sep 1990, Durant, OK.
2.) Gladys Elsie Callaway
3.) Roy Avid Callaway b. 19 Oct 1918 in Baxter Co., AR, d. 22 Sep 1971.
4.) Raymond T. Callaway b. 1919, d. 1920 in Baxter Co., AR.
5.) Earnest Hobart Callaway
6.) Edward Callaway b. 1924 Baxter Co., AR, d. 1992 in McDonald Co., MO.
7.) Oleta Mae Callaway
8.) Herbert Dale Callaway b. 1930 in Broken Arrow OK, d. 1978.

This biography was researched and written by Bobbie Callaway (now deceased) who was CFA Historian for many years. It was originally published in the 1994 CFA Journal

This family line of descent is as follows:
Joseph Callaway (US immigrant to Virginia from England)
James Callaway
James Callaway, Jr.
Stephen White Callaway
Edward Marion Callaway

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Two Early Callaway Businesses in Southwest Missouri

In the fall of 1887, the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad moved to Plymouth Junction, Mo. and renamed the new settlement Monett. Return Robert M. "Bob" Callaway, a young man of 23 years, was employed at that time by Mr. Raupp in Pierce City, Mo. six miles away. The new town grew rapidly, and early in 1888 Mr. Raupp sent young Callaway to Monett to open and manage a furniture store. Soon Bob Callaway became a part owner and subsequently the sole owner of the small furniture business, beginning a career in Monett that was to continue for fifty years. By 1890 he added a funeral service, conducted from the furniture rental building location.

The Callaway Furniture Store

A family business from 1888 through 1942, the Callaway Furniture Store in Monett had customers from the entire surrounding area and south over the Arkansas state line. In 1904, Bob Callaway erected a building on the main street (311 Broadway) with two floors plus a balcony floor which provided 22,500 square feet of space for furniture and coffin display. The building is still used today as a furniture store by Wesco (1993). As the business grew, Bob Callaway and his sons purchased furniture and accessories from St. louis and later attended the Furniture Mart in Chicago. To house the additional merchandise, a warehouse building was constructed behind the store about 1925. Mr. Callaway also opened a furniture store in Aurora, Mo., around 1920, which he sold in the mid-1930s.

Through the years improvements were made to the furniture store building and the merchandise available for sale. In addition to furniture, items available for purchase included carpets, curtains and draperies, linens, china, radios, phonographs, washing marchines and various small appliances. On April 1, 1938, Bob Callaway celebrated 50 years in business in Monett with a complete remodeling of his furniture store. A year later, in 1939, he sold the business to his two sons, Robert E. and Floyd C., who continued the business until 1942.

The Callaway Funeral Home

A pioneer mortician in Monett, Robert M. Callaway was licensed as an embalmer in the State of Missouri in 1895 (the first year licenses were issued) and was assigned state license number 14. By 1931, Bob Callaway was one of only five living embalmers in the state with a license number under 20. In the early years, beginning in 1890, the funeral service was conducted from the furniture store building. His two sons were taught to line coffins at an early age. They harnessed the bay horses and drove the funeral carriages that transported ministers and family members to churches and cemeteries. Both sons, Robert E. Callaway and Floyd C. Callaway, were licensed embalmers in the state of Missouri by the age of 20 years (Robert E., license number 1636, and Floyd C., license number 2066).

In 1918, a room suitable for casket selection, lie-in-state for the deceased, and a place for families from a distance to meet in a home-like atmosphere was set aside on the second floor of the furniture store. In 1921, Bob Callaway purchased a residence at Central Avenue and Dunn Streets, where he opened the first individual funeral home in Monett and Barry County, Mo. The remodeled home included a chapel, a private family room, a morgue and a casket display area. He was also the first in the county to provide ambulance service, motor driven funeral equipment, and an electric organ in the funeral home chapel.

In 1942, Floyd C. Callaway bought his brother's interest and became the sole owner of the funeral home which he had managed for a number of years. He had graduated from Monett High School in 1912, attended Quincy Business College in Illinois, was licensed as an embalmer on May 19, 1914, and was a Private in World War I. From 1929 through 1933 and from 1941 through 1945, Floyd was one of the five appointed members of the Missouri State Board of Embalming, serving a total of two and a half terms or ten years. After assuming complete ownership of the funeral home, he remodeled it into a Georgian colonial structure in August 1942. Floyd sold the business in 1947 and retired. The building currently (1993) is owned by and houses the office of Michael Garrett and Carr Woods, attorneys.

The above article was written by Bobbie L. Callaway, Historian, Callaway Family Association (1927-1996). She was the daughter of Floyd C. Callaway and the granddaughter of Robert M. Callaway. The article was submitted to CFA and originally published in the 1993 CFA Journal

The family line of descent is as follows:
Joseph Callaway
Thomas Callaway
Thomas Callaway, Jr.
John Farrar Callaway
Thomas Farrar Marshall Callaway
Return John Farrar Callaway
Return Robert Meigs Callaway
Floyd Cambridge Callaway
Bobbie Louise Callaway

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