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THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION Volume V No. 1
Always regard
with esteem the name you were given; The Editor's Corner The Civil War Letters of Joshua K. Callaway - Corinth, Miss. Mrs. D. Callaway: We left camp on Friday last under the impression that we were going right into a fight. I was right sick & had been for two days, with fever. They all persuaded me to stay in camp, but I was anxious to see a Yankee & would not be left. The surgeon prepared several litters to carry the wounded on, and we set off & marched about 8 miles, which brought us in 2 miles of the enemy. Our reg. was stationed on the left of the Brigade. We bivouacked one day & night on the ground in a skirt of woods. On the second evening we were (that is, Capt. Harris's company & 12 men from another Reg.) sent out still nearer to the enemy as sentinels & skirmishers, in a skirt of woods at the edge of an old field where we could see nearly to the enemies' camp. We could hear them laugh and sing. We had some cavalry between us and them, which we were ordered to support, & if they were driven in were to engage the enemy; and, sure enough, before day the cavalry were driven in & we were drawn up in line of battle, but no enemy came while we were standing, before night. Saturday, we heard the firing of 2 battles, one a pretty severe one, in which we lost 12 killed & several wounded. Sunday morning we got news that we were cut off by them & were ordered to retreat to our camp. I understand that they came in 2 miles of cutting off our whole Brigade. You will find some notes on our scouting expedition enclosed. (These notes were not found among the letters.) My dear, I have no other special news except one or two items. In the first place we have changed Brigades. We are now in Gen. Trappier's Brigade, a S. Carolina affair; and in the second place, our Regiment is known as the 28th Ala. so in writing to me hereafter call it 28th instead of the 27th. Now my next item is a sad one. My friend, Colwell Johnson got his right leg shot off about 2 or 3 inches above his ankle, a few minutes ago. It was done accidentally by a man in another tent. I hear the Drs. have cut it off, indeed it was shot nearly off. I am not right well yet, but have been doing all the time. I want you to send me one pair of boots by the first one who passes. Some have passed already. Henry Vaughan got here a day or two ago, but I have not seen him. I understand he is right sick. I want you to write me how you are getting along, & whether you got that money & my carpet sack, overcoat and gloves. I have repented sending my coat home for the weather is very cool here yet. Corinth is a very disagreeable place, & so is all the country about here. It is shoe mouth deep in the nastiest mud I ever saw, & the water is mean enough to kill an alligator. I gave twenty-five cents the other day for a canteen full of butter milk made of chalk & water made sour with Cream of Tartar. Kiss the children and dream of me tonight. You must write at least as often as I do. As ever your ~ excerpt from The Civil War Letters of Joshua K. Callaway, edited by Judith Lee Hallock, University of Georgia Press, July 1997 Editor’s note - I encourage each of
you to send in articles for the e-Newsletter. It doesn’t have to
be lengthy. It could be some "Callaway" news, a family story, a
family photo, a favorite family recipe, results from your family
line research, or any item you think would be of interest to our
readers. Send them to me, and I will take care of adding them.
I look forward to hearing from you. Feedback Corner Here's a humorous response from Carol Sturdevant, regarding the Callaway family from the Isle of Wight that was published in last month's newsletter. I hope you are right Carol. I love that British TV series and Patricia Routledge is one of my favorite actresses. Jane Bucket: Is that pronounced "Bouquet"? and is she the ancestor of Richard of "Keeping Up Appearances"? ;0) Thank you to CFA Member, Debs Cofer, for sending this interesting information about a "Callaway School" in Japan. Is it familiar to anyone? Donna, While I was reading the latest newsletter, my wife came across her sixth grade report that she did not know she had. It was from "The Callaway School" in Japan. The school was for American Dependants of military personnel serving in Korea in 1950. There were so many queries about Callaways, it occurred to me that someone might know something about a school named Callaway. The school was located in the Tokyo area around what my wife remembers as Camp Drew. They lived in Shrapnel Village where she thinks the school was located. This is not critical to anything I am researching. I just thought it might be of interest to a Callaway somewhere. Debs Cofer Thank you to Jean Horn, of Woodbridge, VA for sending us this information on her family line. Lewis F. Calloway, whose biography was in last month's newsletter, is part of her family. She has also submitted several family photos which can be seen on our web site here, and has submitted a wonderful family biography of her ancestor, Martin Calloway of Box Elder Valley, Colorado. I have added it to our web site as another "Callaway Moment in Time" and you can read it here. Donna, You asked in your Callaway Family Association Newsletter of December 2003 who Lewis F. Calloway is (biography from History of Clinton County). Lewis is the son of Wingate Calloway, who is the son of Winder Calloway who ties into your database in the Peter Callaway line. I descend from that line also. I didn't follow Lewis' family (but may have quite a bit of information on it.) I have stories about William Calloway and Martin Calloway and pictures from books in Larimer County, Colorado. Clara married her first cousin once removed, Joseph Walter Calloway (Henry Calloway, Winder Calloway, etc.). They had 5 children, three of whom survived to adulthood. We (my cousin and I) have the scrapbook Clara kept about her youngest son, Roger - it tells a history of Thermopolis, WY (as well as of Roger), letters Sidney wrote to his sister (our grandmother), Jean from 'somewhere in France' during World War I. (these need to be transcribed and we haven't done so yet). What we don't have is a picture of Joseph (that we know of).I'd love to know of anyone else researching the same line. I haven't discovered them if they're out there. My Calloway line is as follows: Generations 10 and 11 are still living. Note also that Martin Calloway is the Martin Calloway of Box Elder Valley fame (on your website) married to Mary Hackerd. Clara, my great grandmother is the baby they carried (at age 6 months) from Indiana to Colorado. Jean M. Horn Editor's Note - Here's a remarkable photo that Jean submitted. It is how things looked in Wind River Canyon, Wyoming in 1910 while laying the railroad.
And another remarkable photo submitted by Jean of the stage coach crossing on the Big Horn River Ferry in Wyoming in 1908.
Thank you to Lynda Knobeloch for sending us a copy of the Federal Land Grant for her ancestor, James Monroe Callaway, dated November 1, 1849 in Iona Co., WI. You can view it and other document listings which have been submitted to CFA on our web site. Her line of descent is as
follows: And thank you to Lynda Knobeloch for sending us a copy of the Obituary for Captain William Callaway. Unfortunately no date of death is given, but apparently, according to the obituary, he died around 1919. He is a "Mystery Callaway". Can anyone identify his Callaway Family? I am curious to know how
Captain William Callaway fits
into the rest of the Virginia Callaways. He seems to have arrived
in the US much later, so I'm not sure there will be a direct
link. Also, I was searching land patents and noticed a James R.
Callaway (I think) who purchased what looked like thousands of
acres in Mississippi through the land grant program. Do you know
anything about him? (Editor's Note -
He is a "Mystery Callaway". I
suggested to Lynda that this James R. Callaway may be
Rev.
James Render Callaway who died in Lafayette Co., MS in 1865.) MILWAUKEE COUNTY AREA OBITUARIES & DEATH NOTICES CAPT. WM. CALLAWAY, VETERAN
SAILOR, DIES Editor's Note - Some additional history of the Schooner Hanover MARINE MATTERS May 1866 - Schooner Hanover (237 tons and a crew of 8), lost foresail, mainsail and gafftopsail on Lake Michigan in a gale. ~ From Detroit Free Press, December 19, 1866 Here's some good news from Sheila Whittle-Bruce in Norfolk, UK. Sheila has made contact with Bill Callaway in British Columbia (also Yuma, AZ) via email and they have ancestors in common. This was thanks to Sheila's submitted query last month to the CFA newsletter. My how the internet makes the world a very small place! Hi Donna Time to put your "thinking caps" on and answer this! Donna, "Callaways" in the News New York Daily Times, New York, New York, May 22, 1857 Callaway-Patten Marriage - In Bedford, Va., on Tuesday, May 12, at St. Stephen's Church by Rev. Richard H. Wilmer, Mr. Robert W. Callaway, of that place, to Miss Margaret H., daughter of Wm. D. Patten, Esq., of Brooklyn. Editor's Note - He is a "Mystery Callaway". Can anyone identify Robert W. Callaway, and tell us something about him? New York Times, New York, New York, March 15, 1861 PASSENGERS SAILED In steamship R. R. Cuyler, for Savannah - Mrs. C. E. Stewart, Wm. P. Phair, Wm. L. Miller, H. D. Gontol, . . . Miss M. A. Benedict, Miss Josephine Benedict, Fred Callaway, . . . Editor's Note - Only about a month before the start of the Civil War, it makes me wonder, was Fred Callaway leaving home or going home? He is a "Mystery Callaway". Can anyone identify him? New York Times, New York, New York, June 27, 1867 OFFICE OF EAST TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA RAILROAD CO. Coupons of the Bonds of this Company, indorsed by the State of Tennessee, also those not indorsed, payable in New York, July 1, 1867, will be paid on presentation at the office of Messrs. Wilson, Callaway & Co., No. 44 Broad St., New York. Those payable in Augusta will be paid at the office of Dr. J. Milligan, Cashier, Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, Augusta, Ga. Thos. Howard Callaway, President
Editor's Note
- Thomas Howard Callaway's line of descent is as follows: Genealogy Corner Bank teller to man cashing a check: "Aside from your family coat of arms, do you have any other identification?" ~ from The Sunny Side of Genealogy, by Fonda D. Baselt Thank you to CFA Member, Sharon Rickerson, for sending us this information on her Calaway family line. Does anyone recognize this family?
I have no idea as to when the
spelling changed from "Callaway" to "Calaway". In all the records
I have come across in Ohio it has always been with the one "l".
As far as I can determine because the records are so unclear, is that this "Benneta" is the mother of my Rosa Belle Petty Calaway. Apparently she had a relationship with a man named "Petty". There was also a brother to Rosa Belle, Emery. He disappeared off the face of the earth after that one census. No death record, nor guardianship papers have been found. I thought maybe he went to live with his real father but can't find any child around that age in a Petty family, in that area.
Since Rosa Belle died back in
1944 it has made it hard to find any information. She lived with
my parents, my brother and me until she died, but I was only two
at the time. All I have are some pictures of her and us. And she
is buried in one of our local cemeteries not too far from my
parents.
He is listed on the following
census records:
Sutton Twp, Miegs Co., OH 1870, page 394
Lebanon, Miegs Co., OH 1880, page 49A
Can anyone identify this Callaway family? They are listed on the 1880 Clark Co., AR Federal census. Page 463C. Arkadelphia.
Can anyone identify this Callaway family? They are listed on the 1880 Jefferson Co., AR Federal census, page 60A in Pastoria Township.
For those researching US Callaway ancestors, the Archives at RootsWeb have an enormous amount of Callaway data that could be helpful. When you have some time to spend on the internet, review them. You may just find your long lost ancestor.
A
biography of Mary Ann Callaway, daughter of James Madison Callaway and
Catherine Rebecca Johnson of Georgia and wife of Mat C.
Moseley of Louisiana. A Kellaway family from the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England - Part II
Husband: Editor's Note - This family was posted on the internet. Accuracy is undetermined, so any corrections or additions are welcome. Next month, the family of John Kellaway, son of John Kellaway and Mary Perkins.
Devon,
England: Parish and Probate Records
Baptism Nov 24, 1697
Burial Apr 18, 1762
Burial Jun 26, 1703
Baptism Jun 7, 1700
Burial Mar 8, 1760
Baptism Oct 20, 1706 Editor's Note - Can anyone identify any of these Calloways? Genealogy Funnies
Query Corner - If you can provide some help and answers, please respond to these queries.
Query # 106 Hi. Are you in Arkansas, and if so, who is your Callaway ancestor?? I have only been doing Gen. for a few years, and I will tell you my predicament. My gr. grandfather was John W. Callaway, (family says the W. was Wesley), who moved from Wilkes Co, GA. to Nevada County, AR. His age on census records indicated that he was the John W. Callaway born in 1847 of Chenoth (Chenoweth) Callaway . He had children from a first marriage in GA. to Levony (sp) Smith. Then he shows up in AR. and marries Sarah Barton McMillian - he has a number of children, among them my grandmother, and still there with them are the two boys from the earlier marriage. My Mother and Aunt still remember the two half brothers at John W.'s funeral. I have been to the Pleasant Hill Cem. near Prescott, AR. where they are buried. There they are! When I looked on the Callaway site recently, info had been added that indicates that John W. (West) was the John W. born in 1847. Census records did not indicate such. My big predicament is - HOW do I find out who posted that info on the Callaway Site - - and what is their proof??? My John W. (Wesley) matches that date on all census records. WHAT do I need to do besides census records to prove this is my line? Please help if you can. Thanks, so much, Nancy Lawrence (descendant of John W. Callaway of Wilkes County, GA and Nevada County, AR.!) Query
# 107 Hi my name is Paul Callaway from St. Joseph Missouri, I would really love to get the CFA newsletter. I really have enjoyed your web site, I just came across it tonight. I would really love to learn more about my family history. My grandfather's and great grandfather's names were Earl Branson Callaway, and Green Harvey Callaway. Both were born in Saint Joseph, MO. I hope this information helps someone. Great web site. I spell my last name Callaway but my Dad's brothers spell their last name Calloway, It makes it a little tough to track down relatives. If anyone has any information, I would sure love to find out more. Thanks Paul Callaway.
Comment # 108 I noticed on your tree that you did not have the date of his burial, it was 28 August 1939. I have been to Temple Texas and seen his grave site. I would be glad to exchange information of my line with you. Thank you for putting your tree on the web site. I also plan to sign up with the Callaway Family Association. My grandmother gave me a copy of the publication several years ago. LaNeal Editor's
Note - Her line of descent is as follows: Query
# 109 I have searched your
website and not been able to resolve my problem and am hoping you
can point me in a useful direction. My research is limited to
what I can find online or through census records. There is also,
I think, a Callaway/Calloway spelling change involved.
Response to Query # 93 (12/03)
from Rene Gilles Cayouette Dear Rene, And a very nice response from Rene Gilles Cayouette to Bill Piper's information on Pears and Caillouet. Bill,
I would like to thank you very much
for your response as it is most informative on several fronts.
First in direct response to the question about the pears and
second with regards to records being destroyed during/following
the French Revolution. The second may explain why it is
difficult to find any references to "caillouet" name prior to
Gilles Caillouet (1724). From his arrival in New France
(Canada), the family history is well documented. Also, the
branch of the family that resides in the southern United Stated
(Louisiana) has as its ancestor Gilles Joseph Caillouet (1752),
Gilles Caillouet's (1724) eldest son who left in 1785 with his
wife and child aboard "Le Beaumont" prior to Gilles death in
1803. My grandfather has written a book on the family and times in the turn of the century in the Gaspe region of the Province of Quebec where most of the family has lived since the 1770's. It appears that even at that time it was common for Canadians to go to the US for a period of time, as I did about 100 years later to New York City. I have found one source that claims to hold a few references to caillouets prior to 1760 at http://www.genehisto.com/. However, as can be expected they require a subscription. I may subscribe to obtain a few more clues. Other than that the only clues in France are the parents of Gilles Caillouet (Henri Caillouet et Mauricette Emry) and that he was born in Brest, in the parish of St-Louis, in the diocese of Léon, on the 15 of February 1724. I am looking
for someone to do a search in France to trace a family tree, a
few more generations back, for which I intend to pay. Do you
know of anyone or is there a specialist that has a good
reputation that you know of?
Query
# 110 MY Great Grandfather George K. Calloway/Callaway was from Indiana. He married Mary Jane Pearson. My grandmother Eva Ethel Wayne Calloway was their daughter. She married Purl Z. Baber. George and Mary Jane had other children. I'd have to find their names and post another time. George's father was James Calloway. I don't know anything more. George and Mary Jane are buried in Wellston, Oklahoma. For more info on my Baber family line you can go to: http://baberfamilytree.org/usa/zenus.htm. If any one knows any info about the ancestors of my Great grandfather George K. Calloway or his wife Mary Jane Pearson, please contact me. Thank you in advance. Query
# 111 My Grandfather was Lemuel K. Callaway, of Appling co., GA. He died about 1960. I would like to find more on family tree. Thank you for this site. Query
# 112 I have followed the
discussions on the CFA etc related to the spelling of Kellaway in
its various forms and thought you would be interested to note: And a response from Warwick Kellaway: Michael, We were aware of C/K
alternatives in the first half of the 19th century on the Isle of
Wight, but yours are much later, and I am surprised. We also have
had at least one other Edwin under the microscope, although I
thought he was further east. (Bill, this is your territory - can
you help?) Notorious “Callaways” The Elyria Democrat, Elyria, Ohio, December 3, 1914
BROKER, MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR,
IS SHOT DEAD Atlanta, Ga. - A verdict of justifiable homicide was returned here by the coroner's jury after investigating the death of James P. Callaway, prominent broker and club man, who was shot and killed by W. B. Carhart, president of a shoe manufacturing company, in the Carharts' apartments. Immediately after the shooting Carhart notified the police and surrendered. In a statement to the police Carhart declared he thought Callaway was a burglar. He told the police he and his wife returned to their apartment at a late hour and that later Mrs. Carhart saw a man leaving her son's room. She called to her husband, who shot the man as he was climbing over a rear porch balustrade. Carhart said he took several friends from a club to their homes in his automobile, but Callaway was not one of the party. He added that he had retired when he heard his wife scream. "As I entered Louis's room I saw a man making for the back porch, " he continued. "It appeared to me he had a pistol in his hand. I thought he was a burglar and fired. I did not know whom I had shot until the man was identified as Mr. Callaway." Callaway was a brother of Maj. Frank A. Callaway, a Georgia attorney and president of the Atlanta Southern Association Baseball Club. The dead man was a personal friend of Carhart and the latter's son, Louis. The Marion Daily Star, Marion, Ohio, December 12, 1914 SLAYING OF CALLAWAY IS STILL A MYSTERY
Mystery still shrouds the killing of James P. Callaway, prominent club man, of Atlanta, Ga., by W. B. Carhart, in the Carhart apartments on the morning of December 2. Indications are that it will remain unsolved, with many other crimes which the Atlanta police have to clear up. After working on the case for several days, the local detectives accepted the statement of Carhart that he shot Callaway believing he was a burglar. They say they will make no further effort at present to find out how Callaway entered the apartments, why Carhart failed to recognize the man, with whom he and his wife had talked at the Capital City Club dance, and a friend of years standing, and why Callaway's shoe laces were untied. Mr. Callaway was well known and popular in society and in club circles. Mr. Carhart is a leader in business, and his wife is a beautiful and accomplished woman, who has figured largely in the social life of Atlanta. Editor's Note - He is a "Mystery Callaway". Can anyone identify the family of James P. Callaway and tell us something about them? History Corner Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, June 24, 1875
S. M. F. COLLEGE There was a well-filled house to hear the Sophomore class Monday night. There were only eight readers on the "bill of fare" to be martyred.
. . . The first reader, Miss Mattie Callaway, of
Lexington, had for her subject, "The Reformed Drunkard's
Daughter."*
Miss Callaway read from the beginning to the end in a clear and
distinct tone. She was loudly applauded and received several
handsome bouquets. . . . *The first of the silver-tongued temperance orators was John Henry Willis Hawkins, a reformed alcoholic. Hawkins developed a taste for spirits in the 1830's while apprenticed to a Baltimore hatter who dealt liquor rations to his workmen to keep them happy. This was a common practice among employers in those days. The hatter said he reeled through fifteen years all but mad on rum but quit the habit cold one wintry day when his little daughter Hannah pleaded, "Papa, please don't send me for whiskey today." Hawkins said the evil of his ways penetrated the alcoholic fog at that very moment and made him a Dry. The next year, 1841, he roamed far and wide out of Baltimore bespeaking the virtues of abstinence. He got 100,000 elbow-benders to sign no-drink pledges for the Washington Temperance Society while Hannah, bless, her, achieved lasting fame as the heroine of a hair-raising true-life booklet called "Hannah Hawkins", or, "The Reformed Drunkard's Daughter", written by the Rev. John Marsh. Editor's Note - Between rum for "snacks" and "mercury poisoning" prominent to hatters, being a haberdasher was very risky business. She is a "Mystery Callaway". Can anyone identify Miss Mattie Callaway of Lexington, GA? In Closing
A QUICK LESSON IN SEARCH
ENGINE MATH -
KELL-CHAT CONVERSATIONS
INDEXED -
THE DELAWARE HOTEL, LEADVILLE,
COLORADO - Visit The Callaway Family Association web site. It has much to offer. Would you like to . . . "My folks didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat." ~ Will Rogers Happy New Year Everyone, and As Always, Find a Way to . . . Let Your “Callaway” Voice Be Heard!
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