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THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION Volume VII No. 1
Always regard
with esteem the name you were given; The Editor's Corner Following is a biography of David Joseph Simpson, who was the son of Arabella B. Callaway. She came to Texas from Georgia in 1851. It is a glimpse of what her life was like. "Old Luck" Out on the rural delivery route No. 6 from Schulenburg one of the best farm estates lying along the way is that of David Joseph Simpson. While past three score and ten, years and multiplied experiences have only mellowed him, and have not brought old age. He is a Confederate veteran, with a record of campaigning and hard service surpassed by few of the survivors of that conflict, and since recovering from the demoralization of war times has pursued with increasing prosperity the life of a Texas farmer and planter. He has spent most of his life in Texas, having been brought here in 1851 from Macon County, Georgia, where he was born February 4, 1844. The family settled within a mile of where Mr. Simpson now lives, and here his father, David B. Simpson, spent the rest of his life. David B. Simpson was born in the locality of Washington, Georgia, in 1818, was a man of moderate education, and a slaveholding planter until the war. After the war he adjusted himself to the new industrial conditions, and again prospered. He was identified with the Confederate service as recruiting officer, and was exempt from line duty by reason of having slaves employed in Confederate work. Both his sons were soldiers, and passed through the years of struggle and are still living. David B. Simpson, who died in 1900, was a democrat, a member of the lodge and chapter of Masonry, and in religion a Universalist. His wife, who was the daughter of an Alabama farmer and whose maiden name was Arabella Callaway, died in 1905, at the age of eighty. Their children were: William, of Temple, Texas; David J.; Martha, who married Thomas Coleman of Hallettsville; and Belle, who died young. David J. Simpson spent about ten years of his boyhood on the Texas farm. He attended a country school, and was in the army when he should have been in School. Soon after the outbreak of hostilities he and a companion, Ben Terrell, set out with the intention of joining Terry's Rangers. Arriving at Houston, they were informed that they could not be accepted in that command, and accordingly enlisted and were sent on to Virginia, reaching their regiment, the Fourth Texas, at Georgetown. Their company was first commanded by Captain Key and later by Captain Darden, and they were under Col. John B. Hood in Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Beginning with the Second Manassas, Mr. Simpson was in many of the major battles of that great arena of fighting, including Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettsyburg, and the Wilderness, and also at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. At Gettysburg a piece of shell fractured his skull, but he did not even go to a hospital. Skirmishing, picket fighting and battles were almost an everyday occurrence, and he was in more than a score of dangerous places. His good fortune in passing through the hail of bullets without more serious and frequent wounds won for him among his comrades the designation "Old Luck." He was at Richmond, Virginia, at the close, was issued transportation and rations by the United States, joined his brother at Sparta, Georgia, and they made their way by horseback to Montgomery, Alabama, thence by rail to New Orleans, and from there to Galveston by United States transport. He had barely reached his majority when the war ended, and on reaching home he was urged by his father to resume his studies preparatory to any profession he might choose. But, like the country, he was unable for some time to settle down to the quiet routine of civil life. He once thought of joining the army under Maximilian in Mexico, but was fortunately deterred from this enterprise. Finding it difficult to content himself with study, he found opportunity to apply his energies in running a sawmill and cotton gin on his father's farm, and continued in this way some five or six years, in the meantime accumulating a few head of stock. With these he started farming for himself, and in 1879 moved to his present location, which was then a tract of land in the woods. Here he has made both a farm and a home, and owns over 600 acres, on both the Standifer and Hensley leagues. It is an estate of much value in itself, and has for Mr. Simpson the many associations which twine themselves about a place where he makes his home and living while his family is growing up about him. For a number of years he gave all his active energies to farming and stock raising, but now allows others to assume the heavier burdens while he enjoys a well earned ease. While he has cast his vote for innumerable democratic candidates, Mr. Simpson has had little to do with politics as an art or profession, and his only public service was as deputy sheriff. He is a past master of Oakland Lodge No. 258, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and is a member of the Methodist Church. ~ from A History of Texas and Texans, Frank W. Johnson, The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1916, pp. 1718-9. Arabella Callaway's line of descent is as
follows:
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.
New CFA Officers and Directors With the new year come new officers and directors for CFA. We all express our appreciation for the generous contributions made by those who have served in the past and those who have agreed to serve for the future. Here is a list of our new officers and directors:
Our New Officers -
President - Judy Callaway Ostler
First Vice Pres. - Charles Brooks Callaway, Jr.
Second Vice Pres. - Carole S. Romano
Third Vice Pres. - Gary Garnett
Co-CFA Journal Editors - Heide & Russell Callaway
Genealogist - Sherrill U. Williams
Historian - Connie Sherrill
Secretary - Rusty Callaway
Asst. Secretary - Ramona Callaway Koehl
Recording Secretary - Faye Garnett
Technologist - Russell Callaway
Treasurer - Heide Callaway
Our New Directors - A Callaway Moment in Time Ted Callaway: Dallas native saw Oswald shortly after JFK's slaying 09:33 PM CST on Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Mr. Callaway, 81, died March 10 of complications from pneumonia at Doctors Hospital in Dallas. His services were Tuesday at Restland Funeral Home. "He was very concerned about the state of the nation at the time, and for the president's family," said his son, Robert Callaway of Dallas. "He was also concerned about his own family because of being an eyewitness." Mr. Callaway was working at the car lot when President John F. Kennedy was shot, according to his Warren Commission testimony. Officer Tippit, patrolling the area, pulled up next to Mr. Oswald, who shot the officer and fled. Those shots brought Mr. Callaway out onto the sidewalk, where Mr. Oswald, gun in hand, walked hurriedly down Patton Avenue, as close as 18 yards away. Mr. Callaway testified that he yelled to Mr. Oswald, "Hey man, what the hell is going on?" Mr. Oswald stopped, said something unintelligible in reply, shrugged and walked quickly west on Jefferson Boulevard. Mr. Callaway and others gathered around Officer Tippit's squad car. The officer was lying in the street. The salesman and a cabdriver had seen Mr. Oswald headed toward Texas Theater. They got in a taxi and drove on 10th Street, Crawford Street, Jefferson and Beckley Avenue trying to find him. Police captured Mr. Oswald at the theater 45 minutes after he shot the officer. Mr. Callaway picked him out of a police lineup that night. "It was a sunny but very cold day. You could feel the cold of the nation, like September 11th," said Mr. Callaway's son, who was in fifth grade at the time. The elder Mr. Callaway believed that Mr. Oswald was the lone gunman but that others were involved in the assassination. A few days before the assassination, Mr. Callaway sold an old car to a clean-cut, well-dressed businessman, said his daughter Katy Callaway of Dallas. Mr. Callaway discovered it was bought under a bogus name, and the Secret Service found the vehicle next door to where Oswald lived, Ms. Callaway said. Two days after the assassination, someone fired on the car lot, she said. Police never found the gunman. Secret Service agents kept watch on the family for two weeks. In the coming decades, Mr. Callaway gave interviews to media outlets and authors delving into the controversy of that day, including 60 Minutes and Geraldo Rivera. He helped with the filming of The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald and Oliver Stone's JFK, his family said, and Southern Methodist University students would call him through the years seeking information for projects related to the assassination. The Dallas native was born Aug. 26, 1923. He graduated from Sunset High School and studied English at Southern Methodist University. He married Jeannette Callaway in 1951. From 1942 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1954 he served in the Marine Corps. He was a survivor of Iwo Jima, Saipan and Guadalcanal. "He was a marksman in the Marines," Ms. Callaway said. "He used the same [kind of] rifle Oswald used, so he knew everything about it." Mr. Callaway was a 32nd-degree Mason and a member of First Baptist Church in Dallas. "He was in the nursing home, and some people visited him for interviews" for an upgrade on a book. Ms. Callaway said. "They visited him [there] twice, the last time about a year ago." In addition to his son and daughter, Mr. Callaway is survived by another daughter, Maggie Tarasoff of Dallas; a sister, Jean Carmack of Dallas; and two grandchildren. Editor's Note - Can anyone identify this
"Mystery
Callaway"? Could the following
be his line of descent? DNA News The CFA DNA Project Results have been updated on our web site. Visit our DNA Page to see the most recent findings. And here is some news from the World of Genealogy DNA - Anthrogenealogy Web Site Launched What is Anthrogenealogy? It is a new word (a neologism) coined by FamilyTreeDNA.com (FTDNA), the pioneer testing company in DNA testing for genealogy uses. The following is an excerpt from FTDNA's website defining this new word: Anthrogenealogy combines the methods of the two sciences--anthropology, as pursued principally in academic settings, and genealogy, largely with individual or corporate sponsorship or carried out by avocational researchers. By utilizing Molecular Biology to observe the genetic data trail of a lineage you are now able to connect unknown family members by employment and comparison of specific locations on the Non-Recombining Y or mtDNA we inherited from our fathers and mothers. Anthrogenealogy is, therefore, our word of choice for the study of deep genealogical origins through means of genetics. Charles Kerchner, Jr. has launched a new web site to help people with very basic questions about the new "sub-field" of this very new genetic genealogy field, called Anthrogenealogy. He writes: This new site is particularly needed for all the people participating in the new National Geographic Society Genographic Project. A lot of the people signing up with them know nothing about genealogy or genetic genealogy. And the few anthrogenealogy sites there now are populated by PhD scientist types and are talking way, way over the heads of the typical garden variety genealogist who has taken such a DNA test for the first time. Here is the announcement I sent out today to the various Genetic Genealogy community online discussion lists. My new DNA-ANTHROGENEALOGY Yahoo Groups site for newbies to the Anthro segment of Genetic Genealogy is now officially open. I'm still building it and adding information links for the various haplogroups, etc., and will continue to do so over the next several months. But it is now open for visitors and membership. What is nice about the Yahoo Groups forums is the many additional features some other pure message lists and my BLOGS don't have ... such as the ability to upload files and pictures to the various folders and also to have real-time instantaneous or pre-planned chat sessions with other members of the group 24x7, in addition to posting messages. You have to put up with a little more advertising from Yahoo than in other forums. But nothing in life on the net is totally free. Their groups are very popular. My new group is targeted towards newbies to this segment ... to answer very basic questions and refer them to the more detailed or complex answers if I don't know, but the haplogroup gurus are welcome too. Stop on by and join if you wish. You can view Charles Kerchner's new anthrogenealogy site at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DNA-ANTHROGENEALOGY ~ from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 45 News About The 2006 CFA Texas Picnic I would like to thank Jim Norris for telling us about the next CFA Texas Picnic, and thank you Jim, for volunteering to host it. Hi:
Editor's Note - Jim Norris' line of
descent is as follows: Making Callaway Connections
I would like to thank Betty
Callaway for telling us about the family connection she made in
the CFA newsletter. It's another success story!
Donna,
In July, 2004 I sent off my Callaway line and
have avidly read each following newsletter, just hoping for a
snippet of information.
WELL today I have been rewarded - there is a
connection.
One of
December 2005 newsletter entries shows lineage back to
Robert Callaway & Joan Cornish at Timberscombe m Feb 1715.
Eureka - I am also back to that couple then down
through Henry and Joan Harris; to James and Ann May and we seem
to go from there to different siblings. Whereas Thelma Wallis
comes from Richard Avis ours is from William b.1798. Would like
to know Richard's year of birth, have some other family names
but not his.
I have to mark birthdates for all the William
Callaways to save confusion. Son of William b 1798
was William b 1827 who with his wife Emma and
son William b 27 March 1854 arrived in
Australia on 30th December, 1854 aboard the "Australasia". Then
came Ewart 20 January 1881 (whose elder brother
took out William), then William b 26 March 1902.
My husband carries on the name William
Callaway!!
Betty Callaway 
bettycallaway at bigpond.com
"Whether you’re a historical researcher or a family historian, we’d like to hear about the astonishing stories with a Canadian connection that you've already unearthed. Have you made an unexpected or startling discovery? We’d like to hear about it." Read more about it here: http://www.history.ca/ancestorsintheattic/
U. S. Joseph Callaway Line In last month's newsletter there was an article about John Farrar Callaway. I would like to thank James Callaway Anderson for letting us know that he recognized information found in the article.
Donna,
I just read the item about
John Farrar Callaway, posted on the latest edition of the
Callaway Family Association Newsletter. I thought the names
sounded familiar. Apparently, my grandmother, Katherine Lee
Callaway, is the great granddaughter mentioned in the article
who relocated the headstone of John Farrar Callaway to the
family plot at Englewood Cemetery in Clinton Mo. I love the
Newsletter, I'm always learning new family facts.
James Callaway Anderson
jcanderson at wowway.comI would
like to thank Jo Tipton for submitting the following
information to CFA about her Callaway family. Her information
has been added to the CFA Joseph Callaway master file at
RootsWeb.
Hi Donna, I have been trying to find the time to make a trip to Franklin, Missouri to do some more research, but have been unsuccessful. Hopefully, I will succeed in the near future.
Let me know if you need anything
further. My name is Susan Jo Callaway Tipton. I have been researching my genealogy for only about 10 years now. I have been hindered geographically but have been able to gather much from the internet and local genealogy libraries, interspersed with anecdotes from my grandmother, Ruthie Lee Gilbert Callaway. I will try to include all in this narrative. I will start with John Quincy Callaway as that seems to be where the branch ends for the Callaway Family Association. I have a copy of “The History of Howard County” that was published about 1880. The passages about John Quincy Callaway and Stephen Callaway that are noted on the web page, is from this book. This is where I had the birth date of John Quincy Callaway as 10-18-1818. He was born in Howard County, MO. His parents were Charles Riley Callaway and Elizabeth Eubank who moved to Howard County, MO in 1812 from Clarke County, Kentucky where they were married 1-22-1811. John Quincy Callaway married Lucinda Swearingen on 9-25-1852 in Howard County, MO. He started a family having 5 children before going off to war. He participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge, was severely wounded, honorably discharged and sent home. He fathered 4 more children after that. I don’t know when he or Lucinda died but I am sure it was in Howard County, MO. John Quincy Callaway and Lucinda Swearingen had the following children:
Augusta “Gussie” “Gus” b. @1853 Howard
County, MO Willmoth
b. @1854 Howard County, MO Charles Thomas Callaway married Rebecca Ellen Chipley 9-3-1884 in Howard County, MO. Rebecca Ellen was the daughter of John Edward Chipley and Lucy Duren. John Edward Chipley was 53 when he married Lucy Duren who was only 19, on 3-18-1860 in Howard County, MO. Rebecca Ellen was born 1-3-1861 in Howard County, MO. John Edward Chipley died 2-28-1861 in Howard County, MO, approximately 1 month after Rebecca’s birth. After that I lost all track of Lucy Duren Chipley. My grandmother believed she remarried and went to Dallas, Texas, but I have not been able to confirm this. Lucy did not get along at all with the grown children from John Edward’s previous marriage to Louisa Amick. This may have contributed to her departure from Howard County, MO. I do know that she left Rebecca Ellen to be raised at a boarding school in Howard County, MO. In later years, Rebecca Ellen told stories of living at the school. Because she was the youngest (and littlest), the older girls would hang her by a rope out of the upper story dormitory where they slept so she could sneak into the basement and steal apples for everyone to eat. It must have been a lonely life for the little girl. The boarding school was fashioned as a finishing school for young ladies. It must have cost someone a lot of money to send her there for obviously many years. I would like to find out the name of the school and if they still have any records available. My grandmother, Rebecca Ellen’s daughter-in-law, was always impressed with the genteel manners that Rebecca Ellen had. She always knew the proper way to do just about everything. This was markedly incongruent with the farming life she led in Texas around the turn of the 20th century. The children of Charles Thomas Callaway and Rebecca Ellen Chipley are:
Nellie Callaway
b. 1-5-1887 Howard County, MO
Lutie Edna Callaway
b. 3-9-1889 Howard County, MO
John William Callaway
b. 6-17-1891 Howard County, MO
Charles Quincy Callaway
b. 4-21-1893 Howard County, MO Charles Quincy married Alfa Eubank 8-24-1930 (Jack Co., TX?) and they had two known children: C.T. and Mary Helen. Mary Helen married a Heugatter from Bowie, TX.
Hazel Wilmoth Callaway
b. 3-31-1896 Howard County, MO Hazel Wilmoth married Bob Graves 12-29-1912 in Jack County, TX and had two known children: Billie Marie and Bobbie Lea. Hazel and Bob are buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Jacksboro, TX.
Austin Burell Callaway b. 9-13-1898 Howard County, MO Austin Burell “Clothesline” Callaway married Ruthie Lee Gilbert as noted in text. Mattie Belle Callaway b. 7-23-1904 Jacksboro, TX? d. 4-25-1972 Jacksboro, TX Mattie Belle married Leonard Nugent Bright 4-1-1929 in Jack County, TX. They had one known child: Carl Eugene Bright. Leonard and Belle are both buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Jacksboro, TX . The following is excerpted from “Jack County History” published in 1985 by the Jack County Genealogical Society, page 288: “Originally from Kentucky, the Charles Thomas Callaway family came to Texas from Franklin, Howard County, Missouri in 1899. Charles Thomas Callaway (born December 11, 1855, died October 5, 1929) married Rebecca Ellen Chipley (born January 2, 1861, died June 2, 1941) on September 3, 1884. The seven children are now deceased. Nellie, born January 5, 1887, died January 12, 1887 and is buried in Missouri. John William, born June 17, 1891, died July 26, 1892 and is buried in Missouri. Lutie Edna, born March 9, 1889, died August 30, 1899 and is buried in Dallas County, Texas. The parents and the four remaining children are buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Jacksboro, Texas. Charles Quincy Callaway (born April 21, 1893, died August 13, 1933) married Alpha Eubank of Jacksboro. They had two children, C.T. (deceased) and Mary Helen Heugatter of Bowie, Texas. Hazel Wilmoth Callaway (born March 31, 1896, died November 24, 1966) married J.R. (Bob) Graves. Their children Billie Marie and Bobbie Lea are married and living in Lubbock and Wichita Falls, respectively. Mattie Belle Callaway (born March 31, 1904, died April 24, 1972) married Leonard Nugent Bright (deceased). Their only son, Carle Eugene lives in Euless. Austin Burell Callaway (born September 13, 1898, died November 8, 1970) married Ruthie Lee Gilbert (born February 1, 1910) of Wilson, Oklahoma. They had one son, Joe Raymon, born November 25, 1931 in Ranger, Texas. Charles Thomas Callaway moved his family to Abilene, Texas in 1899 then to Farmers Branch in Dallas County. They arrived in Jack County in 1908, settling on Jim Ned Hill, part of the Uncle Andy Myers Ranch until 1915. Mrs. Myers (cousin Mollie) and Rebecca Callaway were double cousins. Charles bought 175 acres north of Jacksboro, on Past Oak Road, in 1915, from Dr. Frank G. Huchabay and his wife Ida Lasater Huchabay. The property had been previously owned by James Hutchens. The Hutchens Cemetery located on the northeast corner of the place has over 100 graves in it. The land was purchased from other heirs in 1941, 1942, and 1954 by Austin Burell and is now owned by his widow, Ruthie Lee. Austin Burell moved his family permanently to Jacksboro in 1943 and bought the home at 915 West Live Oak in 1949. He was a welder for Prairie Pipe Line Company and remained a welder after the company merged with Sinclair Oil and Refining Company until 1949. He became an oiler and later engineer at the Sinclair Station near Jacksboro retiring in 1960. From 1960 until his death he was a rancher, at one time having a herd of registered Aberdeen Angus cattle. He belonged to Fort Richardson Lodge, #320, A.F.&A.M., the Chapter and Council, and Jacksboro Chapter No. 390, Order of the Eastern Star. Ruthie Lee, having received her B.S. degree in Elementary Education from North Texas State University in 1943, started a teaching career of 30 years in Jacksboro. She taught in grades six through eight and became a high school Librarian in 1952. She received her M.S. degree in Secondary Education and Library Certificate from N.T.S.U. in 1956. She is a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma International Society, Alpha Chi, Kappa Delta Pi, and Easter Star. Ruth was active in First Baptist Church and Community activities, a charter member of Jack County Unit of the American Cancer Society, serving 14 years. In 1983 Ruth sold her home on Live Oak and moved to Bryan, Texas to be near her son Joe and his family who live in College Station, Texas.” Ruthie Lee Gilbert was born in the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, February 1, 1910. Sometime around the late 1940’s or early 1950’s Austin Burell Callaway’s Aunt Belle died in Howard County, MO. Aunt Belle and Aunt Gus were maiden aunts, never having married. When Aunt Belle died, an antique bedroom suite of oak with marble tops was inherited by Austin Burell Callaway. The suite consisted of elaborately hand-carved oak bed, dresser with tall mirror that has two holders for candles or gas lamps, and a wash stand. There is also a marble top table He and his family traveled to MO to pick it up and return it to Texas. He had it restored and it was displayed prominently in a storefront during the Centennial Celebration of Jacksboro, Texas in 1956. At the time they were reportedly offered several thousand dollars for the suite. After the celebration it was used by Austin Burell and Ruthie Lee in their bedroom until their respective deaths when it was given to Joe Raymon Callaway who still has the entire suite. Austin Burell Callaway was a tall very thin man and was known by everyone as “Clothesline”.
I would like to thank
Harold Carpenter for sending us information about his Callaway
ancestors. Harold descends from the Henry Co., KY Callaways in
the Joseph Callaway line and his family information has been
added to the CFA master file. Harold also sent us scans of the
family bible of Sydney Swain Callaway. Hi Donna,
Have been threatening to send out
these bible records and what I have on William
Callaway and descendants for about two years. I
finally broke down!!!! Tried it yesterday but too
large so I will split it up and send it now. If you
have any questions please let me know...... just
another piece of the puzzle!
Hap
harold-carpenter at sbcglobal.net
I would like to
thank Susan Calloway Swift for graciously offering
to write an article for us about her family and for
sending us information about her family line. She
descends from the Surry Co., NC Callaways in the
Joseph Callaway line.
Donna, A Brave Young Callaway Soldier in the Civil War - DeWitt Clinton Callaway was born about 1843 in Missouri. He enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 18; served 3 and a half years and died at the age of 21, just a few short weeks before the end of the Civil War. Read below about what he endured during that time. Name: DeWitt C Calaway
Regimental History Editor's
Note - On February 25, 1865, between these two entries, DeWitt
Clinton Callaway died, either from sickness,
or wounds he received in battle.
His line of descent is as follows: Editor's Note - See more about DeWitt Clinton Callaway in the December 2004 newsletter. U. S. Peter Callaway Line
Thank you to Gerry Hill for her generous offer to share family
information with us. She descends from the Peter Callaway
family as follows:
Peter Callaway John Callaway Edward Callaway Job Callaway, Sr. Jacob Callaway Seaborn Callaway Enoch Francis Marion Callaway Delphia Thulia Callaway who married James Jackson Fitzpatrick
I will be glad to give the
person who submitted this information their FitzPatrick
ancestry and Brown if you will either get me in touch with
them, or them with me. I would like to welcome new CFA Member, Jim Calloway. He has graciously submitted information about his Calloway family.
Donna,
Thank you so very much for your prompt response to my
"sign-up" for the newsletter! My membership application is in
the mail this morning. I look forward to participating in the
CFA, and for those interested, I submit the following;
I believe my roots go back to Peter.
The direct lineage works this way - I am relatively
sure this is accurate.
1. Peter Callaway
2. John Callaway
3. Isaac Callaway
4. Job Callaway
5. Elmore Callaway
6. William Isaac Callaway
7. Willis Hardy Callaway
8. Alfred Tennyson Calloway
9. Jimmie ("Jim") Edmond Calloway
My father was born in Collins, Georgia and I met some
of my Great Uncles there many years ago at a reunion, but have
had no contact since that time.
Also, I lived in Angleton, TX in the early '70's and
that Town was supposedly settled by Callaway's. There were a
lot of headstones in the local cemetery. Any knowledge about
their origins?
Once again, thank you so much for making this contact
- I apologize if my enthusiasm is too overwhelming.
Sincerely,
Jim Calloway
jcalloway at ncpsolutions.comOther C/K Lines William Henry Callaway - Who Am I? William Henry Callaway was born in Pulaski, Tennessee, on October 25, 1850. His father died when he was a young child, and the early years of his life, accordingly, were spent at the home of his uncle, the Hon. James Sanders, of Pulaski. Mr. Sanders was a famous Tennessee legislator and a man of great ability and importance. When William reached the age at which he decided to enter upon his independent life, he made his way westward to a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico, working there as a youth and young man. Later he came to Texas, and in Goliad County, near Charco, acquired a farm, and commenced the business of farming. He married Jane Hargreaves in December 1882, when he was 32 and she was 20 years old. Jane was born in Adelong, New South Wales, Australia. During the first year of their marriage he ran a first class hotel at San Pedro in New Mexico where there was a rich mining camp, doing splendid business. Jane, in a letter to her grandparents in Australia, dated March 23, 1884, tells them of the bad luck Will had at this venture. A dispute arose between the two companies running the mine which could not be resolved, so work was suspended. The mine closed down and the business at the hotel fell away. Will had to sell at a heavy loss, and leave the place still owed much money by miners who had also departed. Jane and Will rented a place at Mission Valley where they could pasture their 40 head of cattle and several horses, until they were able to move to their block of land at Charco, Goliad County. Jane's father had provided each of the family as they reached their majority with part of his property of some 1500-2000 acres, and it was on this land as a beginning that Jane and William commenced to farm. ~ from Henry Hargreaves and His Descendants, pp. 50-1.
They are listed on the 1900
Goliad Co., TX census with the following children: Editor's Note - Can anyone identify this "Mystery Callaway"? John A. Callaway - Who Am I?
John A. Callaway was born
about 1820 in Kentucky or Virginia. He married first Sabria (Sabrea)
E. Parsons (daughter of Benjamin Parsons and Frances Bailey)
about 1849 in Logan Co., KY. Sabria was born about 1830 in
Kentucky. Sabria is named after her maternal grandmother, Sabria
Rice. John and Sabria Callaway had the following children all
born in Logan Co., KY: Editor's Note - Can anyone identify this "Mystery Callaway" Family? Could John A. Callaway be the son of John and Sarah Ann Dorsey Callaway? I would like to thank Bill Piper for sending me the link to the HAT web site (The History of Australian Theatre at http://www.hat-archive.com). It has great information and pictures of Australian performers. I would also like to thank Leann Richards (who owns the web site) for giving me permission to share these pictures with you. (left) Cecil Kellaway from JC Williamson Magazine, Melbourne 1931; (middle) Jack Kellaway from JC Williamson Magazine, Programme, Sydney 1934; (right) Sylvia Kellaway from JC Williamson Magazine, Programme, Sydney 1934. They are all siblings. They had two other siblings; Leon and Alex.
You can also view pictures of other Australian Kellaway performers listed below at the National Australian Library (http://www.nla.gov.au/). Cecil Kellaway family Leon Kellaway Nigel Kellaway I would like to thank Don Kellaway for making us aware of this Kelloway posting.
Hi Donna:
The Office of the Public
Trustee in Ontario is responsible for finding missing heirs of
a person who die intestate. This listing was on the Kelloway
Genforum website with no response to date. I thought it might
be appropriate to put it in a newsletter to see if any of your
readers can help.
Cheers
Don C. Kellaway
quinte at kos.net
Missing Persons Lost
Relatives Description:
WOULD the next-of-kin or anyone knowing whereabouts of next-of-kin for MARY AVERIL KELLOWAY born July 4, 1921, formerly of 25 Elmgrove Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, deceased August 31, 2002, at St. Joseph's Health Centre in Toronto, please contact the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee, 595 Bay Street, Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M6. Toronto Star - Date Posted: 2003-01-30
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Response to Query # 318 (12/2005
newsletter)
Donna,
This is in response to Query #318 in
the December CFA Newsletter from Dan Brown of St. Louis, MO.
This Minnie Callaway (his g
grandmother) is a part of my family line. Her father Dr. James
Gilpin Callaway was a brother to my great grandfather, Cicero
Marion Callaway--the Peter Callaway of MD line.
Additional information was sent to
him regarding the line.
Gene Callaway
Query # 321 Hello, I am interested in the CFA organization and in membership. Can you tell me how to receive the records you have on the Callo/away family of North Carolina? Editor's Note - I wrote to Bruce welcoming him to CFA and telling him about all CFA has to offer.
Query # 322 For a friend, I am trying to determine the ancestors of the Calloway families who remained in or around Somerset Maryland or just over the line in Sussex County Delaware. I am researching the family of Cora Dell Calloway b. 11 Aug. 1867 m. Isaac James Brumbley 28 Oct 1888 d. 1 May 1921. She was the daughter of Isaac Henry Calloway & Elizabeth Smith (or Coverdale). I'm not certain which. Cora's death cert. says Smith but elsewhere on the internet it says Coverdale. That's not important just now, but her father and his ancestors are. I just do not know who those ancestors are. Any help would be appreciated. Also do you know of a Revolutionary War connection for William Calloway or John W. Calloway, sons of Isaac Henry Calloway? Editor's Note - I wrote to Margaret
suggesting the line of descent was as follows:
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Calling All Members - Calling For Papers -
Happy New Year
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to take this opportunity to wish each and every one of you a Very
Happy New Year; filled with happiness, good health, prosperity and
for our children - a world that knows peace. And As Always, Find a Way to . . . Let Your “Callaway” Voice Be Heard!
Until next time, * ~ From the preface of The "Visitations of the County of Somerset in the years 1531 et seq" by Frederic William Weaver M.A. Oxon. (1885), translated from the Latin. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - Copyright © 2006 Callaway Family Association
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On Nov. 22,
1963, Ted Callaway was standing on the front porch of Harris Bros.
Auto Sales when he heard five gunshots. His subsequent experience
with Lee Harvey Oswald soon after Dallas police Officer J.D.
Tippit was killed turned Mr. Callaway into a participant in the
Warren Commission hearings. 
