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THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION Volume IV No. 2 The Editor’s CornerGroundhog Day, February 2nd, is a popular tradition in the United States. It is also a legend that traverses centuries, its origins clouded in the mists of time with ethnic cultures and animals awakening on specific dates. Myths such as this tie our present to the distant past when nature did, indeed, influence our lives. It is the day that the Groundhog comes out of his hole after a long winter sleep to look for his shadow. If he sees it, he regards it as an omen of six more weeks of bad weather and returns to his hole. If the day is cloudy and, hence, shadowless, he takes it as a sign of spring and stays above ground. Let’s hope February 2nd is a cloudy day for everyone! Starting this month, the e-newsletter will begin publishing Callaway lineages. We do this to promote genealogical exchange and further the research of the Callaway Family. If you would like to have your Callaway lineage published, send it to me at . This section will be for proved lines of descendant. If you have a “brick wall”, consider sending it to me to post in the query section. I would like to extend my appreciation to all who help to fill these pages. Without your help the e-newsletter would only take 2 seconds to read. Thank you very much. Donna News from the CFA Officers
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President's Corner From the Assistant Secretary’s CornerRusty is a 12th generation direct descendant of Peter Callaway and has graciously submitted his Callaway lineage. Anyone who might wish to contact him about this line can reach him at RUSTYCAL at aol.com
Peter
Callaway
d. by 1719, Somerset Co., MD; m. Elizabeth (Johnson?), Mar 26,
1667, Somerset Co., MD For genealogical records, it is important to note that I was born Clarence Hubert Callaway, but changed my name to Rusty Callaway in 1981, since Rusty is the only name I had ever been called. Rusty Callaway, CFA Assistant Secretary The CFA Directors Corner Bruce Callaway sends this notice and I know we all send our well wishes – Prof. Sir Frank Callaway of Perth, Western Australia, possibly one of the most famous living persons in the World of Classical Music, but otherwise unknown, a CFA member of longstanding, a friend and colleague of Yehudi Menhuin and most contemporary classical musicians, is seriously ill. Frank, whose career over many years is widely reported on the internet, and after whom many chairs of Music have been established in Universities around the third World, whose music he has advanced, recently underwent critical heart surgery. Our thoughts go out to him and his very close Family. The Genealogy Corner
Emily H. LaCivita of Stevensville, MD, is a descendant of Job Callaway, Sr. of Wilkes Co, GA through his son, Joseph and Nancy Ragan Callaway. Their daughter, Almeda S. Callaway married twice, (1) Josiah Woods Pope; (2) Baker Lipscomb. Emily descends from Almeda S. Callaway and her 2nd husband, Baker Lipscomb. We would be pleased to have Emily LaCivita become a member of our association. If anyone would like to contact Emily regarding her Callaway lineage, she can be reached by email at: ehlacivita at bluecrab.org Sherrill Williams, CFA genealogist The Query Corner Subject – Eli Callaway
Query #3 The History Corner Callaway, Nebraska
Nestled in the heart of the seven valleys, in Custer County, Nebraska, Callaway has had quite a history.... Callaway's settlement began right after the civil war. The seven valleys region, laced with peaceful little creeks flowing into the South Loup River, was traditional Pawnee hunting ground. French explorers had given the South Loup River its name ("Loup" being French for "Wolf"). The Idea.... One fall day in 1885, J. Woods Smith was reading a newspaper in an Omaha hotel. The paper elaborated on a plan by two railroads to intersect in Central Nebraska. He could imagine the potential of a town at this place, and rushed to the proposed intersection to begin promoting a townsite. He gathered some folks together, formed a syndicate, and within one week engineer E. McNish was platting a town. Meanwhile, Back In Delight.... It seems that Mr. Smith was not the first to see the potential of the beautiful South Loup Valley. In August of 1880, Ira Graves became postmaster of the brand new settlement of Letup. One month later the name was officially changed to Delight, supposedly because of the delightful surroundings. In 1886, construction of Mr. Smith's new townsite progressed nicely. The nearby post office, whose name had been changed from Delight to Grant, was officially moved to the new townsite, and assumed its permanent name of Callaway. Why "Callaway".... Callaway was named for S.R. Callaway, second vice president and general manager of the Union Pacific Railroad when the Wood River Grade was made from Kearney to the new townsite. The founders of this new community at the end of the line found it fitting to honor him with a community bearing his name.
Born Samuel Rogers Callaway in 1850, he was a native of Toronto, Canada. He entered the railroad industry as an office boy in 1862 at the age of 13. In less than 40 years he became president of the American Locomotive Co., the greatest concern of its kind in the world. Mr. Callaway died in June 1904 in New York City. Incidentally, the east-west streets were named after other railroad officials at the time, and the north-south avenues were named after members of the syndicate and homesteaders. Murphy's Law Intervenes.... "If anything can go wrong it will". And it did. It came in the form of a dispute between the Federal Government and the Union Pacific Railroad. The dispute was over two proposed railroad lines into Callaway. Work was suspended. The town's growth ground to a standstill. In 1887, the patience of the townsfolk was wearing thin. The New Callaway Townsite and Improvement Company was born. A new town was formed ½ mile west of the "old" one, presumably in the direct line of the coming railroad. But many of the established businessmen refused to move to the new site. The Conflict.... With some citizens determined to stay where they were, and others just as set in the idea of a new site for the community, there ensued a bitter rivalry. The New Callaway Courier became the newspaper of "new" Callaway, while the Callaway Standard, established the previous year, remained the voice of "old" Callaway. Citizens of the original town called the new community "Podunk" and its inhabitants were christened "Mudhens". For quite some time the railroad still failed to develop. New Callaway dwindled and all but faded away until the Kearney and Black Hills Railway was organized and the laying of steel on the old grade from Kearney commenced in the spring of 1890. By that time, the population of Old Callaway had nearly doubled. The townsite feud flared up again. But, the long awaited railroad ended the dispute forever when it located its depot between the two townsites on the farm of J. Woods Smith. It was there that the Wood River Improvement Company platted what is now known as the Railroad Addition to Callaway. Thus, the two towns merged and pooled their efforts toward building one town. Good Times.... With the townsite conflict finally settled, there was much growth in Callaway. A new $10,000 hotel, the Grand Pacific, was erected. Many other improvements followed. On October 7, 1890, the first regularly scheduled train steamed into town. Callaway had finally come of age! ~ from the Callaway, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce Wrapping it Up Renewal time is here! The renewal forms have been mailed. If you haven’t already renewed your membership, please respond quickly. You don’t want to miss anything the CFA has in store! And of course, it is your chance to . . . . Let Your “Callaway” Voice Be Heard!
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