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THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION Volume V No. 3
Always regard
with esteem the name you were given; The Editor's Corner The Civil War Letters of Joshua K. Callaway - Bivouac Near
Chattanooga Mrs. Dulcinea
Callaway: We remained in the fort (Rains) till 2 o'clock Wednesday morning July the 1st when we evacuated it. And then commenced a march the most killing to man and beast that I have ever gone through yet. We suffered awfully with rain, mud, heat, hunger and fatigue; but not near so much with hunger in our Regt. as in every other part of the army. Getting into that fort was a "God send" to us. As on Tuesday evening we sent out a detail to cook rations and just as they got ready to begin they were ordered to throw out the rations and pour water on the pots that were hot and have the wagons laded ready to move instantly and when they got back to the fort and reported we laid violent hands on a few barrels of crackers and a quantity of dried beef, which had been stored away in there, and filled our haversacks and pockets. After a hard day's march on Wednesday we got to and bivouacked for the night at Alisonia, (the place where I joined the command on the 8th of January last). Left there at day light Thursday morning and reached the foot of the mountain at 4 p.m. where we overtook the rear of the wagon train. We rested till night for them to get up out of the way but they failed, and our Brigade was sent to help them up while the balance of the Division formed line of battle to keep back the Yankees and protect the train. We marched in two ranks (one each side of the road) and every man in the Brigade pushing a wagon. I never have seen a set of men and mules so completely exhausted in my life. I actually went to sleep while walking (or rather climbing) along. I sat down by a rock at another time to rest, while the command was halted for some purpose, and went to sleep and they went off and left me although there was a tremendous whipping hollowing and swearing. I saw a driver get off of his mule while waiting for the wagons to move in front and he lay down by his mule and fell asleep and his mule went to sleep and fell down on him and nearly broke his leg. But we got up the mountain about day light and stopped at sun up to rest and feed the teams but moved on at 6 o'clock, marched across the top and down this side of the mountain and camped in the mud at night. Moved on at daylight Saturday morning. Crossed the Tenn. River on a Pontoon Bridge, at 1 o'clock, where it is nearly a quarter of a mile wide and camped at "Shell Mound." Sunday morning we moved on at daylight and camped at 8 yesterday morning and after a hard march over the slickest mud, and through the hardest rain that I ever was in, and over a spur of the Look Out Mountain we reached this place tired, sick, worn out, wet, hungry, mad and with our feet blistered and sore; but the men are all cheerful still. We are camped at the foot of this grand old Lookout Mountain 1 1/2 miles from town. The mountain looks grand, majestic, sublime, towering among the clouds. Its summit has been twice hid today by heavy clouds which seemed to rise out of its side and poured torrents of rain on us in the valley while I expect the sun was shining up there. I have not been up there yet but intend to go up if we stay here long. I went to town today but could not find Mace Kimmey who is there. He was wounded at the battle of Perryville last year. My Dear, you would doubtless feel disappointed if I were not to give you my opinion of Bragg's retreat. A great many are down on him for it, but I confess that, if I understand it and know anything of the comparative strength of the two opposing armies, he has displayed more of the general than in all his former career. Old Rosey laid a very pretty bait for him twice and would have caught many a General but Bragg did not bite. All the troops that he had sent to Miss. were from his right wing which covered McMinville and held the roads leading to our rear. And when Old Rosey found that they were gone he sent a large force round there to capture Tullahoma and cut off our supplies, while, with another strong force, he made a feint upon Shelbyville as if he would attack us in front, to keep us there till he could accomplish his objective but Bragg understood him and drew his whole force back to Tullahoma. That trumped old Rosey and he didn't know how to play his hand, and hence we were lying there in line of battle from Sunday till Tuesday night, waiting to see what he would do. He seemed to make up his mind about Tuesday morning and Bragg discovered it in the evening. It was to cut us off at Alisonia 6 miles below just as he had tried to do at Tullahoma, and tried it the same way; (by pressing hard in front); but Bragg wouldn't bite but drew off again and beat him to the mountain and got away, no doubt very unexpectedly to the whole Yankee nation and brought out his army safe except perhaps a few stragglers, and to make up for them General Wheeler ambushed the Yankees on top of the mountain the day after we had passed and killed and captured 2000 or 3000 of them and drove them back to the foot on the other side. If they had attacked us in front at either Shelbyville or Tullahoma we would have whipped them terribly but old Rosey knew that and wouldn't come up. Bragg did not have force enough to fight him on equal grounds and if he had divided his army to force Rosencrans back from his flank movement and compel him to fight us in our breast works we would have been badly whipped. It would have taken at least half of the army to even check that flanking force and that would have weakened us so in front that we would have fallen an easy prey to the vandals. Bragg did the right thing and is entitled to great credit for the masterly skill with which he handled his army in getting it out of the very jaws of destruction. These are the conclusions I come to looking at the thing from my point of view. You know that I am not a Bragg man and may have reason hereafter to change my opinion of the retreat. I am aware that a great many differ with me. Well, it is now getting late and raining. I will quit till morning, Good Night. ~ 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. In Memory From Don Kellaway, CFA Member in Canada comes the following two obituaries. They were published in the Toronto Star on January 16, 2004. Kelleway, Norman - Veteran of WWII and the Korean Conflict. On Monday, January 12, 2004 at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Veterans Wing, Norman Kelleway, son of the late Nellie and James Kelleway and brother of the late William, Uncle to many nieces and nephews. A special appreciation to his primary nurse Cedric Russell, Ann Hayward and the other nursing staff at LGSE Wing as well as Roz Lawrason who came to visit on a regular basis. Friends and family will visit at the Jerrett Funeral Home, 660 Kennedy Road, Scarborough (between Eglinton and St. Clair Aves. E.) on Monday 12 noon to 1 p.m. Funeral Service to be held in the chapel on Monday at 1 p.m. Interment to follow in the Veterans Section at Pine Hills Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated. Kelloway, W. C. Herbert - Retiree of Kodak, passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 at the Humber River Regional Hospital, Church Site. Herb, loving husband of the late Marian and the late Anne. He is survived by his longtime friend and companion Mary Kenny. Dear father of William and Debra, Michael and Linda. Loving brother of Gladys Kirby, Clara Smith, Aubrey, Sylvia Hunt and predeceased by Pearce. Family and friends will be received at the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Rd. (north at Lawrence Ave.) Weston, from 7-9 p.m. Thursday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday. Funeral Service in the Chapel on Saturday at 2 p.m. Cremation. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario or the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. Thank you to CFA Member, Mary Ann Parker of Salt Lake City, UT for sending me the following announcement of the passing of Blanche Calloway Sinclair. While not a member of her own family, she thought it might be meaningful to some of our readers.
Our lives will never be the same without you but your memory will forever be in our hearts. Blanche Lorene Sinclair was a loving sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend. She left this world to be with her heavenly father on January 1st, after fighting a long battle of leukemia. Born January 30, 1928 in Franklin, NC to Wade and Betty Calloway. She was a great wife to Jesse Sinclair and is reunited with him. She was survived by her brother Bernell (JoAnne) Calloway, and sister Betty Ruth Calloway Hall, and her children Susan (Boone) Coult, Marylou (Tony) Otero, David Sinclair, and precedes her sons Hershel and Jack. Also survived by six grandchildren, six great grandchildren who she was very proud of and loved very much. She was an active member of the LDS church and made great life long friends within her ward and who were always willing to help her in anyway and are much appreciated. She spent most of her days playing cards, taking pictures, and spending time with her family and friends. Unforgettable is the only word to describe her because she touched the hearts of everyone she knew and will be greatly missed. Funeral services will be held at the Winder 5th Ward, 1360 E. 4000 S. Holiday, UT on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Friends may call on Monday from 6-8 p.m. at Russon Brothers Salt Lake Mortuary, 255 S. 200 E. and prior to services at the ward on Tuesday from 8:45 to 9:45 a.m. Jet-Setting "C/Kers" CALLAWAYS AND KELLAWAYS This gathering, of considerable significance to Kellaway and Callaway
genealogists and family historians, took place at the Pitcher and Piano pub in
Richmond. The three genealogists from the Callaway Family Association, Cary,
Pat and Sherrill, were researching in England, at the nearby Public Record
Office in Kew. Warwick and Di Kellaway were travelling in England at the time,
and so was Bill Callaway (Bulletin Bill). The opportunity for a rendezvous was
too good to miss. Brian Kelway Willoughby travelled from Cheltenham to be there, and
locals, Peter and Kris, and Bill Piper (all Australians resident in England),
agreed to the venue. Many of us had never met before, except by e-mail. The
meeting let us compare notes and marvel at the wealth of material that already
exists; it also laid the foundation for continued co-operation in research.
Photo by Kris Callaway. Left to Right: Bill Callaway (BC), Peter Callaway (Sydney), Pat Schnurr (Florida), Sherrill Williams (Tennessee), Cary Moore (Alabama), Di Kellaway (NZ), Brian Willoughby (Gloucs), Bill Piper (Aus and Eng), Warwick Kellaway (NZ)
Editor's Note - See more photos of this historic meeting on Bill Piper's web site here. Thank you to Bill Piper for sharing this with us. You can view lots of Kellaway family information on Bill's new web site at: http://www.kellaway.info. Feedback Corner Our thanks to CFA Member, Tevis Callaway Fitzpatrick, for sending us this marriage announcement. I hope the happy couple belong to the family of some of our readers. ~ From South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, January 24, 2004 HALLAERT -- CALLAWAY WEDDING
Here's some exciting news from CFA Member, Mrs. Eugene (Avola) Callaway of Rayle, GA. Hopefully there will be some of you who will be able to attend the performance.
Editor's Note - I checked and indeed the web site is available. Read about this remarkable performance here. And thank you to Tom Hooker for taking the time to include us in the research he is doing on one of our "Callaways". He definitely qualifies for the CFANet Hall of Fame!
Donna, Some DNA News from CFA Member, Debs Cofer - I am excited to see the DNA study launched. We have been doing a Cofer DNA project now for about two years using the same company you have chosen. Just as with the two lines of Callaways, we were convinced that two major Cofer lines had to be connected, but just could not find the right paper link. One of the lines had done so much work on my line in order to try to find their connection that when I got in, I had a lot of information readily available. Unfortunately for them, when the DNA results began to come in, we found rather conclusively that our two lines had completely different origins. This could have saved the other line years of time and effort. Now that we know, we still find many reasons to continue our relationship although our common ground today is only the name. If I can be of help in any way, please let me know. We have had the head of the group, Bennet Greenspan, down for one of our local genealogy meetings. All our evidence indicates they are a good group with which to work. We have found them very customer friendly with any problems we might have had.
I look forward to a good
report in Charleston. And thank you to CFA Member, David Scott for offering to share some very valuable C/K records in the UK.
Donna If anyone is researching a family from Hartland, I have the Baptisms, Marriages, Marriage Banns, burial and census records. If of interest let me know.
David Scott Here's some good news from CFA Member, Dave Fitzwater. While trying to find a probate on a Catherine Calloway/Callaway I got lucky (it seems) and found out where she & most of her family got buried. Originally when doing research hoping to find something about the land they owned. Then instead of looking for Callaway (most hits) I tried Calloway and got lucky and found a cemetery in FT Worth area of TX where it looks like the family is buried. The parents of the family were Shadrick Calloway & Catherine (Baker) and quite a few of family after they passed on. The cemetery is called Birdville located in Haltom City, TX.
This is just a reminder for
those of us that are having trouble tracing the whereabouts of a
certain Calloway - try different spelling once in a while. When I
first started researching my Calloway ancestors from Ashe Co., NC
they were always spelled with an "O" not an "A" as most common.
Then while trying to research their history in TX, I find out
their name was spelled both ways, one time on a land grant for
Shadrick Calloway it was spelled Calway not the traditional way.
As I said in a earlier post, I got lucky and looks like I know now
where they were buried. Probably wouldn't have noticed if they
just had one person buried there, but it looks like most of the
family decided to be buried there, maybe the price was right!
There was one Calloway buried there that was not a child of
Shadrick & Catherine, a Hiram Calloway b. 1822 died 1900, maybe a
brother or cousin. So people can look for a missing Hiram and
maybe he will be the one. Keep the research going, all of you
distant cousins of mine. I am learning daily. Thank you to CFA Member, Peggy Carey, for submitting this information about early Callaways in Illinois. She thought perhaps it was a clue to the "Mystery Callaway", Dr. George Callaway, mentioned in last month's "Callaways in the News" section of the newsletter. Can anyone add anything further to help identify this Callaway?
Are you familiar with the
Campbell Chronicles & Family Sketches: Embracing the History of
Campbell Co, VA 1782-1926, P. H. Earley? On p.363, Dr. Geo.
Callaway first made his home in Lynchburg on the estate
inherited from his father, which included lands and the mill
(afterwards operated by Langhorne & given his name) with property
in Madison on the opposite hill; the mill was located at the fork
of land between Blackwater creek and the James. Dr. Callaway sold
out in 1818 & moved to Nelson Co where he built GLENMORE, still
owned by descendants of his name; his son, Paul Carrington &
grandson of same name both followed in his profession as
practicing physicians. And thank you to Peggy Carey for submitting an interesting genealogy tidbit about Elijah Callaway.
Donna, thought I'd let you
know I recently rec'd a Will, 1825 Cabell Co, VA, for PETER
BLANKENSHIP JR on which I found as Witness, Elijah Callaway's
mark! I feel sure this must be 'my' Elijah who m. Lettice
Blankenship. Thank you to Ann Graham, for submitting the following family information to CFA. From Rusk County, Texas Cemeteries, Vol. II, p 72, by Mary F. Dunn
Virgil R. Callaway -
Co. C, 15th Texas Infantry, CSA
Editor's Note
- This family line of descent is as follows: I had a very nice surprise this month when I wrote to Janelle Swearingen asking for permission to reprint data in our newsletter, that she had posted to RootsWeb. It turns out that she is a cousin of the late Bobbie L. Callaway, CFA founding member and Historian. Janelle graciously gave permission and in addition submitted her family line to CFA which I have included in our Joseph Callaway file. She has her own genealogy web site, and you can view it here. She has also submitted a photo of her grandfather Alfred Marshell Callaway and you can view it on the CFA Gallery page here. Hi Donna, I should have joined years ago. My cousin Bobbie Callaway was one of the founders I believe, and served as Historian for years. My grandfather Alfred M. Callaway was the brother of her grandfather.I’d be happy for you to use the newspaper excerpts. My father was the baby born just two days after his father’s death, so those newspaper accounts are very special to me as they give the only glimpse I have of his life. His descendants are few from his marriage with my grandmother. My father had only one sister and she had no children. I had one brother who is now deceased and each of us had two children. My brother’s two daughters have children, but my children do not.
My grandfather had several children by his first wife.
I’ll get back to you later with details.
Editor's Note - Janelle's
line of descent is as follows: Editor's Note - I've always been fascinated by the name Return, so I asked Janelle if she had ever heard where it might have originated. Here is her reply: Return comes from Col. Return Jonathan Meigs. He was my grandfather’s great grandfather. Return Jonathan Meigs was a revolutionary War hero from Connecticut. In 1801 he was appointed War Department agent to the Cherokees in East Tennessee. It is for him that Meigs County Tennessee is named. He was agent for 22 years until at the age of 83 he died after having slept on the ground after giving his bed up for a visiting Chief. He was not one of the horrible agents you read about who used their office to line their own pockets. He was noted for his probity and when he died was far from a rich man. In fact in many instances he used his own money to benefit the missionary schools that were established among the Cherokees – usually by supplying them with books and materials for the students. When he died he was greatly mourned by the Cherokees he had served for so many years. He was particularly close to the family of John Ross who became the principal chief of the Cherokees. Return’s son Timothy had died in 1816 leaving 5 small children who were raised by Return. As an indication of his high regard for the Cherokees it might be noted that 3 of those 5 children married Cherokees.The name itself has many legends attached to it – basically it involves a young man who asked repeatedly for the hand of a young woman who kept turning him down. He went one last time to ask, was refused, but when he turned to leave, the young woman called out to him “Return and I will marry you.” Thus the name Return for one of their children – who was the father of Col Return Jonathan Meigs. This month I also received this very nice note from Duane Callaway. I wrote back attempting to help with instructions for creating a gedcom file from Legacy and he created it and graciously sent it to me. I have included it in our Joseph Callaway RootsWeb file. Hi Donna,I was looking at the Joseph Callaway line, and followed it down to your last entry in my line, which ends with my grandfather W. Earl Callaway (son of James Henry Callaway). Earl and his wife (my grandmother) Siphronia Shinault are both deceased. My grandparents had 7 children. 2 are still alive. Two of them (my uncles) were killed in action during WWII. My father Joseph Clista Callaway, was stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked on 12/7/1941. He died in 1976 in Morgan Hill Ca. I am fairly new to genealogy, and not sure what a gedcom file is. I use a program called Legacy to input my information into. I have quite a bit of information on recent Callaways in my family, and would be more than happy to contribute what I have... if I knew how to do so. It appears as though no one
has information that dates back beyond Joseph... I doubt I will
find anything that you haven't, but I will let you know if I do. Editor's
Note - Duane's line of descent is as follows: And we welcome a new CFA Member, Charles Bruce Calloway, a ninth generation descendant of Joseph, who has also graciously sent me his family file of his Calloway ancestors. It has also been added to the CFA Joseph Callaway RootsWeb file. I welcomed him to CFA and assured him his membership is in the works. Dear Donna: I hope that this is the right way of doing this. I have a large number of names, over 10,000. Please let me know if I
need to do something else. Editor's
Note - Bruce's line of descent is as follows: "Callaways" in the News Manitoba Daily Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, April 20, 1892
MR. CALLAWAY INJURED A rather serious accident occurred last evening on Princess street by which ex-Alderman Joshua Callaway sustained a fractured arm and some scalp wounds. He was driving home from the market with Mr. Braden, in the latter's butcher wagon, a boy driving. When at the corner of Princess and Bannatyne street a bolt in the tongue broke. The horses started to run, but the driver pluckily hung on till they reached McDermott street, when the other side broke down and he was pulled over the foot board, but fortunately was not injured. Mr. Callaway, however, was not so lucky; he was thrown out and in falling put out his hand to save himself. He struck heavily and broke one of the bones of the forearm at the wrist, shattering it badly. He also received a scalp wound, and one ear was nearly severed from the head. He was carried into Dr. O'Donnell's office and afterwards removed to his residence, where he is progressing as favorably as can be expected. Editor's Note - Can anyone identify ex-Alderman Joshua Callaway? He is a "Mystery Callaway". Genealogy Corner Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, April 30, 1875 MERE MENTION
Is there a town in Georgia
without a Callaway in it?
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.
From the Joseph line, a
biography of J. T. Callaway of Green Co., IL.
Editor's Note
- His line of descent is as follows: Read some interesting comments from Warwick Kellaway, about genealogy and how people were named. Thank you, Warwick, for sending this.
Hi Donna
Next were the 1841 and 1851
censi, and there was a Marian listed of the right age, but still
no John. Marian - Marron? There were several Marian Fevers in
Phoebe's family, one an uncle. Can anyone identify this "Callaway" family? They are listed on the 1880 Chicot Co., AR Federal census, page 290B in Oden Township.
Can anyone identify this "Callaway" family? they are listed on the 1850 Kendall Co., Oswego Twp IL Federal Census, page 245? They are living in the household of Joseph Eugie (sp) also born in Canada.
From the kindness of others wonderful discoveries are made. In this case, our thanks go to Michael Groover, who took the time to look up CFA, contact me and send information about and photos of a discovery he has just made.
Hi.
Jackson E. Callaway He may be a lost member of your family. I hunt civil war relicts, and when I find Civil War graves I like to try to look up the person and learn about them. I also try to find his family that is still living and let them know.
There was a church where these
Callaways are resting. The church was burned down by northern
troops before any civil war soldiers were laid there. About half
of Co. G, 2 GA Res. were killed about 100 yards from this grave
site. I know that there was a small battle there. I have found
lots of 3 ring bullets there and Yankee buttons there also. The
grave site is on Stagecoach Road just north of east Atlanta Road
in Stockbridge, Henry Co., GA, 35 miles south east of Atlanta, GA.
His troop was there to stop the attack on Stockbridge. His first
tombstone is still there. The daughters of the CSA put a nice new
one there also.
Editor's Note
- A Kellaway family from the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England - Part IV
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 Joseph Kellaway, son of James Kellaway and Jane Bucket. Genealogy Funnies
Query Corner - If you can provide some help and answers, please respond to these queries.
Response
to Query # 115 (CFANet
02/04) I am a descendant of Lucy Parker through Lucy and Jacob's son, Parker Callaway who married Susannah Poteet. This is the lady who resided in "Grandmother's room" at the Callaway Plantation just outside Washington, GA. Jacob was the son of Job Callaway, one of the original Callaways entering Wilkes Co. GA. Their children were Chenoth Callaway ( This is another family with a large family group, better known as Chenoweths with various spellings. The connection is that a Chenowith married a Poteet.), Seaborn Callaway, who is my ancestor, Carlton B. Callaway, Miles R. Callaway, Levi Callaway, Aristedes Callaway (who built the Callaway Plantation), Lucy Ann Callaway, Eugenia Callaway and India Ann Callaway. My great grandmother, Eugenia Callaway, was the daughter of Seaborn and Mildred Olive Jordan. They are both buried in the Callaway Plantation Cemetery along with Eugenia Callaway Cofer the aforementioned great grandmother. Note, there is a Seaborn Callaway who is the son of Job Callaway who married Delphia Poteet. This Seaborn was a brother to my Parker. Of similar interest, my Cofer line also had an earlier Callaway female in its line. Job's brother had a daughter named Mary, known as Polly who married a Williamson. My great grandfather, John Cofer, married their daughter, Mary Williamson. All four are listed as early members of Sardis Baptist Church in Wilkes Co. The same four were also charter members establishing Beaverdam Baptist Church in Wilkes Co. GA in 1836. I also plan to attend the Charleston
meeting and will look forward to meeting my "cousin" there.
Query # 126 I'm looking for my mother's family. She was a Callaway and married George W. Farley. She had brothers & sisters. My mother's mother's name was Wanita & her father, I believe his name was George Callaway. She has sisters named Ruth Callaway, Virgena Callaway, Glorajene Callaway. Ruth was married to Gene Denton. Their children are Leona & Jeff. Leona's children are Curtis & Tina. Virgena was married to Calvin White. They had three sons. They are Dewayne, Charles & Jimmy. Anyone with info please contact me.
Query # 127 My paternal Grandmother, Ann Callaway Martin, passed away earlier this year and I am interested in exploring my family tree. She was married to Verner H. Martin, Sr., and their son, Verner H. Martin, Jr., is my father. My great-grandfather was I. T. Callaway of Atlanta, Georgia. My great-uncle was Tucker Callaway, a former Southern Baptist missionary to Liberia, who passed away several years ago. I am married to Rachel E. Martin, and we have two children, Sophia Elizabeth Martin and William Alexander Martin. I am an attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, and I have been interested in making connections with the extended Callaway family for a few years.
Query # 128 I am interested in finding out if any Callaway was on the Lewis and Clarke expedition. Also any information on the Callaway plantation in Wilkes County near Washington GA. Thank you for your site. I would like to hear anything about the Callaway name and history. My family lives in Georgia, USA and has been living here as long as I can remember.Thank you very much for your e-mail. I enjoyed hearing from all the Callaway's in the News Letter. I will be joining your great organization shortly. I am descended from John Beeman Callaway and was born in Greensboro Georgia. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you. Query
# 129 Donna, Thanks for the quick reply. I also want to tell you how grateful I am that you have undertaken to do the Newsletter. As a former newsletter editor for my writers' group, I am well aware of the difficulties and time commitment that it incurs. I don't know that much about him. He is my maternal
grandfather. His name was Cyrus E. Callaway. He was born
August 18, 1894 and died December 1, 1954. He died in St. Louis,
MO, but I am not sure whether he was born in St. Louis or in
Indiana. He married Ann Fisher (although her name was probably
really Nancy) and they had two daughters: Janette
Callaway, and my
mother, Velda Callaway. I know that my mother said his
family was from Vincennes, Indiana, but we also have land in
Gasconade County, Missouri that was, supposedly, part of the
original land grant given to Daniel Boone. (It is pretty close to
the Callaway County line, and from what I understand, was
originally included in the same county). My grandfather had
possession of Daniel Boone's violin Cyrus was in WWI, and stationed in France for a time. I have all of his postcards, letters, etc, from that time which were sent to my grandmother (They were not yet married). He was a Chief Detective for the Police Department in the City of St. Louis for many years, and then became the Chief Detective for a railroad line. I finally gave up and purchased Ancestry.com membership and, the very first search I did, I found my grandfather and family listed on the 1920 census. So I have that, but I have been unsuccessful in finding any other information the last several days despite doing every kind of search I could imagine. I don't know if it is too late for this edition of the newsletter, but the additional information I came up with is as follows: Cyrus (my grandfather - I knew was born in 1894); he had a sister named Donalda Callaway (who was listed as 20 on the 1920 census). Mother was Osa (listed as age 52 on the census). Father was John Callaway (listed as age 55). Both Cyrus and Donalda were born in Missouri, Osa and John were born in Indiana. Osa's parents were both listed as having been born in Indiana. John's father (Callaway) was listed as having been born in Missouri, and his mother was listed as having been born in Kentucky. If that rings any bells, I would love to know! I would appreciate any information anyone has regarding him. Editor's Note - Cyrus E. Callaway is a "Mystery Callaway". Can anyone help to identify him? Query
# 130 Dear Donna, I would like to find out
more about the ways in which the association supports the search
for family information. A response from CFA Member, Warwick Kellaway in New Zealand - Dear Howard,
Further response from Howard Callaway - Query
# 131 I am looking for my G-G Grandmother's family. Her name was Jennie Clarinda Callaway Larson. She had a brother named Charles Callaway, and was raised near Creston, Iowa. Born approx. 1858. Married Ole Larson. Died in Arizona. Editor's Note - I did some census searching and found an H. E. Calloway age 37 born in IL on the 1880 Creston, Union Co., IA dist 222 census. In census records for Jennie and Ole, she is always listed as born in IL. Could H. E. Calloway be a member of Jennie's family? Living next door to him was Ira Larson age 42 a carpenter born in Norway. Could this be a member of Ole Larson's family? Jennie Clarinda Callaway is a "Mystery Callaway". Can anyone help to identify her?
Response to Query # 123 (CFANet 2/2004) Thomas Callaway (Joseph) moved from Essex Co. to Halifax Co. Va. and then down to Ashe Co. N.C. He had six sons. 3 daus. We have documented children for Charles (Thomas, Joseph), Thomas Callaway, Jr., and Joseph. James Callaway and Richard Callaway both sons of Thomas, Sr. were in Ashe Co. Larkin Callaway and wife Sarah are shown on 1850 census in Caldwell Co. N.C. with 6 children all b. in Burke Co. as was Sarah. Charles (Thomas) died after 1810 in Burke Co. He had two sons Richard and Thomas both of whom were in Burke Co. Larkin is shown in Caldwell Co. in 1860 census. I have asked our CFA genealogist for help on this. We need to track this family down. Pat Schnurr, Pres. CFA Query # 132 Elisha died 30 September 1916, and his death certificate indicates that he was a widower. He and Caroline are in the 1910 Surry census, so I must assume that she died between then and 1916. Several family researchers have indicated that Caroline died after Elisha and, possibly, was living with a daughter, Etta Isaacs Oakley, or granddaughter, Mable Oakley Bottomley, in or near Galax, VA as late as 1940. Some web sites show that as her date of death. Based on Elisha's death certificate, which I received recently, I think that is incorrect. I have located a private Calloway cemetery in Galax, and Samuel Ferree and one of his daughters are buried there. The inventory that I have makes no mention of Caroline. I hope to visit the site within the next four weeks. Any help will be greatly
appreciated. Editor's Note - Bob also submitted his Callaway family information and I have added it to our Joseph Callaway RootsWeb file. Query
# 133 Hi, Editor's Note - I recognized the name Jiles and remembered we had a query about that name in our Sept 2003 newsletter. I have included it below. Hopefully it will lead to some new information. Query # 65
(CFANet
9/2003) I am
looking for information on Callaway (Calaway) that are listed on
census' as Mulatto, Native American, Black. Originally from
Franklin County Va., West Va. area. Settled in Southwest Michigan
and Northern Indiana areas. Some names are Giles/Jiles, Frank,
Elzora, Martha. Sarah, Abram, Pearlina, Sally, Eliza. Henry
Callaway freed some of the above from slavery on May 6, 1850. I also found him on the 1870 South Haven Twp, Van Buren Co., MI census, page 540.
Query
# 134 My brother and I have just
started to read some journals left to us by an aunt, Lee Davis. My
brother has just bought the family homestead in rural Vernon
county and we have searched the grave yards for names of family.
We have become very interested in our family history. How do we
join? How can we start getting journals? How do we find out more
about Archibald? My brother would also like to receive
information. His name is Randoph Bratvold. His email is Brat at
ticon.net. Thank you and can't wait to hear from you. Editor's Note - I wrote back and welcomed our new members, tried to answer their questions, and told them about the booklet that Minnie Callaway Fanta wrote about her Vernon Co., WI ancestors. Isn't it wonderful that the family homestead is back in their family? I forgot to mention that they can see their ancestors in the CFA Peter Callaway RootsWeb file. Query # 135 I have a picture of Arthur Turner Callaway, and his wife Ophelia Cornelia Tanner, abt 1910, He was my great Grandfather, Father of my maternal Grandmother Opal Leah Callaway. He was the son of James Harrison Callaway. Arthur died around 1976, at 96. Still sharp as a tack. He told us a lot of stories of the 'old' days. Courting my g grandmother in a horse and buggy! And he lived long enough to see the first lunar landing. This thrilled him to no end. Anyway.... If you
would like a copy of the picture, let me know how to get one to
you, I would be more than happy to send one along. Editor's Note - I wrote back to Victor, welcomed him as a brand new CFA Member and thanked him for offering a copy of the photo of his great grandfather. You can view the photo on our Family Photo page on our web site here. I asked him to tell us more about his family, and he has graciously submitted his family tree. He is a Peter Callaway descendant.
Comment # 136 I am doing research for my son Joseph Christian Parks, III. who descends from Williams J. Parks who married Mary Callaway. I found much helpful information here. I am willing to share information to add to this great site. Query # 137 Hi, My name is Joan Gale nee Callaway, but everyone calls me Annie. I don't know anything about my Callaway family except we originally came from Sligo and Mayo in Ireland, but my grandparents brought up their children in Southampton England. My granddad was Stephen Callaway and my grandmother was Ellen McMullan. Both died many years ago as has my dad who was Patrick Callaway. Query # 138 Do you know of a Mary Ann Calloway who married James W. Mabry in Barbour County, Alabama on August 23, 1855? That is all I have on her... he was b. ca 1825 and d. 3 Jan. 1894... was Capt. of Com. K, 1st Alabama Inf. of the C.S.A., later promoted to Colonel. Thanks, Janey Maybery Westbrook Chickamauga, GA Editor's Note - I wrote back to Janey with a few suggestions on who her Mary Ann Calloway might be. Hi Janey,I checked CFA Peter Callaway RootsWeb file, and we don't show a child named Mary in Barbour Co., AL that is the right age range. However, in Barbour Co., on the 1850 census there is listed Henry Calloway and Daniel Calloway, brothers and sons of Jonathan Calloway and Sarah Dennis. Both Henry and Daniel show having daughters named Mary the right age, but Henry took his family to TX and Daniel stayed in Barbour Co. So I feel it's very likely that Daniel's daughter Mary is the one who married James W. Mabry. James is listed on the 1850 census in Barbour Co. with Seth, age 29, probably his brother and Nancy, age 53, probably his mother. Seth is Sheriff and James is Deputy Sheriff. Then on the 1860 Barbour Co. census James is listed married to Mary, and they have a son named Seth Calloway, and a son named Daniel Calloway. So that seems to make it even more likely that this is your Mary.
Daniel
Calloway's line of descent is as follows:
Hope this
was some help to you. Let me know if you find out more or verify
that this is correct. Good luck with your search.
Query # 139 I have been trying for a some time to talk to a Callaway. I know only a small amount of information on the Callaway family. I was told to get CFA 1981 and 1993 Journals, so I have ordered them. The Callaways that I am trying to get information on are Francis Callaway, Jr., and Francis Callaway, Sr. Francis Callaway Jr. was a preacher with my Cleveland line in South Carolina and Georgia. His name was Rev. John Cleveland. John Cleveland was a Revolutionary war vet. I was told Francis was also one. I am trying to find out if they served together or met later.
Don Cleveland
Query # 140 Query # 141 The following was part of a message on the Holder List. Does anyone know which James Callaway was married to Elizabeth Penn? ". . .the suit Coleman's heirs vs. Penn's heirs in 1812 regarding land conveyed to Coleman from Penn in 1782 in Amherst Co. VA. It names Penn's heirs: late Elizabeth Callaway, widow of Jms. Callaway; Sophia, wife of Wm. S. Crawford, Pamelia, wife of Thomas Haskins, Matilda, wife of Abner Nash; Fannie, wife of Wm. White; Nancy, widow of John McCredie, deceased, late widow of Alexander Brydie; Sara, wife of Thomas Crews, Catherine, Wife of ____ Holder" [John W. Holder, s/o Capt. John Holder and Frances Callaway]. These Penn heirs are children of Gabriel Penn and Sarah Callaway. Sarah and Frances Callaway are daughters of Col. Richard Callaway. My Callaway connection is Frances Callaway, daughter of Col.
Richard Callaway and wife of Capt. John Holder. Query # 142
Hi,
Query # 143 My father was J. S. Callaway (Joshua Socratise), his father was John and his mother was Elizabeth Callaway from Tx. That is all I know, except that he was married before and had children from his first marriage. Roweina Callaway, Garland Hurbert Callaway, I believe there were more. Would like any info I can get. Editor's Note - Could this be Joshua Socrates Callaway, son of Roland Callaway and Nancy Elizabeth Knight, from the Peter line? Can anyone help to identify him?
Query # 144 Looking for relatives of James Callaway, born in Washington Co. Indiana, 1836. Married Hannah Denney, moved to Montgomery Co., Indiana and operated a Nursery, (tree, flower type), Hannah died in 1898. Can not find any records for James. Notorious “Callaways” The Weekly Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 19, 1898 HE WILL RECOVER Frank Calloway, the young man who took poison Sunday night, presumable with suicidal intent, is now resting easily at St. Francis hospital, and will probably be out again in a few days. Calloway is indignant because it was reported that he had attempted suicide. He claims that he was not love sick and that the poison was not taken in an attempt to end his life. Mrs. Laura McAuley, his sweetheart, states however, that letters were left by Calloway, directing the finder to notify her, and also leaving instructions as regard to burial. Editor's Note - Can anyone identify Frank Calloway of Colorado Springs, CO? He is a "Mystery Callaway". History Corner Read this wonderful account of how a Parlor Grand Piano found it's way back home to the Callaways. My sincere thanks to CFA Founding Member, Avola (Mrs. Eugene) Callaway, of Rayle, GA for taking the time to send me this happy story. Donna, |
SOUTH
BEND -- Robin M. Callaway and James G. Hallaert married at 2 p.m.
Oct. 4 at Community Congregational Church. They are making their
home in Mishawaka. The bride is the daughter of Diana and Fritz
Wagoner of Goshen and Barbara and Jim Calloway of South Bend. The
groom is the son of C. Lynn Hallaert of Mishawaka and the late Jim
Hallaert. The bride graduated from Penn High School, Mishawaka,
and attended Indiana University South Bend. She is employed by
Aflac, Mishawaka. The groom graduated from Mishawaka and attended
IUSB. He is employed by Allied Banc Mortgage.
I thought you might be
interested in the new production, drama, that has been produced in
Washington, Wilkes Co., GA. Part of the script has been taken from
letters written by Morgan Callaway, to his wife during the Civil
War. Several Callaways are taking part in this production and it
is very good. I called one of its key people this A.M. to
see if it has been put on the Internet. She said it should be
available in about a couple of weeks so you may want to try and
find. They have some wonderful posters out. The next production is
scheduled for March 26, 27 and 28 in Washington, Georgia. The
drama is called "POSTMARKED Wilkes County", and will probably be
found under this title.
thooker974 at aol.com
