THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION
CFANET e-NEWSLETTER
  May 2004

Volume V  No. 5

Always regard with esteem the name you were given;
 with praise and renown that it should endure. *

My name is Emma Logan and I come
From Tennessee
And there I spent my childhood with
my friends and family.
I married young John Logan back in
1844.
That day he promised Pa we'd never go
far from his door.

The children came so quickly, but my
Ma was so close by.
She'd help out with the births and then
she'd hold 'em when they'd cry.
I thought my life was settled 'til the day
John said to me,
'Pack the wagon, woman, we are leaving Tennessee.'

~ Overland 1852, from Audio CD October Roses, by Linda Allen, 1999

"Most men who headed west were in their physical prime, ready for adventure. For most women, the journey came during the most vulnerable time of their lives - their childbearing years.

A woman lies awake in a tent on the outskirts of Independence. After traveling down the Missouri on a steamboat with their belongings, she and her husband and children have spent several weeks in this muddy tent city making final preparations and joining up with a wagon train. They have stored additional supplies and bought and bartered for the oxen, horses, cows and chickens that would haul and sustain them on the journey ahead. Others around her have traveled in their wagons all the way from home.

The woman has left her home and all she has known hundreds of miles away. Now it is early May, and the men are arguing over whether or not the grass is tall enough for the oxen to find enough to eat. The decision is to leave tomorrow.

Packed in a trunk in the wagon beside the tent are her most precious belongings. A few pieces of china. A Bible. Matches. Medicines. A flatiron her mother has given her. A linen table cloth. Napkins. Remembrances of sisters and brothers, friends, perhaps parents she has left behind. And a friendship quilt presented to her before she left. Friends embroidered their names, with sayings like 'remember me' on separate blocks, then joined them together for warmth and comfort and remembering in the miles ahead.

She hears her husband nearing the tent. His unsteady voice reveals that he has spent a final night at a local grog shop, celebrating the upcoming adventure. She wonders how he'll handle the unfamiliar job of managing the oxen and the other livestock, especially if he is still feeling the alcohol. Her imagination races beyond the first uncertain miles of the journey to places unknown. What do they hold? Riches? Sickness? Separation? Death?

Night surrounds her. She hears the milling of cattle and oxen hooves in their penned-up restlessness. She never has gotten used to the acrid odor of the livestock pens. A child whimpers beside her in restless slumber as his brothers and sisters lie asleep, tucked in crowded bundles.

Perhaps the woman hears the faint sound of her own voice as she tries to hide her longing for her mother, friends, sisters left behind."

~ excerpts from Women's Voices From the Oregon Trail, Susan G. Butruille, Tamarack Books, Inc., Boise, Idaho, 1993, pg. 6, 8-11.

Read more about the history of the Oregon Trail migration
Here.

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.
Donna

CFA Member, Bill Callaway of Wilmington, NC sent us a note to let us know of the passing of his wife, Betty. They had been married 50 years. We all send our condolences to Bill and his family.

Obituary
Roscoe Earl Calloway passed away 26 September 2003 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa at the age of 91.  He was born at New London and lived there until graduating high school.  Almost the rest of his life was spent in Mt. Pleasant.

At the age of 12 he drove a team of horses to help build U.S. highway 34 between New London and Mt. Pleasant.  He was also 12 when he learned to drive a car and sometimes acted as chauffeur for a man who owned a car but did not know how to drive.

In high school he was an outstanding basketball player being the first in the area to develop and successfully use the one-handed hook shot.

He was 31 years old when he joined the U.S. Navy during World War II as a diesel mechanic on an LCT (Landing Craft Tank) and served in the Pacific.  When the war ended he returned to his family in Mt. Pleasant and resumed selling cars for Fleenor Pontiac.  Roy Fleenor was the son of Charles Louis Callaway Fleenor , the son of Alfred and Martha Gulick Callaway.  He was adopted by the Fleenors as an infant after the death of his mother.

Roscoe was also in the restaurant business for a number of years and eventually went to work for the Postal Service until his retirement.

An avid sports fan he loved to watch as his sons played and later coached several sports. Roscoe leaves behind, his wife of 68 years, Ethel Virginia; a daughter, Ann and a son, William.  Also two brothers, Rex and Ronald.  He was preceded in death by another son, Michael.

A question of trusting a man has often been to ask "would you buy a used car from this man"? For all who knew Roscoe, the reply would always be an emphatic "yes".  A very good friend of Roscoe's was a black man, who at his funeral said, "Roscoe was a gentle man who was always a gentleman".

He traced his genealogy back to Peter through William Sr., William Jr., Zachariah, Andrew, Alfred, James Benjamin and his own father Orlan Calloway.

Russ Callaway, CFA Technologist reports that CFA's DNA project is progressing very well. We now have a web site where results of our submissions can be viewed.

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Callaway/

Thank you to CFA Member, Sandie Smith Grassino for submitting her family file to CFA. It has been added to the CFA Joseph Callaway file on RootsWeb. Sandie's line of descent is as follows:

Joseph Callaway
James Callaway
Micajah Callaway
James Callaway and his second wife Achnah Matilda Henderson
John A Callaway
Cyrus E Callaway
Velda Ann Callaway
Sandie Smith Grassino

And say hello to our newest "Callaway" descendant, Saige Maria Grassino. She was born January 11, 2004 and is Sandie's granddaughter. Thank you, Sandie for sending us this picture of your beautiful "Callaway" angel.

Here's a nice note from Earlene Pugh, a Caleb descendant, with some clues about Ivy Calloway, mentioned in last month's "Notorious Callaways" section of the newsletter (CFANet 04/04).

I don’t remember  who was looking for Ivy Callaway, but Ivy’s were in the same vicinity as the Callaways, Wyatt’s, Laurence’s, Oates, Claiborne, so they might look in the Ivy lines also.  There is a book on the Ivy family with oodles of stuff. Many of the families had at least one marriage, or more amongst them. I know, as they are all mine.
Earlene Pugh
dpugh1931 at sbcglobal.net

A little late for this Easter, but for future ones, our thanks to Kay Bradley for sending us the following.

Hi Donna,
I don't know why but I thought you might like this. Sort of fits with doing things the old fashioned way. These are fun - so I thought I would share!!

  Brown :1 quart coffee- hot or cold dye
  Pink: boil 12 oz cranberries- hot or cold dye
  Beige: hot dye in beets then rinse immediately
  Blue: chopped red cabbage- hot or cold dye
  Gold: 3Tbs. Tumeric- hot or cold dye
  Green: hot dye in tumeric then cold dye in red cabbage
  Lavender: 4 c. frozen or fresh blueberries- hot or cold dye

  Hot dye method- place eggs in one quart of water with the dye ingredients and 2T white vinegar Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 20 to 30 minutes. these eggs are not for eating.

  Cold dye method- cook your eggs and dye baths separately. Allow dye to cool before adding eggs for 10-15 minutes. Refrigerate any cold dyed eggs you plan to eat.

  Cold dyes produce more pastel colors, hot dyes more intense colors. You can also soak eggs overnight in the fridge.

  For great fun - try to find speckled quail eggs ( oriental markets have them) and place them in small wicker baskets
Kay
katehbradley at earthlink.net

Another "Mystery Callaway" success story, with congratulations to CFA Member, Brian Kelway Willoughby! He has identified Thomas Kelway, the musician from the Genealogy Corner in last month's newsletter, (CFANet 04/04), and Brian has been inducted into the Callaway Hall of Fame. Brian also has submitted some fascinating information about this very musical Kelway family.

As it happens I have collected quite a lot of information about what I loosely refer to as The Musical Kelways - evidently a talented bunch. I have (inevitably!) been hoping to pull together the various strands into a single article (or monograph, in BHKW-speak) - but I see little prospect of succeeding within the next few months, at least.

So far I have been able to map out parts of five generations - from TK's Grandfather Thomas Kelway (i), through his Father Thomas Kelway (ii), to TK himself (Thomas Kelway (iii)), on to six nephews/nieces of his, and then several great-nephews and great-nieces.

Very briefly (but probably in more detail than you want at this time - and I'm afraid probably old hat!?):-

Thomas K (i) was appointed Minor Canon of St George's Chapel of Windsor Castle on 09/04/1672 (and presumably attended King Charles II there). He (TK I) was buried in the Chapel on 12/10/1718. He and his wife Elizabeth had four sons - Jasper, Thomas (TK (ii)), John and George.

Thomas K (ii) married (1) Ann Crosfield (on 20/10/1694). He had five sons - Joseph, William, Thomas (TK (iii)), George and John. Ann died in 1724 - TK (ii) then married (2) Sarah Slaterford (on 14/02/1725-6). He took his BA Degree at Kings College Cambridge in 1688-9, and was Vicar Choral of Winchester Cathedral when he died in 1736.

Thomas K (iii) was born in 1695 and died apparently unmarried (and intestate?). The Memorial stone to him in the floor of the south aisle Cathedral records that he was "Organist of this Cathedral 23 Years. Died May ye 21st 1749". (The year should be 1744).

TK (iii)'s younger brother Joseph Kelway was also a musician - and rather more distinguished. He was born in about 1702, and was appointed Harpsichord Master to Queen Charlotte (wife of George III). His playing was greatly admired by Handel and his pupils included Charles Wesley. He died in 1782: in his Will he left (i/a) his harpsichord and his Cremona violin jointly to two of his great-nieces Elizabeth and Heather. This Elizabeth was the wife of John Stafford Smith who wrote the music which was subsequently used for The Star-Spangled Banner.

Of TK (iii)'s three other brothers:

William K was a glazier, married Ann ????, and had six children - Ann (baptised 14/04/17290),  Jane (bp 23/09/17320,  Joseph (bp 09/07/1735),  Isabella (bp 22/02/1737),  William (bp 04/02/39),  Charles (bp 19/05/1742)

George K was a joiner and married Elizabeth ????

John K was a mariner. I know of one son - Thomas (TK (iv)).

In general terms it seems that the evident musical bent in the family began with a talent for singing, and developed over the generations into instrumental skills, then composition and finally marriage into the trade!

Incidentally I have one other contemporary musical outlier - with no idea whether or how he might be connected with the assorted Thomases above. One Hewis Kelway of Wootton Rivers, Hampshire, was a Singing-Man (adult chorister) of Christ Church College Oxford 1725-1735. He had married Mary Brookes in 1727, and may have come from a Wootton Rivers medical family of barber-surgeons and apothecaries.

Finally - please feel free to make whatever use of the above seems helpful.
With best wishes
Brian
bhk.willoughby at btopenworld.com

Editor's Note - See this page from CFA Member, Bill Piper's web site (http://www.kellaway.info). It is also about this musical family.

I received a note from Anne Leyden who has a "Mystery Callaway" of her own. Can anyone help solve it?

Hi, Donna. Came across a mystery female Callaway while doing a RootsWeb search for somebody else. (I'm not sure the link will fill in the blanks - search on Austin, William with spouse Callaway.) Their supposed daughter Ann Austin married an Alexander and they have connections to the Cobbs on my Steptoe side which led me to this Callaway.

I'm very suspicious of the info from either link that RootsWeb returns. One of them says her father was William and the other Richard. I can't even find a William who had a daughter named Frances and - as per CFA - Richard Callaway's daughter, Frances, married a Holder and a McGuire.

Any clues? Have a very pleasant Easter.
Anne
ahampden at comcast.net

Thank you to Geneva Greer White, who sent me some information and links to early Calla/oway history in Northern North Carolina and Tennessee.

Editor's Note - see the June 2004 newsletter for some corrections to the following information.

Elijah Callaway b. Oct 12, 1769 Bedford County, VA  d. March 3, 1847 Ashe NC
Mary Cutberth born October 10, 1772 d. Dec 17, 1843
Dtr of Benjamin Cutberth b. 1740 Augusta VA   d. 1817/Elizabeth Wilcox/on b. 1745  d. 1818
Elizabeth is the daughter of John Wilcox/on b. 1720 d. 1802 and Sarah Boone, daughter of Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan.

The Boone genealogy becomes BOHUN and goes at least to Richard Mari Bohun b. Abt. 1000 in Normandy.  He married Billeheude de St. Sauveur.   His son was Humphrey de Bohun b. abt. 1020,  He was the founder of the "House of Bohun" in France and companion in arms to William the Conqueror.

Many of the Hartzogs married into lines descending from the Calloway/Boone connection and have researched this with my half sister, Phoebe Gochnauer who married Randy Dean Hartzog.

Elijah and Mary had thirteen children.

Elijah fought in the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Kings Mt. with Benjamin Greer/my line.
He also was a member of the North Carolina Legislature for many years according to the Joseph Calloway Genealogy.

Can give you the children's names if you wish or you may already have all of this.  I never know.  Geneva Greer White
(doing genealogies/Miller/Weaver/Greer/Boone/into Stewarts in England, Robert the Bruce, and Charlemagne, etc. etc.)
ArtGeneva at aol.com

If you go to New River Notes, there is a story there called "Capture and Rescue of Benjamin Cleveland", that shows some of the connections of the Calloways, Cutbirth and Benjamin Greer in the Revolutionary War. http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/wnc5.htm

And on the Johnson County TN web site, from New River Notes you will find a diary written by Francis Marion Wilcox that is also terrific. http://jctcuzins.com/journal/journal1.html

You may know all this but nothing ventured--nothing gained.

A special thank you to Charles and Judy Callaway for sending us news of their attendance of the performance of POSTMARKED WILKES COUNTY, and telling us about their visit to "Callaway Land"!

Thanks for publishing Avola Callaway's announcement, concerning the New South Productions, Inc. dramatic presentation POSTMARKED WILKES COUNTY, in the March CFANet e-newsletter. Judy and I attended an evening performance on March 26, 2004, in the McGill-Woodruff Agriculture Center in Washington, Georgia. This tells a little of this wonderful presentation.

POSTMARKED WILKES COUNTY

   Written and directed by Sue Davidson, "The dramatic presentation depicts historic events from the American Revolution and Civil War periods, performed by local talent in authentic period costume, and based on actual letters to and from Wilkes Countians in the time frame portrayed". The presentations are supported by instrumental and vocal accompaniment of period songs. The music was selected and directed by Jo Rider Randall. The set was arranged in close proximity to the audience, using several settings, that gave intimacy to the dramatic experience. You felt like you were there, a part of the scene, setting next to the person writing or reading the letters.  

Several of the Cast members are descendents of Edward Callaway's (Peter, John) sons: Job, John, Joseph, and Joshua (often called the Wilkes County Brothers) who moved to Wilkes County, Georgia soon after the American Revolutionary War. Another son of Edward, Isaac, Sr., remained in North Carolina, but two of his sons, Isaac, Jr., and David, followed their uncles to Georgia. Cast members: Patricia Burton (wife of Allen Burton) sang in the Chorus and accompanied vocalists on the piano; James Burton (Job and John) sang bass in the chorus; Lindsey Callaway (Job) played the role of Polly Barclay, the first woman executed by hanging in Georgia history; CFA Member Allen Burton (Job and John) in the role of his great, great, great uncle R. T. Eckles (Echols) writes a Civil War letter to his brother, Mack, just before being wounded, having his leg amputated, and dying of complications at Marietta, GA;  CFA Member Lawrence Burton (Job and John) in the role of Joseph Morgan Callaway (Joseph, Jesse) writes a Civil War letter to his wife, Eliza (Leila) Mary Hinton and another to his brother Thomas (Joseph, Jesse). Morgan was a son of Jesse M Callaway (Joseph) and Mary Wootten Sherman; Stephanie Macchia played the role of Varina Davis, wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis (Stephanie's great, great grand mother was Sarah Davis, a cousin of Jefferson Davis). Stephanie is the Coordinator at the Washington Historical Museum and her home was once owned by Thomas Callaway (Joseph, Jesse); Robert M. (Skeet) Willingham, Jr., cast in the role of Jefferson Davis, is author of the book THE HISTORY OF WILKES COUNTY GEORGIA that is listed in the Bibliography for the Production. What a wonderful, exciting Drama. Even more so because Joseph is my great, great, great, great grandfather.

CFA Charter Member Avola Callaway (wife of the late Eugene M. Callaway - CFA Charter Member and descendent of John) graciously guided us on a tour of Callaway Plantation, Sardis Baptist Church, and the Callaway Cemetery (on her property). Her warmth, kindness, and generosity bestows new meaning to Southern Hospitality. Her many introductions opened doors to many genealogy opportunities throughout Washington. In the Mary Willis Library, we viewed a Callaway file placed there by Avola, that contained papers from the 1983 CFA Annual Meeting and Bicentennial Tour of Callaways in Wilkes County. What a treasure of information.

WOW ! So much to see and do in this Callaway rich environment called Wilkes County......... So little time.

We'll Be Back !!

Here's some very interesting "Kellaway" history from CFA Member, Don Kellaway of Ontario. Thank you Don, for sending it to me.

Here are several items that might be suitable for a newsletter.
Cheers
Don

a) While in England in 1998 I visited the Westcountry Studies Library at Exeter and came across a reference card which read:

EXECUTED

Mary Kellaway at the New Drop, Exeter for the murder of
her illegitimate child on 29 March, 1832.

b) The passenger liner "Lusitania" was sunk off the coast of Ireland on 7 May, 1915 by a German submarine and the time she remained afloat varies between 8 and 20 minutes depending upon the source. The ship was considered to be faster than any submarine of the day but off the coast of Ireland the liner had to slow down because of the fog.  It was at that time while the passengers were eating dinner that the ship was hit by 2 torpedoes. Approximately 1200 people lost their lives in the sinking with 764 surviving the tragedy. One of the people that survived the sinking was Winnifred Kellaway of Pittsburgh.

Thank you to Dianne Holder, who graciously sent me a copy of her Callaway Family ancestry. Her grandmother is Ida Myrtle Callaway, of Surry, North Carolina; a seventh generation descendant of Joseph Callaway of Virginia. This research has been incorporated into the CFA Joseph Callaway RootsWeb file, and includes more than 200 direct descendants from Samuel Callaway. Her line of descent is as follows:

Joseph Callaway
Francis Callaway
Samuel Callaway
James Callaway
James Abner Callaway
Robert Byrd Callaway
Ida Myrtle Callaway

I would be thrilled the receive your newsletter.
Dianne Holder
dholder at surry.net

Here's another quiz from "Professor Bill" (that's CFA Member, Bill Piper in England). I assume a pint at the pub is still in the offing, right Bill? Thank you for testing our "Kellaway" knowledge. How many will claim the prize?

Hello all,

Does anyone know where I found this?
Does anyone know anything about C. Geo. Kellaway and Sons?

Bill Piper

Here's one contestant's answer -

Hi All,
It is from a Tasmanian library website, from a company based in Sydney, Australia. It includes apples & PEARS.

Also, some amongst you may find the following information of interest. It includes a will for John Wallis Kellaway. The information was found on the Tasmanian website.
Search Results For Family Name=kellaway

In the index references with an AD960 prefix refer to wills and references
with an AD961 prefix refer to Letters of Administration

Family Name Given Names Date Reference Page Will No
Kellaway Ann 1879 AD960/12 32 2191
Kellaway Christopher Wallis 1941 AD960/66 469 24698
Kellaway Emma 1923 AD960/47 597 14220
Kellaway John 1859 AD960/4 430 799
Kellaway John Wallis 1911 AD960/32 237 8531
Kellaway Kate Eudora 1938 AD960/62 649 22498
Kellaway Lancelot William 1924 AD960/48 569 14841
Kellaway Linda Constance 1936 AD960/60 27 21018
Kellaway Lydia 1914 AD960/34 450 9422
Kellaway Silas John 1937 AD961/17 352 5658

Search Results For Family Name=callaway

In the index references with an AD960 prefix refer to wills and references
with an AD961 prefix refer to Letters of Administration

Family Name Given Names Date Reference Page Will No
Callaway Frederick Archer 1946 AD960/72 241 28321
Callaway Mary Ann 1941 AD960/66 103 24663

Regards,
Pat & David Scott
Swindon, Wiltshire, England

And another contestant's answer -

Hi All,
Norma Kellaway here. My son Ross worked at Sydney's Paddy markets of a Saturday morning. While he was at high school he would leave home at 1:30 AM and toss potatoes around for an old fellow called Stan Hunt, whom he grew to admire and love. Anyway he remembers a huge sign saying Geo. Kellaway Fruit Merchant and I looked him up in phone book years ago. I am going to ring the Markets tomorrow and see if anyone remembers him.

And the winners are - Pat and David Scott, and Norma Kellaway.

Hello everyone,
Well spotted. That certainly got a reaction! Yes, I was looking at Tasmania. I found the image while doing a spot of casual Googling.
Bill Piper

Editor's Note - It has been brought to my attention that C. George Kellaway and Sons, Ltd. could be descendants of J. Wallis Kellaway, who was an orchardist in the Tasmanian area in the early 1800s. His biography was a subject in the CFA Newsletter for March 2004 and is included on our web site here.

Thank you to Jim Norris for sending us copies of some of his family photos. They have been added to the CFA web site family photo page, and you can view them here.
Jim's line of descent is as follows:
Joseph Callaway
Richard Callaway
John Callaway
John Callaway
Richard M. B. Callaway
James Henry Callaway (photo of his house)
Ruth Rebecca Callaway Norris (photo)
Jim Norris (photo)

And now for our "Callaway/Kellaway" geology lesson. My thanks to CFA Member, Bruce Callaway, in Sydney, Australia for orchestrating our lesson.

But did everyone know that the rocks were named for us as well?

CALLOVIAN (from Callovium, the Latinized form of Kellaways, a village not far from Chippenham in Wiltshire), in geology, the name introduced by dOrbigny for the strata which constitute the base of the Oxfordian or lowermost stage of the Middle Oolites. The term used by dOrbigny in 1844 was Kellovien, subsequently altered to Callovien in. 1849; William Smith wrote Kellaways or Kelloways Stone towards the close of the 18th century. In England it is now usual to speak of the Kellaways Beds; these comprise (I) the Kellaways Rock, alternating clays and sands with frequent but irregular concretionary calcareous sandstones, with abundant fossils; and (2) a lower division, the Kellaways Clay, which often contains much selenite but is poor in fossils. The lithological characters are impersistent, and the sandy phase encroaches sometimes more, sometimes less, upon the true Oxford Clay. The rocks may be traced from Wiltshire into Bedfordshire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, where they are well exposed in the cliffs at Scarborough and Gristhorpe, at Hackness (90 ft.), Newtondale (80 ft.). and Kepwick (100 ft.). In Yorkshire, however, the Callovian rocks lie upon a somewhat higher palaeontological horizon than in Wiltshire.

The Times, London, Middlesex, England, January 20, 1823

About three o'clock yesterday morning an alarming fire broke out in the house of Mr. Moss, a cheesemonger, immediately opposite the Elephant and Castle, in the Walworth road, which in a very short time communicated to the next house (a corner one), occupied by Mr. Clapp, a confectioner and pastry-cook, and shortly afterwards, from Mr. Clapp's house, the destructive element found its way to the house of Mr. Callaway, a fruiterer, in the entrance of the Kent-road. The different families had the most narrow escape for their lives; and it is painful to add, that some of them were severely hurt in the attempt to save themselves. Little or no property has been saved, and nothing in proportion to the loss has been insured. The whole of what has been preserved is in the Rockingham Arms, under the care of the landlord and the unfortunate sufferers. A rumour had prevailed that a man had been burnt in the house of Mr. Moss; but from every inquiry, we are glad to say there is no truth in the report.

The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, January 24, 1898

SIXTY YEARS A WIDOW
Death of the Venerable Mrs. Eliza Callaway, of McDonough

McDonough, Ga., January 23. - (Special.) -
Mrs. Eliza Callaway died at home in this city Friday night at 10 o'clock, at the age of ninety-two years. She was born in Wilkes county, Georgia, March 31, 1806, and married Amasa Callaway in 1821. Mr. Callaway died on June 27, 1832. After her husband's death Mrs. Callaway lived in Greene county, Alabama, four years and then moved to McDonough in 1836, since which time she has lived here continuously. She is the last in the family of eight children, having outlived her parents and all her brothers and sisters, who were the late James P. Callaway, of Atlanta; Merrell Callaway, of Albany; Rev. William Callaway, of LaGrange; George Callaway, of Oglethorpe; Mrs. John Lowe and Mrs. H. Tomlinson, of Henry county.

Fifteen years of her life she was single, eleven years she led a married life and sixty-six years she lived in widowhood. Mrs. Callaway is the grandmother of the wife of Henry county's efficient and popular treasurer, C. A. McKibben.

Editor's Note - Her line of descent is as follows:
Peter Callaway
John Callaway
Edward Callaway
Isaac Callaway
Isaac Callaway, Jr.
Elizabeth Randall Callaway (This is Mrs. Eliza Callaway mentioned above. She and Amasa Callaway were second cousins.)

"What we do know is that our servers are down and that this morning
someone in this room received over 3,000 e-mails from the ROOTS-L Mailing List."

~ from Ancestry Magazine, September/October 2003, Vol. 21/No. 5

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 Elisha Talmon Harbour who married Elizabeth Calloway in Virginia and moved to Georgia.

Editor's Note - Can anyone identify this Elizabeth Calloway? She is a "Mystery Callaway". The biography states that Elisha Talmon Harbour married Elizabeth Callaway, and their son Abner, married Amelia Jane Callaway. The CFA Joseph file shows an Amelia Jane Callaway, daughter of William Abner Callaway, married Abner Harbour. But there is no mention in our file of Elizabeth Callaway marrying Elisha Talmon Harbour.

Old City Directories

Utica, New York 1874 City Directory
Callaway, James metal sash maker r 193 Park Ave

Warwickshire, England: Parish and Probate Records

Warwick: - Parish Registers, The Franciscan Registers and Register of Marriages, 1538-1812
 Hic dies eorum obitus et non sepulturae annotatur.
  Marriages at Bishops Tachbrook, 1538 to 1812.
   Volume 2.
County: Warwick
Country: England
William Holtham & Martha Callaway 20 Oct 1800

Warwick: Stratford on Avon - Parish Registers of Marriages, 1558-1812
 A Register: Book of Marriages, Solemnized in the Parish Church of Stratford:upon:Avon, in the County of Warwick.
  A Register: Book of Marriages, Solemnized in the Parish Church of Stratford:upon:Avon, in the County of Warwick.
   1807.
County: Warwick
Country: England
23 Feb 1807 George Moore, Snitterfield, Batchelor, and Hannah Callaway, this par., Spinster, by Lic., by J. Whitmore, Cur. In pres. of John Mills, Elizabeth Calaway

Warwick: Stratford on Avon - Parish Registers of Marriages, 1558-1812
 A Register: Book of Marriages, Solemnized in the Parish Church of Stratford:upon:Avon, in the County of Warwick.
  A Register: Book of Marriages, Solemnized in the Parish Church of Stratford:upon:Avon, in the County of Warwick.
   1811.
County: Warwick
Country: England
20 Oct 1811 Thomas Callaway, Bachelor, and Sarah Walton, Spinster, both of this par., by Banns, by John Moore, Curate. In pres. of Mary Cox, Wm Edmonds

Warwick: Stratford on Avon - Parish Registers of Marriages, 1558-1812
 Marriages.
   Ano 1604.
County: Warwick
Country: England
30 Nov 1611 Richard Callaway to Alis Ellittes

Warwick: Stratford on Avon - Parish Registers of Marriages, 1558-1812
 A Register: Book of Marriages, Solemnized in the Parish Church of Stratford:upon:Avon, in the County of Warwick.
  A Register: Book of Marriages, Solemnized in the Parish Church of Stratford:upon:Avon, in the County of Warwick.
   1810.
County: Warwick
Country: England
19 Sep 1810 Thomas Cloves, Bachelor, and Anne Court, Spinster, both of this par., by Banns, by J. Whitmore, Cur. In pres. of Thos Callaway, Elizabeth Titmarsh

The following Biographical sketch was copied from the book "HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY COUNTIES OF WHITE AND PULASKI, INDIANA. Historical and Biographical. Illustrated. Chicago; F.A. Battey & Co., Publishers. 1883. page 728, White Post Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.

"FRANCIS S. HORNER was born in Yorkshire, England, October 16, 1818, one of the ten children of ELIAS and DOROTHY (SMITH) HORNER, of whom there are living FRANCIS, ELIAS and CORNELIUS. The father, also a native of Yorkshire, was born in 1798, and at the age of fourteen, was apprenticed for seven years to one of the great cutlery firms of Sheffield. In 1821 or 1822, he came to America, engaged in farming for several years, then in merchandising, at which he was occupied at the time of his death in 1854, in La Porte County, Indiana. He was a sincere Christian, and an Elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church. FRANCIS S. came to America with his father. At the age of thirteen, he was apprenticed to a harness-maker in Warren County, Ohio, and continued at the business for about five years, since when he has been engaged chiefly in farming. In 1854, he came to this township, and in 1872 to Medarysville, to engage in mercantile business, and is now one of the firm of E. W. HORNER & CO., one of the most extensive establishments in the town. FRANCIS S. was married, in 1839, to ISABEL CAMPBELL, who has borne him two children - ELIZABETH and DOROTHY, the latter deceased. MRS. HORNER died about the year 1843. In July, 1848, MR. HORNER married MARGARET CALLAWAY, who has borne him five children; the names of the living are ELIAS, SARAH, EVA and FRANCIS. MR. HORNER is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is an influential citizen."

Editor's Note - The above biography appeared on Genforum, posted by Michael DeLorenzo, Nov 23, 2003. Can anyone identify Margaret Callaway? She is a "Mystery Callaway".

Here's a Challenge -

Who were the three Callaway brothers (William Francis, George F., and John W.), who left Delaware, came to Colorado and built the Delaware Hotel? You can read the story about them on our web site here. Following are some census records to offer some hints on these "Mystery Callaway Brothers".

1920 Leadville Lake Colorado ED# 75 page 1A

1910 Leadville Lake Colorado page 13B

1900 Leadville Lake Colorado page 7B

1880 Denver Arapohoe Colorado ED #5 page 113B

1880 Leadville Lake Colorado page 391A

1880 Central City Gilpin Colorado page 14C

1870 Central City Gilpin Colorado Territory page 270

1860 Sussex Delaware Broad Creek Hundred page 349

1850 Sussex Delaware 11 Subdivision page 295

Response to Query # 49 (CFANet 08/03)
Subject - Susannah Callaway
Submitter - Linn
email - linnettek at msn.com

Editor's Note -
Susannah Callaway's line of descent is as follows:
Joseph Callaway - U.S. Immigrant to Virginia
James Callaway married Sarah Bramlett
Susannah Callaway married Joseph Bryan, Jr.
Sarah Bryan married Stephen White Callaway

Editor's Note - Susannah is mentioned in the KY genealogical column in the Louisville Courier Journal newspaper where Sarah (w/o James Callaway, Sr.) is listed as Bramlett; and the oldest daughter of Susannah married the second son of James Callaway, Jr. in Jefferson Co., KY.

Response to Comment # 47 (CFANet 08/03)
Subject - John Sanders Callaway
Submitter - Charles E. Dunn
email - cdunn at mouldingsunlimited.com

Editor's Note -
John Sanders Callaway's line of descent is as follows:
Peter Callaway - U.S. Immigrant to Maryland
John Callaway
Edward Callaway
John Callaway
Rev. Enoch Callaway
William Reeves Callaway
Rev. John Sanders Callaway

Response to Query # 45 (CFANet 08/03)
Subject - Zachariah Callaway
Submitter - Mary Cooksey Wilks
email - mcw150 at aol.com

Editor's Note -
Zachariah Callaway's line of descent is as follows:
Peter Callaway - U.S. Immigrant to Maryland
William Callaway
William Callaway, Jr.
Zachariah Callaway born about 1756 in Somerset Co., MD, died Nov 1816 in Monroe Co., VA.

Response to Query # 90 (CFANet 11/03)
Subject - Nancy E. Callaway
Submitter - Joan L. Gresham
email - sttnurse at aol.com

Editor's Note -
Nancy E. Callaway's line of descent is as follows:
Peter Callaway - U.S. Immigrant to Maryland
John Callaway
Edward Callaway
Joseph Callaway
Joshua Callaway
Charles C. Callaway
Nancy E. Callaway

Response to Query # 156 (CFANet 04/04)
Subject - Callaway Plantation and Peteet Cemetery
Submitter - Marilyn Chenoweth Gorham
email - MGORHAMJ at aol.com

Marilyn, I too am a Chenoweth through Ruth. Ruth married John Peteet. Their son Richard had a daughter, Susannah who married Parker Callaway. Their son built what is now called the Callaway Plantation about four miles outside Washington, GA. It is a public place now owned by the city. There is a cemetery at the Plantation, but there are other Callaway Cemeteries in the area. My great grandmother and her parents are buried in the Callaway Plantation Cemetery. The grandmother's room at the plantation is that of Susannah Peteet Callaway. I am including a note below for your information, from Jon Egge, who writes the Chenoweth newsletter.
Debs Cofer, CFA Member
debsc at houston.rr.com

Susanah Peteet Callaway to Ruth Chenoweth and her husband John Peteet

This line is that of the son Richard, who married Delphia Henderson and is the only one that is included in the Harris research of the Chenoweth book.  As I understand it, after the death of Ruth, John and his son Richard went to North Carolina.  Richard's will lists his children and one is Chenoweth Peteet (another is your Susanah). I have never seen the use of Chenoweth as a first name that is not part of this family.  Marie Eberle in her well researched Carter books also has this same lineage. Her source was a Vivian McComb Nash of Charleston, SC (who descends from Eunice, the sister to Susanah).

It is the rest of the family of Ruth and John Peteet that I have been trying to figure out. My only real source on this has been Linda Murray who posted the children once on Ancestry.com.  When I recently queried her on her source she came up with the information on JennieVee Poteet Pitts which I was passing on to you.  Both JennieVee and Linda descend from John's brother, James.  This family also went to North Carolina.  Linda did not really know a lot about Ruth and John's family.  What she knew she had gotten from JennieVee who had extensive files.  I was passing this information on to you as I felt it was important. Linda's Email address is lhmurray at bellsouth.net.  I don't think she can add much outside of what I gave you about JennieVee who was the source of her early information on the Peteet family.  You are however Peteet cousins.

My recent interest has been in developing the lines of some of the other children of Ruth and John.  As I understand it the Peteet family preceded the Chenoweth family to Frederick Co., VA where they are known to have received a land grant on the Opeckom in 1735. This was John Peteet and Ann, I do not know how this related to our John Peteet but the Peteet name is fairly slim and also early.  As the Peteet family was living in and I'm fairly sure that Ruth married John in Frederick Co., VA. But the marriage of at least two of the daughters of John and Ruth are in Baltimore Co., MD.  This had always puzzled me. Now Linda has added that James (the brother of John) deeded him (John) land in Baltimore in the 1750s which makes senses of these marriages.  I have a line now for the daughter Mary who married Thomas Vaughn.  It is apparent to me that Hannah married John Haile the brother of the Ruth that married John Chenoweth the son of Richard(2) of the Back River area of Baltimore (near Towson). It is also my understand there was a son James who had two daughters Ruth and Elizabeth who married Tredways.  Ruth and her husband John Norris Tredway had a son Chenoweth Tredway. Both the Tredways and the Vaughns (as well as at least two families of Richard Chenoweth) moved northeast to Harford Co., MD.

All this has finally made some logical sense to me but the actual documentation of the actual family of John Peteet and Ruth Chenoweth is elusive to me. John Peteet, from what I see was a bit of a wanderer.
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There is a background relationship of the Peteets to the Chenoweths. George Robinson b: 1640 was the father of George Robinson b: 1663 who married Katherine Hollongsworth.  Katherine was the daughter of Valintine Hollingsworth. Valintine Hollingsworth was the uncle of May Calvert. So Mary was a 1st cousin to Katherine.  George b: 1663 and Katherine had a son George born 1700: This George Robinson owned land (1650 acres) in conjunction with John Peteat (m: an Ann, relationship unknown to John Peteet) on Tuscarora Creek, a branch of the Opequon.  So the Peteets seem to be grouped with the Calvert- Quaker side of the Chenoweth equation
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THE PETEETS: RUTH(2) 1722-1760

Ruth was the youngest child, born about 1722, probably in Pennsylvania or New Jersey before the family came to Maryland.  She married John Peteet, before 1743, probably in Frederick Co., VA.  The name, given by the will of John Chenoweth, was Petit, but recent discoveries have found that the common usage was Peteet or Poteet.  John Peteet was the son of John Peteet and Elizabeth Creswell. It is believed that Ruth and John had at least five children. Most of the line presently known goes through Richard Peteet, the youngest son, who accompanied his father John to North Carolina and then moved on to Wilkes Co., GA.  James Poteet, the brother of John, deeded 130 acres a tract called "Good Luck" to John in Baltimore Co., MD in 1753.  Two
apparent daughters of John and Ruth married in the early 1760s in Baltimore Co. confirming that the family apparently moved up to the Baltimore area probably because of this land.  It appears that a daughter, Hannah, married John Haile, in the line of the same Haile family that married into the lines of Ruth's brother, Richard.  The link to these Hailes of Richard(2) is Thomas Hale s/o John Haile & Hannah Poteet, though is not proven.  Thomas Hale married Elizabeth Chenoweth, a daughter of John(3) and Francis Haile.  Elizabeth and Thomas were Hale cousins, but it is possible they were Chenoweth cousins as well. Mary Peteet, another daughter,  married Thomas Vaughn on December 15, 1763 in Baltimore Co., MD.  The Vaughns and the son James Peteet moved to Harford Co., MD paralleling a similar move by some of the children of Richard Chenoweth, Ruth's brother. One of the Vaughn children went to Pennsylvania.

It is known that John Peteet, the father, and his son, Richard, went to North Carolina after the Revolutionary War. Richard is thought to have served in the Revolution from Virginia.  This migration to the Deep South is unique in the family, and presents an interesting "southern" line to the Chenoweth family. Richard eventually settled in Wilkes Co., GA.  It is thought that Ruth may have died in the 1760s well before her husband, John,
who died in 1788 in Caswell Co., NC.

LOCATIONS: Baltimore Co., MD and Frederick Co., VA (husband, John), North Carolina
BOOKS: Harris page 583, Hiatt page 119, Marie Eberle & Margaret Henley: Carter Cousins, vol II page 182
OTHER SOURCES: Richard Harris: Walter Wilson McMillan, Linda Murray (based on research of JennieVee Poteet Pitts), WFT Vol  6 # 3451

From:
Jon Egge
The Chenoweth Web site
    http://chenowethsite.com/chenweth.htm
    Home of the largest Chenoweth database in the world
    New Update based on Sept 22, 2003 data was posted Oct 15th

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