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THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION
CFANET e-NEWSLETTER
June 2005
Volume VI No.
6
Always regard
with esteem the name you were given;
with praise and renown that it should endure.
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The Editor's Corner
George Callaway and Lucinda Doggett married Apr 2, 1821 in Mason
Co., KY. Who can identify this
"Mystery Callaway Family" who left so
many descendants?
Hobble Creek Canyon, Utah
Territory 1852
 In the spring
of 1848, Oliver B. Huntington and Barney Ward, an old trapper,
came to Utah County on a hunting and trapping expedition, and
while encamped on the banks of the local stream, their bell
mare got loose from her hobbles and the band strolled away and
were captured near the mouth of Springville Canyon, hence the
name Hobble Creek. In Huntington's diary he recorded the
following:
"I
moved temporarily into Hobble Creek Canyon, six miles from
Springville, having taken up about 80 acres of land there. For
company I shared the land with Levi
Callaway and he moved there with me, where we spent the
summer working jointly, cultivating what land we could clear
and kept a herd also. We lost all the crops by the lawlessness
of wicked men turning their stock into Our field, and by the
frost, which came uncommonly early. We did save potatoes
enough for the winter and twelve bushels of wheat. In
September we moved our families down out of the canyon. Bears
were so plentiful we deemed it unsafe to remain."
The above article is from Daughters of Utah
Pioneers. An Enduring Legacy, Vol. IX - Utah Rivers, Utah
Printing Company, 1978.
Above photo of Hobble Creek Canyon from utahmountainbiking.com.
The listing below is from Sons of the Utah
Pioneers - Utah Pioneer Companies.
The
following family arrived in Utah October 9, 1852:
Captain - J. C. Snow
Levi Callaway
Mary Callaway, his wife
Lucy Callaway, his daughter
These records of people coming into Utah were to be
turned into Brigham Young upon arrival. Though many records
were not turned in, between 1846-68 more than 15,000 records
were accumulated.
Who was
this pioneer, Levi Callaway? What
were his beginnings? Family history indicates that about 1790,
in the small settlement of Mayslick, Mason Co., KY,
George M. Callaway was born. No
proof of this has been found so far and nothing further is
known about George Callaway's
ancestors at this time. The only Callaway I am aware of in
this area at this time is John Callaway
(James, Joseph Callaway) who married Peggy Mitchell in
Mason Co., KY on Feb. 9, 1796.
Records
do show that a George H. Caloway
married Lucinda Doggett on April 2, 1821 in Mason Co., KY.
Lucinda was born in 1794 in Mayslick. Her parents, Elmore
Doggett and Elizabeth Roberts had come from Lancaster Co., VA,
where they had married on March 30, 1786. They were in
Kentucky by 1794, as Lucinda was born there. Elmore Doggett
was born in 1765 in Lancaster Co., VA and died in 1805 in
Mason Co., KY. He served in the Virginia Navy during the
Revolution, as noted from the records below:
History of Virginia's Navy in the
Revolution, Richmond, VA, Mitchell & Hotchkiss, Printers,
1934.
Doggett, Elmore (Elmer), Hero Gallery, Feb. 13, 1778. NBJ.
Tempest, Dec. 7, 1779.
Revolutionary War Records, Volume
1, Virginia. Washington D.C.: 1936.
Section II (17) [Document No. 43] A list of non-commissioned
officers and soldiers of the VA State Line, and
non-commissioned officers and seamen and marines of the state
navy, whose names are on the army register, and who have not
received bounty land for revolutionary service, Richmond 1835.
John H. Smith, Comr, &C.
Doggett, Elmore, Seaman
George
and Lucinda had a son, Levi Hamilton
Callaway. He was born September 19, 1824 in Mayslick.
He died on April 28, 1899, at the age of 74, leaving behind 12
children as his descendants. During his lifetime, he joined
the Mormons, migrating across the country and ending his days
in Manti, Sanpete Co., Utah.
It is
not known for certain how Levi ended up in Iowa in 1850, but
the 1840 census shows a head of household,
George Calloway, age 50-60 in
Louisa Co., IA. There is no George
Callaway listed in KY in the 1840 census records, so it
is possible that Levi's family left Kentucky and migrated to
Iowa.
Levi
married twice in his life. His first wife was Mary Frances Van
Buren. She was born in Trenton, Oneida Co., NY, the daughter
of Cheney Garrett Van Buren and Lucy Phillips. Levi and Mary
Frances married on November 17, 1850 in Garden Grove, Decatur
Co., Iowa. It is interesting to note on the 1850 census, taken
only 2 weeks before Levi and Mary Frances married, that Mary
Frances was living with her family in Decatur Co., IA, and
Levi was working as a day laborer and living in Pottawattamie
Co., IA. This is a distance of 115 miles as the crow flies and
seems a great obstacle for a betrothed couple to have
overcome.
As we
know from the Mormon records cited above, Levi and Mary
Frances left for Utah in 1852. It is likely that they were
invited by followers of Brigham Young to go to Utah to help
settle the new Mormon home, for they traveled there in one of
the documented Mormon Companies. Times were very difficult for
the Mormons. They were greatly persecuted during this time for
their religious beliefs, and had been fleeing locations in
Ohio and Illinois to escape the persecution. Brigham Young
often used his own money to fund and supply these companies,
in order to bring settlers to Utah. Levi and Mary Frances lost
two children along the journey from Iowa to Utah; Lucy
Elizabeth born Sep 20, 1851 in Garden Grove, Decatur Co., IA,
died Sep 20, 1852 on the plains of Wyoming, and Lucinda Jane
born Nov 7, 1852 less than a month after they arrived in
Little Cottonwood, Salt Lake Co., UT, died a month later in
December.
Levi
and Mary Frances settled in Utah and lived in several
different locations throughout the state. Levi was always
listed as a farmer on the census records. They had 7 other
children.
Mary Frances Callaway born Jan
31, 1854 in Little Cottonwood, Salt Lake Co., UT.
Levi Cheney Callaway born Mar 10,
1857 in Springville, Utah Co., UT. He married Caroline Adolpha
Grange in 1880 and died Dec 29, 1925 in Panaca, Lincoln Co.,
NV.
George Washington Callaway born
Feb 8, 1859 in Springville, Utah Co., UT. He married Raphine
Sevine Nielsen and died Jun 8, 1928 in Richfield, Sevier Co.,
UT.
Julia Ann Callaway born Jan 24,
1861 in Springville, Utah Co., UT. She married twice; William
Pratt Stephens, and Archibald McNeil, and died Aug 16, 1940 in
Orangeville, Emery Co., UT.
Samuel Rollo Callaway born Jan
23, 1863 in Manti, Sanpete Co., UT. He was listed as a miner
on the 1910 Utah census. He married Ida Keate in 1888. Ida's
father was born in England, and her mother was born in
Denmark. They had 5 children, two daughters and three sons;
daughter, Georgia born 1889 in UT, son, A. Walter born 1891 in
Utah, daughter, Nevada born 1895 in UT, son, Sheldon K. born
1901 in UT, and son, Robert Cecil born 1903 in UT. By 1920
they had moved to Los Angeles, CA. Their daughter, Nevada was
a stenographer for a Moving Pictures company in Los Angeles.
Ida and Samuel were separated by 1920 and divorced by 1930.
Samuel died in Los Angeles, CA on Jul 31, 1939.
Silas Milton Callaway born Feb 7,
1865 in Beaver, Beaver Co., UT. He married Loretta Merriam on
Oct 28, 1891. They divorced. She is listed on the 1920 Salt
Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT census living with her daughter,
Olive's family. Silas married a second time to Emily Louise
Doolittle on Oct 28, 1908. He moved to Nampa, Canyon Co., ID
and died Nov 3, 1945.
Ellen Ida Callaway born Apr 18,
1867 in Hebron, Washington Co., UT. She married William
Wallace Crawford in 1886 and died May 9, 1940 in Ogden, Weber
Co., UT.
Levi's
daughter, Mary Frances Callaway,
married Daniel Duncan McArthur, on Apr 10, 1871. He was born
in Holland, Erie Co., NY, the son of Duncan McArthur and Susan
McKeen. This McArthur family had come from Scotland and
settled in New Hampshire by 1776. Mary Frances was his fifth
wife. He was 34 years older. On the 1880 census, he is listed
as having three wives at that time, Mary Frances being the
third listed. Two of his previous wives had died by 1880.
There
is an interesting story about Daniel recorded in,
Utah, Our Pioneer Heritage,
Volume 3, A Treasury of Indian Stories in Pioneer Days, 1996.
"Daniel McArthur, a bishop in the pioneer settlement of St.
George, was the owner of a field of corn and on several
occasions discovered that a considerable amount had been
stolen while he was presiding at Sacrament meeting. One Sunday
he decided to catch the culprit so he hid among the stalks and
waited. Before long he heard the sound of corn being pulled.
He crept quietly toward the intruder and hit him over the back
with a piece of wood. The Indian already had one bag full of
plump ears and was proceeding to fill another when surprised
by Bishop McArthur. He was asked why he took the corn and
answered that he was very hungry. The Indian was then told to
take the bags to the McArthur home where he would be given a
meal, and that any time he was hungry to go there and he would
be fed. He was a regular visitor, at least once a week, for
many years. The Indian, Caboose was baptized by Mr. McArthur
into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints some
years after this incident, along with thirty-four other
members of his tribe." - Emma Cottam
McArthur
He was
a devout Mormon and avid follower of first, Joseph Smith and
then Brigham Young, and did much missionary work both in the
United States and abroad. He also served in military positions
as is described in, A Genealogy of
James Bullock and Mary Hill, Latter Day Saint Pioneers,
Kenneth C. Bullock, Provo, Utah, pg. 208, 1987. "At
various times Daniel Duncan McArthur served to do military and
police duty, notably during the troublous times at Nauvoo,
Illinois. In Utah during the Walker, Ute, and Navajo raids and
wars he took a part; also in the so-called Buchanan war. He
served for some time as major under Gen. Daniel H. Wells, and
was afterwards commissioned colonel of infantry by Governor
Durkee. During the anti-polygamy raids he was hunted for six
years. The officers succeeded in finding him in Apr. 1890. In
order to save his family from exposure, insult and insolence
of court officials, he pleaded guilty to the charge of
unlawful cohabitation, and was fined $321.00, which he
promptly paid."
With
his five wives, he had 22 children. Daniel died in 1908 and
was buried in St. George, Washington Co., UT. On the 1920
census, Mary Frances is still living in St. George, with her
daughter, Ellen, son-in-law, Hargis Anderson, Jr. and four
grandchildren. She died in 1928 and is also buried in St.
George.
On
February 14, 1869 Levi's first wife,
Mary Frances Callaway died. She is buried in Hebron,
Washington Co., UT. Eight months later, on Oct 5, 1869, Levi
married his second wife, Anna Elizabeth Hall. She was born in
1853 and was only one year older than Levi's daughter, Mary
Frances. Anna Elizabeth's father was Job Pitcher Hall who was
born in Belmont, Waldo Co., ME and was a Mormon by the time of
his marriage to Mary Elizabeth Jones in 1848, in Nauvoo,
Hancock Co., IL. Nauvoo was the second Mormon settlement, the
first being in Kirtland, Ohio. By the time he was 30 years old
he had migrated from Maine to Utah, a staggering distance for
that time period.
Levi
and Anna Elizabeth had 9 children.
Gazchem Callaway (male) was born
Jan 29, 1871 in Hebron, Washington Co., UT, and died at birth.
Anna Elizabeth Callaway was born
Feb 26, 1872 in Panaca, NV and died Feb 21, 1887.
Mary Lovina Callaway was born Apr
1, 1874 in Panaca, NV and died Oct 12, 1892. She married
Frederick Cheal, but died 4 months after the marriage.
Leva Lavina Callaway was born Mar
20, 1876 in Panaca, NV and died Jul 2, 1937 in Orangeville,
Emery Co., UT. She married twice; Joseph Oliver Luke and
Abinadi Olsen. She had seven known children.
Edna Rosella Callaway was born
Aug 8, 1883 in Gunlock, Washington Co., UT and died Oct 23,
1962 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT. She married John
Alma Winn and had five known children.
Effie May Callaway was born Nov
8, 1885 in Orangeville, Emery Co., UT. She married Leonard
Asay and had seven known children.
Wesley Andrew Callaway was born
Jan 27, 1888 in Escalante, Garfield Co., UT, and died in 1898.
Levi Hamilton Callaway was born
Jul 28, 1878 in Panaca, Lincoln Co., NV, married Caroline
Smith and died Oct 4, 1955. He spent many years in the state
of Washington working as a cook at a logging camp. He had
three known sons; Arthur, Leonard and Howard.
At left a photo of a logging camp in the
state of Washington, circa 1921, courtesy of the University of
Washington.
Eliza Frances Callaway was born
Jun 2, 1880 in Panaca, Lincoln Co., NV and died Apr 27, 1962
in Panguitch, Garfield Co., UT. She married James Thomas Daly,
Jr. and had one known son, James Laverne Daly.
The following biography of James Thomas Daly, Jr.
from Utah Since Statehood, 4 volumes, S. J. Clark
Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1919.
"James
T. Daly, Jr., a jeweler and optician of Panguitch, where he
has established a substantial business and has an attractive
and well appointed store, was born at St. George, Utah,
January 4, 1880, a son of James T. and Ellen L. Hale (Riding)
Daly. He acquired a common school education in Panguitch and
in 1904 entered the Stone School of Watch Making at St. Paul,
Minnesota. The following year he pursued a special course in
the Minneapolis School of Watch Making and Optics, being there
graduated the same year. Returning to Panguitch, he
established a jewelry and optical store in 1906 and as the
years have passed he has prospered. He today owns a splendid
brick business block and has a good stock of jewelry, optical
goods, cut glassware and fancy goods. His sales have reached a
substantial figure and his enterprise and close application
are bringing to him very gratifying success. He is also a
stockholder in the Social Hall Corporation.
On the
24th of November, 1897, Mr. Daly was married to Miss Eliza
Frances Callaway, who was born at Panaca, Nevada, a daughter
of Levi H. and Anna E. (Hall) Callaway.
The father came to Utah in the early days. The mother was the
first white child born in Paragonah, Iron Co., Utah. Mr. and
Mrs. Callaway resided at Panaca, Nevada, and afterward settled
at Orangeville, Emery county, Utah, while subsequently they
removed to Manti, where the father passed away. The mother is
still living in Panguitch. Mr. and Mrs. Daly have become
parents of one child, James Laverne, born to them in Panguitch,
November 25, 1900. He is now a student of Hile's School of
Watch Making in San Francisco, California. Mr. and Mrs. Daly
adopted Estella Hall, daughter of Charles and Sarah E. Babcock
Hall, on the 23rd of June, 1908. She was born at Soldiers
Canyon, Carbon county, Utah, July 23, 1902.
Mr.
Daly holds membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and is superintendent of the north ward
Sunday school and member of the social advisory committee and
has served as first vice president of the Utah Association of
Optometry. His political allegiance is given to the republican
party and he has filled the office of town marshal, while at
the present writing he is serving his fourth term as a member
of the city council and is chief probation officer of Garfield
county. His duties have ever been discharged with promptness
and fidelity and his capability is widely recognized. In
business circles, too, he has made an enviable name and place
by reason of his progressiveness and thorough reliability."
The
1880 census shows that during the 1870s, Levi and Anna
Elizabeth lived in Lincoln Co., Nevada. Several of their
children were born there. The census also gives us one small
clue about Levi's ancestors. It states that his father was
born in NC. While this could just be a census error and
nothing more, it could also indicate that his ancestors were
in North Carolina at some point.
By
1883, when Edna Rosella was born, Levi and Anna Elizabeth were
back in UT. Perhaps they traveled to Nevada while following
the Mormon movement, or for a chance at better land and
opportunity. For whatever reason, it seems not to have worked
out and they returned to Utah, leaving behind one son,
Levi Cheney Callaway, who
married, had children and remained there the rest of his life.
It
appears that only Levi's daughter, Mary Frances Callaway
McArthur, in following the Mormon faith, practiced polygamy.
All other members of the family, including Levi, chose to
remain monogamous. Levi must have lived through some very
harsh times; traveling across the country in wagon trains,
settling a new land, and suffering persecution from his
neighbors. Yet still a large, strong family emerged and
descendants can probably be found today in what was then the
Utah Territory. It is a testament to the strong pioneering
spirit of a Callaway.
Donna
Morgan
August 2004
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
The President's
Corner
Happy News! The 2004/2005
CFA Journal has been printed and is being mailed out to members
this month. Look for your copy soon. We all offer a huge
Thank You
to Russ and Heide Callaway for their generous volunteering as
editors. Without them we wouldn't have had a journal this year.
Now we need
your help - you don't have to write it - just assemble it!
We need an editor to assemble
materials for future Callaway Family Association Annual
Journals. If you have some experience in assembling materials you can help.
We have a printing company who will print the journal and take care of
mailing it out. If you would be interested in volunteering, please contact
Russ Callaway for details. His email address is (r.callaway at juno.com). We need your help
in order to continue the CFA Journal - and we appreciate it very much!
Also -
The CFA Nominating
Committee will be entertaining names for candidates for the Board
of Directors who will be elected at the Annual Meeting in
Philadelphia in October. CFA members are encouraged to forward
names of possible candidates to Cary Moore, Chairman no later than
October l, 2005. Cary's email address is: (c.moore2 at juno.com).
Pat Schnurr, CFA President
schnurr200 at
aol.com
CFA DNA Project
For those non CFA members
who are interested in the DNA study being done by CFA, we
suggest
you join and get the 2004/2005 CFA Journal that is due out June 1,
2005.
This contains the details of our DNA program.
For more interest and answers to most of the questions go to the
following web site
and sign up for their monthly e-newsletter (Facts & Genes) being sent
free,
by Familytree DNA.
http://www.familytreeDNA.com/fgregister.asp
Subscribing to Facts & Genes will keep participants informed about
new
products and enhancements from Family Tree DNA. In addition,
participants and potential participants will find the articles
educational, and often many of their questions will be answered.
Russ Callaway
r.callaway at juno.com
Editor's Note - See the latest
results of the CFA DNA Project
here.
In Memory
CFA Member, Lavinia J. Griffin-Koot has shared
with us
the obituary for her mother Ruth E. Calloway Denton. Our
condolences go to Lavinia and all her family.
Her family
line of descent is as follows:
Peter Callaway
John Callaway
Edward Callaway
Isaac Callaway
David Calloway
James Wilson Calloway
George Dickerson Calloway, Sr.
George Dickerson Calloway, Jr.
Ruth E. Calloway
It is with sadness that we hear of the death of
Loula Callaway Albright. Our thoughts and prayers go with the
family.
Loula Callaway
Albright
Durham -
Mrs. Albright, 89, of 4024 Berini Drive, died May 11, 2005 at the
home of her daughter. A native of LaGrange, GA, she was the
daughter of the late Ely R. & Loula Walker Callaway, and the wife
of the late B. P. Albright, Sr. She was a graduate of Wesleyan
College, Macon, GA. For over seventy years, Mrs. Albright was a
member of the Methodist faith; the last forty years being an
active member of the First United Methodist Church of Gastonia. In
addition to being a loving mother and homemaker, she was an active
community volunteer, serving for Crisis Assistance Ministry, the
American Red Cross, and the Schiele Museum. She has varied
personal interests, ranging from interior design to cancer
research. She taught community enrichment courses at Gaston
College and most recently attended the dedication of the Albright
Public Safety Building, which was dedicated to her and her family.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Robertson Callaway Albright
and Dr. B. P. "Phil" Albright, Jr.
Survivors
include a son and daughter-in-law, S. Alan a& Nancy W. Albright of
Gastonia; daughters and sons-in-law, Jane Albright & Rev. Thomas
A. Robinson of Durham and Meredith Albright & Steven P. Sharkey of
Charlotte; a daughter-in-law, Susanne D. Albright of Gastonia;
twelve grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral
will be conducted by Dr. James R. Westmoreland, Rev. Thomas A.
Robinson, and Dr. William T. Medlin III at 2:00 PM Sunday at the
First United Methodist Church of Gastonia. Pallbearers will be
grandsons, Thomas Walker Robinson, B. P. "Trey" Albright III,
Alfred Blair Robinson, Benjamin Gray Robinson, Stuart Alan
Albright, Jr., Robertson Callaway Albright II, Steven Paul Shorkey,
Jr., and Ian Phillips Shorkey. Interment will follow in Gaston
Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7-8:30 PM
Saturday at McLean Funeral Directors of Gastonia.
In lieu of
flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society, Western North Carolina Chapter, 5950 Fairview
Rd., Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28210.
McLean
Funeral Directors of Gastonia is in charge of arrangements.
Feedback Corner
- The Generous Sharing of Family Information - Past and Present
This month I received a nice note from a new CFA
Member, Gilbert Ronald Aldis, of Houston, Texas. We welcome him to
the "Family"
Ms. Morgan,
My name is Gilbert Ronald
Aldis, of Houston, Texas. I read and enjoy your Callaway Family
Assn. emails and want to thank you (and others) who make these
enjoyable and helpful email messages something that I look
forward to receiving.
If I am a member of the
Callaway Family Assn., I am not aware of it. I don't recall
paying any dues, etc. However, please let me know if I am
eligible and the annual membership fee, etc. I will probably
not attend the meetings, such as the one in Philadelphia,
because my family follows the UT Longhorns almost religiously,
and that is right in the middle of the college football season.
My sons and I seldom miss a Texas Longhorn game, regardless of
where it is played.
I am a descendant of Colonel
Richard Callaway, who was with Daniel Boone, etc. in Kentucky.
His daughter Betsy Callaway married Samuel Henderson, Jr. in
Boonesboro, Kentucky, and one of their sons Alfred Henderson
married Sally Quesenbury in Winchester, Tennessee, and their
oldest son William Henderson married Cynthia Ann Daniels in
Columbus, Texas, and their oldest child Lula Henderson married
George Robert Aldis in Columbus, Texas , and their youngest
child Gilbert Horace Aldis married Ruth Victoria Hedges in
Houston, Texas, and I am their only son.
Therefore, I consider myself
and my two sons, Jay Ronald Aldis and Jeffrey Allan Aldis, as
"Callaway descendants".
One of my Dad's first
cousins, Mrs. C. P. Coleman (was Mannie Habemacher) attended a
Callaway Family affair in Kentucky in the 1930s. I have a big
blue print copy of the Callaway Family Tree that she received on
that trip.
It is now almost 9 am on
Sunday morning here in Houston, and I must get ready for Sunday
School and Church at our old historic downtown First Methodist
Church where our family has been active members for 100 years or
more.
Best wishes always, and
thank you for your great work.
G. Ronald Aldis
graldis at mindspring.com
It's
always a happy surprise when you read about one of your
ancestors in the newsletter. This month we hear from Glenda
Lawson, who did just that!
Hello, Donna. Just
wanted to say thank you for continuing to send the
newsletter to me via email. I enjoy reading about all those
strangers who share my ancestry.
This time there was an
obit about a cousin from Barry County, Missouri. His great
grandfather was my gr, gr grandmother's brother. (Editor's Note -
Obituary of
Jesse Preston Callaway)
It was great to see
someone I had researched in the newsletter.
Am looking forward to
receiving the Journal this year. I was so hoping to get one
last year. I am always looking for relatives but don't seem
to find them in the CFA pages. Sigh...
Take care Donna, and
many thanks for being devoted to the CFA.
Glenda Lewman
glewman at redshift.com
OK -
everyone with ancestors from the Peter line - a question for
you!
Hi Donna,
I am very curious about something. I am wondering how many
people in the Peter line have red hair. My Granddad, Joshua
Socrates Callaway, had red hair and one of my cousin's
children has red hair. I am wondering if anyone else in the
family had red hair.
Thanks,
Donna L. Couron
ok2bsilly at cox.net
Thank you to David Scott for sharing this information on
Kellaway quarry men that he found in the RootsWeb
Archives.
Donna ,
This came from Cornish mail pages. May be of interest.
David Scott
kellread at kellread.plus.com
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stonemen/
STONE AND QUARRY MEN OF THE WEST
COUNTRY
KELLAWAY, Charles,
b.1819 Bridestowe-Dev, Lime Quarry Labourer, address 1851:
Village, Bridestowe-Dev.
KELLAWAY, John,
b.1835 Broadwoodwidger-Dev, Quarryman, address 1851:
Broadwood Town, Broadwoodwidger-Dev, 1861: Lifton Down,
Lifton-Dev.
KELLAWAY, John,
b.1850 Hartland-Dev, Builder’s Foreman, address 1851:
Hartland Village, Hartland-Dev, 1881: Thames Street,
Sunbury-Middx.
KELLAWAY, William,
b.1807 Halwell-Dev, Builder, address 1871: Bodmin-Con,
1881: Town End, Bodmin-Con.
KELLAWAY, William,
b.1813 Hartland-Dev, Builder, address 1851: Village,
Hartland-Dev, 1881: Eastbourne Terrace, Northam-Dev,
1884-1887: Westward Ho!-Dev, 1890: The Grove, Westward
Ho!, Bideford-Dev. (Title Deeds & Property Sales dated
1872-1873 and 1884-1887). Mr Kellaway was a widower in
1881.
KELLAWAY, William,
b.1815 Lifton-Dev. Lime Quarry Lab, address 1851: Tinney-Dev.
KELLAWAY, William,
b.1821 Bridestowe-Dev, Granite Quarry Labourer, address
1881: Clitters, Stoke Climsland-Con.
KELLAWAY, William,
b.1847 Hartland-Dev, Builder’s Foreman, address 1851:
Hartland Village, Hartland-Dev, 1881: 2 Stonefield Street,
Islington, London-Middx.
KELWAY, George, 1844
Falmouth-Con, Builder & Foreman (employed 16), address
1871: Falmouth-Con, 1881: 7 Merrill Place, Falmouth-Con,
1883: 9 Chapel Terrace, Falmouth-Con.
KELWAY, J. & G,
Builders, address 1897: 9 Chapel Terrace, Falmouth-Con,
1902: 9 Chapel Terrace, Falmouth-Con.
KELWAY, John Shurton,
b.1845 Falmouth-Con, Builder, address 1881: Chapel
Terrace, Falmouth-Con, 1889: 9 Chapel Terrace,
Falmouth-Con, 1891: 9 Chapel Terrace, Falmouth-Con, 1901:
Falmouth-Con, 1902: 9 Chapel Terrace, Falmouth-Con.
KELWAY, William
Thomas, b.1878 Falmouth-Con, Builder & Carpenter, address
1881: West Vernon Place, Falmouth-Con, 1891: 3 Fairview
Place, Falmouth-Con, 1901: Falmouth-Con, 1906: 9 Chapel
Terrace, Falmouth-Con, 1912: 34 Marlborough Road,
Falmouth-Con.
I
always like to hear from Callaway researchers about how
their research is progressing. This month I heard from Jim
Bellamy. He has been working on proving that Samuel B.
Callaway's middle name is Boone, and he has definitely had
success.
Donna:
I have been corresponding with Con Callaway about Samuel B
Callaway and his wife, Rachel Webb. We haven't been able to
document Samuel B Callaway as Samuel Boone Callaway, but we
are making progress.
I have recently come across another Callaway-Webb connection
that I believe will help to prove the Samuel B Callaway
connection. Rachel Webb had a sister named Mary Jane. Mary
Jane Webb married William Walter Ainsworth. Mary and William
had a daughter named Lou. Lou Ainsworth married William
Henry Callaway. In the 1900 census for Dallas County,
Texas, William stated that he was born in Nov 1867 in
Missouri. William and Lou Callaway had three sons: Jefries
Walter, William Henry and Eddie Archie. Sometime after
1900, the William H Callaway family moved to Pontotoc
County, Oklahoma and
then to Canadian County, Oklahoma. I have found the boys
WWI draft registrations. I have also located the family in
the 1930 census for Canadian County, ED 9-21, Sheet 1B,
17/17, 17 Apr 1930.
Jeff and Eddie died in Orange County, California. I
initially thought that William moved to Harris County,
Texas, but I have not found documentation. Neither have I
been able to locate death or burial records for William
Henry and Lou Ainsworth Callaway.
I told Con, the most reasonable explanation for Lou
Ainsworth to know William Henry Callaway well enough to
marry him in 1892 was that William was related to her Uncle
Samuel B Callaway. What do you think? Is there anyone
named William Henry Callaway, born Nov 1867, that is a close
relative of
Samuel Boone Callaway?
Look forward to hearing from you.
Jim Bellamy
jbellamy at msn.com
Editor's Note - I wrote back to Jim telling him that there
is a William Henry Callaway born about Nov. 1867 who is a
close relative of Samuel Boone Callaway. Samuel's brother,
William Henry had a son also named William Henry who was
born at that time. He sent the following additional
information.
Donna:
I am continuing to research the Callaway's. I appreciate
the website link. It helped a great deal. Apparently,
William Henry Callaway's brother Elijah came to Canadian
County, Oklahoma also. During my search for information I
found an index for the Okarche Cemetery in Canadian County,
Oklahoma. The index included the following information:
CALLAWAY BERTHA BLANCHE 1870 1929 MOTHER
CALLAWAY BILLY 03-04-1928 11-06-1928
CALLAWAY ELIJAH 1865 1930 DAD
CALLAWAY WILLIAM H 09-11-1896 12-17-1963
ARMY-WW1
The William H Callaway in this cemetery must be Elijah and
Blanche's son. William H Callaway, son of William and Lou
Ainsworth Callaway, was born 11 Nov 1896 according to his
draft registration.
I have located Elijah (indexed as Elija) and Blanche
Callaway in the 1910 census for Canadian County, Oklahoma.
They live in the town of Rock Island.
I will try to keep you posted on any progress I make.
Jim Bellamy
This family line of descent is as
follows:
Joseph Callaway
James Callaway
James Callaway, Jr.
Ambrose Callaway
William Henry Harrison Callaway (brother of Samuel Boone
Callaway)
William Henry Harrison Callaway, Jr.
Here's some very happy news from CFA Member, Brooks Callaway about the
great success of the most recent Florida CFA Reunion. It
sounds like everyone had a great time!
Donna,
Florida's Third CFA
Family Reunion was held on April 2, 2005, and what a great
time was enjoyed by all. It was held at the Wakulla
Springs State Park and Lodge, just south of Tallahassee.
Our reunion was held in the Terrace Room over looking the
Springs and was attended by Pat Schnurr, her grandson
David Crow, David's friend Hollie Stewart, Juanita LeCroy,
her husband Charles LeCroy, Charles' brother Douglas
LeCroy, Jean Brannon, Lois Hanna, Waldo Callaway, Bill
Runkel, his wife Lynn Runkel and his mother Elsie Runkel,
Brooks Callaway and his wife Judy Callaway. Juanita, Judy,
and Brooks hosted the Reunion. The conversation was
lively, the food delicious, and the scenery beautiful.
After our
order-off-the-menu luncheon, we remained in this wonderful
setting and discussed our family ties and what's going on
in CFA. We talked about our CFA Web Site, our Data Base on
CD, our DNA Research, English Ancestor Research,
Membership, Memories, and Shared Experiences. Pat
entertained us with her wonderful humor, and shared her
extensive knowledge of family history and events. There
was time to explore the Wakulla Park and Springs, take a
cruise on the Wakulla River, and have dinner in the Lodge
following the cruise.
We discussed how to
expand our attendance at next year's Reunion and discussed
having multiple, small group, reunions throughout the long
expanse of our State. One thing is certain, we all look
forward to sharing the warmth of CFA Family love and can't
wait until next time !!
Donna, thanks for
sharing this in your next e-newsletter.
Brooks Callaway
ccallaway at se.rr.com
I would like to thank
CFA Member, Tevis Calloway Fitzpatrick for sending
information on her Calloway family line. It has been added
to the
CFA Joseph Callaway file. Her family line of descent
is as follows:
Joseph Callaway
Francis Callaway
Samuel Callaway
James Callaway
Charles Jones Calloway
Ballenger Calloway
Richard Calloway
Thank you to Don
Kellaway for sharing a little bit of history with us from
the days of WWII in Canada.
Hi Donna:
I have attached a menu from
the early 1940s when my oldest sister Edith Kellaway
established a coffee shop in Belleville and it was
called "Kay's Coffee Shop" after her younger sister. It
was a family operated lunchroom and Edith and her three
sisters were the only employees. Kay's offered good food
at reasonable prices in a friendly family oriented
environment away from the frustrations of military
life. It was very popular with the local servicemen and
especially those from England and other Commonwealth
countries being trained as aircrew at 5 local airbases
under the "Commonwealth Training Plan". As the war
progressed, it was not uncommon to read or hear of some
former patron killed or lost in action and such memories
are never lost or forgotten. The coffee shop continued
in business under different owners until it was burnt
out in 1959. During those war years there was no time
for the selfish attitude that is so prevalent today,
the community shared the tears of their friends and neighbours and the community celebrated when
a neighbour's
son returned safely home. It was a difficult time for
all of us but looking back "It was Canada at it's Best."
Don
quinte at kos.net 
I would like to welcome a new CFA Member,
Gene Lierheimer. He has graciously shared information with
us about his Callaway ancestors, and they will be added to
the CFA Joseph Callaway file.
Dear
Ms. Morgan,
My name is Ralph Eugene Lierheimer, born in Mexico,
Audrain County, Missouri. I am very apparently a
descendant of Joseph Callaway.
My mother, Edith Loree Callaway was born in Lacine,
Kansas. She married my father, George Paul Lierheimer, in
Missouri.
My mother's father was Chauncey Callaway, born March 18,
1877 at Quitman, Nodaway County, Missouri. He married my
maternal grandmother, Cora Elizabeth Dehart, about 1903 in
Buchanan County, Missouri. He died in November 1962 in
Kansas City, Missouri.
Chauncey's father was Albert Lindsey ("Tip") Callaway,
born October 1, 1840 in Woodford County, Illinois. He
married Mary Eliza Bracken on February 7, 1867 at
Petersburg, Illinois. Tip Callaway died on March 28, 1919
at Quitman, Nodaway County, Missouri. (Albert Callaway
was mistakenly noted in
the 1860 census as "Alford" Callaway.) Albert's brother
Dr. James E. Callaway was noted in 1919 as residing in
Chillicothe, Missouri.
Albert Callaway's father was William Dudley Callaway, born
in Hopkinsville, Kentucky about 1805. He married Amanda
Wigginton about 1835 in Kentucky (his second marriage).
William Dudley Callaway died June 3, 1885 at Oregon, Holt
County, Missouri (Holt County is immediately to the west
of Nodaway
County). William's third marriage was noted in Nodaway
County, Missouri on December 9, 1880.
William Dudley Callaway's father was Edmund Callaway, born
about 1764 in Virginia and died about 1818 in Kentucky.
Edmund Callaway's father was James C. Callaway, born about
1724 in Virginia and died about 1767 in Bedford County,
Virginia.
James Callaway's father was the Joseph Callaway who
immigrated from England.
The family "story" has been that our branch was descended
from Flanders Callaway and Jemima Boone. This was
probably mistakenly assumed because the William Callaway
who was the grandson of Flanders and Jemima was assumed
(perhaps wishfully) after his death to be the William
Callaway who was the
father of Albert. This was probably a mix-up because the
middle names were not clearly known to those involved.
One was William Boone Callaway. The other was William
Dudley Callaway. They were virtually the same age and
were apparently "second" cousins. One was a grandson of
James Callaway via
Edmund. The other a great grandson of James Callaway via
Flanders and his son James Richard Callaway.
I have names and locations of ten or eleven of Albert L.
Callaway's twelve children--as well as names of my
mother's five brothers and sisters. Sadly, there were no
male offspring of Chauncey's three sons--so my immediate
Callaway branch no longer contributes the name. (My son,
however, is Richard Callaway Lierheimer, and one of my
grandsons is Owen Callaway Daniel.)
I have copied the Callaway Family Association membership
form, and plan to join.
Gene Lierheimer
glierheimer at hotmail.com
The
Bad Internet Gremlins are at it again. Here is a warning
message from CFA Member, Anne Leyden about email scams that
are floating around.
Hello,
Pat and Donna. Did you receive this evening an email from
someone named Richard van Oppen - SURE! - regarding money
in a European bank, etc, etc, holocaust victims,
Switzerland, etc, etc. This is a variation on the
notorious Nigerian scam which has been around for years.
My concern is twofold. First, someone in the CFA has
probably had their address book scavenged and this email
is going to everyone in their address book. I've received
three copies just this evening which makes me believe that
three people have been "hit."
More important, though, is that CFA members be alerted
that this is a scam. Variations on this email have
apparently bilked people of millions of dollars. I
wouldn't expect anyone in the CFA to fall for this, but
people should know about it. What do you think?
Anne
ahampden at comcast.net
Mystery "Callaways"
Who am I?
Abraham Callaway born about 1761 in Delaware
Abraham Callaway is listed on
the 1830, 1840 and 1850 Harrison Co., KY census records. On the
1850 census he is listed as age 89, living with Jonathan Singleton age 85,
born in VA, and Elizabeth Singleton age 50, born in KY. Can anyone
identify this "Mystery Callaway"?
Who am I?
John Callaway born about 1821 in VA
1850 Daviess Co., KY
census, Dist 2, page 453
John Calloway 29 farmer born in VA
Ellenor Calloway 28 born in KY
Eliza A. Calloway 10 born in KY
Sarah J. Calloway 9 born in KY
Catherine Calloway 6 born in KY
Charles H. Calloway 4 born in KY
James N. Calloway 3 born in KY
Margaret Calloway 1 born in KY
By the 1860 Daviess Co., KY
census Ellenor appears to have married again to Jaret Loyd. The
Calloway children, Sarah and Charles are living with her, but
James and Margaret are living with the Fogle family. Can anyone
identify this "Mystery Callaway"?
Editor's Note - See the July 2005
CFA Newsletter for further information about this John
Calloway.
Who am I?
George W. Callaway born about 1824 in KY
George
Callaway appears in the 1850,
1860 Harrison Co., MO census and the 1870, 1880 Buchanan Co., MO
census. He married Martha J. (last name unknown). She was born
about 1828 in Indiana. She died before 1880. George had the
following children all born in MO:
James H. Callaway born about 1848
William J. Callaway born about 1849
Joseph Callaway born about 1853
John L. Callaway born about 1855
Elizabeth Callaway born about 1856
Seripta Callaway born about 1861
Amanda Callaway born about 1863
George J. Callaway born about 1864
Hannah Callaway born about 1866
Henry Callaway born about 1868
Allen Callaway born about 1869
Can anyone identify this "Mystery Callaway"?
Genealogy Funnies
Genealogy Corner
AND THE
BLOG
GOES ON - Once on the Blog page, just scroll down to find your article
listed in the archives on the left, or use the Search form at the
top.
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.
Ebenezer Baptist Church Minutes, Marion Co., GA 1836
C/K Women - A
Mini Biography
Editor's Note
- Read all about the fascinating life of Melissa Dora Callaway on
the
CFA Blog. The family line of descent is as follows:
Peter Callaway
John Callaway
Edward Callaway
Joshua Callaway
Rev. Joshua Sanford Callaway
A Callaway
family tradition - fishermen from Baldwin Co., Alabama -
This photo of Capt. James C. Callaway
and his sons, Elver, Herman and Chip is courtesy of the Orange Beach, Baldwin Co., AL Public
Library. Capt. James C. Callaway is James Spruell Callaway's son.
Editor's
Note - the family line of descent is as follows:
Peter Callaway
Peter Callaway II
Benjamin Callaway
Ebenezer Callaway
Clement Callaway
Joshua P. Callaway - born 1772 in MD, came to Mobile, AL before
the Civil War.
Clement Callaway
James Spruell Callaway
James Spruell Callaway as a young man
Capt. James
Spruell Callaway
The Mystery of The Millville
and Other Stories
a narrative as told by Thomas Andrew Callaway, Jr.
(James Spruell Callaway's great grandson)
He remembered the Millville
running aground in a bad storm and while it was on the beach, old
"Uncle Joe Callaway, (Editor's Note -
Joseph C. Callaway 1890-1970) who was just a young man, went aboard her and
got the deck motor off the boat and used it. Even though she was
later freed from the sandy beach, there was quite a bit taken off
the ship. She went ashore just east of Kill Devil Hill, which was
the biggest sand dune on the west beach during this time, he said.
There was also a Kill Devil Hill in Ocracoke, North Carolina,
where the early families came from. He went on to explain that
Uncle Joe had not been married long and the deck motor was a
stationary motor. Andrew did not ever get to go aboard the boat
but he said, "My granddaddy, Clem Callaway, got two big oak
benches off her." If I remember correctly, Aunt Eleanor had these
on her front porch when we were children and I think they are
still there.
Andrew continued, "Tell you
what they did do. I was going to school. We lived about one and a
half miles from the schoolhouse in Bon Secour. We had gone to
school that morning - a bunch of us kids - and coming home that
evening, we come across the sailors off that ship that had got
drunk and passed out. There were about five or six of them. They
were dead drunk all along the road.
"They had crossed the Lagoon
in a small boat and come ashore near old Ace Nelson's beach. Then
they had crossed over to Bon Secour, hoping to get a ride on the
freight boat owned by John Plash named the Bon Secour.
"The boat made stops at
Swift's, Joe Brown's and Plash's, and all along the way from
Mobile it would pick up freight.
Eventually, the boys got home
and told their parents about the sailors. It nearly scared them to
death.
"There's a big history behind
me if somebody could write it down," Andrew continued. I assured
him that I was writing it down almost as fast as he was talking. I
only hoped that I would be able to read my own handwriting later.
~ photo above
is a beacon along the coast that the Capt. James Spruell Callaway
family tended. They kept it lighted and repaired. These beacons
were very important to the many boats that navigated in these
waters.
"I came into this world one
month before the terrible storm of 1906 at Dauphin Island. The night the storm hit, Daddy,
Mother and I and Gene Callaway were living in a home on Dauphin
Island. We left the house because it was swinging and swaying, and
went to look for refuge from the storm. The pictures were even
swinging on the wall, the wind was blowing so hard.
"Mother fell down while we
were on our way to safety. She had me wrapped in a blanket. I
froze from the exposure before we got to the Shell Banks at
Dauphin Island.
"Old Grandma Steiner saved my
life. She saturated me with water mixed with whiskey and then put
me in a Shipmade Range to warm me. They say whiskey ain't good for
nothing - I'm still here. Grandma Steiner was a Ladiner and she
married a Steiner. After that I called her Grandma because she
saved my life."
When Andrew was 14 years old,
he was told the story of how Grandma Steiner roasted him in the
oven.
He said there was a jolly
bunch on Dauphin Island. They would play music and dance and play
games like 'drop the handkerchief'.
My grandfather, Joe, who was
also Andrew's uncle, had told him that when the 1906 storm came
there had been a solid line of trees on the Gulf Beach, and since
then there has been nothing but sand dunes and sea weeds. Grandpa
said the trees all washed down and came across the Lagoon. They
all looked like umbrellas floating across the Lagoon from the
Gulf.
The Callaways had a log cabin
home on the Lagoon. It was a wonderful home, but the 1906 storm
washed it all away. They salvaged what lumber they could and
rebuilt further up on the ridge away from the water. I asked him
if a lot of people drowned in the storm and he said, "Yes, and it
destroyed most everything everybody had then."
I asked if it was true that
Grandpa Clem (Editor's Note - Elisha Clement
Callaway b abt 1853) had a temper, and Andrew said you had to actually
stir him up to find out.
Andrew is 78 years old. He
used to be in the seafood business at Plash Island. His business
was called Oyster Bay Seafood. He still has one of his buildings
but the health department made him move away from right on the
water and further up away from it.
Andrew raised oysters on 135
acres of land he leased. He would throw seed oysters overboard and
wait two or three years for them to get full grown. To gather
them, they would have to reach a certain size. They got the seed
at Cedar Point at Dauphin Island. He said the biggest damage to
the oysters was the sewer deal; it spilled into the canal.
Now called the
Shelby House, this is the oldest house in Gulf Shores, AL. James Spruell Callaway purchased the 40
acres on which the house stands, for an Ox and Cart. The land is now valued in
the millions.
~ excerpt
and photos above from Well, I Never Met a
Native, by Joy Callaway Buskens, Quill Publications, Columbus,
GA, 1986
Editor's Note
- Joy Buskens is Joshua P. Callaway's 4x great granddaughter. Read
more about this family in the
February 2004
and
April 2004 and
July
2005 newsletters.
Query Corner - If you can
provide some help and answers, please respond to these queries.
 For his
generous contribution in identifying Araminta Calloway, Alex Hanks
has been inducted into the
CFANet Hall
of Fame!
Congratulations, and thank you
Alex for taking the time to help a fellow researcher.
Response to Query # 277 (May
2005 Newsletter)
Subject - Araminta Calloway
Submitter - Alex Hanks
email - padreahanks at aol.com
Donna,
I noticed an inquiry from Patricia Calloway Robertson concerning
Araminta Calloway. Apparently Sarah Brabant had made an earlier
inquiry also about her. This is Martha Arminta Calloway who was my
grandmother Mary Josephine Calloway's sister. "Minnie" Calloway
was a daughter of my great grandmother Mary Louise "Polly"
Calloway. Mary Louise Calloway had seven children: William
Thomas, Jasper, John Wesley, Willard Woots, Martha Arminta,
Savannah Louise, and Mary Josephine. I have all the info on who
each one married if anyone is interested. Mary Louise Calloway
never married although she had the seven children; she was the
daughter of Thomas Calloway and Morning Nanney of Yancey county
NC. Here is the line of Martha Arminta Calloway:
1 Joseph Calloway of Essex County Virginia d. 1724/25
2 Capt. Thomas Calloway md. Mary Baker
3 Charles Calloway md. Anne ?
4 Thomas Calloway md. Jemima Ray
5 Thomas Calloway Jr. md. Morning Nanney
6 Mary Louise "Polly" Calloway, never married * (see note)
7 Martha Arminta Calloway md. Bart Fortune
* Mary Louise Calloway married James Williams late in life
but had no children by him.
I hope this info will help these folks and if they would like any
further info I have lots, so please have them get in touch. Glad
to help in any way.
Alex Hanks
Query # 278
Subject - Sarah Della Calloway
Submitter - Stacey Day
email - rchicone at yahoo.com
Seeking info
on Sarah Della CALLOWAY, m. Alonzo J. KIMBELL in 1891, in Henry
County, Georgia. Sarah and Alonzo were my great-grandparents. The
main Callaway website is excellent, but am unable to connect Sarah
Della and Alonzo there. Any info or direction greatly appreciated.
Editor's Note
- I wrote to Stacey after I
did a little census checking
and found a family that could be hers.
On the 1850 Henry Co., GA
J. B. Caloway (male) 41 GA
E. C. Caloway (female) 33 GA
M. E. Caloway (female) 17 GA
N. J. Caloway (female) 16 GA
E. A. Caloway (female) 14 GA
L. G. Caloway (male) 8 GA
J. D. Caloway (male) 7 GAOn the 1860 Henry Co., GA census
Jonathan B. Callaway 53 GA
Eliza Callaway 48 GA
Eliza A. Callaway 22 GA
Levi G. Callaway 17 GA
John D. Callaway 15 GA
On the 1870 Henry Co. GA census
J. Calawaw 26 GA
Mary J Calawaw 25 GA
William P Calawaw 3 GA
Thomas O Calawaw 7/12 GA
On the 1880 Henry Co., GA census dist 486
John Callaway 36 GA
Mary J Callaway 35 GA
William P Callaway 12 GA
Thomas O Callaway 10 GA
Kitty P Callaway 8 GA
Sarah D Callaway 6 GA
(perhaps her Sarah Della)
Millie K Callaway 1 GA
Can
anyone help to identify this
"Mystery Callaway" family line?
Could it be the following descent?:
Peter Callaway
John Callaway
John Callaway, Jr.
Levin Callaway
Levi Callaway
Query
# 279
Subject - William Callaway, Devonport 1814
Submitter - Hilary Edwards,
Caerphilly, Wales
email - edwards_hi at hotmail.com
My great great grandfather
was William Callaway, born Devonport 1814, son of Thomas. Both
William, and his son Thomas, worked as engineers at Harveys of
Hayle, Cornwall. My grandfather was James Callaway (1866-1941),
and my mother is Leah Elizabeth Thomas (nee Callaway). Any help
with this line would be gratefully appreciated.
Query
# 280
Subject - Nancy Agnes Calloway
Submitter - Roy Marshall
email - ORwine at aol.com
My father, Roy (NMI)
Marshall, said he was born 08 Aug 1888 in Commerce, Hunt County,
TX. Father was Jim Scott Marshall, mother Nancy Agnes Calloway.
He was orphaned about 1895-6. Father said to have been CSA
artillery captain, captured and paroled at Vicksberg, MS, 04
July 1863 (no record there). Said to have then gone home to
Missouri, got his family, wandered around OK-Territory before
settling on a farm near Commerce,TX. Have hired a genealogist in
Hunt County TX, but she (nor I) found no records of any of them,
including of my father (until he joined USA Army in Sep 1914).
Could you refer me to some sources of info on Callo(a)ways in
MO? Thanks from Roy Marshall.
Query
# 281
Subject - Donald Bond Callaway
Submitter - Tracey Ann Callaway
Gaines, Houston, TX
email - p_n_t at sbcglobal.net
Just curious about my
family. My father was Donald Bond Callaway. I don't know
anything about his father. My grandmother is Betty Bond Callaway
Schmid from Vinita OK. If anyone has any information please
contact me via e-mail.
Query
# 282
Subject - Elijah/Elisha H. Callaway
Submitter - Sharon Marsh
email - sdmarsh at flash.net
I am doing research for a
book on the 1st Florida Cavalry, Union regiment stationed at
Ft. Barrancas, Pensacola, FL during the Civil War. This unit
was made up primarily of southern men from the panhandle of
Florida and south Alabama. My book involves a history of the
regiment as well as a brief genealogical presentation on each
of the men I can locate and research. My interest stems from
a number of my ancestors who served with the regiment.
There is an Elijah/Elisha
(spelled both ways in the records) H. Callaway in the
regiment, age 28 in Feb 1864 (probably born in 1835) and born
in Jackson Co, FL. He joined Feb 9, 1864 and deserted Aug 25,
1864 and there is no record that he voluntarily returned or
was captured before the end of the war. If you aren't
familiar with Florida history during the war, his desertion
would have taken place about the time the regiment started
preparing for their raid on Marianna (Jackson Co, FL).
I have done some extensive
searching for possible candidates for this man and the one
that appears to be the most likely is the Elijah Holcomb
Callaway that each of you have posted information on in the
Ancestry.com database. I would really appreciate hearing from
you and your thoughts on this being the Elijah H. that served
with the 1st Florida Cavalry, USA volunteers.
Thank you,
Sharon
Editor's
Note - This Elijah Holcomb Callaway's line of descent is as
follows:
Peter Callaway
John Callaway
John Callaway, Jr.
John Callaway
Thomas Callaway
Rev. Elijah Hosea Callaway
Elijah Holcomb Callaway
Query # 283
Subject - Nanny Callaway
Submitter - Judie Morris, Vic.
Australia
email - jmorrish at
iprimus.com.au
Hi Callaways, My
gt.gt.grandmother Nanny Callaway b. 1818, Cornwall m. John
Wills b. 1820, Cornwall in Chelsea, London in 1839 and came to
Australia in 1852 with a swag of kids; one son named John
Arthur Callaway, and many daughters. Nanny's father was Arthur
Callaway who m. Betsy Wherry, and his father was Arthur
Callaway who m. Ann Bennett - all from the St. Merryn, Harlyn,
Truro area of Cornwall. Other Christian names in this family
were Gershom, Frederick, Richard. I'd love to hear from anyone
who may tie in with our St. Merryn Callaways. Regards to all,
Judie Morris, Vic. Australia.
Notorious “Callaways”
 "When Andrew Jackson was
member of U. S. Congress, it was his custom to travel by private
conveyance to and from Washington, and he usually made a stop at
Echols' Tavern in New London, which many of the neighboring gentry
frequented. Upon the occasion of one of his visits, a young man
taking offence at some
remark made by Jackson, challenged him forthwith to combat, asking
him to name his choice of weapons. Jackson humoring his antagonist
selected rifles, whereupon the young fellow replied, 'That is just
my salad,' and left the room to secure the weapons. Jackson then
enquired of those present, the name of the
aggrieved person and upon learning that he was a son of his
friend, Col. James Callaway, he promptly said he was ready to
offer any apology a gentleman could require rather than fight the
son of a friend; so the affair was amicably settled."
~ from
Campbell Co., VA Chronicles and Family Sketches 1782-1926, R. H.
Early, J.P. Bell Co., Lynchburg, VA, 1927
~ Picture
of Andrew Jackson from
The White House web site.
History Corner
James
Madison Callaway
On the day James Madison Callaway (born March 13, 1838) was
twenty-one years old, he enlisted in "The Confederate War." This
was the term which he always used for the Civil War. For two years
he fought for the "greys" against the "blues" until his arm was
shot off in a skirmish. They did not give him anesthetic. Before
sewing the skin in place, they seared the bone with a redhot iron.
In six weeks gangrene had set in, and this had to be done all
over.
Being one-armed
did not give James a pessimistic viewpoint on life. Instead, he
figured that the life of a Texas farmer sounded pretty good to
him. He came to Nickleville (later to be named Wylie) near the
present site of the Middle Grades and bought 55 acres of land for
50 cents an acre, all in sod. With two horses, a turning plow and
one arm, he broke land and planted 24 acres of wheat. From the
sale of this wheat, he realized enough profit to pay for the
entire 55 acres.
About 1876 C.W.H. (Wesley)
Pitts brought his family to this area from Alabama. His lovely
wife was the former Miss Nancy Bennett (born April 12, 1851) to
Charles and Nissie Bennett in Alabama. Children born to this union
were J.A. (Gus) Pitts, Charlie Pitts, Amanda Pitts, Nissie Pitts,
Minnie Pitts, Nannie Pitts, Willie Pitts and Wessy Pitts.
Soon Mr. Pitts expired. His
young wife struggled raising a very young family for approximately
a year. Wessy was only six months old when his daddy died. Soon
she looked across the fields to see the neighbor who was helping
her with chores, James Callaway. Romance blossomed. After the
wedding, all of the Pitts children and Nancy moved into the home
of James Callaway. He began farming her 40 acres plus his 55
acres.
To this union were born two
children:
1.) ADELLA CALLAWAY (OLIVER) born Oct. 10, 1877, died April
19, 1958.
2.) FRED CALLAWAY, born January 29, 1886, died June 16, 1978.
Quiet, hardworking people
were the Callaways. He treated all the children the same, whether
they bore his name or the name of Pitts. They raised all of them
in the church of their choice, the old Shiloh Baptist at
Nickleville. There Mrs. Callaway sang in the choir. James had a
great love for music and treasured his wife's melodious tones.
Mr. and Mrs. Callaway, Fred
and Adella each called Wylie home. Appropriately all are buried in
the Wylie Cemetery. Mr. Callaway passed away January 9, 1911 and
she followed July 25, 1925.
~ The above
excerpt is from:
Wylie Area Heritage, by Beb
Fulkerson, 1990 and appears on Randall Howald's web
site at:
http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/RandysTexas/callaway.html
I wrote to
Randy asking permission to use the above information from his web
site in our newsletter, and this was his very gracious reply:
Donna,
You're more than welcome to use whatever you wish off my
website. The information came from a book called "Wylie Area
Heritage" by Beb Fulkerson. It was privately published in 1990.
She is a friend of my mother and gave her a copy.
Also from the book;
By the mid 1870's many from the southern states were migrating
into Texas. They must forget the Civil War and the destruction
so near to them as they viewed their home states. Three of the
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Garrison Callaway were among those that came to this area. They
were Henry H., William (Billy) and James Madison Callaway. It
was assumed that the Callaways came to this country with their
second cousin, John Thomas Winn, and his family. Later their
mother would join them. She was an invalid who lived with Uncle
Billy and Aunt Betty.
The earliest
record of this family in Collin County was Feb 22, 1875 when
Henry and William bought 200 acres of land from the S. B. Shelby
survey. It was on the south side of present day Hwy 78 and
included most of what is now South Ballard.
Henry came to Collin County first and
negotiated the purchase by recording all properties in his and
William's names. In 1877 William bought 97 acres more of land.
Both brothers began to buy and sell real estate and expanded
their own properties while buying was cheap. They bought to the
southern boundary of the J. V. Russell survey. James M. was the
last brother to arrive in Collin County. He bought 55 acres at
50 cents each near the present water tower.
There is more information in the book on Fred, Henry H., Jesse
and Bonnie, John H. (Doc John), William, Dr. W. M. Callaway.
Kindest regards,
Randy Howald
Editor's
Note - Census
records show that James
Madison Callaway was the son of Henry & Priscilla (Barron)
Callaway. These descendants are being added to our Peter Callaway
master file. The line of descent is as follows:
Peter Callaway
William Callaway
William Callaway, Jr.
Jonathan Callaway
Henry Callaway
James Madison Callaway
In Closing
Visit
The Callaway Family
Association web site. It has much to offer.
Would you like to . . .
"I have never been lost, but I will admit to
being confused for several weeks."
~ Daniel Boone
Philadelphia Here We Come -
 Benjamin Franklin, in
addition to his kite-flying career, was perhaps the most
historically fascinating personality in Revolutionary
Philadelphia. He moved from Boston to Philadelphia at the age of
17. He was a printer, diplomat, inventor, publisher, author,
statesman, Postmaster, and more. He founded the Library Company,
Pennsylvania Hospital, American Philosophical Society, and the
University of Pennsylvania. Besides being the home of Benjamin
Franklin, this beautiful city is steeped in America's early
history, and Callaways were part of it! Visit
this web site
to read more about all the city has to offer; the President's
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