Callaway Family Association - July 2004 CFANet

THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION
CFANET e-NEWSLETTER
July 2004

Volume V No. 7

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

The Editor's Corner

For two months we had traveled and half our oxen dead,
Our wagon bein' slow the others chose to go ahead,
I measured each day's progress by the miles and by the graves,
And the fear that gripped my heart I will remember all my days.

Half my children gone and the winter comin' on,
We came to California nearly starved, our money gone,
John went to pan for gold and soon forgot the kids and me,
And now I take in washin' and I curse his memory.

So if your husband tells you, load the wagons, you must go
To seek your fortune in the West, my dear, you must say no,
For remember what I've told you lest your fate be like my own,
Make your own choice. Let him go. You're better off alone.

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

Pioneer Mother, Esther Short
Esther Short Park, Vancouver, Washington

When a Hudson Bay authority confronted American settler Esther Short over her family's right to settle here in 1845, Esther strode up to the group's leader and slapped him in the face. The British never bothered her again. In the park named after her stands a bronze statue of a mother guarding the three children clutching her skirts.

~ from Women's Voices from the Oregon Trail, by Susan G. Butruille, 1993

For those who are interested, an excellent article about Charles Callaway's (John, James Jr., James, Joseph Callaway) journey over the Oregon Trail was published in the 1983 CFA Journal. It was written by Charles' great great granddaughter, Lori Jane Callaway.

Happy Birthday, America!
May we never forget the struggle and sacrifice that our forefathers and foreMOTHERS
endured to create this great nation.

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 Callaway Family Association Blog

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CFA DNA Project

Our thanks to Bruce Callaway in Australia for providing the following update on the CFA DNA Project.

DNA PROJECT UPDATE. JOSEPH’S ‘FINGERPRINTS’ FOUND.

For those who have not been closely following this latest CFA project here is a little explanation. As recently as the year 2000 when Oxford University discovered how to extract from the male chromosome known as ‘Y’ that tiny unchanged bit which is passed from Father to son, there has been a veritable explosion of researchers applying this technique to genealogy.

The tiny bit can be divided into at least 25 pieces, (called ALLELES - pronounced AL EELS) and each allele has been numbered. So, if you are a male, each one of these twenty five pieces will be identical, or near identical, with those of your father and his brothers, their father and his brothers etc. back into the dim mists of time.
From this then it may be seen, that even very distant male cousins can be shown to have descended from a common male ancestor who lived many centuries in the past by simply scraping a few cells from inside the mouth (with a ‘toothbrush’) and analysing them in a suitable laboratory.
The CFA has chosen FamilyTreeDNA, a Texas lab associated with the University of Arizona for our project and funding thus far has concentrated upon firstly identifying positively descendants of Joseph and Peter, who are assumed to be among the first of the possible US ancestors. Secondly and most importantly, in an attempt to identify the ancestors of Joseph and Peter and therefore their origins before the 1600’s the project has been expanded internationally.

WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED?

1. Descendants of two of Joseph’s sons, William 1714 and James 1720 ‘match’ after more than 280 years, therefore we can assume that we do indeed have Joseph’s ‘fingerprints’. We can assume that descendants of his other sons, Thomas 1712, Francis 1716 and Richard 1717 would also be the same and work continues on these lines.
2. The testing of the ‘paper-trail’ of Peter’s descendants is at an advanced stage, but his fingerprints not yet established. It is highly probable that Peter was not related to Joseph.
3. The realisation by our genealogists that in earlier times and even to-day variations in the spelling of the surname occurred and are occurring has to be taken into account in establishing lines. One established line traced to the 16th century changed from Calway to Kellaway and then to Calloway within two centuries, hence the inclusion for testing of these variant names.
4. A prominent Kellaway line in the US has been matched to a Devon, England line that extends to the 16th century and cannot yet be excluded as possible forbears of further C/K lines in both countries.
5. Fingerprints of C/Ks from a number of southern counties of England are being collected, not only in the hope that we may pinpoint the origins of Peter or Joseph, but to elucidate and confirm the huge amount of paper data collected by the CFA over many years.

WHAT DO WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE?

The CFA DNA Databank may ultimately allow members with a C/K surname to check their family tree with scientific certainty. This is possible now for descendants of the US immigrant JOSEPH Callaway. Contact the project coordinator Russ Callaway (email r.callaway at juno.com)

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

We are looking for volunteers willing to sign up for the DNA testing. Particularly we need direct male descendants of Thomas (1712), Francis (1716) and Richard (1717), sons of the immigrant Joseph Callaway. We also need direct male descendants of Peter Jr. (1681) and William (1688), sons of the immigrant, Peter Callaway.

We are establishing DNA lines for C/K’s both within the US and Internationally which will be known only as that of the oldest known ancestor of these lines. This should enable researchers to attempt by participation to complete family trees. For US lines contact Kermit Bridges. (email jundal at verizon.net) For International enquiries including the counties within southern England of Somerset, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Wiltshire and Cornwall, Contact Bruce Callaway. (email bruce at callaway.com.au)

Footnote: The Y-DNA-25 male test costs USD $171. if performed within the CFA DNA Project.

Feedback Corner

Thank you and congratulations to Douglas McWhirter of Toronto, Canada for identifying the "Mystery Callaway", Bro. George Kellaway mentioned in the "In the News" section of the June 2004 newsletter. Douglas has been inducted into the CFA Hall of Fame!

Good morning Donna.
The Bro. Geo. Kellaway who is referenced in the June issue of the Newsletter is George Stanley Kellaway. He was born in 1870 in Portsea, Hampshire and came to Canada as a young man. He settled first in Brandon, Manitoba before moving to Nelson, British Columbia. He is the grandfather of my wife, Roberta Kellaway.
Thank you for sharing this information.
Best wishes,
Douglas McWhirter
Toronto, Canada
dougmcw at sympatico.ca

Thanks to Jim Ringo for sending us the short bio of his grandmother. Sounds like we have a "live wire" here!

My grandma, Evelyn Janet Callaway, married my Grandfather, Samuel Charles Ringo on 9-27-1913 in Greene Co, IND. I thought Grandma was Irish. She lived to age 96, smoked two packs of cigs and drank a bottle of scotch every day. She loved to party. I discovered her family came from County Cornwall England, mostly in the Bude area. I traveled there last year and met several Callaways in the area, mostly in Pubs. May have to go back to Bude soon, had a ball there.
Jim Ringo
JRingo2801 at aol.com

Thank you to CFA Member, Warwick Kellaway of New Zealand, for sending further information about several items appearing in last month's newsletter (CFANet 06/04).

Donna

We have been away touring in the South Island (part of Middle Earth), and I have taken a little while to catch up with your latest very good newsletters.

KELLAWAYS

I note the references to Kellaways village in Wiltshire UK. As CFA Member, Bruce Callaway says, the locality was named for, or after, the early K/C family.

It is accepted that the first dated reference to the K/C family was with reference to a property in Wiltshire in 1165. One of possibly two manors in Wiltshire, if not then very soon after, was at a locality there known as Tytherton Kellaways (modern spellings). Members of the principal family lived at the manor, it is said for seven generations, until about 1400, before moving west to Devon and Dorset. The name changed through a number of C/K versions over the centuries, finally becoming Kellaways in the mid 19th century.

Today the manorhouse at Kellaways, may possibly contain some small elements of an earlier building, but would otherwise probably date from around 1600. (there are virtually no very early manorhouses existing today - many being built of timber). St Giles Church at Kellaways, of which the family were Patrons, was founded in 1304, although it was rebuilt in the 19th century.

There were several early family manors, and evidence of some remains. One of the earliest was at Stafford Barton, Dolton, in Devon. It belonged to a younger branch of the family, and may have been built as early as 1200, and was possibly occupied by the family longer. Today there appear to be old buildings on the site of the present manorhouse.

The Wiltshire family had moved to Cheldon, also in Devon, by 1400, apparently to property held from the very earliest times. Much more investigation is needed, but there may today be existing buildings there relating to the manor.

The most recent of the manorhouses is at Rockborne in Hampshire. The seat of the three Tudor/Elizabethan Knights, the original building may have been erected around 1450-1500, and there appear to be old elements of that manor there today, together with the adjacent church, which dates from about the same time. The manor was of course lost just after 1600.

There is a lot of information out there about so many things, and you have been providing a good insight particularly into life in the 19th century. In another place a little earlier, the Roman ruins at Rockborne, as you outlined concerning the Hypocaust, are not far from the family manor,
although there was absolutely no connection - not even to the central heating. The same article referred to Sir William Kayleway of Rockborne selling the manor of Sutton Bingham in 1561.
Our family inherited much of their wealth from the Bingham family. Thomas C/K (they used so many different spellings) married Joane Bingham about 1410, and probably lived in the Dorset manor. Thomas is thought to have been the brother of John, father of William of Sherborne, and forbear of our succeeding generations.

Research into all the C/K manorhouses around England would be a fascinating exercise. We know of them from Durham in the north, through Gloucestershire, to the southern counties, with several in Dorset.

ISLE OF WIGHT

I concur with Bruce Callaway that the Isle of Wight may hide evidence of family connections, and would love to see further DNA tests on families from there. Similarly the principal C/K family moved back into Wiltshire in the mid 1500s, and C/K families there today, or from there, must be an important field to check. They could produce a link to the Elizabethan family.

LITTLE BREDY

I see Little Bredy in Dorset mentioned. Don't know Dr Sykes book, although it sounds very familiar - probably should. Little Bredy is right in the middle of my Kellaway territory.

Best wishes
Warwick
jwk at slingshot.co.nz

Thank you to Betty Silvey for sharing the following genealogy information with us.

Donna,
Thanks for sending one of the CFA journals I requested and I received the other a short while later. I was very surprised in reading one of them (1977) when I ran across a land deal between William Callaway and Glidwell Orrill. My line is Richard Callaway, John Callaway, John Callaway, E. H. Callaway, Ella Callaway Williams, Lee Williams, Martha Williams Draime (my mother). William being brother to Richard. My first husbands' mother, Eva Orrell Godwin, is a direct descendant of Glidwell Orrill/Orrell. Very small world.

"Bedford County, Virginia Deeds - Deed Book 1, pages 4-5, recorded 22 July 1754 (spelling as then)
Indenture made 20 Feb 1754 between Glidwell Orrill of Luenburg County, Planter of the one part and William Callaway of the aforesaid county planter of the other part Witnesseth that the aforesd. Glidwell Orrill for 70 pounds current money of Virginia, a tract or dividend of Land lying and being in the county aforesaid on the north side of Otter river first Patented for the aforesaid William Callaway and by him transfered to the aforesaid Glidwell Orrill by deed and is bounded as follows Beginning at a corner Red Oak the North side the Grady Branch thence West 15 degrees East 60 Poles to a Maple on the said branch thence North 56 West 65 poles to a White Oak thence South 51 degrees West 183 poles crossing the Lick run to a White Oak Thence South 85 degrees West 82 poles to a Red Oak in John Phelp's Line. Thence on his Line South 16 degrees West 24 poles to a Red Oak on the River Bank and thence down the River as it meanders to the mouth of Lick Run and thence a direct Line to the Beginning Red Oak on Grady Branch containing 130 acres be the same more or less with all Houses woods and Watters with all other profits and improvements of what nature or kind as an Estate in Fee Simple. In Witness whereof the aforesaid Glidwell Orrill hath hereunto Set his hand and Seal the day and year above written.
(signed) Glidwell (his mark) Orrill
(signed) Sarah (her mark) Orrill
Sign'd Seal'd and deliver'din the presence of us John Callaway, Thomas Gaddy and Benjamin (his mark) Orrick
Memorandum that on 20 Feb 1754 peacable and quiet possession of the Land and premises within the Deed mentioned was had and taken with Livery & Seisin of the same by the within mentioned Glidwell Orrill and Sarah, his wife, and by them delivered unto the within mentioned William Callaway his Heirs and Assigns forever according to the intent and meaning of the within Deed.
John Callaway
Thomas Gaddy
Benjamin (his mark) Orrick
(signed) Gildwell (his mark) Orrill
(signed) Sarah (her mark) Orrill
At a court held for Bedford County 22 July 1754 This Indenture & Memorandum of Livery of Seisin thereon endorsed were proved by the Oath of John Callaway, Thomas Gaddy and Benjamin Orrick the Witnesses then Ordered to be Recorded.

I sent in charts going back five+ generations, with pictures, letters, etc. I have more that I did not send in. I had forgotten I had the newspaper article on the death of John T. Callaway, Greenfield, IL. It is rather lengthy. I have Lillian Wooley Callaways' will and papers of the property that John bought on Isle of Pines, Cuba which were taken by Fidel Castro and now is Isle of Youth. Also I have other pictures that I have not yet identifed from Greenfield, St. Louis, etc. Florine McChesney, daughter of Minnie Callaway McChesney, kept many things. I have a black shawl of Minnie's that is so old, it is beginning to fall apart. Also a set of china that she, Minnie, had painted, a silver tea pot and bowl with her initials. Napkin ring of Lee Williams, baby cup of John Callaway Williams, bible, etc. Matilda Matlock married Edwin H. Callaway and thru her brother William's son, Frank Matlock, I also have Callaway/Matlock items, letters, pictures that his daughters Mable and Helen kept and left to my mother. They have been stored away for many years and it is a treasure chest that I am still unlocking. The Matlocks were in VA, TN, KY with the Callaways. They married into the Sevier family as well.
Betty Silvey
irbdgs at bellsouth.net

Last month in the Newsletter, I posted an article "A Railroad Man and His Callaway Family". I would like to thank R. L. "Bo" Thompson for writing to me to let me know of a mistake I made in the family line. I have corrected this mistake in the June newsletter which is archived on our web site. It's through input like this that CFA can offer the most reliable information on the Callaway family. I appreciate his taking the time to send me the correction.

Hi Donna,
While, I am not a member of the CFA, I do receive the newsletter. I was enjoying the June 2004 edition when I read an article titled "A RAILROAD MAN AND HIS CALLAWAY FAMILY". This was of great interest to me as the article mentions my Callaway connection. Unfortunately, there is a discrepancy in the lineage of "my Callaways". For clarification let me quote part of the article.

*****excerpt of June 2004 CFA Newsletter*****
James Callaway (7.) married Elizabeth (last name unknown) and they had the following children including the two mentioned in the above obituary:
(8.) James Callaway b abt 1863 in WV
(8.) Charles L. Callaway b abt 1869 in WV, married Rhoda (last name unknown) b abt 1885 in England and they had the following known children; (9.) Goldie Callaway b abt 1907 in WV, (9.) Phyllis Callaway b abt 1910 in WV, (9.) Richard B. Callaway b abt 1914 in WV, (9.) Martha A. Callaway b abt 1917 in WV, and (9.) Clarice L. Callaway b abt 1919 in WV.
*****end of excerpt*****

Charles Lewis Callaway & Rhoda [Lewis] Callaway were my grandparents. [It is a coincidence that Rhoda's maiden name is also Lewis.] Goldie, Phyllis, Martha "Alice", Clarice "Louise" & Richard "Bud" Callaway were my Aunts & Uncle. My mother, Lewis Jane Callaway, is not
mentioned in the article. So much for my bona fides <grin>.

Your research shows the wrong father for my grandfather. The confusion probably comes from the fact that there are two "Charles Calaways" [note the one L spelling], both of about the same
age, mentioned in the 1880 Federal census for Monroe Co., WV. My grandfather was born in 1872 the other Charles was born abt 1869.

My grandfather's parents were Lewis & Wilda [Hunter] Callaway. Lewis Callaway's parents were McComas & Catherine [Spangler] Callaway.

McComas & Catherine [Spangler] Callaway
Lewis & Alwilda Jane [Hunter] Callaway
Charles Lewis & Rhoda [Lewis] Callaway
Jack & Lewis Jane [Callaway] Thompson
Me

I have primary & excellent secondary documentation of my line down to McComas Callaway. McComas was probably the son of Joshua Callaway and his second wife Nancy [Roads/Roles/Rowels]. However, I have no proof of this. If Joshua is indeed the father of McComas, that puts him in the Peter Callaway line. Joshua, Zachariah, William, William, Peter. [and makes me a 10th generation Callaway!]

I also have some scans of photos of Charles & Rhoda and one of Lewis and Wilda that was probably taken shortly after their marriage. [Our best guess is late 1860s.]

R. L. "Bo" Thompson,
kb5cng at amsat.org

Editor's Note - See a photo that Bo graciously contributed to CFA on the CFA Photo Gallery page here.

Congratulations and thank you to Connie Brown of McCall, Idaho for identifying a "Mystery Callaway" from the October 2003 newsletter. He is mentioned only as Mr. Callaway from Boise Idaho, visiting a neighbor and telling of his plans to travel back to Texas. Connie has been inducted into the CFA Hall of Fame.

That Mr. Calloway, I'm sure without a doubt is my husband's GG grandfather Dr. Thomas Henry Callaway. He was born in Moniteau Co. MO in 1826 to James Richard and Catherine Markham Callaway. "Doc" Callaway and his brother Abner Early Callaway arrived in Idaho City, Idaho in 1862. They came for the gold but after a few years they came off the mountain and settled in the Boise Valley. Doc did leave Idaho in 1872, but returned in 1883. He was one of the first doctors in Idaho, an ordained minister in the First Christian Church of Caldwell and very involved in Idaho politics when Idaho was still just a territory.

I have a lot of information on this family all though not very organized if anyone is interested.
Connie,
McCall, ID
dvbrown at citlink.net

Editor's Note - This family's line of descent is as follows:
Joseph Callaway
William Callaway
Charles Callaway
James Richard Callaway
Dr. Thomas Henry "Doc" Callaway

Steve Callaway sent us a copy of the following email he has received, which appears to be a scam. It was sent from the following email address: williams2_law_chambers@yahoo.com. Thank you for letting us know about it.

Donna,
I keep getting this type of letter. Does not seem to be real. Do you know anything about it?
Steve Callaway

ATTN;

Dear Mark Stephen Callaway ,

I am Barrister williams Okafor ,I am the Personal Attorney to Late Mr.Micheal Callaway jr ,national of Your country,who used to work with shell oil Petroleum development,
Company in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2000, my client, his wife and Their three children were involved in a car accident Along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road.Unfortunately they All Lost their
lives in the event of the accident, since Then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to Locate any of my clients extended relatives, this Has also proved unsuccessful. After these several Unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his Relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of His family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money In addition, property left behind by my client before they get Confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank Where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about US$10.7million dollars. Conseqently, The bank issued me a! notice to provide The next of kin or have the account confiscated within The next ten official working days. Since I have been Unsuccessful in locating the the relatives For over 2 years now I seek your consent to present You as the next of kin of the deceased since you are From the same country and you, share the same surname So that the proceeds of this account valued at US$10.7 Million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me Can share the money. 55% to me and 40% to you, while 5% Should be for expenses or tax as your government may Require.I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up Any claim we may make. All I require is Your honest cooperation to enable us sees this deal Through. I guarantee that this will be executed under A legitimate arrangement that will protect you from Any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my email to Enable us discuss further.
williams_law@cosmo.com

Best regards,
Barrister Williams Okafor(Esq)

Welcome to Ruby Nash, a new e-Newsletter subscriber and our thanks to her for sending us information about her Callaway family.

Hello Donna:
Thank you for replying. Yes, I would like to receive the newsletters. Also Vashti Callaway's (married to John Parker) daughter, Onea Parker married Albert Fletcher Nash Dec. 1850 in Albemarle, Stanly Co. NC. Albert F. Nash was born Jan 26, 1828. Children Were: John F., William C., Henry A., Vashti L., Walter R., Mary T., Jules E., Louisa F. Onea died April 26, 1865 in Stanly Co. Have not yet located her grave. Albert remarried and move to Texas. Also recently My Uncle made a trip to Stanly Co. and located the Parker Mine and on the Mine grounds is the Parker Cemetery... with several field stones scattered about but also there was a large monument in the center with several names and dates inscribed. He took photos and wrote down all information. He also met an additional descendant in the Nash line from Albert F., his brother Whitson F. Nash, who still resides in New London.
Ruby Nash

rubyanash at aol.com

Thank you to Margaret Andress for sending us a copy of the following document.

Dear Donna,
I was digging through some old papers and found something on the Reverend Enoch Callaway that could be useful if you don't already have it. Unfortunately I do not have the source referenced, but it is a photocopied page from an unknown book, detailing the Rev. Enoch Callaway Family Cemetery, Rayle [GA]. The copy was made in the mid to late 70s and is too faded to scan. It is possible that I have the source noted somewhere in my mare's nest of notes; if it should appear I will post it. In the meantime, here is a transcription of page 151 of the unknown book. I have maintained the order and punctuation of the copied page.

Rev. Enoch Callaway Family Cemetery, Rayle

Large Stone, "In Memory of John Callaway and wife Bethany Arnold Callaway. Came from Halifax County, N.C. Settled here in 1783. Rev. Enoch Callaway, their youngest son."

Rev. Enoch Callaway, 1792-1859, wife Martha Callaway, 1796-1879

W.B. Callaway, 1820-95; wife R.A. Callaway, 1821-48. Brantley Mercer Callaway, 1838-1902, youngest son of Enoch and Martha Reeves Callaway; Wife, Lucy Brooks Callaway, 1837-1915, daughter of Robert Howard and Mary Glenn Brooks.

Ellen Callaway, daughter of B.M. and L.B. Callaway, 1868-1928
Anna Callaway, daughter of B.M. and L.B. Callaway, 1860-1926
Twin boys of B.M. and L.B. Callaway
Dr. Reuben S. Callaway, died 1853, age 32 years, son of Enoch and Martha C. [sic]
Sarah A.L. Drake, 1829-1909
Brantley Mercer Callaway, 1879-1947, youngest son of B.M. Callaway
Simon P. Callaway, 1840-1918; Martha Callaway, 1842-1895
J.A. Callaway, 1879-1955; Bertha McAvoy Callaway, 1880-1935
Emmie L., daughter of J.A. and Bertha Callaway, 1903-1920
Edgar A. Callaway, 1866-1945, son of B.M. and Lucy Callaway; wife, Mamie Turner Callaway, 1866-1929
Lila Ragan, daughter of Edgar and Mamie Turner Callaway, 1891-1953
Little Edgar, son of E.A. and Mamie T. Callaway, 1899-1900
Lollie Milligan, wife of William Turner Callaway, 1893-1968
Infant children of J.A. and Bertha Callaway: William, 1907; son, 1905; Bertha M., 1911; son of W.T. Callaway, 1939
Luther Latimer, 1868-1958; Emma Callaway Latimer, 1871-1914; two baby graves
Mrs. Lizzie Turner Griffith, 1858-1937
J.H. Spratlin, 1815-1871; Martha C. Spratlin, 1823-1895
Youngest daughter of James and Martha Spratlin
Mary R., wife of J.B. McAvoy, 1870-1906
Little Katie, daughter of J.B. and M.R. McAvoy, 1894-96
Little Mattie, daughter of J.B. and M.R. McAvoy, 1891-92
Ottis [sic], infant son of W.E. and A.M. Callaway, 1906-07
Lottie Lee, daughter of M.S. Spratlin, 1872-88
Greer, son of John and Ida Daniel, 1881-96
Infant son of Mr. And Mrs. W.P. McRee, 1951
William Harrison Clark, 1886-1963; Lucy Callaway Clark, 1890-1954
John W. Spratlin, 1848-92; Susan A. Spratlin, 1843-1909
Emma P. Howard, 1854-1924

Hope this isn't a duplication of something you already have,
Margaret Andress
markanco at earthlink.net

As we know from the newsletter last month, Brian Kelway Willoughby's daughter was married recently. I asked Brian to tell us about the wedding, and he graciously sent me the following. I'm sure Adrian had no troubling thoughts after hearing his father-in-law's toast!

Hi Donna,
Thank you for your Braggin' Rights item in the June Newsletter. I think I will spare you a photo (and I don't have a scanner yet) - but here's a chunk (more or less) of my speech welcoming the Groom (Adrian Paul Jennings - already a favourite member of the family) and proposing the Toast to the happy couple. (How's that for convoluted syntax?)

" ..... Now that we have caught him, I think I should perhaps give Adrian a friendly warning! And tell him about some adventures within the marriage of a fairly distant member of the family. This occurred just a few miles away at Brimpsfield - up in the hills just behind Cheltenham.

Briefly, the story concerns the murder by Matilda Kelway of her husband Richard Butler - although she actually paid someone else to do the dirty deed.

The official record of the Trial states that, having been convicted, she was sent to a Convent for the rest of her life. (One hopes that this was an unusual qualification for a Nun?!)

However, Adrian, in case you are becoming unduly worried - I should mention that all this happened a while ago - in the year 1220 to be precise!

I can also add that the practice did not apparently become seriously habit-forming! There have been hardly any other murders over the centuries in this particular branch of our family. ..... "

All the best,
Brian
bhk.willoughby at btopenworld.com

Thank you to Don Kellaway for sending us additional information on the "Railroad Man", Samuel Rogers Callaway, who was mentioned in last month's newsletter.

Hi Donna,
In your June newsletter you made reference to a Samuel a gardener being the father of Samuel Callaway of Railway fame. The following is what I have on the father and grandfather of Samuel.

Frederick William Callaway was the son of Samuel Callaway and Susannah nee Butler and he was born c. 1824 in Wiltshire, England. He had a number of siblings but to the best of our knowledge none followed him to Canada. Frederick married Margaret Rodgers of Crieff, Scotland and immigrated to Canada and settled in Toronto where he became a prominent merchant. In 1859 Frederick purchased land in Proton Township according to the Ontario Land Index. The 1871 Census of Toronto shows Margaret age 55 years working as a milliner (046-B-1-70).

According to Morgan's "Canadian Men and Women of the Time" 1895 and 1912 editions two of his sons became prominent executives with major railways in North America.
Cheers, Don
quinte at kos.net

Editor's Note - See additional information on this family line in the Jun 2004 CFA newsletter.

I had a nice surprise this month. In the September 2003 issue of the newsletter, there was an article from "Who's Who in Railroading in North America". Two men were mentioned. One was Arthur Bond Calloway. This month I received an email from his grandson, Thomas B. Calloway, Jr. He has promised to send us his family line, so we will have another "Mystery Callaway" identified.
bondcalloway at comcast.net

Here's a nice offer from CFA Member, Linda Benedict Krause. Contact Linda if you would like to have these documents.

Hi Donna,
I'm currently a member, haven't posted anything but enjoy searching for info. I have inherited my mother's research which includes some Family Records sheets which she received from another family researcher with whom she corresponded and collaborated probably in the 1960s -1970s. 1st generation is Elijah Callaway and Elizabeth Pack, then George Washington Callaway and his two wives, then a group sheet for each of their children with much information on them. There is an abundance of source information as well. I can't seem to figure out who compiled these documents, but someone else may know. I do not need to keep them, and I CANNOT throw them away! Any suggestions as to who might want these documents? Thanks in advance for your help.
Linda Benedict Krause
jklb4 at comcast.net

Welcome to a new CFANet Newsletter recipient, Kathy Calaway, of Surry Co., NC. She has graciously sent us her family file, and it has been incorporated into the CFA RootsWeb file. Kathy descends from the Joseph Callaway line. Her line of descent is as follows:

Joseph Callaway
Francis Callaway
Samuel Callaway
James Callaway
James Abner Callaway
Thomas Daniel Callaway
Harley Robert Calaway
Elbert Ray Calaway
Kathryn Ann Calaway

Interesting story about the name change to Calaway. Seems it was a Social Security mistake, and Harley Robert just kept it. No one else in the family uses it. They all use Callaway. That's the kind of thing that has happened to the Callaway name all thru history, I'm sure.

If you would like to contact Kathy about her family line, her email address is below.

Kathy Calaway
kcalaway at triad.rr.com

"Callaways" in the News

Audrain Co., MO Obituaries 1885-1903
Located in central Missouri, Audrain County was created in 1836 and was home to over 20,000 persons at the turn of the century. These obituaries are taken from the Mexico Intelligencer, published in the county seat of Mexico. As with many rural newspapers, it includes the names of people who also lived in surrounding counties as well as Audrain Co.

James Callaway
DOB 24 Apr 1826
DOD 11 Jul 1889

Mrs. Mary J. McKinney Callaway
DOD 27 Mar 1887

Redman Callaway
DOB 28 Aug 1849
DOD 12 May 1895

Sidney S. Callaway
Age about 50
DOD 3 Nov 1998

Mrs. Sidney S. Callaway
Age about 43
DOD 10 Feb 1899

Democrat and Standard, Coshocton, Ohio, May 29, 1903

It is fortunate for one Georgia youth that Governor Garvin of Rhode Island is a physician and surgeon of standing. The governor and a number of northern friends were at Andersonville to attend the dedication of a monument in memory of Rhode Island soldiers who died in Andersonville prison during the Civil War. While the exercises were in progress a carriage team took fright, ran away and upset the carriage. Edwin Callaway one of the occupants had his leg broken, the jagged bone severing an artery. Gov. Garvin, on hearing of the boy's plight, hurried to his aid, tied the severed artery and cut the broken bone, just in time to save the sufferer from bleeding to death.

Editor's Note - Can anyone identify Edwin Callaway? He is a "Mystery Callaway".

Genealogy Funnies

Genealogy Corner

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.

Callaway surname abstracted from Claremore Newspapers, Claremore, Indian Territory. Now Rogers Co., OK. Specifically mentioned - Alfred Marshell Callaway. His line of descent is as follows:

Joseph Callaway
Thomas Callaway
Thomas Callaway
John Farrar Callaway
Thomas Farrar Marshall Callaway
Return John Farrar
Alfred Marshell Callaway (see his photo here)

Sussex Co., DE Probate Records

Name: Ebenezer Callaway
Will Made Date: 15 May 1784
Will Location: Broad Creek Hundred
Heirs Names: son Joshua Callaway; daughters Peggy and Sarah Callaway
Exec/Trus Name: friend William Owen, Jr.
Wit Name: Isaac Jones, Ann Milston, Zachariah Barnett
Will Probate Date: 4 may 1791
Will Book: Arch. Vol A62; Reg. of Wills, Liber D
Page: 134; folios 223-224

Source: Calendar of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800. Georgetown, DE: Public Archives Commission, 1964

Can anyone identify which Ebenezer Callaway this is? He is a "Mystery Callaway".

Old City Directories

Topeka, Kansas 1912 City Directory
Callaway, Susan C. (wid Benjamin F.) r 520 W 13th

From the Joseph Callaway line -
An excerpt from Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, 3rd ed. 1886. Lyon Co. KY.

Achilles Calloway, Lyon County, was born in Bedford County, Va., January 27, 1814. His parents, Achilles, Sr., and Elizabeth (Hudson) Calloway, came to Christian County, Ky., in 1817. They were Methodists, and were the parents of eight children. The father died in February, 1841; the mother in 1853. Achilles, the youngest child, attended school until sixteen, when he left home and worked at various mechanical employments until twenty-five years of age, when, having in the meantime read medicine for six years while working, he began the practice in Trigg County. After ten years he took a course of lectures at Louisville Medical College; practiced six years longer in Trigg County; then went to Paducah, where he accepted a position in the United States Marine Hospital; then under the presidents, Pierce, Buchanan and Lincoln. He returned to Tennessee Rolling Mills in 1866, and practiced until coming to Eddyville in 1882. June 22, 1843, he was married to Elizabeth McWaters of Trigg County, who bore him one child. Mrs. Calloway died January 22, 1845, a member of the Christian Church. His second marriage was with Amanda Lawson, February 22, 1846; she died on July 28, 1884, the mother of one child, a daughter (Amanda) who died April 25, 1884.

Editor's Note - The line of descent is as follows:
Joseph Callaway
William Callaway
Charles Callaway
Achilles Callaway, Sr.
Achilles Callaway born 1814 in Bedford Co., VA

From the Joseph Callaway line -
Abner Benjamin Callaway, son of William Abner Callaway and Aseneath Cleveland

Hillory Hubbard Ward (13 May 1853 - 17 May 1937) was a farmer, minister, schoolteacher, and like his father Elijah Hubbard Ward, the parish surveyor of Union Parish Louisiana. He lived in Claiborne Parish near his grandfather David Ward during the 1870s, 1880s, and possibly the 1890s, but by 1900 he had returned to eastern Union Parish. Hillory H. Ward and both of his wives are buried at Ward's Chapel Cemetery. He married first in Union County Arkansas on 23 December 1872 to Mary A. Ratliff [Mollie] (22 Sept 1855 - 28 Mar 1879). He married secondly on 11 December 1881 in Lincoln Parish Louisiana to Mary Abner Callaway (14 Apr 1858 - 22 Dec 1912), the daughter of Abner Callaway and Mary Lovelady.

Hillory Hubbard Ward was the son of Elijah Hubbard Ward [Hub] (13 July 1830 - 7 Aug 1887) and Permelia Lavincy Lee (6 Jan 1834 - 29 Dec 1869).

Elijah H. Ward was the son of David Ward (c1806 - 1882) and Cynthia Seale (c1813 - 1857).

Permelia Lavincy Lee was the daughter of Martin Batte Lee and Lavincy Albritton.

Query Corner - If you can provide some help and answers, please respond to these queries.

Query # 178
Subject – Elizabeth Kellaway
Submitter - Stuart Lamb
email - stulamb at aol.com

Hi Donna,
I'm still trying to find anyone with any knowledge of:

ELIZABETH KELLAWAY b c.1775

Elizabeth married a Thomas Trevett at Puncknowle, Dorset, UK on 28/03/1796. It is interesting to note that there is a link to Little Bredy, on your most recent newsletter, referring to land owned by a Christopher Kellaway. As Little Bredy is only a matter of a handful of miles away from Puncknowle, I wonder if there is any connection here? If you are able to insert my query into your next newsletter I would be truly grateful.
Stuart Lamb

Comment # 179
Subject - Callaways in Australia
Submitter - Betty Callaway, Yamba NSW Australia
email - bettycallaway at bigpond.com

Have traced family back to 1800 (in Australia since 1850) and in England previously. Have just glanced at the amount available on the net in America and shall be using it as much as possible.

Really impressed to receive such a prompt reply to my visit to the CFA web site. It would be great to be added to your e-mail contact and an added bonus if I can find out more of the family prior to 1827 in England. A good place to start advising of my research is with the direct line (all proved with certificates) and if you would like any more you could let me know.

William Thomas Callaway m Betty McKew, Sydney
William Thomas Callaway b. 26 Mar 1902 m Bertha Fenn 1927 Lewisham, Sydney
Arthur Ewart Callaway b. 20 Jan 1881 m Eliza Boyle 1901 Sydney
William Charles Callaway b. 1855 m Emily Fletcher 1877 Woolloomooloo, Sydney
William Callaway b. 1827 m Emma Rencher 1850, London
William Callaway m Martha Stokes 1829, Paddington, London

I do have great detail of the in-law families and siblings, but it may be more than you use. What do I do to join the Callaway Family Association?
Betty Callaway

Editor's Note - I sent Betty the most recent newsletter and information on joining CFA and welcomed her to the "family". Can anyone help her with her family line?

Query # 180
Subject - Callaway connections in America and England
Submitter - Thelma Wallis
email - hadwall at supanet.com

Dear Donna
I have just returned from the States, visiting relatives in St Louis and then on to Salt Lake City for some research. Whilst in St Louis I was taken to the home of Daniel Boone, familiar to you I am sure as being one of the famous pioneers, while there I picked up a family tree showing his lineage and noticed that daughter Jemima Boone married a Flanders Callaway born 1752. Great excitement among my US relatives who wanted to know more about this man and what, if any connection he could have with any of us. I am sure you know all this and wondered what information you could pass on in this regard. My cynical approach of many years researching tells me there is no connection, so what do you know please?

My US connections are very recent, my niece went to work in your Country as a nurse on an exchange basis for one year, about 30 years ago. Whilst there she met and fell in love with the man who is now her husband and she stayed and has now become an American Citizen. My Callaways have been traced to about 1720 in the Minehead area. Richard Avis Callaway was an Excise Officer and as such he traveled about the South of England quite a bit. His son, Richard Callaway my great grandfather became a watchmaker in Brighton, Sussex and his son, also Richard, my grandfather ended up in a mental hospital in Bexley, Kent with lead poisoning.

I had a lovely time researching all my family in Salt Lake City, it is after all reputed to have the best records in the world.

Keep sending the newsletters, they are great.
Regards,
Thelma Wallis (grand-daughter of Richard Callaway)

Query # 181
Subject - Elizabeth Callaway & John Shirley
Submitter - Wynette
email - monettefn at aol.com

I am interested if anyone knows of an Elizabeth Callaway that may have married John Shirley. If so, who were their children. Thanks, Wynette

Editor's Note - See Query # 176 in the June 2004 newsletter for more information about John Shirley.

Query # 182
Subject - Ida Rodella Callaway
Submitter - Tracy Crane
email - tlcrane at sbcglobal.net

I'm looking for genealogy information on my gg-grandmother: Ida Rodella Callaway (Iola Idella?); born 1872; married W. A. Cox 3-27-1892, Hill, TX; she died 1948, buried Restland Cemetery, Dallas Texas. She also remarried 12-14-1922 to J. J. Kinnison. I have not been able to find much of anything on her or her first husband W. A. Cox. I would appreciate any information you might be able to share or assistance. Thank you, Tracy Crane

Query # 183
Subject - Callaway Cars
Submitter - Claire Callaway, UK
email - callawayc at flight-ref.com

Hi, I am looking for a Callaway Car badge for my Dad, not a car just the badge. Does anyone know how I can get one??? P.S. why is the Callaway wine so cheap? Does it taste of vinegar?

Query # 184
Subject - Lemuel K. Callaway
Submitter - Glenda Callaway Rahn
email - hushpuppyg at aol.com

Hi Donna:
After looking up the pedigree for Lemuel Callaway I am 99% sure this is the connection I've been looking for. I just can't prove it yet. I have a number of Lemuel's in my line. A death cert on Lemuel Kelser Callaway, (born 1877) gives me his father, Lemuel L. (born 1840) but other info says this could also be Lawrence Lemuel Callaway. His father may be Lemuel or Samuel Callaway. Some question about that. I need to do a bit more research on L.L. before I submit something. I may join the CFA in the near future.
Thanks
Glenda Callaway Rahn

Query # 185
Subject - Frances Sarah Callaway
Submitter - Carol Battin
email - pagenie at charter.net

My Callaway ancestor was Frances Sarah Callaway, born Lyme Regis, Dorset, 23 Feb 1820. She was my paternal 2nd great grandmother.

Her parents were William and Frances (possibly Marsh or Adams) Callaway. Wm. was born at Lyme Regis, Dorset and Frances, at Walcot, Bath, Somerset. She had siblings who were born at Walcot, Bath, Somerset: Elizabeth , Bapt. June 1825, Martha, born June 1828, William, born Sept 1831.

Also listed in the 1851 census were Flora, (married Thomas Trayte) brn abt. 1835, and John Thomas, brn abt. 1837. I think they were born at Lyme Regis.

My Frances Sarah Callaway married John E. Tencate, a descendant of Lord Henry Aylmer, 3rd Baron of Balrath, Captain-Royal Navy. John's grandmother was Henry's daughter, Anne Aylmer. They went between Lyme Regis and Guernsey, Channel Islands, several times before immigrating to Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1854. One of their sons, John E., Jr. was my great grandfather.

Below is information from the 1851 UK, Lyme Regis, Dorset census. (I have not confirmed a relationship to Thomas Callaway but wonder if he was William's (husband and father to the family below; he had died by 1851) brother. I think Sarah must have been living and working out but is also one of Frances' children.

Callaway

Frances	57	Bath, Somerset	99	37
William	19	Bath	99	37
Flora M	16		99	37
John Thos	14		99	37
*Sarah	24		29	9
Thomas	61		103	45
Ann	61		103	45
Phebe	20		103	45
Mary A	1		103	45

If you have a connection to this family I would appreciate your correspondence.
Thank you,
Carol Battin
Washington, WV USA

Query # 186
Subject - Callaways in Weogufka
Submitter - Grace Andrews
email - Andrews812 at charter.net

I am currently writing the history of The First Baptist Church of Weogufka. Would appreciate any contributions the Callaways might have by way of that history--photographs, clippings, memories are always helpful.

Query # 187
Subject - Joseph Callaway, Ashe County, NC
Submitter - Charlotte Coats
email - coats at hotmail.com

Hi Donna...

I'm from Thomas Callaway's line out of Ashe County NC via his son Joseph Callaway...I'm trying to establish Joseph Callaway as having Revolutionary service and he is mentioned in Draper's Kings Mountain Men...

DAR is looking for his residence during the Revolution...I can place him at least in Ashe County NC early on with Thomas Callaway his father.

First I'm looking for any Revolutionary references or sources for Joseph Callaway, son of Thomas Callaway and Mary Baker other than Draper's Kings Mountain Men or Draper's Calendar of Papers - I found two muster records - American Revolution - one for a Joseph Callaway out of Bedford County VA, and another for Joseph Callaway out of NC, but he was in York County PA
for awhile and there are other Callaways in NC, so I don't think either of these are Joseph Callaway, son of Thomas Callaway and Mary Baker of Essex County VA/Halifax County VA - any light would be helpful....

Now with my notes and research:

Ashe County NC

I did not find a will or any estate papers for Thomas Callaway, Sr in Ashe County NC, nor did I find any mention of land records to him, for him, devised by him but I did find the following deed records there:

Ashe County NC Deed Book A (my copies are really bad) p. 81
Thomas Callaway to John Callaway - 100 acres
Dated: 1801
Located on the South Fork of New River
Witnessed by either John or Jos Callaway and Jn Shnnger or Shunger

p. 50
State Grant to Thomas Callaway (North Carolina State Grant)
50 acres
can't make out a location for this other than it is in Ashe County NC

p. 57-58
Thomas Callaway to John Callaway - 50 acres
Dated either 1800 or 1801
Located on South Fork of New River
Witnessed by Joseph Callaway

Ashe County NC Deed Book B p. 395
Vincent James to Joseph Callaway - 50 acres
Dated 1803
Located North Fork of New River on Lenior Creek
Joins: James Benyard's line or Bunyard or Banyard
Witnessed by Harry or Henry Hardin and Thomas Callaway
Recorded in 1806

p. 347
John James to John Callaway - 400 acres
Dated 1805
Old Fields Creek - South Fork of New River
Mentions another date of 1777 or 1779, October 10 (probably the date when James acquired it)

Ashe County NC Deed Book C p. 499
Joseph Callaway, of the State of Tennessee, Knox County to Joseph Hagerman of the county of Ashe and State of North Carolina - 200 acres
Dated 1816
Located near Lenoirs corner joining Joseph Hagerman, ? Hart crossing the State Road
Witness: Jourdin Council

p. 433
Eli Cleveland to Thomas Callaway - both of Ashe County NC
Dated 1811
Located on heard of Old Field Buffalo and Beaver or Beams Creek, begins at the head of branch of old field creek (Buffalo Creek must be a branch of Old Fields Creek)
No witnesses acknowledged in open court by Eli Cleveland

Knox County TN Tax Lists
1810 - Captain Tipton's Company
Joseph Callaway - 284 acres of land; 1 free pole; 3 slaves
Thomas Callaway - 1 slave
Shadrick Callaway - 1 free pole (I think this is Joseph's nephew, who shows back up in Ashe County NC)

1811 (not sure whose company)
Joseph Callaway - 284 acres of land; 1 free pole and 3 slaves
Thomas Callaway - 1 slave

(John Callaway is in Knox County TN in 1812 - I believe it was with a couple of his kids - can send those as well, if you like)

1790 Greenville District South Carolina Census:
William Callaway; 2 white males over 26; 1 white male under 16; 3 white females including heads of family; 00
Joseph Callaway; 1 white male over 26 including heads of family; 2 white males under 16; 3 white females including head of family; 00

Thanks so much for your help...
Charlotte Coats

My line of descent:
Thomas Callaway, Sr - Ashe County NC
Joseph Callaway
Cena Callaway McLaughlin Coats
Huff D. Coats
James Edward Coats
Robert Paul Coats
Claud Russell Coats
Charlotte Coats (me)
William Russell Armstrong and Robert Carl Armstrong (my sons)
Bryanna Elizabeth Armstrong, daughter of William Russell Armstrong
William Ethan Armstrong, son of William Russell Armstrong

Notorious “Callaways”

Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, Indiana, March 12, 1917

ONE HURT IN AUTO WRECK
WABASH TRAIN CRASHES INTO MOTOR CAR,
INJURING O. R. CALLAWAY

Three Passengers in Automobile Escape With Only Minor Injuries
- Engine Stalled -

Stalling his engine on the Wabash tracks at the Lincoln highway crossing east of the city, directly in the path of the oncoming Butler local, which completely wrecked the auto, O. R. Callaway, 1213 High street, and three companions had a narrow escape from death. Callaway was the only one injured, sustaining a fractured wrist. The others in the machine were Charles Hamilton, 744 East Superior street; Paul Eckenbarger, Irene avenue, and Lester Mercer of Frances street. The other three escaped uninjured. The auto is a total wreck, and to those who have seen the wrecked car where the locomotive hurled it fifty feet west of the crossing, the escape of the passengers is a miracle. The front of the machine is completely demolished, the entire engine and frame is bent and twisted and the body is cracked and splintered. The machine was an Auburn, and Callaway had owned it only a few days, having purchased it second-hand.

The accident occurred shortly after 10 o'clock Saturday night. Callaway and his three companions were returning from New Haven and were within a few feet of the crossing before he noticed the approaching train. He was unable to stop until his front wheels were on the track, and when he tried to back off his engine stopped. Callaway shouted to his companions to jump, but being behind the wheel, he could not get out as quickly as they could. As he leaped from the car the automobile struck him in the back. He was thrown to the ground and sustained a fractured wrist. The auto was hurled into a ditch at the side of the track, fifty feet west of the crossing.

And the same story reported in the rival newspaper - with a slightly different slant

Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, March 12, 1917

FIRST FINE DAY OF SPRING BRINGS USUAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT

Incompetency in driving as automobile, coupled with a certain degree of alleged carelessness, caused an automobile smash-up on the Wabash railroad crossing on the Lincoln Highway, Saturday night at 10 o'clock. One man, O. R. Callaway, 1213 High street, was injured while three other occupants of the car were unhurt. The auto was reduced to a heap of debris after being hurled fifty feet by the train.

According to the story of the four men, the approaching train was not noticed until the automobile was within a few feet of the crossing. In the excitement, Callaway stalled the engine and was unable to move the car. He called to his companions to jump, and all four piled pell mell out of the car. The front wheels of the auto were on the track when the train hit it. One of the wheels of the machine flew off the car and struck Callaway in the back. His wrist was also fractured.

The other occupants of the car were Charles Hamilton, 744 East Superior street, Paul Eckenbarger, of Irene avenue, and Lester Mercer, of Francis street. Callaway had just purchased the car second-handed a few days before.

Editor's Note - Can anyone identify O. R. Callaway? He is a "Mystery Callaway". From the 1920 Allen Co., IN census, Fort Wayne, ED # 77, page 2A is the following listing:

Cyrus Calloway 89 IN MD IN
Emma Calloway 57 wife IN France IN
Roy Calloway 25 son IN
Emma Calloway 17 dau IN
Orval Calloway 22 son IN (could this be O. R. Callaway mentioned in the article?)

History Corner

“Seven All Together Went Down”:
A Family Disappears in the 1927 Mississippi Flood

by Herman Caillouet / Pete Daniel

The history of settlement around the Mississippi River is often depicted as a struggle of humankind against Nature. Yet the very richness and fertility of the soil in the Midwest and South is the direct result of the regular flooding of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In April 1927, after more than a month of rain, the river overflowed its banks in a flood which inundated more than 16 million acres of land in seven states, destroyed 40,000 buildings, washed away over $100 million in crops, and claimed between 250 and 500 lives. For his book about the flood, Deep'N as it Come, historian Pete Daniel interviewed Herman Caillouet, an Army Corps of Engineers employee who used his twenty-two-foot boat to rescue 175 people stranded by the rising waters. Here Caillouet told of his futile attempt to rescue a family of seven.

Herman Caillouet: “Back up to a house . . . there was seven people on it. I presume it was wife . . . man, his wife, and five children. And I was heading over to this house. This was on my first hauling, the next day after the levee broke. And on the way getting to the house—this house was just moving along [in the river], you know—and all of a sudden it must of hit a stump or something. And the house flew all to pieces. And I searched the boards and things around there for ten minutes, and you know I never saw a soul's hand come up, not a soul.”

~ from History Matters, A project of the American Social History Project / Center for Media and Learning

Editor's Note - The title, Deep'N as It Come, is a phrase from Cora Lee Campbell's earthy description of the approaching water, which, Daniel writes, 'moved at a pace of some fourteen miles per day', and, in its movement and sound, 'had the eeriness of a full eclipse of the sun, unsettling, chilling'.

In Closing

Visit The Callaway Family Association web site. It has much to offer.

Would you like to . . .

". . . Ah, no, I'm sure I shall not like to be imprisoned there in paint;
I, who love being up-to-date, shall never like just being - quaint.
If you stand and look at me, in wishful, wonder if I knew
The pain, the passion and the stress of life, as they are felt by you,
Come closer, dears, and never tell - to you a secret I'll entrust:
Your flaming hearts have caught their fire from you great-great grandmother's dust!"

~ from On Being An Ancestress, author unknown

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? -
Though the French breeders were responsible for the majority of new introductions in the 1800s and early 1900s, Kelway and Son Nursery in England (Editor's Note - I believe located in Langport, Somerset) had introduced nearly 300 peonies by the turn of the 19th century. Kelway's was reputed to have made a perfume in the 1930's. It was made of peony petals and called "Paeony Valley".

Garden Peonies, BY James Kelway, 1954. A book of only 64 pages and a quick read. The book's best feature is the list of "Best June-Flowering Paeonies". This is a valuable list because it is the list of James Kelway. Mr. Kelway was the third generation of the Kelway family to work with peonies at Kelway's Nursery in the UK and the list stems from over 60 years of observing and working with peonies. The list also gives good descriptions of some older, rarely seen peonies.

ROOM TO EXPAND -
CFA has moved our web site to a new hosting server. We now have 5 times more room. Instead of 100 megabytes as before, we have 500 megabytes, so lots more room for family photos, stories and all things C/K! Get busy and send me your STUFF!

2004 ANNUAL CFA MEETING -
The 29th Annual CFA Meeting will be held in Charleston, South Carolina October 7-10, 2004. Make your plans to attend now. Program agenda and registration forms will be mailed to members soon. If you are not a member and would like to know more about attending, fill out our contact form and information will be sent to you.

And As Always, Find a Way to . . .

Let Your “Callaway” Voice Be Heard!

Until next time,
Donna Morgan
CFA e-Newsletter Editor
Harrisburg, NC

* ~ From the preface of The "Visitations of the County of Somerset in the years 1531 et seq" by Frederic William Weaver M.A. Oxon. (1885), translated from the Latin.

CFANet Archives

“Seven All Together Went Down”: A Family Disappears in the 1927 Mississippi Flood

by Herman Caillouet / Pete Daniel

“Seven All Together Went Down”:
A Family Disappears in the 1927 Mississippi Flood