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THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION Volume V No. 9
Always regard
with esteem the name you were given;
The Editor's Corner CAPTAIN BENTEEN'S STORY OF THE CUSTER MASSACRE Although, as I said, we didn't have much trouble with cattle thieves, Indians were another story. In 1876 came Lieutenant General George A. Custer's defeat at the Little Big Horn. Many years later I chanced to hear a first-hand account of this incident. After taking my entrance exams at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, I went home to Virginia City, Montana and Jessamine Ranch to spend a glorious summer. En route I met Colonel Sanders at the depot in St. Paul. We took the same Pullman, and I enjoyed the ride. At Miles City we went out on the car platform to see who was there. There was, of course, a crowd to see the train come in. Colonel Sanders saw a medium sized man in a grey suit and called, "Hello, Benteen!" He replied, "How do you do, Colonel Sanders, I am going with you."
He had testified at the Reno court martial and was loath to say anything more about the battle. But Colonel Sanders was a mischievous man; he wanted to hear Benteen's story. Finding he could not get Benteen to talk of the battle, he began to criticize the conduct of the battle and to make outrageous statements. Exasperated, Benteen said, "Colonel Sanders, you are too influential a man to make such mistaken statements; they are not true." "Well," Sanders said, "that's the way I understand it; what are the facts? I don't care to misstate." Then Benteen told us how the regiment came over the ridge from the Rosebud and into the valley of the Little Big Horn; how Custer sent him with three troops to scout to the left for the purpose of preventing the Indians from getting away to the east or southeast, Reno to go down the creek they were following and cross the river, striking the Indians at the upper end of the camp. Reno had three troops. Custer would take five troops and strike the Indians at the lower end. These were practically the same tactics Custer employed at the battle of the Washita. But Custer wasn't fighting five tribes of the Sioux at the Washita, plus other hostiles. Benteen marched with his three troops in a southerly direction. At one point they neared a clump of trees or brush, an ideal place for Indians to be in ambush. Benteen said he never was more scared in his life, and his soldiers felt the same way. But no one was there. Benteen's horses were tired after their night's march but they scouted the country pretty thoroughly. Satisfied there were no Indians in that part of the country, he turned to join Reno. Before he reached Reno, he heard heavy firing and went forward on a trot. When they reached a stream, the horses were thirsty and drank despite efforts to get them across quickly. Crossing the stream they rode rapidly toward Reno. The firing was heavy and they soon came in sight of multitudes of warriors. They climbed the ridge where Reno was partially entrenched. Reno was lying on his back looking at the clouds. He did not think Reno had been drinking, but he seemed unnerved. The troops were well deployed. All were fighting. Benteen took command. Some officers thought the command ought to go to the relief of Custer; others thought such a move would be foolish. There were hundreds, if not thousands, of Indians in the valley. Reno had already lost heavily. Finally a charge was made, but the Indians were in too great force. The troop charging fell back to the entrenchments, such as they were. They dug with whatever they had to make rifle pits. Many were wounded and the need of water was acute. The next day, I think he said, they organized a party to go for water, supporting them by sharp fire. In this way they got some water. They fought all the afternoon of the 25th, until dark, and from day break on the 26th until the middle of the afternoon, when they saw the Indians leaving the valley. The next morning Lieutenant Bradley, followed by General Terry, came up. This was the first word they had of Custer's fate. Benteen left us at Custer Station. ~ from Montana's Righteous Hangmen, The Vigilantes in Action, by Llewellyn Link Callaway (1868-1951), edited by Llewellyn Link Callaway, Jr., pp. 150-153, 1982. Photo of Captain Frederick Benteen, courtesy of Montana Historical Society.
Family line of
descent:
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. The President's Corner Donna -- the Newsletter just gets better and the response is great - really beginning to move. The interesting article in last month's newsletter on St. Neot's Church brought back memories. The first year that we searched in England, Cary Moore, Sherrill Williams and I went to Cornwall and worked at the Public Record Office in Truro. We stopped by the church -- As mentioned in the booklets we purchased and the article on Cornwall Churches "Every year on Oak Apple Day, May 29th, Church people go to the roof of the tower to take down last year's Oak branch and substitute a new one (This to show it was a Royalist church). If you stand outside the south porch you will see it peeping over the battlement.". When I walked out of the church there was a man sitting in a car near the entrance. He stopped me to tell me there was a branch that had fallen on the tower and someone should have it removed before it damaged the roof. When I related the story to him he almost fell out of the car and said "Blimey how on earth would a Colonial know about that"? I still laugh about this incident. Also -- we have the slides
of the windows for sale - they are on our order sheet and come
with the church history. At the CFA Sacramento, Ca. mtg. these
slides were shown. Many of our Callaway members have visited this
church -- too bad we can't really prove a connection with
documentation. We walked the churchyard (remember the beautiful
Celtic Cross mentioned). Cary took a picture of it. There are no
Callaway stones there. DNA Project Update Further progress has been made in establishing the CFA DNA database and we are now confident that we do have the ‘fingerprints’ in DNA form of the original Joseph and Peter, and an increasing number of other C/K lines around the world. Again we appeal for direct male descendants of Joseph, in particular Thomas (1712), Francis (1716) and Richard (1717). Some exciting developments are appearing for the Peter line in that we may have moved closer to tracing the origins of his family almost 300 years ago in the U.K. Again we would be most interested in male descendants of Peter Jnr., (1681) and William (1688). At least three major laboratories around the world are now hard at work deciphering that tiny piece of the male that is passed virtually unchanged from fathers to their sons over countless generations in the male Y chromosome. An increasing number of genealogical societies are realising how valuable this new found technology has become in confirming and sorting family ‘paper trails’. The test is simple and painless, merely involving the gathering of a few mouth cells with a ‘toothbrush’ in the privacy of your own home. Three current descendants of a U.S. line of Callaways are showing a very close resemblance in their DNA to that of a descendant of a well known actor, Cecil Kellaway. Whilst further investigation may disprove any relationship, clearly the family origins in the U.K. of the latter may prove a valuable indicator in the search for the origin of this line. Unfortunately, whilst much is known of the screen career of this actor, little of substance beyond a couple of generations is presently known of his forbears. Interesting relationships are being proven in the C/K family scattered around the world by means of this DNA project and all are invited to participate at the reduced rate negotiated by the CFA. Contact the project co-ordinator Russ Callaway at [r.callaway at juno.com]
Bruce Callaway Feedback Corner Thank you to Don R. Brownlee for sharing his research with CFA. We like help! Donna, I've
been doing some research in the LA Times and will be sending some
information I have found on Callaways. 5 June 1898
Los Angeles Times, p. A16 28 March 1899
Los Angeles Times, p. 2 21 April 1899
Los Angeles Times, p. 16 11 March 1900
Los Angeles Times, P. 12 25 December
1903 Los Angeles Times, p. 13 15 February
1904 Los Angeles Times, p. 13 24 October
1928 Los Angeles Times, p. 18 28 August
1929 Los Angeles Times, p. 4 Here is a "Mystery Callaway" from CFA Member, Sallie Nelson. Does anyone have any information to help identify Peggy Callaway? Dear Donna, Another "Mystery Callaway", this time from Jim Sands. Jim and I share Callaway ancestors, none of whom can be traced (so far) to either Peter or Joseph Callaway. Guess that makes us Orphan Callaways! Donna, Good newsletter!! Thanks for including Charity's picture, wasn't she pretty? I don't think this is publication material because it is mostly speculation on my part but I thought, since you and I are both from "the other" Callaways you might be interested. Charity's first husband was a James B. Jordan. They had a son, Thomas J., who was killed in a planing mill accident in Atlanta in 1884. Frank D. Smaw was her second husband and William Frizzell was her third. I find James in both the City Directories and the census but there is absolutely no record of a Frank D. Smaw ever living in Atlanta. Frank and Charity had two children, Annie Clodessa, my grandmother, and William Hatton. I remember asking my grandmother at times about her father and her stock answer was, "Oh, he died when I was quite young." I am close to the descendants of her brother William Hatton and they, like me, have no answers as to who Frank D. Smaw was. I often thought it to be "just a name" but I have later found that there was a Frank D. Smaw who was born on the coast of NC, not too far from Bertie County. I have also thought about the possibility that Grandmother was actually the daughter of Jordan but did not know it. I remember asking her when I was about fifteen about my heritage and she said, "English, Scottish and just a wee bit of Spanish." I have never found a trace of Spain in my ancestors. I suppose Charity will always remain a mystery. Jim Here is some interesting information and good advice about scanning from Randy Callaway. Hi, Donna.
In your 8-1-04 e-newsletter, Kay Bradley
wrote of scanning an old, yellowed document written in pencil.
It reminded me of a trick we used to use twenty years ago in the
drafting office where I used to work. We used simple black and
white Xerox machines back then. When we copied documents that
were faded, we first put a sheet of transparent yellow plastic
over them. This increased the black and white contrast
tremendously, even of blue lines (light blue normally does not
reproduce on Xerox machines). That's also why sharpshooters
often wear yellow glasses on the pistol range. We were thankful to hear good news from CFAers about Hurricane Charley.
Dearest Friends and family:
Hello Everyone, Another Random Act of Kindness - I received an email from Dennis McIndoo of Caldwell, Idaho. He included photos of two headstones he found in the Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Canyon Co., Idaho. They just happen to be of the parents of Inez Callaway Robb (1900-1979), CFA charter member and well known worldwide journalist and war correspondent. (Editor's Note - Read an interesting story about her on the CFA Blog)
It is interesting to note that
they have only the first names and dates of birth and death on
them. I wonder how many headstones are missed by people searching
because of this practice. Thank you to Dennis for graciously sharing his
work with us. He has a web site listing all the photos he has
taken thus far:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~holton/cempics/headstones.htm If you would like a copy of any of these you may email Dennis at [dejadoo at runbox.com] to request them.
Here is a nice note from Douglas Joel Callaway in Georgia.
Hello, CFA Member, Janet Calloway Martin has graciously sent us some photos, and news articles about her ancestors.
Janet's Great
Great Grandparents,
At the top of photo is Janet's father, Thomas Hayden Calloway. TROY HARMONIZERS BOOKED FOR WEEK AT CINCINNATI THEATER The Troy Harmonizers, a quartet of colored youths organized about a year ago, are to have their chance to make good in big time vaudeville the last week of this month, when they are booked for a week's performance at the Keith-Albee theater in Cincinnati by the RKO corporation. Following that week the boys are slated to appear in two other RKO theaters in Ohio and are then scheduled to go on to New York for a final tryout. The boys have already been offered a long term contract by the RKO organization; but their manager, J. H. Magoteaux, is not anxious to place the boys under contract for a period of years at the present time. He states, however, that providing the boys make good in their tryouts at Cincinnati week after next they undoubtedly will sign up with the RKO circuit. ~ Daily News, Troy, Ohio, Thursday, Sept. 15, 1932 I asked Janet how the RKO opportunity turned out for her father's singing group. She said from what she can remember, The Mills Brothers from Piqua, Ohio, were the group that went on to fame and fortune, as you may well know. Her Dad and his group did win a six months contract with NBC at $100 a week, a huge sum in those days. It is roughly equivalent to four figure salaries today. They were assigned to a weekly show called “Happy Days in Dixie,” which originated across the river from Cincinnati in Kentucky over WCKY. Not long after that he chose to stay at home, as the following photo and article, appearing in the paper some 30 years later, shows.
The caption reads, "Hayden Calloway shows his wife one of the entertainment world magazines of the early 1930s that told the story of the Four Trojans, a singing group that broke up when its members decided to choose Troy over big time show business fame."
Editor's Note - There is an excellent article written by Janet, about her ancestors in the 1989 CFA Journal. You can reach Janet by email at [pmartin at neo.rr.com]. We welcome a new e-Newsletter recipient, Rev. Donald L. Callaway of Topeka, Kansas.
My father, Fred Lawrence
Callaway, was born in Colorado Springs, CO to Frank and Emma
(Daugherty) Callaway on August 30, 1906. He had two brothers
older than him which have passed away. They were Edward Chauncy
Callaway and James Lloyd Callaway. Edward Chauncy Callaway was
born in Moberly, MO, March 21, 1900. I do not know where my
Uncle James Lloyd Callaway was born, but he was born on April 1,
1904 I believe. Chauncy Callaway was my Great-Grand Father. He
was also a minister as I am also a retired minister with the
Church of God (Holiness) out of Overland Park, KS.
There is a James Callaway
whom the Callaway County, MO is credited as starting and the
County seat is Fulton, MO. I do not have any history on him. My
Brother, Franklin Aaron Callaway, in Pratt, KS has a list of the
ancestors on our family as he has had it researched through the
Mormon Genealogy Center in Independence, MO.
Looking FWD to hearing more,
Reverend Donald Lawrence
Callaway
donlcalla at juno.com"Callaway" Snippets EDWARD H. CALLAWAY, superintendent of brick yard and ice houses of the Pullman Palace Car Company, was born in La Grange, Troup Co., Ga., May 8, 1855, where he was raised and educated. In 1874 he was Chief Deputy United States Marshal for the Fifth District of Texas, where he superintended the taking of the census of 1880. After its completion, in June. 1881, he resigned and embarked in commercial business until he came to Chicago, in April, 1882, the next month taking his present position. He married Miss Florence Andrews, of Providence, R. I., January, 1882. ~ from History of Cook County, Illinois: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL, 1884. Editor's
Note - Can anyone identify Edward H. Callaway? Could he be from
the following line: Washington Township A Carding Machine, said to have been the first in the township, was built by Jonathan Hunt, about the year 1828, a mile north of Milton, and was continued many years. A carding machine was put up also in the north-east part of the township, on Green's Fork, by Williams Petty, as is supposed, to which cloth-dressing machinery was added by Fish & Venable. On this site, Edward Wagoner has at present a saw-mill, a clover huller, and other machinery. Samuel Cummack built a carding machine and fulling mill near his saw-mill. Some ten or twelve years afterward, it was changed to a woolen factory, and run by him a number of years, and removed by Nathan H. Cummack to Milton. It was much improved and enlarged, and conducted by a manufacturing company, and took the name of Milton Woolen Mills. The proprietors, in 1866, were Nathan H. Cummack and John Hollingsworth. In 1868, Caleb J. Morris became a partner. In 1869, Cummack retired, and George W. Callaway and Richard Wallace & Co. came in; and the association took the name of Milton Woolen Mill Company. In December, 1869, Hollingsworth sold his interest to Richard White. Two sets of machinery are employed in the manufacture of cassimeres, plain and plaid jeans, satinets, plain and plaid flannels, blankets, and stocking yarn. Attached is a knitting factory for making ladies and gentlemen's hose. Sales annually about $60,000. ~ from History of Wayne County, Indiana, Andrew W. Young, R. Clarke & Co. Printers, Cincinnati, OH, pg. 321, 1990. Line of descent: Editor's Note - Just in case you were wondering, the word jeans comes from a kind of material that was first made in Europe. The material, called jean, was named after sailors from Genoa in Italy, because they wore clothes made from it. And if you would like to know more, Levi Strauss has a complete history of the fabric on their web site here: http://www.levistrauss.com/about/history/denim.htm See more information about Milton, Wayne Co., IN Callaways in the Sep 2007 newsletter. Genealogy Funnies
Genealogy Corner
AND THE CFA 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 Blog Search form at
the top.
As I had never read about a "Callaway" who turned to the Mormon faith, I became fascinated by the story of Levi Callaway and his family, who traveled to Utah in 1852. You can read the article I have written about this family on the CFA Blog. It is entitled, "Hobble Creek Canyon, Utah Territory". He is a "Mystery Callaway". A biography of Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539-1583), credited with being the Founder of American Colonization, is posted on the CFA Blog. He married Joan, only daughter and heiress of John Aucher, of Otterden, by his wife Ann, daughter of Sir William Kellaway. Can anyone tell us more about this Kellaway family? If you are a descendant of Richard Callaway (of Boonesborough fame), you have inherited a River Ferry! Unfortunately it no longer exists. Too bad! However, in 1779 a carriage crossing cost $3.00. Just think of the fortune missed! The article is entitled, "Boonesborough Ferry 1779", and you can read about it on the CFA Blog. 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. See the RootsWeb Archives for information from the Brett-Callaway Bible. It contains information on the ancestors and descendants of Rev. Elijah Hosea Callaway of the Peter line. Old City Directories
Butte Montana 1928 City
Directory
Company K, 22nd Regiment
Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Company D, 1st Regiment
(Olmstead's) Georgia Vol. Inf.
Callaway, Madison, A. B. --
Private - April 22, 1864. Captured, Marietta, Georgia June 19,
1864. Paroled, Camp Morton, Indiana and forwarded to Pt. Lookout,
Maryland for exchange March 10, 1865. Received, Boulware & Cox's
Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 23, 1865. Editor's Note - All three of these soldiers were related. They all descended from sons of Edward Callaway. Here's a Challenge - Benjamin F. Callaway (usually spelled Calloway or Calaway) is found on the 1840-1880 Madison Twp, Jefferson Co., IN census. He was born about 1815, was a brick mason, and is shown on the 1840 census with a wife who is the same age range as Benjamin and a son about 5. Then on the 1850-1880 census he is shown with a wife named Catherine who is about 10 years younger than Benjamin, and too young to be the mother of the son shown in 1840. Perhaps Catherine is a second wife. Benjamin had the following children: John Callaway shown only on
the 1850 census born abt 1832 On each census 1850-1880 Benjamin is listed with a different place of birth; IN, DE, OH, MD. Editor's Note - Can anyone identify this Benjamin F. Callaway? He was mentioned in an article in the CFA Blog, entitled, Callaway Name Finds Its Places - Calloway Station, Indiana. He is a "Mystery Callaway". The Kearney Hub, 17 January, 2004, Buffalo County, Nebraska KELLAWAY, Louise M., 96, of 315 W. 21st St. died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003, at her home Burial of ashes: Kearney Cemetery Survivors include her nephews, Barry Grime of England and Roy Kellaway of Australia; was preceded in death by her parents and her husband. Query Corner - If you can provide some help and answers, please respond to these queries.
Query # 195 Donna, Editor's Note - See Queries # 133 and 147 for additional information on Karen's line. Query # 196 Donna, Query # 197 My maternal grandmother was Iva Belle Callaway, born in Ohio. Married in Ohio. Parents were Calvin Callaway and Lucinda Bailey. Born in Oh. Her husband was Thomas Bunner, children John Bunner, Bessie Bunner, grandchildren Patricia Joan Bunner, Patricia Ann Bunner. I live in Billings Mt, and Patricia lives in Philadelphia, Ms. Does anyone know anything about this family? If so would you please email me. I am looking for any info I can get. Query # 198 Thank You Donna, Could you tell me the difference between the
different spellings, not that I have found them in my line, but am
curious. Callaway, Calloway and Kallaway. I met a woman married
to a Calloway and they didn't know where there ancestors came from
as they were not into them. I have been thinking about having a web page up for free genealogy researches. This is how it would work. A volunteer would do research in their state for someone willing to do an exchange research in their state. I live in Alabama and would do research for someone in PA, VA, SC, NC, IN, IA, IL, TN. If someone in those states needed something we could exchange time. And someone in England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany Etc could do the same. I do have a scanner and could scan most papers etc. But if you do not have a scanner and have to mail the papers maybe a cost of mailing fee might be involved. How does this sound to you? Would you be willing to do something like this? Please let me know and if you have any more suggestions let me know. Thank You, Shirl Whisenand McNeely Finding Ancestors is like eating potato chips, bet you can't stop with just one. Query # 199 Query # 200 Do you know any descendants of Joseph Warren Calloway of BELL COUNTY, CALLOWAY OR HULEN, KENTUCKY. Editor's Note - I wrote to Richard telling him that we have
documented his family line: Query # 201 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MY FAMILY HISTORY. FATHERS NAME = PAUL LLOYD CALLAWAY, GRANDFATHER'S NAME = JIM CALLAWAY Query # 202 How do I find out if I've got family other than I know in Texas, and where in the heck did we come from? DAD: Roy Glenn Callaway from Corpus Christi, UNCLE: Ike Callaway, " Grandma: Laurie Callaway " Notorious “Callaways” The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., September 7, 1909
FORETOLD HER DEATH
Special to The Washington
Post. Mrs. Callaway took her Bible and marked several passages, with the remark, "Hand it to Dr. Donovan" (her pastor). She also selected her shroud and casket, and gave directions where and how she should be buried, and which hymns were to be sung. After all these preparations she became quiet and passed away into a peaceful slumber, which lasted, with slight interruptions, for more than two days, when the end came. History Corner Waukesha Daily Freeman, Waukesha, Wisconsin, August 28, 1925
LEWIS SIGNS ORDER SENT OUT
TODAY STRIKE BROUGHT ON BY THESE DEMANDS
1. A ten per cent wage
increase Philadelphia. - Strike of 158,000 anthracite mine workers has been formally called for midnight Monday when the present agreement with the operators expires. The 325 local unions in the anthracite region today will receive the strike order, signed by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers tomorrow and Sunday it will be read at special meetings of the union locals. On Monday afternoon the day shift, comprising the bulk of workers, will lay down their tools, and at midnight the strike will be complete when the night shift stops work - unless something now entirely unforeseen causes postponement. While all agreed the anthracite coal strike, which has been called for September 1, will have a tremendous effect upon the middle west coal supply, Milwaukee coal dealers in interviews with the United Press brought the startling revelation that the effect of the "strike talk" is already here. But Few Shipments "The district served by Milwaukee has been seriously affected inasmuch as we are at the present time able to get but few shiploads of Pocahontas or 'smokeless' soft coal," W. J. Lawson, manager of the Wisconsin Great Lakes Coal and Dock company, declared. "It is next to impossible to get shipments of this grade of coal at all and the prices have increased in the past three weeks from $1.00 to $2.00 per ton. When the strike becomes effective and the anthracite mines are closed, there isn't a doubt but that the eastern market will draw heavily on the supply of the middle west and result in a shortage. If the strike lasted any length of time." Edward Callaway, president of the Callaway Fuel company, declared his company had a 60 to 90 day supply of hard coal on hand at the present time and that when the strike becomes effective, all shipments will stop immediately. He further states that, "while we are getting some shipments of anthracite coal at the present time, we by no means have a sufficient supply on hand to last through the winter. We are hardly able to get Pocahontas at all. This I believe is due to the fact that the eastern markets have been 'loading up' in order to be as well 'fixed' as possible when the strike goes into effect." Editor's Note - This Edward Callaway is the son of William Callaway who is mentioned in both the January and February 2004 newsletters. Can anyone identify this family? He is a "Mystery Callaway". In Closing Visit The Callaway Family Association web site. It has much to offer. Would you like to . . .
THE STARS AND BEYOND - And we have an astronomer of our own -
G. F. Kellaway, Astronomer G. F. Kellaway, who at this time was also Director of the Photographic Section, operated a 0.14-m aperture f/5 Zeiss triplet at West Coker, Somerset, with which he photographed comets for position, measuring and reducing the plates himself, and often computing an orbit. He was successful in being an independent discoverer of Comet van Gent-Peltier-Daimaca (1943 W1), though a fourth name could not be attached to it. He also recovered Comet 33P/Daniel visually with his 0.32-m reflector and later photographed it extensively. ~ from the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, History of the BAA Comet Section, 1940-1949 Editor's Note - Can anyone tell us more about this Kellaway astronomer? FREE IS GOOD - IT'S A WIKI
MR. KELWAY, THE POST OFFICE & ANTARCTICA -
What do these 3 have in common? Read the interesting story of Sir Ernest Shackleton and the 1922 Antarctic expedition aboard the Quest.
A NEW DEFINITION OF "KEEPS WELL" -
Calamity
Jane's Recipe for 20 Year Cake Mix together 25 eggs beaten separate, 2 1/2 pounds each of sugar, flour and butter, 7 1/2 pounds seeded raisins, 1 1/2 pounds citron cut very fine, 5 pounds currants, 1/4 ounce cloves, 1/2 ounce cinnamon, 2 ounces mace, 2 ounces nutmeat, 2 teaspoons yeast powder or 2 teaspoons soda and 3 teaspoons cream tartar. Bake. This will make 3 cakes 8 pounds each. Pour a pint of brandy over the cakes while still warm. Seal in tight crock. This cake is unexcelled and will keep good to the last "crum" 20 years.
2004 CFA ANNUAL MEETING -
October 7 - 10, 2004
And As Always, Find a Way to . . . Let Your “Callaway” Voice Be Heard!
Until next time, * ~ 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. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - Copyright © 2004 Callaway Family Association
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It was the
celebrated Captain Frederick Benteen who had saved Reno's command
at the Custer fight. He told Colonel Sanders he was going to the
tenth anniversary of the fight at Fort Custer and then was going
on to Fort McKenzie, I think it was, in Wyoming. Benteen had been
a young colonel in the Civil War, with a fine record. He was the
senior captain in the Seventh Cavalry at the battle of the Little
Big Horn.
If you happen
to be a stargazer, you probably witnessed the 2004 Perseid Meteor
Shower. It hit its peak for North America last month. Every hour,
10+ meteors were streaking from the constellation Perseus, and
that number increased 3 to 6 fold when the shower peaked on
August 11th and 12th. Photo, at left, of what it looked like,
courtesy of NASA.
An amazing thing is happening on the internet. There is now a
truly free and open content encyclopedia available to everyone.
You can use information from it, and more amazingly, you can add
information to it. Started in 2001, by the non-profit Wikimedia
Foundation, it now offers more information
on-line than either Encyclopedia Britannica or Microsoft Encarta.
It is called Wikipedia. The URL is
Picasa, a windows photo organizing and sharing software
program, has been available for some time as a commercial product, selling for about $40.00. However, Lifescape Solutions,
the company that created Picasa, was purchased by
Did you know
that this non-profit organization is working on digitizing the
entire World Wide Web? They have already stored more than 30
billion web pages. Books, audio recordings, software programs, TV
shows and videos are being added also. In other words, they seek
to store and make accessible to everyone "all human knowledge".
Quite a goal! I tried it out by looking up CFA's web site. Sure
enough versions of our web site are available back to 2000, easy
to view and quite complete. Try it out. The URL is
Calamity
Jane gave away most of her money to people she thought needed it
more than she did. She employed her skills as a nurse, especially
during the 1878 Deadwood smallpox epidemic, and earned money - and
appreciation - for her cooking skills. Here is one of her
recipes.