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THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION Volume VI No. 9
Always regard
with esteem the name you were given; The Editor's Corner It is the fourth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks - a reminder to us all of the world we live in. I would like to thank Don Kellaway of Ontario, Canada for sending us the following article, written by his daughter, which so beautifully reminds us of all the good people in the world. Hi Donna, A Tribute from Canada My daughter
Ellen Marie Kellaway runs a wool shop in her hometown of
Belleville, Ontario. The shop called the “Knitting Nimrod” is
located on Belleville’s main street and carries a full range of
knitting supplies specializing in top of the line wool. In
addition to running her shop she also writes a weekly outdoors
column for the “Intelligencer” our local paper.
The following is that article: To All Who
Pass
In closing let me just suggest that you hug your parents, your children, your friends, even a casual acquaintance and be glad that you can still do it. Call people that you have been thinking of, or have not spoken to in years and extend an olive branch. I assure you that you will not regret it, better to try and fail, than not to be able to try at all. How many people were wishing on Tuesday that they had done just that, and now it is too late for many. It is better to give a dandelion today, while you can still see their smile, than to send a dozen roses to a somber funeral service. Remember also, to pray for all the orphaned children, widowed spouses, and mourning families that were created in the hours of terror on Tuesday September 11, 2001. As the hymn says, LET THERE BE PEACE AND LET IT BEGIN WITH ME
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 - here is the information about this
year's CFA Annual Meeting -
Holiday Inn Historic Downtown - Ph:
1-800-843-2355. When making reservation please mention CFA to
get rate of $105.00 per night - sgl, dbl, triple or quad (1 up
to 4 in room same price). Cut-off date Sept. 21st, 2005.
Registration $25.00
Thurs. Night Buffet 30.00
Fri. Tour 85.00
(including lunch)
Sat. Lunch 18.00
(including guest speaker)
Sat. Banquet 30.00
(including entertainment)
Total $188.00 plus hotel
and 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 1, 2005. Cary's email address is: (c.moore2 at juno.com). Pat Schnurr, CFA President The Genealogist's Corner Correcting the CFA Logo (Coat of Arms) For nearly 30 years CFA has used as a logo a coat of arms displayed in a stained glass window at the church of St. Neot, Cornwall. It now appears that the coat of arms has been erroneously identified as a Callaway arms. It all began innocently when an English gentleman, an educator, began attempting to trace his Callaway lineage and by some means connected with one of our early 20th century Callaway researchers in the United States. The Englishman had discovered the beautiful windows in the church at St. Neot with the apparent Callaway and Tubb(e) connection, and reported on it. From this point on the coat of arms displayed in the window was adopted by the Callaways. The window mentioned does indeed display a coat of arms at the bottom with a label beneath it that appears to be C A L L A W A Y. However, the windows have been heavily restored and mistakes during the restoration were obviously made. A pamphlet produced by the church explains it more fully - “The glory of the church is its stained glass, most of which dates from the early sixteenth century. It was a good deal restored and renewed by John Hedgeland in 1830 but in twelve of the windows half the glass is original.” Describing the windows depicting events from the Old Testament the pamphlet goes on to say “It would seem that the original intent to provide in the windows a conspectus of Old Testament history had to be abandoned for lack of funds. The promoter of the scheme (probably Parson Tubbe who was vicar from 1508 to 1544) had to turn to the principal families in the parish for help and they were more interested in representations of their favourite saints and, indeed, of themselves. So, the next window in the south aisle was given by the Borlase family................This followed by the Martyn Window.” The three remaining windows on the south side were presented by the Motton, Callaway and Tubbe families. The Motton Window shows the four Evangelists, the Callaway Window presents St. Stephen, on the right with St. John, St. German and an unknown saint whom Hedgeland thought to be St. Callaway but is, in fact, St. Lalluwy, patron of Menheniot some ten miles away and probably chosen because his name so closely resembles that of the donor family. The kneeling priest at the bottom of the window is Robert Tubbe who was related to the Callaways. The Tubbe Window next to the south door of the church shows St. Paul, St. Peter, Christ as King and St. James with the arms of the Callaway and Tubbe families beneath.” There are two coats of arms depicted at the bottom of the Tubbe window. One is indistinct in our pictures and has no identifying label. The other is labeled C A L L A W A Y (or something similar) and is the same arms that we have used as our logo, but does not have the crest, or the banner reading “St. Callaway ora pro me.” One of our early CFA members, the late Sidney Scott King, had chosen the study of heraldry as his hobby. It is a large, complicated study, but as we have now learned, Sidney was making great strides in his study toward identifying the true Callaway coat of arms. In an article published in the 1977 Callaway Journal, Sidney wrote “I have a colored picture of what is known as the Callaway window [at St. Neot’s church]. It was supplied by Mr. Kenneth McDaniel of El Paso, Texas. The arms are clearly blazoned ‘sable a chevron between three daggers or’ (a black shield with a chevron and three daggers, all gold). The name in the window, below the arms, appears to be C A L L A U Y or CACCAUY. Because of this, questions arise as to whether or not this is, in truth, a window intended to represent Callaway arms.” Sidney raised the question whether the arms as shown in the window of the church at St. Neot was truly a Callaway arms. He had failed to find such an arms attributed to the Callaway family. As a result of his comment, I wondered if the arms in the window were those of the Tubbe family, but mislabeled. In all of the publications showing coats of arms awarded to Cornwall families (or elsewhere, for that matter) I also failed to find such a Callaway arms. The Tubb(e) family arms were listed, however, in “The Visitations of the County of Cornwall,” compiled by Lt. Col. J. L. Vivian, along with a pedigree of the Tubb family of Gwennap [Cornwall]. Their arms were described in heraldic terms as “Arg., a chevron Sa. between three gurnets haureant Gu.” Arg = argent
(silver) The pedigree showed that John Tubb of Trengaffe [Cornwall] married Joane, daughter and heir of John Callaway. One of the children of that union, William Tubb of Gwennap, married Julian, daughter of Richard Bonython of Carclew [Cornwall]. Looking at the Bonython pedigree, from the same publication, the marriage of William Tubb and Julian Bonython is shown. The coat of arms of the Bonython family is also described as “Arg., a chevron between three fleurs de lis Sa.” That is the heraldic description generally given for the coat of arms we have used as the CFA logo. The terms “dagger” and “fleurs de lis” are often used interchangeably in heraldry as they are quite similar in appearance. Is this not the coat of arms displayed in the Tubbe window, showing, due to restoration error, a label C A L L A W A Y? This discovery has raised another question - could it be possible that the Tubbe window at the church of St. Neot does not commemorate the Callaway family at all, but instead is a tribute to the alliance of the armigerous Tubb(e) and Bonython families? Sidney King also explored the coat of arms that had been awarded to the Callaway and Kellaway families in the southwest England counties of Hampshire (also known as Southampton & Hants), Dorset, Devon and Somerset, which featured the “glazier’s nippers and pears.” These have varied over time as to color (tinctures) and crests, probably indicating different branches of the family. In one instance the “glazier’s nippers” were referred to as “thigh bones.” When the CFA English research team began our search in England, it soon became apparent to us that the English roots of our American colonial Callaway ancestors were in these southwest England counties, and not in Cornwall. Indeed, our current DNA project is suggesting that the ancestry of Peter Callaway of Somerset County, Maryland will be found in county Dorset. This research is underway. So, for all of the above reasons, we feel that the time has come to disassociate ourselves from a logo, the arms of the Bonython family, to which we have been misled by a mistake made in the restoration of a window in the church at St. Neot, Cornwall.
Hereafter, the shield with the “pears and glazier’s nippers” will replace the shield with “fleurs de lis” as the CFA logo. We will be happy to answer your additional questions about this change. This topic will also be discussed further at the annual meeting in Philadelphia in October. Sherrill U. Williams,
Genealogist, The Callaway Family Association, Inc. The Technologist's Corner A note from Russ Callaway, CFA Technologist, about new CFA mementos.
We will have mouse pads and coaster sets with the
CFA crest on them. Hopefully they will be available in time for
the October meeting in Philadelphia. In Memory Thank you to Kay Thomason for letting us know about the death of Clyde Calaway.
Donna:
In today's Arkansas Democrat & Gazette - Friday
- 8-12-2005
Hughes - Clyde Calaway, 80, of Hughes died
Wednesday. Survivors include wife, Charlsie Calaway; daughter,
Regina Wilson; sons, Lonnie and Buddy Calaway; mother, Stella
Calaway; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Services 10 a.m., Saturday, Marianna, Roller-Citizens Chapel
with burial at Marianna Roller-Citizens Funeral Home,
(870)295.2528
Clyde was the son of Carl Calaway & Stella Rogers
and the grandson of Pinckney N. Calaway and Jasper Ann Williams
of Calhoun Co., Arkansas.
Kay Thomason
moon2kt at yahoo.com
Editor's
Note - This family's line of descent is as follows: Thank you to D'Ann Green for sending us notice of the death of Fannie Callaway Russell.
Hi Donna,
My daughter went to Fanny's funeral today and
found out that she was a Callaway. I have not researched her
family, so I am not sure where she belongs. She had
Alzheimers and my daughter would sit with her a few times to
help the family.
D'Ann
dnehr46 at
verizon.net
Burial will be on Saturday, August 20, 2005 at the Biz Byram Cemetery in Tom, Oklahoma. Arrangements are under the direction of Dannel Funeral Home. Mrs. Russell was born on March 30, 1924 in Curtis, Arkansas to Joseph Hansford Callaway and Maggie Beatrice Underwood Callaway. She graduated from high school in Tom, Oklahoma. On November 15, 1943 she married Neva Lee Russell in Great Bend, Kansas. Mrs. Russell was employed with Pool Manufacturing, Levi Strauss and worked production at Johnson & Johnson until her retirement in 1979. She lived in Foreman, Arkansas before moving back to Sherman. Mrs. Russell was loving and caring and she especially loved her family. Everyone would come to her for advice. She enjoyed camping and fishing. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Maggie Callaway; her brothers, Hansford Callaway, Harold Callaway, Kenneth Callaway; sisters, Willie L. Reed, Ireane Lee, Marie Johnson, Ella Chase, Faye Walker and Geneva Hoban. She is survived by her husband, Neva Lee Russell of Sherman; two sons, Larry J. Russell and wife, Vickie of Sherman and Kenneth N. Russell of Sherman; five grandchildren, Sean Russell, David Russell, Kimberly Russell, John Russell and Arron Russell and four great-grandchildren, Clay and Tori Russell, Taylor Russell and Alexis Russell. Mrs. Russell's sons and grandsons will serve as her pallbearers. The family received friends from 7 until 8 p.m. Thursday, August 18, 2005 at Dannel Funeral Home and will be at the family residence at other times.
Editor's Note - I believe Fannie Callaway Russell's line of
descent is as follows. This family is also
mentioned in Query # 94 in the
December 2003 newsletter. Red Headed Callaways - they just keep popping up! Thank you to Sue Hudson for telling us of even more Red Headed Callaways! It is interesting to note that the Red Headed Callaways we are hearing about are coming almost entirely from the Peter Callaway line.
Donna,
You can also include me and my brother as red headed. There are
a lot of red heads in our family. My daughter has dark auburn
hair, as does her daughter. My mother's brother has red hair in
his descendants. His granddaughter has red hair. We all had to
get it some place. Both my parents had dark brown hair.
Enjoy your newsletters.
Sue Owens Hudson (3rd great granddaughter of Nancy Caroline
Callaway that married David Hyatt. Nancy is daughter of William
Allen Callaway and GGranddaughter of Obediah Callaway b. bet.
1760-1770.) Sue Hudson
sueowehud at msn.com
Editor's Note
- Sue's line of descent is as follows: Helpful Research Tips Thank you to Louise Hyland for this tip in making family articles and queries easier to recognize and understand. Also a note to remember - the more specific you can be, the more likely you will make a contact.
Dear Donna,
I wonder if I could make a
suggestion for those contributing to the Newsletter? Without
meaning to be rude, not all Callaway descendants are American! I
find I'm reading through long (albeit interesting) articles only
to find they have no relevance to me as a UK Callaway. Perhaps
contributors could start out with an indication of where
(geographically) their tree begins or ends?
Louise Hyland (nee Callaway)
lulu at surfingpanda.freeserve.co.ukTexas Callaway Picnic Happy news from Carole Romano about the Texas Picnic. It sounds like it was a great success! Ole and mil gracias for Texas CFA Callaways! Our annual
picnic on July 23, 2005, at Bastrop State Park had a record
breaking attendance of thirty-six! Traveling a long way were
supportive CFA TEXAS Callaways, four Georgia Callaways and four
new attendees that joined CFA! A new line on CD was
Our Ancestors Did
This To Us On Purpose!
Thank you to
Bill Piper for sending us this document. Now we all understand
that there was a PLOT against us!
How to confuse your
descendants
(1) Thou shalt name thy male children: James, John, Joseph, Isaac, Matthew, Samuel, Richard, Thomas, William. (2) Thou shalt name thy female children: Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Maria, Sarah, Ida, Virginia, May, Louisa (3) Thou shalt leave NO trace of thy female children. (4) Thou shalt, after naming your children from the above lists, call them by strange nicknames such as: Ike, Eli, Polly, Dolly, Sukey.---making them difficult to trace. (5) Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal documents or census reports, and only where necessary, thou mayst use only initials on legal documents. (6)Thou shalt learn to sign all documents illegibly so that thy surname can be spelled, or misspelled, in various ways: Hicks, Hicks, Hix, Hixe, Hucks, Kicks. (7) Thou shalt, after no more then 3 generations, make sure that all family records are lost, misplaced, burned in a court house fire, or buried so that NO future trace of them can be found. (8) Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumours, & vague innuendo regarding your place origination. (A) you may have come from : England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales....or Iran. (B) you may have American Indian ancestry of the______tribe...... (C) You may have descended from one of three brothers that came over from______ (9) Thou shalt leave NO cemetery records, or headstones with legible names. (10) Thou shalt leave NO family Bible with records of birth, marriages, or deaths. (11) Thou shalt ALWAYS flip thy name around. If born James Albert, thou must make all the rest of thy records in the names of Albert, AJ, JA, AL, Bert, Bart, or Alfred. (12) Thou must also flip thy parent's names when making reference to them, although "Unknown" or a blank line is an acceptable alternative. (13) Thou shalt name at least 5 generations of males, and dozens of their cousins with identical names in order to totally confuse researchers.
Hello All,
This was posted on a discussion group, but it seems remarkably apposite to the C/Ks. I've made a couple of changes. Bill Piper
dreycott at screaming.net
U. S. Joseph Callaway Line A Brave Soldier Takes Up a Peaceful Hobby
Voris was born June 17, 1916 in Dutton, Madison Co., AR. He was the son of school-teacher parents who turned to sawmilling and finally, his father became postmaster at Red Star, AK. At 18, Voris graduated from the eighth grade, took a county teachers' examination and received a third-grade teaching certificate and taught school one year. In 1937, at age 21, he started to high school at the Huntsville State Vocational School from which he graduated after two years. In order to attend, he drove a school bus 40 miles - one way - each day. Following graduation, he remained in Huntsville, joined the NYA and worked part-time in the camp and went to college at Arkansas Tech part time. In order to have a little spending money, Callaway soon joined the Arkansas National Guard, 206th Coast Artillery, Anti-Aircraft, Battery F, Automatic Weapons. The National guard was called to active duty in December, 1941. He was trained at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas and then stationed at Ft. Mears, Dutch Harbor, Alaska. When the Japanese attacked the area in 1942, they were repulsed with a regiment of infantry using small machine guns, rifles, hand guns and anti-aircraft artillery. Thirty-seven of the enemy places were shot down. Considerable damage was done to the base, but the Japanese Fleet Commander, thinking that their intelligence had made a mistake in the estimation of the defending forces, called off the attack. Callaway recalls the first time he fired the anti-aircraft gun with live ammunition at a Zero airplane. Following the attack, they slept on their guns until the Navy told them the enemy had gone. Callaway applied to the Aviation Cadet School, was accepted and returned to the States in 1942. He went to Hondo, Texas, finished Navigation School in 1943, and was assigned to B-24 Training Wing at El Paso, Texas. They were shipped out as a replacement wing to Manduria, Italy. After training as replacement crews in the 136th Bomb Wing, the unit flew its first combat mission in April 1944. Voris survived five aircraft crashes - four from anti-aircraft damage and one power failure on take off. His narrowest escape was on an ill-fated trip to Ploesti. His plane developed engine trouble one hour out, and had to return to the home field. The bomber came in for a hard landing and caught fire with a full bomb load. The crash threw Lt. Callaway against an armor plate, cutting his forehead severely, but he didn't lose consciousness. The rest of the crew had gotten away from the inferno safely with the exception of the pilot, who was knocked out cold. Callaway grabbed the injured man and ran for all he was worth. Seconds later, the bomb load exploded. The concussion hurled the two men to the ground. Luckily, they had distance between them and the explosion and so avoided additional injuries. Lt. Callaway received the Soldier's Medal for the rescue. Other honors given him were the DFC, Air-Medal with three clusters, and the Campaign Medal with two stars. He was returned to the United States to recuperate from his injuries. After instructor training, he became a Supply Officer and Personal Emergency Equipment Training Officer at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. The war was over and, after participating in the closing of several bases, Callaway was transferred to Munich, Germany, where he operated the Emergency and Rescue Equipment Pool. He returned to the States as a Captain and re-enlisted as a Master Sergeant. He was assigned duty as Supply Sergeant with the Navigation Trainer NCOIC. After 15 months as an enlisted man, he was recalled to active duty as an officer and assigned to Strategic Air Command under General Curtis LeMay. He flew B-50s, B-36s, B-47s and B-52s as Navigator, Supply Officer, Special Weapons Officer, and Radar-Navigator. In 1965, he retired from the service but, with three children in college, he went to work as a Pin-spotter technician and mechanic. He retired again in 1983 and then concentrated on tracing his Callaway line. In 1943 he was married to Geneva Smith in Carlsbad, New Mexico. They had four children, two sons and two daughters, all college graduates. Voris died January 13, 2001 in Oklahoma City, OK and Geneva died September 28, 1991 also in Oklahoma City, OK. ~ This article originally appeared in the 1986 CFA Journal.
Voris
Callaway's line of descent is as follows: 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. Biographical Sketch of John S. Callaway, Lafayette County, Missouri
Editor's Note
- John S. Callaway's line of descent is as follows:
Thank you to
James Anderson for sending us the following newspaper items from
his family line. He descends from the Joseph Callaway line as
follows:
Joseph Callaway Thomas Callaway Thomas Callaway, Jr. John Farrar Callaway John Farrar Callaway, Jr. James Haywood Callaway and Susan Frances Edwards Katherine Lee Callaway
ANDERSON, Katherine Lee CALLAWAY - 1877
- 1957 ANDERSON, Mason - 1875 - 1945 ANDERSON, Mason Calloway - d: Feb 9 1945 - son of Mason Sr. & Katherine Lee CALLAWAY ANDERSON - 45Y - bur: Jan 11 1945 Blk:011 Lot:0124 Gr:08
Here is some good news from Sandie Grassino about her family
research. Thank you, Sandie, for sharing it with us.
Hi Donna,
I am 'this' close to getting my DAR stuff approved. Waiting for
3 more 'proofs' to arrive. I wanted to let you know that I
have some updates:
John A. Callaway was born in Nov., 1861. Died Nov. 26, 1924
(death certificate)
Osa Lanier Callaway was born March, 1865. Died Aug. 4, 1947
(death certificate)
Maxie Matilda Henderson's name was REALLY Achsah! On the 1870
census, it says "Axa", but when you say "Achsah" out loud, you
really do get "Axa!" (James/ Achsah marriage license 4 Sep,
1842)
Her father's name was Hiram Henderson, but that is as far as I
get with him, so if any one has any info, I would appreciate
it.
Sandie Grassino
HaloAct at aol.com
Editor's Note - Sandie's line of descent is
as follows:
Here's a delightful picture of three little
Calloways. Thank you to Robert Pope for sharing it with us. Their
Calloway line of descent is as follows:
Donna,
Thank
you to CFA Member, Richard Millinger for sending us information
about his family line. It has been added to the CFA Joseph
Callaway family file at RootsWeb.
Donna,
Editor's Note
- Donald moved to New Orleans and married there, shown on the 1930 census with three children: Donald Goodwin Callaway, Jr. born about 1923, Omar W. Callaway born about 1925, and Lilly Callaway born about 1926. U. S. Peter Callaway Line Thank you to Ron Calloway for telling us of this milestone anniversary. We all send happy wishes and congratulations to Rex and Frances Calloway. Ron also made a family connection in the last newsletter, and it was great to hear about it. Hi Donna-- And connected to the same line as above, we hear from Shirley Whipple about her ancestor, Verlinda Callaway Paul, who might have been on the Kennedy Wagon Train.
Hi Donna,
I just wanted to thank you for posting the information on Verlinda E. Callaway Paul. I find that to be a good time to freeze history and look at our Callaway family during a time of such strife in the U.S. Below is my line from Verlinda.
Verlinda Callaway's line of
descent: Gabriel Paul married Harriet Ellis at Mahaska county, Iowa in Jan. 1861. She died at Waitsburg, Walla Walla county, Washington to the best of my knowledge. She died one week after the birth of their child, Nathan. Her gravesite has never been found. Gabriel remarried 10 years later to Martha Ann Pernettia Evans and together they had 9 children, making Gabriel the father of 10 children: Hiram Nathaniel "Nathan" Bateman Paul b) 18 April 1863 (Harriett died 26 April 1863) Gabriel remarried 26 May 1872. His children with Mattie Evans were: Maria Ann Paul b) 30 Oct. 1873 or 74. (Note* Annie May had
cancer and suffered for seven years, before passing away at the
St. Clare Hospital in Fort Benton, Montana. She is buried in the
Geraldine Cemetery at Geraldine, Montana.) Article printed Grangeville Press--April 29,1943 Military rites were observed at the burial service held in Twin Falls, under the direction of the American Legion, with burial in the Twin Falls cemetery. William Abner Paul was born December 20, 1879, near Waitsburg. He enlisted with Company F, 116th Engineers in June 1916, at Lewiston, served in France and Germany, and was discharged with Company D Second Engineers. He was nearly two years in Europe, as he remained with the army of occupation until July 21, 1919. He was returned to the United States in August of that year. Mr. Paul was decorated with the Victory medal. The fronts on which he served were the Toulon-Tryon sector, the Alsne offensive, Marbushese, St.Mihiel, the Meuse Argonne and Belleau Wood where he was gassed, in June 1918. Mr. Paul was married Dec.20, 1932, to Miss Corine Stiles of Twin Falls. They have one son, William Lea, aged nine. Mr. Paul was not ill long and complained only occasionally. Since Christmas he had not been quite as well as usual. He was a member of Stradley chapter, Disabled American Veterans, at Twin Falls, of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and of the American Legion. In Grangeville he was affiliated with the Knights of Pythias Lodge. He leaves a brother, Nathan, of Valley Ford, Washington and John, of Kamiah. Corine was a school teacher from Cascade or Council, Idaho. Had one son. It's a ghost town in north Idaho now. Out from Grangeville. Out of Riggins. He had gold mine there. Didn't get any money. Dad Jeremiah Odle Paul b) 24 Dec. 1881 (Note* "Ode" and Alta had 11 children. He farmed in the area of Whitebird, Idaho. One homestead was on the North Fork of Baker Gulch and the other place was on Pinnocle Ridge. Wilma also noted, "Since their homestead land, though satisfactory for raising cattle, was not good farm land, Jeremiah needed to augment his income to make a living. He herded sheep at one time for Charlie Dunham. While he was in the Dome Hill area, on this job, the big fire of 1910 occurred." Albert Sidney Paul b) 16 Jan 1884 Of George and Verlinda's other children I have limited information: Elizabeth Ann married Frances Harmon Effie Emiline married Clark Winnett (his father moved to Walla Walla in 1860 when Kennedy/McGuire brought a train west to the Walla Walla valley. Clark's sister, Margaret, was married to James William Ellis, Harriett Ellis's brother. *Note: Beulah Wilde is the researcher of Effie's line and is her descendant. Melissa Jane married Samuel Peoples English. They lived at Walla Walla county and raised 15 children from what I can determine. Some say that Melissa was blind. Perhaps her descendents can clear that rumor up. George Washington married Eliza Whitesean and they raised 3 children. The youngest, a girl named Alice, died of tuberculosis. Melinda married a Jensen. From family stories and old photos it has been determined that she was blind. I am in contact with some of the descendants of some of these lines. I am also interested in Verlinda's family; mother, father, brothers, sisters, cousins, etc. Oh Donna, and by the way......if you run out the lines, you will find that Jane Gould, who wrote the diary used for the Kennedy wagon train.......her husband was a Callaway descendant. I remembered seeing the name Gould in David Shelledy's research and so I ran it out. I thought it was a curious coincidence that Albert Gould, who is Callaway connected, was in a wagon train just behind the Kennedy train. I wondered if perhaps Verlinda might have been with Albert's train, but I wouldn't know where to begin that kind of research. I'm not even sure I remember how I got my first tip on the Kennedy train. Any thoughts on this theory? You can read Jane Gould's diary
on line. I can't share David's research because my computer
crashed and I have to re enter all of it from hard copy. Thank you to Pat Schnurr for sending us information on Callaway, Florida. She purchased a book about the history of the town while in Panama City for a CFA Board Meeting this year. The book has been added to the CFA library.
Donna,
The area encompassing
present-day Callaway, Florida was settled long before the city was
first incorporated in 1936. The first inhabitants were probably
Creek Indians. Artifacts of their settlement have been found,
mostly in the area of Parker Branch, now Sudduth Lake.
Pitt Milner
Callaway's line of descent is as follows: Thank you to Peggy Carey for sharing these Callaway family photos with us. They are members of the IL Callaway family. Donna, The line of descent:
Welcome to Lynne Kuhn, a new newsletter
subscriber and hopefully a new CFA member as well. Her line of
descent is as follows: Hello
Donna, Other C/K Lines Thank you to Randell Hanna for sending the following obituaries from the Moses Calloway family who came from St. Earth, Cornwall, England to Illinois.
Moses
Calloway
At his home near Beetown (WI), Jan. 27, 1891. Mr. Moses Calloway, in the 46th year of his age. He was the son of Moses and Mary Calloway, and was born in St. Earth, Cornwall, England, in the year 1845. (Note real birthday Nov. 30, 1844) Came to the town of Potosi, Grant county, Wis., and moved to Beetown in the year 1871. He married Alice Marshall in the year 1886. His wife and three children are left to mourn his departure. He was known as a quiet, sober and industrious man, and those who knew him best, say that he was an excellent neighbor, a kind husband and father, and when this can be truthfully said of any man, nothing further need be added.
Mrs.
George Dies at Son's Home in Merrimack Six weeks ago she was stricken with paralysis and up to this time had possessed unusual vitality although crippled since early childhood. She regained her usual health after this and was able to be among friends again when she died suddenly while sitting on the porch that afternoon. Besides her son and wife she leaves six grandchildren, also two sisters Mrs. Evalyn Johnson, Houghton, Mich., Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, Lancaster, one brother, Walter Calloway, Quinn, S.D., and many friends who will miss her. Prayer was held at 1 p.m. at the home on Saturday followed by services at M. E. Church at 2 p.m. the Rev. Leland Cooper officiating. The pall bearers were Samuel J. Potter, George Legs, Walter J. Towens, Archie Barrow, Harold Halbman of this place and Henry Erling, Okee, Mrs. Charles G. Herr and Mrs. Glen Kielman gave selections, "Gathering Home" and "Home Sweet Home" with Miss Pearl Gallus at the piano. Burial was made in Oak Hill cemetery. Among these present at the services were Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, W. G. Allen, Mrs. Iva Treadersaan and Mrs. Clarence Birch, Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. William Vereb and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Erling.
brother's and sister's
Mary Louisa b. Oct. 24 1846 William b. May 2, 1850 Evaline b. Feb. 21, 1852 Elizabeth b. Dec. 23, 1857 Walter b. April 16, 1861
Thank you
Randell Hanna
randyh3758 at sbcglobal.netA Wayne Co., IN Callaway - Who am I? Can anyone identify
Mary E.
Callaway, born 1835 in Indiana? She married Zimri B. Plummer on
May 27, 1855 in Milton, Wayne Co., Indiana. She died in 1864,
leaving only one child; Laura Plummer, born about 1861. She is the
daughter of James Callaway born about 1788 in Delaware, died
between 1871 - 1880 in Wayne Co., Indiana. A Logan Co., KY Calloway - Who am I? On the 1850 Logan Co., KY
census A Madison Co., TN Callaway - Who am I?
William S. Callaway was a grocery merchant born about 1811 in VA married Elizabeth
(last name unknown) born about 1818 in VA. They are listed on the
1840, 1850, 1860 & 1870 Madison Co., TN census. They had the
following children all born in Madison Co., TN: A Lincoln Co., TN Calloway - Who am I? Eli
Richard Calloway born about 1807 in NC, died before 1880 in
Lincoln Co., TN. His family is listed on the 1840, 1850, 1860,
1870 and 1880 Lincoln Co., TN census records. He married twice,
first to Eneliah (sp?) (last name unknown) born about 1808 in TN
and died bef. 1860. He married second Sarah (last name unknown)
born about 1831 in TN. Eli Richard Calloway had the following
children all born in Lincoln Co., TN: ~ From The Denton Journal, Denton, Maryland, August 18, 1917 Samuel J. Callaway, a farmer, fell from a train at Bridgeville, Delaware, a few days ago and was severely injured. Callaway, his wife and son were on their way to New Haven, Connecticut. He had boarded the train and his wife and son were about to get on when Mrs. Callaway remembered leaving her handbag in the station. She and her son ran to get it and when they returned the train had started. Mr. Callaway tried to get off and fell, his head striking the cement wall. He was rendered unconscious and suffered concussion of the brain. Mrs. Callaway and son tripped over the husband's body, the woman receiving severe cuts and bruises, and the boy minor injuries. Can anyone identify this "Mystery Callaway" family?
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Query # 302 I am looking for any info on my family Great Grandfather Joseph b. 3/24/1852. Was married to Mary Gladen 6/1/1877 she had children: Rosie, Joe and Greene. Mary died 1890. He then married Anna Taylor who had John Joseph 1894-1965 was State Treasurer in New Mexico in 60's and James Henry 1902-1955 my grandfather. I don't know
were Joseph, born 1852 was from, but my grandfather born 1902 was
born in MO and my father, James Henry was born in 1927 in St.
Joseph MO. Please add me to the newsletter group.
Query # 303
Hi Donna,
Thank you so much for your email, it was great to hear of your website. I just wanted to let you know that I am no longer sure if my ancestor, Daisy May Callaway, was the daughter of Charles and Emily. However, I do know that she married Amos John Cook of Kent, England and would have been born around the year 1890. She did migrate to Australia and probably married Amos in South Australia. They had two children that I am aware of, my grandfather Ronald and his sister Audrey. I would really love to find out any further information on the Callaway family and hear of any other family links. Thank you so much for your offer to post this information in your newsletter, please edit it for me, due to the uncertainty of her parentage. I will definitely let you know if I find out any further information, as I have only just started researching this family line. Thank you, Tamara Weller
Response to Query # 300 (8/2005
Newsletter)
Hi Donna,
I am wondering if the Parker
family is related to the family of Indian Chief Quanah Parker.
His mother was Cynthia Ann Parker who was taken by the
Comanche's. Cynthia is a cousin to one of my Bullard
ancestors.
I am also wondering if you
know of these two cemetaries in Texas, 1) Morgan Cemetery,
Bosque County, Texas and 2) Morgan Cemetery, Johnson County,
Texas. I am inquiring because I have some family members of the
Bullards buried there. Also, where is Morgan, Texas? I have
discovered some Bullards there too.
Thanks,
Donna Lynn Callaway Couron
Query # 304 Donna, as usual I enjoyed
reading the NL & would like to correspond w/the person who had
the PAUL family. I found & have photo of two PAUL children
buried in the same cemetery as NANCY JANE (CALLAWAY) McFARLAND
in SCHMICK Cemetery, Tazewell Co, IL. Could there be a
connection here for someone!
Query # 305
In response to "Can You
Identify This Callaway?" in the
August Newsletter -
Levin
Callaway, born abt 1803 in Delaware
My husband's Callaways are
all from England, Portsmouth, about 1756. His name was
Christopher Callaway, He brought to USA with him his son
Christopher Dix Callaway, born in England about 1790. They
came to Newark (Essex County), we think, and never left it
except to move to Westfield, (Union County, NJ) two
generations later.
The original Callaway also
had other sons, but if they came with him we do not know.
The sons -- from first to
last, were as follows: Thomas - three
children, Thomas, George and Elizabeth; William;
Christopher Dix, born in 1780 (about),
married in Plumstead, England, when he was 29, died in
Newark (Essex CO, NJ) in 1863; John; and
Samuel . Christopher Dix brought forth
Frederick Christopher who brought forth, Frederick Henderson,
who brought forth, Guy Mulford, who brought forth Austin
Scudder (my husband). We know very little, but maybe these
two on pages 23 and 24, can connect something from this. They
were all ship wrights, cabinet makers, master carpenters, etc.
These other New Jersey
Callaways could be descended from one of Christopher Dix who
might have come to the US earlier. New Brunswick is not that
far from Westfield and Newark.
I have a miniature of
Frederick Christopher Callaway and his wife painted by J.
McDougal. If I can figure out how to take a picture of them
without taking them out of their original frames with the
original glass, I will forward them to you. I do not think
anyone will recognize them, but they are interesting.
Query # 306 My name is Glenn Austell and my grandmother was Frances Callaway Glenn Austell. She was the daughter of William Glenn and Willetta Callaway Glenn (of Spartanburg, SC). Our family has believed for generations that we are somehow descended from one of the Callaway girls that Daniel Boone rescued. I am trying to figure out how to trace back to that. Can you help me in any way?
Comment # 307
There were 3 generations of Levins....
Query # 308 We think we may have found a photograph of Elizabeth (Calaway) Reed. She was born 1762 in Maryland (1850 census for birth state). She died 22 Jan. 1860 in Berlin Twp.?, Mahoning Co., Ohio. She married James Reed, Jr. in the 1780-early 1790's. Possibly in Westmoreland Co., PA. James Reed, Jr. was b. 1764. He d. 11 April 1813 of prevailing fever in Canfield, OH. He is buried beside his father James Reed, Sr. b 18 March 1736 d. 20 July 1814 in Canfield, OH.
We feel this is a photo
of her based on who had it, and that it was accompanied by a
photo of her daughter Jemima (Reed) Rudisill. It is a CDV of
a very elderly lady which may be a copy of an ambrotype or
daguerreotype. We know of no one else in this family tree
that lived to her apparent age and would be in this kind of
photo.
I give lectures on how
to identify and date old family photos to organizations,
such as: Colonial Dames 17th Century, Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company, Genealogy and Historical Societies and
family associations (eg, Rudisill Family Association). So
the above identification is not without some experience.
We do not know for certain James Reed Sr.'s father, but suspect it may have been Hugh Reed, Indian interpreter at Fort Pitt in PA. I mention the Reed side to show we know of no ancestor with the first name of John in the Reed side of the family of James Jr. and Elizabeth Calaway.
Their children were:
James Reed III b. 1785 or 1799--we have a conflict.
marr. Mary Turner. He d.13 Oct.1854 Canfield, OH.
Mary Polly Reed b.15 Dec.1791-93 d.20 Sept.1883 Mahoning
Co., OH marr. Joshua Bowman, 30 Aug. 1810 Mahoning Co.
Rosanna Reed b.1793-95. She died 4 April 1813.
Jemima Reed b. 1797 in Westmoreland Co., PA and d. 19 May
1872 in Medina Co., OH. marr. Jacob Rudisill 13 March 1825.
These are the ancestors of Greta (Greenfield) McAdams.
Rachel Reed b. 6 May 1801 in Canfield, Mahoning Co., OH d. 10
May 1896 in Canfield. marr James Turner 11 March 1819.
Eleanor Reed b. 1803 d.
?. marr. George Turner 24 March
1824 in Trumbell Co., OH (may have been Canfield.
Anna Reed b. April 1806. d. 24 Oct. 1809
John C (we believe it stands for Calaway) Reed b. 1809
nothing further known of him. Jemima (Reed) Rudisill named a
son John Calaway Christmas Rudisill.
Hiram Reed b. 1811 d. age 2 months in 1811.
Joshua "Jackson" Reed b. 1811 d. after 1860 (Elizabeth (Calaway)
Reed was living with him in Canfield in the 1850 census.
Joshua marr. Mary A. b. 1816 in PA.
Elizabeth (Calaway) Reed's mother was supposed to have died
at the age of 105.
We hope this information may help you, help us, find
Elizabeth's parents. The perpetuation of the name John C.
leans us toward a John Calaway as her father, but it is only
speculation.
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Current News 
SHERMAN, TX -
Funeral services for Fannie "Delora" Russell, 81, of Sherman who
passed away on Wednesday morning, August 17, 2005, at Mission
Oaks Care will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, August 19, 2005 at the
Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, 1900 W. Lamberth,
Sherman, Texas. Bishop Gordon Little will officiate. The family
will be at the church at 12:30 p.m.
After harrowing experiences as
part of an anti-aircraft battalion aimed at the Japanese and in
the air force hammering the Germans from the air,
Voris O. Callaway retied to a hobby
of tracing ancestors. He said of his latest endeavor, "... the
most interesting, frustrating, travelingest, learningest
occupation I ever got tangled up in."
I'm attaching a
picture of our little ones. Of course, the girl
is Ellen Adair Roof - she's 3 1/2 years old. The boys are Solomon
Douglas Roof (in blue and white) and Calloway Dean Roof (in green
and
white). The boys are 9 months old, born October 19 2004. Cal
looks
more like an Adams, Sol looks more like a Roof - funny how that
worked!
They are so much fun!
A milestone was reached June 18th when Rex and Frances
Calloway, now of Franklin, NC, celebrated their 70th wedding
anniversary. They grew up in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa and married
shortly after graduation from high school.
Callaway
bought a steamboat in Apalachicola and used the boiler to build a
saw mill. The mill was successful for about two years but was
destroyed by a hurricane in 1858. Discouraged, Callaway gave up on
the development and returned to his vocation, ministering to
churches in Alabama.
The
picture is of Ellen Calloway George and her son Lewis
George. I also have the Obit. of her brother's and sister's
if you would like to have them. The first born was Moses. 
