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THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION Volume VII No. 9
Always regard
with esteem the name you were given; The Editor's Corner Here is a spy story from 100 years ago, and wouldn't you know . . . it's all about a CALLOWAY!
Calloway's Code The New York Enterprise sent H. B. Calloway as special correspondent to the Russo-Japanese-Portsmouth war. For two months Calloway hung about Yokohama and Tokio, shaking dice with the other correspondents for drinks of 'rickshaws -- oh, no, that's something to ride in; anyhow, he wasn't earning the salary that his paper was paying him. But that was not Calloway's fault. The little brown men who held the strings of Fate between their fingers were not ready for the readers of the Enterprise to season their breakfast bacon and eggs with the battles of the descendants of the gods. But soon the column of correspondents that were to go out with the First Army tightened their field-glass belts and went down to the Yalu with Kuroki. Calloway was one of these. Now, this is no history of the battle of the Yalu River. That has been told in detail by the correspondents who gazed at the shrapnel smoke rings from a distance of three miles. But, for justice's sake, let it be understood that the Japanese commander prohibited a nearer view. Calloway's feat was accomplished before the battle. What he did was to furnish the Enterprise with the biggest beat of the war. That paper published exclusively and in detail the news of the attack on the lines of the Russian General on the same day that it was made. No other paper printed a word about it for two days afterward, except a London paper, whose account was absolutely incorrect and untrue. Calloway did this in face of the fact that General Kuroki was making his moves and living his plans with the profoundest secrecy, as far as the world outside his camps was concerned. The correspondents were forbidden to send out any news whatever of his plans; and every message that was allowed on the wires was censored -- with rigid severity. The correspondent for the London paper handed in a cablegram describing Kuroki's plans; but as it was wrong from beginning to end the censor grinned and let it go through. So, there they were -- Kuroki on one side of the Yalu with forty-two thousand infantry, five thousand cavalry, and one hundred and twenty-four guns. On the other side, Zassulitch waited for him with only twenty-three thousand men, and with a long stretch of river to guard. And Calloway had got hold of some important inside information that he knew would bring the Enterprise staff around a cablegram as thick as flies around a Park Row lemonade stand. If he could only get that message past the censor -- the new censor who had arrived and taken his post that day! Calloway did the obviously proper thing. He lit his pipe and sat down on a gun carriage to think it over. And there we must leave him; for the rest of the story belongs to Vesey, a sixteen-dollar-a-week reporter on the Enterprise. Calloway's cablegram was handed to the managing editor at four o'clock in the afternoon. He read it three times; and then drew a pocket mirror from a pigeon-hole in his desk, and looked at his reflection carefully. Then he went over to the desk of Boyd, his assistant (he usually called Boyd when he wanted him), and laid the cablegram before him. "It's from Calloway," he said. "See what you make of it." The message was dated at Wi-ju, and these were the words of it: Foregone preconcerted rash witching goes muffled rumour mine dark silent unfortunate richmond existing great hotly brute select mooted parlous beggars ye angel incontrovertible. Boyd read it twice. "It's either a cipher or a sunstroke," said he. "Ever hear of anything like a code in the office -- a secret code?" asked the m. e., who had held his desk for only two years. Managing editors come and go. "None except the vernacular that the lady specials write in," said Boyd. "Couldn't be an acrostic, could it?" "I thought of that," said the m. e., "but the beginning letters contain only four vowels. It must be a code of some sort." "Try em in groups," suggested Boyd. "Let's see -- 'Rash witching goes' -- not with me it doesn't. 'Muffled rumour mine' -- must have an underground wire. 'Dark silent unfortunate richmond' -- no reason why he should knock that town so hard. 'Existing great hotly' -- no it doesn't pan out. I'll call Scott." The city editor came in a hurry, and tried his luck. A city editor must know something about everything; so Scott knew a little about cipher-writing. "It may be what is called an inverted alphabet cipher," said he. "I'll try that. 'R' seems to be the oftenest used initial letter, with the exception of 'm.' Assuming 'r' to mean 'e', the most frequently used vowel, we transpose the letters -- so." Scott worked rapidly with his pencil for two minutes; and then showed the first word according to his reading -- the word "Scejtzez." "Great!" cried Boyd. "It's a charade. My first is a Russian general. Go on, Scott." "No, that won't work," said the city editor. "It's undoubtedly a code. It's impossible to read it without the key. Has the office ever used a cipher code?" "Just what I was asking," said the m.e. "Hustle everybody up that ought to know. We must get at it some way. Calloway has evidently got hold of something big, and the censor has put the screws on, or he wouldn't have cabled in a lot of chop suey like this." Throughout the office of the Enterprise a dragnet was sent, hauling in such members of the staff as would be likely to know of a code, past or present, by reason of their wisdom, information, natural intelligence, or length of servitude. They got together in a group in the city room, with the m. e. in the centre. No one had heard of a code. All began to explain to the head investigator that newspapers never use a code, anyhow -- that is, a cipher code. Of course the Associated Press stuff is a sort of code -- an abbreviation, rather -- but -- The m. e. knew all that, and said so. He asked each man how long he had worked on the paper. Not one of them had drawn pay from an Enterprise envelope for longer than six years. Calloway had been on the paper twelve years. "Try old Heffelbauer," said the m. e. "He was here when Park Row was a potato patch." Heffelbauer was an institution. He was half janitor, half handy-man about the office, and half watchman -- thus becoming the peer of thirteen and one-half tailors. Sent for, he came, radiating his nationality. "Heffelbauer," said the m. e., "did you ever hear of a code belonging to the office a long time ago - a private code? You know what a code is, don't you?" "Yah," said Heffelbauer. "Sure I know vat a code is. Yah, apout dwelf or fifteen year ago der office had a code. Der reborters in der city-room haf it here." "Ah!" said the m. e. "We're getting on the trail now. Where was it kept, Heffelbauer? What do you know about it?" "Somedimes," said the retainer, "dey keep it in der little room behind der library room." "Can you find it asked the m. e. eagerly. "Do you know where it is?" "Mein Gott!" said Heffelbauer. "How long you dink a code live? Der reborters call him a maskeet. But von day he butt mit his head der editor, und -- " "Oh, he's talking about a goat," said Boyd. "Get out, Heffelbauer." Again discomfited, the concerted wit and resource of the Enterprise huddled around Calloway's puzzle, considering its mysterious words in vain. Then Vesey came in. Vesey was the youngest reporter. He had a thirty-two-inch chest and wore a number fourteen collar; but his bright Scotch plaid suit gave him presence and conferred no obscurity upon his whereabouts. He wore his hat in such a position that people followed him about to see him take it off, convinced that it must be hung upon a peg driven into the back of his head. He was never without an immense, knotted, hard-wood cane with a German-silver tip on its crooked handle. Vesey was the best photograph hustler in the office. Scott said it was because no living human being could resist the personal triumph it was to hand his picture over to Vesey. Vesey always wrote his own news stories, except the big ones, which were sent to the rewrite men. Add to this fact that among all the inhabitants, temples, and groves of the earth nothing existed that could abash Vesey, and his dim sketch is concluded. Vesey butted into the circle of cipher readers very much as Heffelbauer's "code" would have done, and asked what was up. Some one explained, with the touch of half-familiar condescension that they always used toward him. Vesey reached out and took the cablegram from the m. e.'s hand. Under the protection of some special Providence, he was always doing appalling things like that, and coming off unscathed. "It's a code," said Vesey. "Anybody got the key?" "The office has no code," said Boyd, reaching for the message. Vesey held to it. "Then old Callowav expects us to read it, anyhow," said he. "He's up a tree, or something, and he's made this up so as to get it by the censor. It's up to us. Gee! I wish they had sent me too. Say -- we can't afford to fall down on our end of it. 'Foregone, preconcerted rash, witching' -- h'm." Vesey sat down on a table corner and began to whistle softly, frowning at the cablegram. "Let's have it, please," said the m. e. "We've got to get to work on it." "I believe I've got a line on it," said Vesey. "Give me ten minutes." He walked to his desk, threw his hat into a waste-basket, spread out flat on his chest like a gorgeous lizard, and started his pencil going. The wit and wisdom of the Enterprise remained in a loose group, and smiled at one another, nodding their heads toward Vesey. Then they began to exchange their theories about the cipher. It took Vesey exactly fifteen minutes. He brought to the m. e. a pad with the code-key written on it. "I felt the swing of it as soon as I saw it," said Vesey. "Hurrah for old Calloway! He's done the Japs and every paper in town that prints literature instead of news. Take a look at that." Thus had Vesey set forth the reading of the code:
*Mr. Vesey afterward explained that the logical journalistic complement of the word "unfortunate" was once the word "victim." But, since the automobile became so popular, the correct following word is now pedestrians. Of course, in Calloway's code it meant infantry. "It's simply newspaper English," explained Vesey. "I've been reporting on the Enterprise long enough to know it by heart. Old Calloway gives us the cue word, and we use the word that naturally follows it just as we use 'em in the paper. Read it over, and you'll see how pat they drop into their places. Now, here's the message he intended us to get." Vesey handed out another sheet of paper.
"Great stuff!" cried Boyd excitedly. "Kuroki crosses the Yalu to-night and attacks. Oh, we won't do a thing to the sheets that make up with Addison's essays, real estate transfers, and bowling scores!" "Mr. Vesey," said the m. e., with his jollying - which - you - should - regard - as - a - favour manner, "you have cast a serious reflection upon the literary standards of the paper that employs you. You have also assisted materially in giving us the biggest 'beat' of the year. I will let you know in a day or two whether you are to be discharged or retained at a larger salary. Somebody send Ames to me." Ames was the king-pin, the snowy-petalled Marguerite, the star-bright looloo of the rewrite men. He saw attempted murder in the pains of green-apple colic, cyclones in the summer zephyr, lost children in every top-spinning urchin, an uprising of the down-trodden masses in every hurling of a derelict potato at a passing automobile. When not rewriting, Ames sat on the porch of his Brooklyn villa playing checkers with his ten-year-old son. Ames and the "war editor" shut themselves in a room. There was a map in there stuck full of little pins that represented armies and divisions. Their fingers had been itching for days to move those pins along the crooked line of the Yalu. They did so now; and in words of fire Ames translated Calloway's brief message into a front page masterpiece that set the world talking. He told of the secret councils of the Japanese officers; gave Kuroki's flaming speeches in full; counted the cavalry and infantry to a man and a horse; described the quick and silent building of the bridge at Stuikauchen, across which the Mikado's legions were hurled upon the surprised Zassulitch, whose troops were widely scattered along the river. And the battle! -- well, you know what Ames can do with a battle if you give him just one smell of smoke for a foundation. And in the same story, with seemingly supernatural knowledge, he gleefully scorned the most profound and ponderous paper in England for the false and misleading account of the intended movements of the Japanese First Army printed in its issue of the same date. Only one error was made; and that was the fault of the cable operator at Wi-ju. Calloway pointed it out after he came back. The word "great" in his code should have been "gage," and its complemental words "of battle." But it went to Ames "conditions white," and of course he took that to mean snow. His description of the Japanese army struggling through the snowstorm, blinded by the whirling flakes, was thrillingly vivid. The artists turned out some effective illustrations that made a hit as pictures of the artillery dragging their guns through the drifts. But, as the attack was made on the first day of May, "conditions white" excited some amusement. But it in, made no difference to the Enterprise, anyway. It was wonderful. And Calloway was wonderful in having made the new censor believe that his jargon of words meant no more than a complaint of the dearth of news and a petition for more expense money. And Vesey was wonderful. And most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another, being oft associated, until not even obituary notices them do part. On the second day following, the city editor halted at Vesey's desk where the reporter was writing the story of a man who had broken his leg by falling into a coal-hole -- Ames having failed to find a murder motive in it. "The old man says your salary is to be raised to twenty a week," said Scott. "All right," said Vesey. "Every little helps. Say -- Mr. Scott, which would you say -- 'We can state without fear of successful contradiction,' or, 'On the whole it can be safely asserted'?"
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.
In Memory We were very sorry to learn of the death of Jeffrey Scott Ostler on Aug 22, 2006. Jeffrey was the son of CFA President, Judy Ostler and her husband James of Crockett, TX. Our heartfelt condolences go to all the family. We were very sorry to hear of the death of John Alton Callaway. Our condolences go to Charlotte Callaway Corley and all of the family.
Hi,
Daddy died Sunday at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville. We had his funeral at Coggins Funeral Home in Thomaston at 10am Wednesday. He was buried in the Crystal Hill Cemetery. I thought this might be of interest to you in your search of the Callaway. Any information will be appreciated. My name is Charlotte Callaway Corley, oldest daughter. Thanks again, Charlotte 
charlottecorley at yahoo.comJohn Alton Callaway Mr. Callaway died Sunday, July 30, 2006, at the Georgia War Veterans Home. Funeral services for Mr. John Alton Callaway, 86, of South Green Street, were held Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006, at 10 a.m., in the chapel of Coggins Funeral Home with Dr. Edwin L. Cliburn officiating. Burial followed in Crystal Hill Cemetery. Mr. Callaway was born on Feb. 29, 1920, in Meriwether County, Ga., to the late John and Sara Callaway. He was a member of First Baptist Church, where he taught the Training Union. Mr. Callaway was also a member of the Masons Lodge in Newnan. He served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he was a medic. He also served in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marines. Mr. Callaway worked for many years in law enforcement in Thomaston. Survivors include his daughters, Mrs. Charlotte (Bennie) Corley of Thomaston, Mrs. Betty (Lewis) Welch of McDonough, Mrs. Sara (Mike) Oglesbee of Fayetteville and Mrs. Cindy (Rodney) Smith of Mooresville, N.C.; a sister, Mrs. Louise Adams of LaGrange; 12 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Coggins Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. A Preview of Things to Come in Roanoke I would like to thank John Bradshaw for the following article. He gives us some additional information about all there is to see and do around Roanoke, VA, the site of this fall's CFA Annual Meeting. What you don’t want to MISS when coming to ROANOKE (And some you do) con’t. If you were to bring your hiking boots or your touring bike, you will find The Roanoke Valley a bazaar for trips and views. Access to the Appalachian Trail is only 8 miles from the motel and all 3 local access points to the Blue Ridge Parkway are within an 8 miles distance. In addition, there are some 18 completed miles of the Valley’s developing Greenway system for hiking and/or biking. In addition there is an excellent view of the whole Valley area from atop Mill Mtn, the location of the Star, which is viewable from the motel. Access to the top, the site of the Zoo, as well as some gardens, is via hiking trails, a bike route (steep climb), or an easy auto access from Downtown Roanoke or from the Blue Ridge Parkway. All of this is free, except for a nominal fee for Zoo admission. As a note, the Zoo is a great place to take the kids, it is small but different. Now if you have done the afternoon thing in Downtown Roanoke, and didn’t bring your bike, venture a little further out via car to view the Valley and beyond. Salem is hardly a ten minute drive west where you walk the campus of the Roanoke College, a block off Main Street with its antique shops and small town favor, along with lots of good food. Salem was the historic county seat for this area. Lexington is in the opposite direction, north on I81 about 45 minutes. There you can walk the adjoining campuses of two contrasting colleges, adsorb the history of R E Lee at W&L or trace the history of war in the Marshall Museum at V.M.I. Historic Lexington is a mere block away with its shops and good home cooking. If you were to drive there on I81, would suggest you take a little longer retuning to the motel on old route 11, a 3 or 4 lane road with little traffic except for the various towns one would enjoy. The route passes over Natural Bridge, and a stop there to view, the said to be wonder of the world, is worth the time. The Historic Town, now City of Bedford, is east about 30 minutes on US460. Bedford is one of the county seats of the “Callaway” country. It is also the seat of the modern day D-Day Memorial, a side trip worth your time. Like all historic Virginia towns, antique shops and sources of good food is abounding. Other short trips to historic opportunities worth of consideration would be the Booker T. Washington National Monument, Virginia’s Explore Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway, or the historic town of Fincastle chartered in 1772. All within an easy 30 minute drive, but in somewhat different directions. Now if the Virginia Room in Roanoke hasn’t provided you with enough Callaway Family history, two other sites should be considered. The Bedford Area Genealogy Library room of the Bedford City/ County Museum and the Jones Memorial Library, concentrating its collection efforts in its genealogical and historical holdings, located in the nearby City of Lynchburg. John A Call For Volunteers The Callaway Family Association needs some volunteers to help plan future CFA Annual Meetings. The 2007 Annual Meeting will be held in Atlanta, GA, and the 2008 Annual Meeting will be held in Nashville, TN. If there are any of you who live close by these locations and would like to help with the meeting plans, please respond to CFA President, Judy Ostler at [ jcostler at txcom.net ]. CFA needs your help to continue the tradition of these wonderful, family oriented gatherings. All volunteers, at whatever level, are greatly appreciated. A Callaway Sampler This past month an intriguing bit of Callaway memorabilia was brought to Bruce Callaway's attention by Andrew Doran. Andrew graciously sent Bruce the following information and photo about a sampler which had belonged to his grandmother.
Dear Bruce,
I am not a family
history researcher but have some information that may or may
not be of interest to the Callaways. I own a needlework
sampler that belonged to my grandmother who lived most of
her life in Scotland.
I attach a photo taken this morning of the Callaway sampler.
The text of which
reads:
Remember now thy
Creator in the days of thy youth.
While the evil days
come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say,
I have no pleasure
in them.
Mary Callaway Aged
13 Dec 6th
1802 Taught by Ann
Jenkins Shipston
And the Lord God
planted a garden in Eden where he put man GEN 2 v 8
On a whim the other day I typed this text into Google and got your site. I suspect that my grandmother purchased rather than inherited the sampler (she owned a number of similar pieces) but am not certain about this. I just thought someone might be interested in this information.
Regards,
Andrew Doran
Editor's Note - Following is Bruce's reply:
Dear Andrew,
Thank you for the
picture of the sampler which I have forwarded on to
Donna our editor. If she has room in the September
newsletter, Donna may well see fit to insert a small
article about this intriguing bit of memorabilia. I will
certainly forward to you any response. GOOGLE scans
these newsletters, so the sampler will be exposed to a
world wide audience!
A quick search on
young Mary actually reveals that she was born to an
Edward and Sarah Callaway in Shipston-on-Stour
Worcester. So her teacher would have been Ann Jenkins
of Shipston. I note that the Jenkins family were
very prominent in Shipston-on-Stour in the 18th century.
Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention.
Sincerely,
Bruce
Callaway Historical Document Auctioned on eBay This month on eBay a very interesting document was auctioned. It was clearly dated 1805 and signed by Richard Callaway, Stephen Ham and James Flemming. A photo and rough transcription follow:
Madison County,
This day Stephen Ham
& James Flemming her bourne son before me a Justice of
the Peace for the said County (Madison) and made oath
that they were personally for sent out and he and Angel Connel
acknowledge the within will to be his last will and
testament which they have herein committed to
writing given under my hand this 24th day of August
1805.
Also reads: Federation of Family History Societies I would like to thank Lori Callaway from Vancouver, WA for sending us this interesting article. Sounds like some of our international group may like to participate. Hi Donna ! GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION IN BRITAIN'S GENETIC HISTORY PROJECT Did you know that historical patterns of people's movements, from Anglo-Saxon invasions to those of the Vikings and Normans, may have an impact on 21st Century medical science? To investigate this, three Oxford professors have been given funding by the Wellcome Trust to launch a study to analyse the geographical variation in Britain's genetic history. If you have settled in the same rural area as your parents and all four grandparents and would like to volunteer or learn more about the project, get in touch with Susan Tonks or Bruce Winney on 01865 228 627, by e-mail susan.tonks@clinpharm.ox.ac.uk, bruce.winney@clinpharm.ox.ac.uk, or by post, Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HE. www.peopleofthebritishisles.orgMaggie Loughran
U. S. Joseph Callaway Line I would like to thank Mary
Brannen, for sending me the following biography of Thomas Howard
Callaway and his descendants. It was published in
The Heritage of Bradley County,
Tennessee, 1836-1998. Thomas' line of descent is as follows: Thomas Howard Callaway, who moved to Bradley County in 1838, was a leader in the development in East Tennessee. Samuel Callaway, grandfather of Thomas, (Editor's Note - I believe this is an error. Thomas' grandfather was actually Thomas Callaway, Jr.) came to explore the area for Henderson and Company in 1764 with Daniel Boone. Thomas Howard married Susan Jane Lea of Bradley County and they had eleven children. Thomas Howard Callaway, in his first position as a deputy surveyor under John B. Tipton, developed a relationship with Cherokee Chief, John Ross. He was instrumental in organizing and serving as first president of Ocoee Bank of Cleveland which later moved to Knoxville. Callaway headed the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad and the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad and was the first president of East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, later part of Southern Railways. Some of the lands owned by Thomas Callaway included McNair Farm near Conasauga, extensive acreage in the Copper Basin (one mine carried the Callaway name), the 4,000 acre McGhee farm on the Little Tennessee River and Jolly's island at the mouth of the Hiwassee river. Two historic houses still in existence today, the Linden Avenue Callaway (Raht) Home and Ocoee Street R. A. Hanger home were built and occupied by Callaway.
The influence of Thomas Howard Callaway was felt in many areas including railroading, banking, mining, agriculture, education and construction. All of Thomas Howard Callaway's descendants now in Bradley County are direct descendants of Luke Lea Callaway (1850-1921), Thomas Howard's son. Luke Lea Callaway started Callaway Grocery Company, that for many years was located on the west side of Ocoee Street north of the courthouse (later the location of Norman Sperlich's store) before moving to the east side of Ocoee, at the corner of Central Avenue. Callaway Grocery was operated by succeeding generations of Callaway: Ben, His son Luke, and his son Ben, until the early 1960s. Luke Lea Callaway married Caledonia Eliza (Callie) Montgomery and they had six children, five daughters and one son. 1.) Benjamin Montgomery Callaway
(1881-1951) the eldest child of Luke Lea and Callie, married Mae
Dunlap of Conasauga and they had eight children.
2.) Flora Annie Callaway (1883-1897) 3.) Ida Russell Callaway (1885-1964) married Edward Bryan. They had no children. 4.) Hettie Sue Callaway (1888-1979) was the fourth child of Luke Lea and Callie. She married Lloyd Owenby, they had one child, Mary Eliza (Polly) Owenby. 5.) Inez Nelson Callaway (1892-1950) was the fifth child of Luke Lea and Callie. She married Walter Reuben Randolph who owned a clothing store. They had three children. 6.) Frances Rebecca Callaway (1897-1926) married Paul Abel. Editor's
Note - Read more about Thomas Howard Callaway on the CFA web
site at: Everyone
please welcome a new Newsletter subscriber, Janet Callaway
Mulkey. She graciously sent us information on her descent from
Alta Leona Callaway. Her line of descent is as follows:
Am I considered to be a Callaway cousin?
What fun! Thank you for getting me started. I will give
you what information I have at this point. Grandmother Alta
married Martin Thomas Mulkey. They (the Mulkeys) were the
founders of the Morton Salt Company. It used to be called
the Mulkey Salt Company. Interesting. There are a lot of
Callaways buried in the Mulkey Cemetery in Eugene, Oregon.
Alta (my grandmother) had two sons, the first born was Leroy
and he was killed in WWII in the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
She was President of the Gold Star Mother's in Long Beach,
California. I don't have the year. Leon Martin was her
second son and he is 92 years old and (my father) living
here in AZ where I live just a few blocks away. Alta is
Grandmother to me and my brother Don Mulkey who also lives
here in the area. He has 6 grandsons (Joshua, Jeremiah,
Joseph, Judah, Jedidiah and Jonah.) His daughter's name is
Erica. I have a daughter named Darby Michelle. My father
married Martha Margaret Hennigan and she passed away
September 30, 2001. She is buried in the Mulkey Cemetery
also. Dad is strong and healthy for his years.
I think that is all I can remember. I worked
in Los Angeles in the Contracts Law offices in the media and
did some producing and publications in the industry. I was
in Hollywood for 22 years. Glad to be in Arizona. Thank
you for answering so soon Donna. I look forward to getting
to know you better. (Now) How am I related to Ben Callaway
in New York and Cal Callaway in Washington State? I know
Cal is a cousin but how far removed?
Thanks. Janet Callaway Mulkey
fortran at cox.netU. S. Peter Callaway Line Once
again I would
like to thank Gail Mosuch for offering to share
documentation she has gathered on her Callaway ancestor. Her
Callaway line of descent is as follows: I went to the Georgia archives and found Jesse’s confederate pension file. He served six months in Co. A, 1st battalion Ga. State Troops and then in 1862 he enlisted in Co. D., 30th Ga. Regiment and served until April 1865. He received a pension until at least 1907—I have copies if anyone is interested.
Gail A "Mystery Callaway" is identified - Jesse M. Callaway From last month's newsletter - Family Barbecue on Callaway Plantation. Further information shows that this Jesse M. Callaway (not to be confused with Jesse M. Callaway, son of Joseph) is a son of Edward Callaway and Elizabeth Spratlin. CFA records show that Edward's daughter, Caroline married Isaiah Jeremiah Langley. Their son, Thomas Langley, was born near Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA (this is the same plantation). I would like to thank CFA Member, Lucy Gray, who posted the following information on the internet about this plantation. Now we know a little bit more about the plantation, and apparently that Edward had another son whose name was Willis. According to MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA - A HISTORY, by Monroe County Historical Society, 1979, the Callaway Cemetery is about 6 miles from Forsyth on the right side of Highway 18 going towards Dames Ferry. I was told this was the old Edward Callaway plantation. It is on a rather high point of land about 10 to 20 feet off the highway. Buried there:
Willis Callaway son of
Edward and Elizabeth Callaway
Jul 20 1814
Sep 25 1836
Elizabeth Callaway wife of
Edward Callaway
Apr 4 1782
Aug 9 1854
Lucy Gray Also helpful to solving this mystery, was the 1980 CFA Journal submission by Mrs. Marion S. Wattenbarger. Her information included portions of the will of Edward Callaway, which listed Jesse M. Callaway as a son and heir. And I would like to thank CFA Member, Debs Cofer, who offers us some further clues regarding this family. Donna,
I read with interest the
first story in the CFA newsletter. I love mysteries such as
that. I have no idea about any of this line, but was
fascinated to see the name Drewry or as it is sometimes
spelled Drury. Drewry or Drury used in a name rang a bell
for me.
Lucy Parker, who married
Jacob Callaway, son of Job and father of Parker, was the
daughter of Drewry Parker. Drewry's mother's name was
Judith. I do not know her last name, but we might suspect,
based on naming traditions, that it was Drewry.
Lucy and her husband, Jacob Callaway named a son Drury, born about 1810. This son married Barthena Anthony.
You might put this clue
to work along with any others to see if there is a match
along the way.
Debs Cofer
debsc at houston.rr.com
Editor's
Note - So now we know that this family line of descent is as
follows:
Other C/K Lines This month we have two different "Mystery Callaway" families. Can anyone identify either of them? "Mystery Callaway" # 1 - Arthur Callaway The Patrick Henry sailed from London to New York, arriving August 2, 1858. On board, in first class, were listed Mary Ann Callaway age 47 and Arthur Callaway age 17. Both indicated that their trip was a visit and they intended to return to England. It seems from records found that perhaps Arthur did not return.
The following information is
from US census records, SSDI, passenger lists, NC Death Records,
England and Wales Birth Index 1837-1983 and English census
records, and provides a possibility for the ancestry of this
Arthur Callaway.
Descendants of John Callaway Generation No. 1 1. JOHN1 CALLAWAY was born Abt. 1811. He
married MARY ANN UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1811. Notes for JOHN CALLAWAY: More About JOHN CALLAWAY: Child of JOHN CALLAWAY and MARY UNKNOWN is: 2. i. ARTHUR2 CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1841, England; d. Bet. 1901 - 1909. Generation No. 2 2. ARTHUR2 CALLAWAY (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1841 in Surrey, England, and died Bet. 1901 - 1909. He married ELIZABETH UNKNOWN Abt. 1874 in OH. She was born Dec 1849 in OH, and died Bet. 1901 - 1909.Notes for ARTHUR CALLAWAY: John and Mary Callaway appear on the 1841 Surrey, St. Saviour,
St. Saviour census. No children are listed. More About ARTHUR CALLAWAY: Notes for ELIZABETH UNKNOWN: "Mystery Callaway" # 2 - John Henry Calloway ~ from the Citizen-Times, Asheville, North Carolina, April 2003 Asheville - John Henry Calloway, 82, of 380 Brevard Road, died Sunday, April 20, 2003, at Aston Park Health Care Center. He was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. He served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II. While in the service he was in the Aleutian Islands Luzon. He received the Asiatic Pacific Theater Campaign Medal with two Bronze Service Stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one Bronze Service Star and the Good Conduct Medal. Mr. Calloway was the son of the late Henry Joseph Calloway and Celica Etta Bishop Calloway and husband of the late Louise Owenby Calloway. He was also preceded in death by his two daughters, five brothers and six sisters. He is survived by his brother, Noel Calloway of Asheville; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home with the Rev. Ray Woodby officiating. Burial will be in Clarks Chapel Cemetery with military rites conducted by the Buncombe County Veterans memorial Team. Census records show that
John Henry Calloway could possibly be from the following line of
descent. Can anyone verify this and help fill in the blanks? Descendants of Sanders Callaway Generation No. 1 1. SANDERS1 CALLAWAY was born Bet. 1810 - 1815 in SC. He married ORPHA UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1820 in SC. Notes for SANDERS CALLAWAY: Children of S ANDERS CALLAWAY and ORPHA UNKNOWN are:2. i. JAMES M.2 CALLAWAY, b. Jun 1842, SC. 3. ii. JOSEPH CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1848, SC. 4. iii. WILLIAM CALLAWAY, b. Oct 1851, SC. 5. iv. DANIEL CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1852, SC. v. JULIA CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1854, SC. Generation No. 2 2. JAMES M.2 CALLAWAY (SANDERS1) was born Jun 1842 in SC. He married MARY UNKNOWN Abt. 1866. She was born Jun 1845 in SC.Notes for JAMES M. CALLAWAY: More About JAMES M. CALLAWAY: Children of J AMES CALLAWAY and MARY UNKNOWN are:i. LOTTIE3 CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1868, TN. ii. LAURET CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1870, TN. iii. LENA CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1872, TN. iv. JOHN CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1875, TN. v. DANIEL CALLAWAY, b. Sep 1879, NC. Notes for DANIEL CALLAWAY: vi. JAMES CALLAWAY, b. Oct 1881, NC. vii. DELLA CALLAWAY, b. Mar 1883, NC. 6. viii. HENRY JOSEPH CALLAWAY, b. Mar 1887, NC. ix. FRANK CALLAWAY, b. Mar 1890, NC. 3. JOSEPH2 CALLAWAY (SANDERS1) was born Abt. 1848 in SC. He married ENDORA UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1858 in NC.Notes for JOSEPH CALLAWAY: More About JOSEPH CALLAWAY: Children of J OSEPH CALLAWAY and ENDORA UNKNOWN are:i. JULIA3 CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1878, NC. ii. WILLIAM CALLAWAY, b. Feb 1879, NC. Notes for WILLIAM CALLAWAY: iii. EDDIE CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1884, Buncombe Co., NC. iv. BELLIE CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1886, Buncombe Co., NC. v. LANA CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1888, Buncombe Co., NC. vi. LUCE CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1890, Buncombe Co., NC. vii. NELLIE M. CALLAWAY, b. Jan 1900, Buncombe Co., NC. 4. WILLIAM2 CALLAWAY (SANDERS1) was born Oct 1851 in SC. He married ISABEL UNKNOWN. She was born Aug 1869 in NC.Notes for WILLIAM CALLAWAY: Child of W ILLIAM CALLAWAY and ISABEL UNKNOWN is:i. EUGENE3 CALLAWAY, b. Oct 1881, NC. 5. DANIEL2 CALLAWAY (SANDERS1) was born Abt. 1852 in SC. He married EVELINE UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1859 in TN.Children of DANIEL CALLAWAY and EVELINE UNKNOWN are: i. JOSEPH3 CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1877, TN. ii. JOHN CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1878, TN. Generation No. 3 6. HENRY JOSEPH3 CALLAWAY (JAMES M.2, SANDERS1) was born Mar 1887 in NC. He married CELIA ETTA BISHOP Abt. 1907 in NC. She was born Abt. 1890 in NC.Notes for HENRY JOSEPH CALLAWAY: Children of H ENRY CALLAWAY and CELIA BISHOP are:i. NELLIE4 CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1908, Buncombe Co., NC. ii. WILLIAM E. CALLAWAY, b. 11 Sep 1909, Buncombe Co., NC; d. 08 Dec 1997, Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC. Notes for WILLIAM E. CALLAWAY: iii. FLORITA CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1912, Buncombe Co., NC. iv. TEDDY CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1915, Buncombe Co., NC. v. MARY CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1917, Buncombe Co., NC. vi. MARTHA CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1917, Buncombe Co., NC. vii. EDITH CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1919, Buncombe Co., NC. viii. JOHN HENRY CALLAWAY, b. 09 Sep 1920, Buncombe Co., NC; d. 20 Apr 2003, Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC; m. LOUISE OWENBY; d. Bef. 2003, Buncombe Co., NC. Notes for JOHN HENRY CALLAWAY: ix. GRACE CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1925, Buncombe Co., NC. x. GEORGE CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1928, Buncombe Co., NC.
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Query # 366 Hello: I'm assisting a property owner in the Bloomington, Indiana area with his attempt to authenticate, if possible, a carving in a beech tree which reads, "D Boone 1804". I have to admit that I am still a bit skeptical, however, on a recent site visit with several forestry professionals, these professionals confirmed the tree to be old enough. In fact, they were amazed at the size and condition of the tree considering its apparent age. Boone also had a nephew living just north of this area so the possibility of his visit to the area is somewhat plausible. However, as part of my attempt at authenticating the carving, I've done some web searching for other such carvings believed to be authentic. I found the June 28, 2004 entry on the Calloway Family Association Blog regarding a tree in western Tennessee that has/had a similar carving by Boone among others - including Mike Calloway thus inclusion on the website. The entry states that the info came from a 1978 CFA Journal article. I checked that Lambuth University website mentioned in the article and found no George Edwards on faculty, so will venture to guess he may have passed away by now. Are you at all familiar with the existence of this tree? Is there a way to find out who posted the entry? Lastly, do you know of any Calloway family member (in the broad sense, of course) who may be familiar with the tree? I apologize for the somewhat strange nature of this request but would be appreciative of any information/assistance you might be able to provide. Kind regards, Query # 367 I'm interested in becoming a CFA member, but am not really sure now how I'm connected to the Callaway family. My G Grandmother was Ann Catherine Callaway. Info I have says her father was Achilles Callaway, her mother was Sarah Smith. It says Achilles' father was Charles Riley Callaway (born 9-23-1785), and his mother was Elizabeth Eubank (b. 1792). But I don't see this connection at this site. My G Grandmother's death certificate says she was born Nov 2, 1853. Another paper says 1854. She was born in Carroll Co. MO. She died 1921. Is there a connection? Am I a Callaway of Missouri?
I believe I received my
information from Jim Heffron many years ago. He had
corresponded with someone named Bobbie L. Callaway of your
association. He didn't supply the source of his information
at that time. The line he supplied was
Ann Catherine Callaway - Achilles & Sarah Smith (m
7-7-1841) -Charles & Elizabeth Eubank-James & Susannah
White-James & Sarah Bramblett=Joseph. He listed Achilles as
born 10-9-1816 in Clark Co, KY, Died on 3-30-1872 in Howard
Co., MO. Bur Boonesboro Cem, Boonesboro, MO. He also
discusses a will written 12-6-1870 by Achilles, that was
probated 4-8-1872 in Howard Co. He cites Will Book 7, pages
89-90.
I can trace the lines
from Joseph out, but do not find an Achilles listed as a
child of Charles Callaway DOB 9-23-1785. I do appreciate
any information that may help me to understand the link of
my Great Grandmother, Anne Katherine Callaway (nicknamed
Mamie) to the Callaways. Although I never knew her, I knew a
great deal about her from my Grandparents. Her Callaway
heritage was a source of pride to my Granddad. I have quite
a bit of information on her descendents and if there is a
connection to the Callaways, I would love to share it with
you all. I have been keeping track of the family
records for awhile.
I appreciate your time &
effort and look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely, Marleen Fish Editor's Note - Achilles & Sarah Callaway appear on the 1850 and 1860 Carroll Co., MO census records. On the 1870 Howard Co., MO census he is listed as C. Callaway. On the 1880 Howard Co., MO census, Sarah (Sallie) is listed as widowed. They had the following children: Henry, Henrietta, Charles, Ann Catherine, Smith, John, James. Can anyone help with Achilles Callaway's parents?
Query # 368 John Francis Marion CALLAWAY, born about 1823 in Georgia, married Louiza C. DANIELL, date not found but they are in the 1880 census of Baldwin County, GA with six children, ages 6 to 18. Both are buried in the Black Springs Baptist Churchyard in Baldwin County. The cemetery index shows: 523 Louisa C. Daniell Calloway b 1831 Insc: w/o John F. Calloway and 524 John F. Calloway (No dates given.) Louiza was first married to Henry W. POSEY of Baldwin County on 24 Jan 1847. They are in the 1850 census, with two sons, Fernando (shown as F), 2, and Henry A., 1. There is a possibility that Bright Damascus POSEY, b. abt 1854, was also their son. In 1870 Baldwin County, Damascus is 16, living in the home of Leonidas CALLAWAY, brother of John Francis Marion.
The given name, Newton, is in the
family of John CALLAWAY, given to his son Leonidas Newton,
b. 1828 in probably Baldwin County, GA. Another son, Joshua
Madison, b. 6 Aug 1824, named a son Newton Duff. Leonidas
and Joshua are, of course, brothers of John Francis Marion
CALLAWAY. Leonidas had a son Leon N., b, 1883, probably a
Jr.
Remembering that Louiza DANIELL
m1, Henry W. POSEY, their son, Henry A. and wife Mary A.
Osbourne POSEY named a son Newton POSEY, b. 1893.
1860 Macon, Bibb Co., GA – probably not the same Louisa, but interesting that they are listed next door to a Daniel family in the same boarding house.
Joel T. CALLOWAY in Sarah's boarding house is not indexed in any state in 1870 as far as I can determine, neither is a Louisa CALLAWAY, various spellings used in the searches. I have not found Joel's parents.
The difference in age between my
Louisa Daniell and the Louisa married to Joel T. in 1860 is
only 3-4 years, within the margin of error for census
ages, if supported by other records. Now, the possibility
the Louisa may have m2, Joel T. and then m3, John Francis
Marion.
Will need to work on identifying
this James DANIEL in Sarah's boarding house. Some of my
line was in that area and in Barbour and Russell Counties,
AL in this time frame. More of Louiza's cousins were in
Heard, Troop, Carroll, Muscogee, and Wilkinson counties, GA.
For the record, I'm not a
CALLAWAY descendant, though I play with CALLAWAY golf
clubs. Louiza Constanza DANIELL, 1831-aft 1880, Baldwin
County, GA is my 2C3R. Her parents were Jesse DANIELL and
Mary Ann TUCKER, maternal grandparents were John Robert
TUCKER and Anne REESE of Richland District, SC, who moved to
Washington County, GA circa 1805. My family research is
targeted to the descendants of my 5th
great-great-grandparents, William and Frances O'DANIEL of
Stafford County, Virginia. As I find other ancestors, I
work those lines as well.
Again, Thank you for your reply
and your assistance. It may be very helpful to post the
query in the CALLAWAY newsletter. Most appreciated. It
would be a pleasure to receive the newsletter. If I can
contribute something to my cousins there, it would be a
pleasure. I share information freely.
If anyone has found any of these families or individuals in 1860 or 70 censuses, or has other information on them, please let me know. I will gladly share information. Query # 369
Donna:
Query # 370 I have heard and read much about Jeffrey Hobart Bartlett and of his founding of the CFA. I have also found that I am a direct relative of his through my great grandmother Mary Angeline Bartlett. What I cannot or have not been able to find is: What is Mr. Bartlett's connection to the Callaway clan? Best regards, Jim Editor's Note - I wrote to Jim
and gave him Hobart Bartlett's line of descent, which is:
Query # 371 Inquiring as to the true colors of the new crest. And is this the Callaway crest for sure, or is it a guess like the St. Callaway one?
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The 31st CFA Annual Meeting October 12 -15
2006 Welcome to “Callaway Country,” the home of many Callaway descendants. The meeting coordinators have worked hard to plan this special return of the CFA to Roanoke, Virginia, where many members of our organization have their roots. The CFA 31st Annual Meeting will be held at the Wyndham Roanoke Hotel, 2801 Hershberger Rd., NW, Roanoke, VA, 24017. The hotel, surrounded by the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains, is located one mile from Roanoke Municipal Airport and seven miles from downtown. Shuttle buses are provided to and from the airport. The hotel has 320 guestrooms in two towers. All rooms feature view balconies, pillow-top mattresses, multi-line phones with voice mail, video game consoles, and available high-speed Internet access (surcharge). Refrigerators and microwaves are available upon request. Other amenities include cable/satellite TV, pay-movies, blackout drapes, coffee/tea makers, housekeeping, iron/ironing board, electronic/magnetic keys, rollaway beds, smoking rooms, premium TV channels, climate control, hair dryer, electronic check out, wake-up calls, desk, and cribs/infant beds available on request. There are three on site dining areas: Lily’s
- The casual yet refined restaurant serves American cuisine
for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Recreational activities available on site or near the hotel are: · Golfing nearby · Golf – driving range nearby · Swimming on site · Tennis on site A block of rooms have been reserved for CFA, single or double occupancy at a group rate of $99.00 per night plus current tax rate of 12%. There are no room charges for children 18 and under sharing parent’s room. The hotel will honor this Group Rate a few days prior to contracted arrival date of Thursday, October 12th and departure date of Sunday, October 15th. However, to extend the date of your stay before or after the reserved dates at this rate you must personally speak with Mrs. Michelle Osborne, the CFA Meeting Hotel Contact, by calling (540) 561-7912. As this is the fall foliage season the hotel fills quickly and room reservation extensions will depend on availability. RESERVATION PROCEDURES: Individual Reservations by Telephone and 800#: All guests shall make reservations directly with the Hotel @ (540) 563-9300 or 1-800-996-3426, or by contacting Wyndham at www.wyndham.com, on an individual basis. Identify yourself as a member of the Callaway Family Association to receive the group rate. Reservations must be made by 12:01 a.m. on the Cut-Off date of October 1, 2006 to receive the group rate Other Reservation Terms: All rooms included in the Room Block require a one-night’s deposit by guest check, money order or valid credit card by the Reservation Cut-Off Date. Individual guest cancellations will be accepted up to seventy-two (72) hours pr |
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