Callaway Family Association - December 2008 CFANet

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

At any rate, the travelers moved on, arriving at Fort Kearney on the first of June. Army troops from the fort escorted the small party through hostile Indian country, for which the pioneers were grateful. Traveling conditions gradually became worse as they worked their way through the low passes of the Rocky Mountains and into the Great Basin area. They crossed a meadow of wild oats higher than the backs of their oxen, but the grass was so infested with grasshoppers the stock couldn't graze. At another point, the party camped for a few days and lightened load by cutting down the big wagons, realizing that the most difficult part of the journey was still ahead and that they would need to do everything possible to maintain their stock.

After Fort Laramie they passed to the north of the Great Salt Lake and then picked up the Humbolt River in northeastern Nevada. This shallow stream flows from the east to the southwest before disappearing into the sands and marshes of the Carson Sink northeast of Reno. The California Trail follows the river for three hundred miles, crossing and re-crossing it several times. The surrounding country is generally dry and rugged, but the area close to the meandering river offers lush meadows with plenty of feed. Nevertheless, the desert and lava mountains northeast of present day Reno were the roughest part of the trip. One waterless stretch was covered in a continuous twenty-four hour trek with only frequent stops to water the livestock from the barrels.

At Truckee Meadows the pioneers rested for the final push over the mountains. The Odd Fellows train also disbanded at that point to reorganize into groups headed for different destinations in California. One group went to Hamptonville in northern California by way of Sierra Valley. Another group took Henness Pass to the Sacramento Valley. Calloway's group went to Marysville by way of Donner Pass. This was the last hard pull, but since the stock had been well cared for the oxen withstood the trip well. Calloway arrived in Marysville on October 12, 1852 and settled his family first near that city and later at Bangor, a little further north.

It was during this time just after their arrival in California that family folklore says Mrs. Calloway was visited by Joaquin Murietta, the famous early California outlaw. My grandmother preserved the story in this form:

"Great-great grandmother Calloway lived on the Bear River several miles from Marysville where she operated a way station. Two Mexican men, Joaquin Murietta and Three-fingered Jack, stopped at the station and stayed several days, Joaquin gave great-great grandmother a lady's stiletto , the point of which was poisoned, and he told her that she should have something to protect herself with."

Whether or not Murietta actually visited Mrs. Calloway is debatable, but there is a contemporary newspaper account of how she defended herself against a would-be robber. The Sacramento Union, November 29, 1852, reports the details of a

"DEFEATED ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY: On Thursday evening an attempt was made by two or more white men to rob the house of Mr. William P. Calloway, commonly called Sampson's Ranch, about a mile and a half from this city. About 8 o'clock a man entered the house, without invitation, no one being in the house at the time but Mrs. Calloway and her young babe. He asked Mrs. C. if her husband or any male person was at home, and on her replying in the negative, he ordered her to deliver him the money. She said there was none, when he drew a pistol and threatened to shoot her if she did not instantly comply, Mrs. C. laid down her babe and passed behind the villain as though she was about to obey him. He was sitting on a chair to which he had helped himself on first entering, and a chopping axe was leaning against the counter nearly at his back. Before he could suspect her motive or defend himself, she had seized the axe and dealt him a heavy blow with the edge on the side of his head. At this moment she perceived another man, also white, looking in at the door. She then seized a double barreled gun which lay on the counter, and endeavored to shoot him; but in her trepidation only half cocked the piece. She then ran into a back room, took her babe, all the money and a watch, and ran a quarter of a mile, to the nearest neighbor's (Mr. Cameron's) whom she hurriedly informed of the circumstances. Mr. Cameron, accompanied by three or four men, proceeded immediately, well armed, to the house of Mr. Calloway. By the time they arrived the wounded robber had evidently been carried away. The next morning Mr. Calloway, who did not arrive at home until Mr. Cameron's party had left it, tracked the blood about 200 yards, into a thicket, beyond which he lost all trace of it. He then came into town and set the city police to work, who, we trust, will give good account of the villains. Mrs. Calloway's defense is one of the noblest specimens of female heroism we ever heard of. The rascal has two deep cuts she gave him on the right side of the head, and the final blow she gave him was with the poll of the axe on the crown of the head. If not dead, he will scarcely pay her another visit soon."

Henry Ivens corroborates this account. The knife, he said, was presented to her by a committee from the city on account of her action.

Between 1852 and 1861 Calloway developed a homestead ranch, speculated in real estate, and dabbled in public affairs. He ran for a position on the county board of supervisors and came in last. But he did win a job as justice of the peace in Forbestown, and he organized a local self-defense militia unit which voted to call itself the "Mountain Rifles." The California state legislature had authorized such groups to organize, arm themselves and conduct drills. Governor Bigler formally recognized the unit and Calloway's leadership of it on November 13, 1855, when the company was officially attached to the 1st Brigade, 5th Division, California Militia. Since the gold miners who made up most of the 120 recruits in the company rarely stayed long in one place, the unit virtually ceased to exist within a few years, but Captain Calloway himself helped fulfill the purpose of the militia when he assisted in the capture of members of the infamous Tom Bell gang in 1856.

It is clear that the Calloways prospered in California. The 1860 census shows him in possession of real estate valued at $2000, and his wife was reported to hold $1500 in personal property. Four children are listed as dependents; Lily, the daughter of William and Sarah; Mary, a daughter born in 1856, who was to die at age eight; William D., an infant born in 1859; and finally, Henry Ivens, Calloway's stepson. The agricultural Schedule indicates that Calloway had 50 acres of improved land and one hundred acres unimproved. The site of his homestead is in Butte county, about a mile south of Bangor, a crossroads town that had only several thousand inhabitants at its largest expansion. The area is still much as it was when Callaway first saw it. The rugged foothill country overlooks the Sacramento Valley, and it is covered with scrub oak and pine. It is lush, green and well watered during the winter and spring, but the hot winds of May and June quickly dry the land and vegetation. The Agricultural Schedule seems to suggest that Calloway was a pig farmer, since he had 50 head of swine, but the census also shows five horses, 12 milch cows, 20 head of other cattle and 200 bushels of wheat.

With the advent of the War Between the States in 1861, California was in a precarious position. People had migrated to California from all sections of the country, and Southern sympathizers were active in supporting the cause of the rebellion, but it rapidly became apparent that the people of California were solidly for the Union. Because the state was so far from the main theatre of the war, it was not called upon to furnish troops immediately. Nevertheless, calls for volunteers were quickly made and filled, and eventually 16,000 Californians served during the war. Soon after the start of hostilities, Calloway raised a company of men which was accepted as Company 1 of the 1st Infantry Regiment, California Volunteers, or Army of the Pacific.

Most of the California troops served garrison duty in various western states, freeing regular army troops to return east. The Mormons in Utah were a source of anxiety to the U.S. government, since Washington had done little to stop religious persecution and mob action against them in Missouri and Illinois. Moreover, after Brigham Young had taken the Latter Day Saints west, malicious rumors about the loyalty of the Mormons to the United States prompted the government to send General Johnson with an army to Utah for the purpose of bringing them under U.S. subjugation. In the so-called Echo Canyon War of 1859, Young's militia demonstrated how easily raids on supply lines could stop an army cold several years before Mosby and Sheridan used similar tactics during the Civil War. In view of all this, the South naturally thought the Mormons would side with them, so a first priority for California troops was to garrison Salt Lake city and protect the overland telegraph and mail lines. Consequently, most California men who enlisted early in the war thought they would serve "on the plains". Union military planners also anticipated using the California Volunteers for an invasion of Texas. The Confederates, however, launched an invasion of their own first, which was designed to secure a Southern corridor through the New Mexico Territory to the southern California coast.

In the Southwest, most of the U.S. Army forts were simply abandoned at the start of the war as Federal troops were gathered from scattered outposts and sent east. The few soldiers who remained were concentrated to counter the expected Southern invasion. When it became clear that General Sibley's Confederates were indeed coming, Union invasion plans were scrapped, and a large group of California Volunteers was sent south by ship from San Francisco to Los Angeles, then across the desert to Fort Yuma. Their orders were to march on another 400 miles through the deserts, mountains and hostile Indians and join forces with General Canby, who was isolated in New Mexico and retreating before Sibley's invasion. Sibley, in the meantime, aware the Union troops might be coming to the rescue from Californa, dispatched a vanguard of Confederate Arizona Volunteers, led by Captain Sherod Hunter, to race toward California, the true object of the entire enterprise. Hunter occupied Tucson on February 28 after a rapid 280-mile march, where his arrival was applauded by the majority of the town's population and a formal flag raising ceremony was held. Hunter immediately sent out spies and pickets to watch for the expected arrival of the California Column.

At this same time, the Federals at Yuma were aware of the basic outlines of the Confederate plan, but they lacked details. A squad of California cavalry, under Captain William McCleave, was sent out to reconnoiter. His optimistic orders were to surprise and capture Hunter, but he fell victim to a Confederate ruse first and was taken prisoner by Hunter himself.

The disappearance of McCleave only increased the anxiety of Colonel Carleton, the commander of the California Column. Consequently, Captain William P. Calloway was dispatched with a mixed force of 272 men; his own infantry company, a detachment of California cavalry, and a battery of "mountain howitzers." Calloway was ordered to proceed up the Gila River, rescue McCleave, and establish a base near a certain group of Pima Indian villages.

~ Picture above of Fort Kearny from Idaho State University - Fantastic Facts About the Oregon Trail web site: http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/FtKearny.html

Editor’s note - I encourage each of you to send in articles for the e-Newsletter. It doesn’t have to be lengthy. It could be some "Callaway" news, a family story, a family photo, a favorite family recipe, results from your family line research, or any item you think would be of interest to our readers. Send them to me, and I will take care of adding them.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Donna

We are very sorry to hear of the death of Rex Anderson Calloway on October 24, 2008. Our condolences go to his wife Frances, his brother Ronald and all his family.

Hi Donna,
My brother, Rex, passed away Oct 24th and the following is his obituary.

Rex Anderson Calloway of Franklin, NC passed away October 24, 2008 at the age of 90. Born January 5, 1918 in New London, IA Rex was the son of Orlan and Gladys Anderson Calloway. He was preceded in death by a brother, Roscoe.

A U.S. Navy veteran he served in the Pacific area during World War II. He was a member of the Community of Christ Church for 80 years. Rex retired from the U.S. Postal Service as Postmaster at Dania, FL.

He is survived by Frances Lankford Calloway, his wife of 73 years. In addition to his wife he is survived by a brother, Ronald who now lives in Johnston, IA, and five children and their spouses; Wayne Calloway and Jean of Leesburg, FL, Keith Calloway and Barbara of Boynton, FL, Virginia Kaye West and Michael of Ashville, NC, Nancy Keel of Coral Springs, FL, and Kevin Calloway and Martha of Franklin, NC. He also enjoyed 11 grandchildren,12 great-grandchildren and 4 Great-great-grandchildren.

Rex was greatly interested in the work of the Callaway Family Association in the search for that which ties us together as a family. He participated in the DNA testing and it showed him to be a descendant of the line of:
Peter
   William Sr.
      William Jr.
         Zachariah
             Andrew
                 Alfred
                    James B.
                       Orlan
                          Rex

Thanks Donna,
Ron

I would like to thank Jim Sands for telling us about Callaway High School. Apparently they have a fantastic football team.

Name:	Stephen Jack Callaway
Service Info.:	1ST LT US ARMY AIR CORPS
Birth Date:	20 Mar 1924
Death Date:	11 Jul 1998
Cemetery:	Odd Fellows Cemetery
Cemetery Address:	Mount Calm, TX 76673

This is a "Mystery Callaway" line from Greenville, SC that migrated to Grayson Co., TX. Additional information on this family line can be found on the CFA web site at: http://www.callawayfamily.org/gallery1.htm

I would like to thank Dee Blakley for sharing her work in transcribing two cemeteries in Arkansas. I believe the Clark Co., AR Callaways descend from the Peter Callaway line.

I have photos of graves of the following Callaways in two Arkansas cemeteries. If any members of the association would like copies (or if you want me to forward photos to you), please let me know by e-mail.

In addition, if memorials have not already been created at findagrave.com, I will be doing so in the next few days. If there is an existing memorial on findagrave then I will add a photo if there is not already one.

Golden Cemetery, Clark County, AR

Caddo Eliza A Callaway Holder, b. 2/11/1853, d. 8/19/1928 (double with husband Allen Holder)

Dorothy Vernell Callaway, b. 6/15/1921, d 6/15/1921

Ada B Callaway, daughter of SA and John N Callaway, b. 11/14/1881, d. 2/14/1892

Almarie M Callaway, b. 1/6/1925, d. 7/15/1964

Ethel Collins Callaway, b. 12/25/1895, d. 4/9/1979; William Andrew Callaway, b. 1/28/1886, d. 5/13/1962; Ada E. Callaway, b. 4/7/1888, d. 2/9/1922 (All three of these are together on one stone)

Grady E. Callaway, b. 6/3/1896, d. 3/8/1987 (double with wife, Clara Bell, b. 11/20/1899, d. 11/30/1964

Imogene Callaway, b. 3/20/1930, d. 4/23/1940

Joe Fred Callaway, b. 5/31/1898, d. 6/11/1982 (double with wife, Jimmie Pagan Callaway)

John N Callaway, b 12/25/1868, d. 4/9/1928 (double with wife Sarah A Callaway)

Tom Callaway, b. 2/15/1858, d. 5/2/1934 (double with wife Mattie Callaway)

Woodrow Callaway, b. 12/23/1916, d. 1/19/1917 (I think it’s 1917, stone is hard to read)

Maude Mae Callaway, b. 12/27/1890, d. 10/1/1973

DeGray Cemetery, Clark County, AR

Julia Ann Callaway McBrayer Herrington, b. 6/19/1873, d. 12/21/1951

Dee Blakley

sharpchick13 at yahoo.com

I would like to thank Mary Woodall from Birmingham, Alabama for sharing some information and pictures of her Callaway ancestors. I wrote to Mary giving her information on her Peter Callaway ancestry. Mary descends from the Peter Callaway line as follows:
Peter Callaway
John Callaway
Edward Callaway
Joshua Callaway

Thank you Donna,

I have the line from Joshua 1757 to Joshua who married Melissa Ann Jordan whose daughter Mary Ellen (Eleanor) married Dr. William C. Bethune. My G grandfather.

I don't know how to connect Joshua 1757 to Edward. Who was Edwards wife? Who was John's wife? Who was Peter's wife? Peter 1630,1681??

(Joshua S. son of the Rev. Joshua moved to Texas with his wife Melissa Ann. Mary Ellen was left in Alabama without any of her siblings. When Dr. Bethune and Mary E died 1891, their daughter Pearl was sent to live with Melissa Dora Callaway in Texas. Pearl was 10 yrs. old.)

Could I have the dates of Peter, John, and Edward. I will attach a photo of Mary Ellen (Eleanor) Callaway, daughter of Joshua Sanford and Melissa Ann J. Callaway and Mary E. Callaway Bethune and Pearl Callaway Bethune.

(l to r) Malissa Jordan Callaway, Mary Callaway Bethune, Pearl Callaway Bethune

Thank you again for your help.
Mary Woodall
mhw49 at bellsouth.net

Other C/K Lines

I would like to thank Lesley Haigh for sending us additional information on the two Kellaway families that Don Kellaway sent us last month.

Hi Donna,
I have a little to add to the information Don sent on the two Cerne Abbas Kellaway Families.

Firstly I’m pretty sure now that Richard Amos Kellaway b.1st q 1850 is the same person as the Richard Kellaway listed as son of George Kellaway and Jane Runyard in the first family. So in fact we have only one family to deal with.

Richard Amos’ first wife was ANNIE LOUISA HAMMOND m. Mar 1872 Dorchester 5a 468 she divorced him 1880. Second wife HESTER GREGORY (née CUTLER) m.1885.

I found the divorce on the National Archives website I think. Since divorce was so hard then there will be a good story there for some researcher. Perhaps the woman and child he is living with 1881 might explain it.
Lesley,
les.haigh at btinternet.com
www.leshaigh.co.uk

I would like to thank Jim Callaway in the UK for sharing his family history and pictures with us. Jim graciously sent us additional information on his family line which was published in the Jan 2008 Newsletter.

Hi there,
I hope that you get this information and can understand it. Frank and Ada were my grandparents. The pictures are at their wedding in 1929 and with them is Fred born 1868 and Frank's father. Fred was one of John Thomas' sons, brother of William. I have also added a short history of the vessel that William owned.
Regards to everyone,
Jim Callaway
james.callaway01 at hotmail.co.uk

P.S. please contact if you want further information

William Callaway and grandchildren

1st photo on the left Jim Askey's marriage to Edith Callaway, In the centre, the left is Frank Callaway (brother) and his wife Ada. On the left is Fred Callaway and Agnes Callaway. The 2 children are Leslie and Gwendon Douglas Askey. These are Jim's children from his first marriage to Amy Callaway who sadly died of cancer at a young age.
The second photo is the wedding of Frank Callaway1929 to Ada Eacret. On Frank's side was best man Jim Askey and on Ada's was her father, Albert Eacret and his wife Edith.
The 3rd photo shows my grandparents Frank and Ada with their Son Frank Douglas, my dad.
4th photo is of William with second wife Lavinia and granddaughters, Theodora and Lavinia on Alderney about 1890.
5th photo shows on the left Reginald Callaway and Henrietta Ruth with daughter Theodora circa 1884. In the centre we have no idea, and the one at the end is William.
6th photo shows Lavinia and Theodora and finally Theodora with husband Hugh Ridge Hardwick.

A few weeks ago I was contacted on Genes reunited, by a lady asking if my Henrietta Ruth Callaway was married to Reginald John Callaway. I replied immediately to say that we had a match. So an amazing story unfolds.

I had found earlier in my research that William Callaway was born in Bath in 1831, he had several sisters and another brother, his parents moved to Lyme Regis in Dorset, the last born in 1837 was John Thomas from the stock that I derive.

William became a seaman, and married a Sarah Bryant in circa 1854, they had 3 children, Emily , Ellen and Reginald. In 1856 William was awarded the Silver Medal from the R.N.L.I. (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) for saving 2 lives at sea. (Special thanks to Caroline Smith of Horsham for providing the picture of the medal.)

Reginald married Henrietta Ruth Craven in 1881 and they had 2 daughters Theodora 1883 born in London and Lavinia born in Bradford Yorkshire.

My questions were, where on earth is the silver medal these days, and how come Lavinia was born in Bradford even though Henrietta came from Bradford it seemed strange to me that Lavinia was born in Yorkshire.

The lady who contacted me is called Caroline Smith and in her family tree are Lavinia and Theodora her aunts so William is her GG Grandfather.

We contacted each other by telephone and during the conversation she told me that she had William's Silver medal and the Citation written on vellum and signed by the Duke of Northumberland, I was amazed to find that it still existed and still in the family.

Two weeks ago we met at the National archives in Kew London and I held this fabulous medal, which is still in the commemorative case and read the citation, what a feeling. We discussed Reginald and Caroline had found out that Reginald lost his life in 1885 aboard a ship called Zoe, so whilst at Kew we searched records and Caroline found that Reginald drowned at sea off the coast of Gibraltar and so he never saw his second daughter as she was born a few months after his death in Bradford, so we can understand that after losing Reginald so tragically, Henrietta went back to her parents from London.

Caroline also had the last will and testament of Reginald and in those days left £250 which was a huge sum.

In the census of 1891 Theodora and Lavinia were living on the Isle of Alderney with William and his second wife also called Lavinia. Williams 1^st wife died in 1858 and William remarried in 1861 (thanks here to Caroline).

I had a communication from Margaret Edwards from the Priaulx Library on Guernsey and she has found the record of the Ajax, a ketch that William and crew were aboard in the 1861 census.

Dear Jim,
I have had a good search for any information on the AJAX mid 1860s but have more or less drawn a blank in finding anything more than the odd reference in an almanack of Guernsey registered ships or newspaper listings under Shipping Intelligence of its arrival into port. Nothing that furthers our knowledge of what cargo she carried for instance. We have no specific information on the AJAX herself in our shipping files. I have found the following information however from John Sarre’s Guernsey Sailing Ships 1786 – 1936 which is on disc. Although it doesn’t cover the period you wanted, it might add something to your knowledge hopefully.
Best Wishes,
Margaret Edwards, Priaulx Library

I had seen from the censi of 1871, 1881,and 1891 that William owned the Army and Navy public house but he also owned another public house on Alderney, and several properties. He was also a master mariner.

Now I have been able to get the crew lists of William's travels aboard the ship Thomas and Elizabeth for the years 1863 and 1864 he is listed as the master mariner. The crew lists cover a six month period and at the end of each June and December went to Portsmouth with the ships log, unfortunately it does not describe the goods that were transported but it seems likely that it was granite from the information I have gathered.

Caroline also has the last will and testament of William Callaway and it shows that he left over £2,000 when he died on the 12^th December 1905. Part of the will is written in French and is being translated by a friend of Caroline's brother, who had a lot of this information and photographs in the loft of his home.

Theodora married in Malta at the Cathedral in Valetta to a Hugh Ridge Hardwick in 1906.

Lavinia never married but was a nanny in Paris, and I understand that she was a nanny to the Eiffel’s grandchildren, if only we could find photos of this.

O.N. 29064 THOMAS & ELIZABETH Code Flags O D C N

The ketch Thomas & Elizabeth was a speculative venture and was launched in November 1859. A year later, on 7^th November 1860, Richard Hill registered her in his name. She had her final survey in October 1860, she had been sold to Benjamin Bond of Callington for the coasting trade. His name is on the survey report as owner but the transaction did not take place until April 1861.

The Lloyd’s Survey Report for the ketch is the first to include dates on which stages of the building were completed. The frame was completed in June 1858, the beams put in in April 1859. She was ready for painting and tarring in September 1859. The floors and futtocks of the Thomas & John were of English oak and chestnut. The keel was English elm and the main keelson pitch pine. The stem and sternpost, the knees, rudder, windlass, the deck and hold beams were of English oak. The outside planking was English elm below the waterline and American oak and pitch pine above. The decks were yellow pine. The bolts were of iron and the treenails English oak. Her fastenings to the hold beams were double wood lodging knees and four pairs of ... knee riders.

Her sails were one foresail, one fore topmast staysail, one mainsail, two gaff topsails and other necessary sails. She 120 fathoms of three-quarter inch chain cable, 90 of five and a half inch hempen stream cable, a 75 fathom three and a half inch towline and a 75 fathom two and a half inch warp also two bower, one stream and one kedge anchors. There was a long boat, a windlass and one iron pump.

My Mulley’s report was brief - All the materials and in the construction of this vessel are eligible to class 7 years and are of good quality. She is also fastened in accordance with the rules. On 23^rd October 1860 the Committee awarded the ketch A1 for 7 years. The report cost £1 and the certificate 2s.6d.

The Thomas & Elizabeth was first registered in Plymouth by Richard Hill 7^th November 1860 - tons 46, dimensions 63'8 x 17'4 x 8'25, one deck, two masts, ketch rig, square stern, carvel build, no figurehead. On 5^th April 1861 all 64 shares were transferred to Benjamin Bond of Callington timber merchant and he registered her the same day. The following day, 6^th April, he mortgaged her to the Three Towns British Mutual Deposit and Loan Society of Stonehouse to secure £300 with interest at 10 per cent per annum. On 19^th November 1862 he re-mortgaged her to the same company to secure £115 with interest at 5 per cent per annum. The mortgage was discharged 17^th February 1863 and on 16^th March she was sold to new owners in Guernsey.

The ketch was registered in Guernsey 16^th March 1863 her details being the same, her owners now William Callaway of Alderney, master mariner 22 shares, Joseph Amy of Guernsey, merchant 21 shares, John le Couteur of Guernsey mater mariner 21 shares. Her tonnage was raised to 48 as per letter 12^th November 1866. On 30^th July 1875 her tonnage was reduced again to 46 due to the raised space on deck having been removed.

In 1865 the Thomas & Elizabeth made at least one known voyage from Guernsey to London with 70 tons of granite. Her crew numbered four men. In 1870 she sailed mainly between the ports of Guernsey and Portrieux, Trequier and Dieppe in France and to Newport, Bangor and Bristol. In 1873 she made a voyage from Guernsey to London with 72 tons of granite. There were many more such voyages for the ketch over a number of years, along with other&np; vessels, bringing stone into London for building projects. She is recorded in the Merchant Navy List as having four different owners between 1865 and 1881. In the latter year she was owned by Henry Vane of Limehouse, London. None of these changes of ownership are recorded in the copy Guernsey ship register in the National Archives. It was in Henry Vane’s ownership she met her end. Her register was closed 12^th December 1881 - Vessel sailed from Roscoff for London 13^th October 1881 and not since heard of.

~ The above history of the Thomas and Elizabeth is courtesy of Judith Godfrey.

I would like to thank CFA Newsletter subscriber, Karen Beach for sharing a picture of her great great grandfather, Giles Calloway. He was a slave owned by William C. Callaway of Franklin Co., VA. William freed his slaves well before the Civil War. Additional information on Karen's family line was published in the CFA Oct 2004 newsletter.

Donna,
I now have pictures of many of my ancestors. I'm still looking for a picture of Perlina Callaway. The picture of Giles Callaway my great, great Grandfather was sent to me by Michael D. McKinley, Ph.D (Executive Assistant to the President of Grambling State University). Michael is also Giles' great, great grandson. Giles and Martha Callaway's daughter Melissa (Callaway) Mills, Ellis was the Mother to my Grandfather Thomas Conrad, and Michael's Grandfather William Mills.

Giles Callaway was born in Callaway, VA probably "Evergreen" plantation 1837 or 1838 - Perlina Callaway was his mother. William C. Callaway, their Master, freed them in May 1850 with his Mother, brothers and sister, and Perlina's husband, Abram.

Giles was in the US Colored Troops Michigan 102nd Company B of the Civil War.

He married Martha Belone July 18, 1866, and had many children. Their 2nd child was my great Grandmother Melissa Callaway, Mills, Ellis

Martha died May 15, 1888 of Child Bed Fever having Giles, Jr who died 10 days later.

Giles Callaway lived until November 10, 1927 according to the County of Van Buren MI death records, and he is buried in the Civil War veterans section of Lakeview Cemetery, South Haven.

I have a picture of William C Callaway's grandson Edward "Ned" Trent Bridges in his Civil War uniform, and looking at Giles Callaway they look like they are related. Giles is very light skin colored.

Giles Calloway

I wish there was a picture somewhere of William C Callaway, but have not found one yet.

Thank You.
Karen Beach

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

Query # 513
Subject – Perry Alan Callaway, California
Submitter - Denise Callaway, Italy
email - babyusa88 at hotmail.it

Hi,
I am Denise Callaway. I am from Italy, and I would like to know my genealogy family tree. My father is Perry Alan Callaway born in California 31 August 1955.
Can you please help me?
Bye, Denise

Query # 514
Subject - Ancestry of Samuel Ray Callaway
Submitter - Karen Cotten
email - thecottens at juno.com

I would like to submit a query.

I would love to have any pictures of anyone in this line. My husband was never introduced to his maternal grandparents side of the family.

Peter Callaway
Peter Callaway II
Thomas Callaway
Thomas Callaway
Thomas Callaway
Samuel Callaway and 1st wife Mary Powell
Peter Callaway
Thomas Price Callaway
Samuel Jeremiah Callaway and 1st wife Lulu Elizabeth Farris
Samuel Ray Callaway

Thanks,

Karen Cotten

Query # 515
Subject - Mary Ann Callaway, Somerset, England
Submitter - Debby Offermann
email - debbyoffermann at shaw.ca

I am a descendent of James Callaway whose daughter Mary Ann Callaway married Lewis Tuckett in 1876 in Brockville, Ontario, Canada. Somehow their marriage certificate pops up under the Google link to your Callaway Family site. I'm not the greatest at navigating but did try to find a reference inside the site - but was unsuccessful.

I have considerable information on the Tuckett side of the family and some information about Mary Ann, but not her ancestry except that she was from Somerset, England. She had been a servant in the Tuckett household when she and Lewis 'eloped' to Canada. The Tucketts were well-known Quakers in England. If I can help others searching this line, please let me know. Additionally, if you can refer me to the specifics on your site, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks very much,

Desbarats Offermann [Debby]

[Desbarats is the French Canadian version of Deborah]

Editor's Note - I wrote to Debby telling her that the marriage record was submitted by CFA Member, Don Kellaway in Ontario and appeared in our March 2008 newsletter.

Query # 516
Subject - Jesse M. Callaway
Submitter - James Malcolm Vickers
email - BEEMALCOLM at aol.com

Dear D. Morgan, I am a direct descendent of Jesse M. Callaway from daughter, Ida Ella Callaway. My father was Jesse O. Vickers, Sr., son of Ina Odelia Roberts and Owen Van Buren Vickers. I have been at a dead end for years on who the father of Jesse M. Callaway was. I found your information at Rootsweb search. I am interested in exchanging information.

Editor's Note - I wrote back to James and gave him his line of descent. He descends from the Peter Callaway line as follows:
Peter Callaway
Peter Callaway II
Benjamin Callaway and wife Ann
Ebenezer Callaway
Clement Callaway
Joshua P. Callaway
Jesse M. Callaway

Query # 517
Subject - Daniel Boone Callaway Neal
Submitter - Sandra Jennings, Joplin, MO
email - sandra.jennings at att.net

I am searching for information on Daniel Boone Callaway Neal born about 1832 in Lee County, Virginia and died about 1905-06 in Jerico Springs, Cedar County, Missouri. He was my great-grandfather. All I know is that his mother's maiden name was Callaway and I think she was born in Tennessee or Kentucky. Daniel was also named after Daniel Boone. I assume that his mother may be related to Flanders Callaway, but I can't find the connection. Daniel married Sarena Angeline Curnutt about 1876 in Cole County, Missouri. They had 5 or 6 children, 3 of whom survived childhood. The 3 surviving children were Iva Catheline (born 1879 died 1958) married Worth Roundtree, Lola Mae (my grandmother - born 1881, died 1974) married Lloyd H. Ruff in Joplin, Mo. in 1906, and Berta Ann (born 1886-died 1980) married Bob Bowers. All of the children of Daniel and Sarena were born in Cedar County, Mo. I am having trouble finding any information on who Daniel Neal's parents or siblings were and how they came to Missouri. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please contact me if you can help. Thanks, Dr. Sandra Jennings

Editor's Note - Daniel and Sarena (Neel) are listed on the 1880 Benton Twp, Cedar Co., MO census. Living with them is Walter White age 13 listed as a nephew born in KY. On the same 1900 census Daniel (Neale) is listed as a widower with three daughters. Can anyone help to identify this family line? They have a "Mystery Callaway" connection.

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