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submitter: Ruth
Callahan
Husband: Robert Price CALLAHAN
Born: 1817
Location: Tennessee
Married: 12/11/1844
Location: Tishomingo Co., Mississippi
Died: 1870
Location: Lewisville, Denton Co., Texas
Cemetery: Old Hall Cemetery
Location: Lewisville, Denton Co., Texas
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:
Wife: Mary S. HOLMES
Born: 01/05/1924
Location: Tennessee
Died: 06/29/1906
Location: Atwell, Callahan Co., Texas
Cemetery: Scranton Cemetery
Location: Eastland Co., Texas
Father: Isham HOLMES
Mother: Millie B. JONES
Other Spouses:
Children
Name: Sarah CALLAHAN
Born: O9/17/1846
Location: Mississippi
Died: 12/02/1910
Location: Taylor Co., Texas
Cemetery: Rosehill Cemetery
Location: Merkel, Taylor Co., Texas
Spouse 1: Dillard Hardwick TIDWELL
Married: 09/18/1876
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Spouse 2:
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Name: Frances A. P. "Paralee" CALLAHAN
Born: 01/04/1849
Location: Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Texas
Died: 12/10/1922
Location: Texas
Cemetery: Scranton Cemetery
Location: Eastland Co., Texas
Spouse 1: Gideon Franklin Taylor Howell
Married: 02/04/1977
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Spouse 2:
Married:
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Name: Florence E. CALLAHAN
Born: 01/29/1851
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Died: 02/23/1937
Location: Groom, Carson Co., Texas
Cemetery: Davidson Cemetery
Location: Davidson, Oklahoma
Spouse 1: Miles Norton WILSON
Married: 01/09/1868
Location: Denton Co., Texas
Spouse 2: Meredith R. HENDERSON
Married: 10/19/1896
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Name: William CALLAHAN
Born: 1854
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Died:
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Spouse 1:
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Spouse 2:
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Name: Americus Alphonso "Meck" CALLAHAN
Born: 11/17/1858
Location: Denton City, Texas
Died: 12/05/1936
Location: McLean, Gray Co., Texas
Cemetery: Hillcrest Cemetery
Location: McLean, Gray Co., Texsas
Spouse 1: Charlotte Tennessee REYNOLDS
Married: 12/21/1886
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Spouse 2:
Married:
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Name: Amanda E. CALLAHAN
Born: 11/17/1858
Location: Denton City, Texas
Died: 08/15/1919
Location: Hopkins Co., Texas
Cemetery: West Mountain Cemetery
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Spouse 1: William C. SEE
Married: 11/28/1883
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Spouse 2: Anthony JOHNSON
Married: 01/31/1889
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Name: Robert Steven "Steve" CALLAHAN
Born: 07/22/1864
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Died: 07/19/1926
Location: Childress, Childress Co., Texas
Cemetery:
Location:
Spouse 1: Margaret Ann "Maggie" SMART
Married: 03/02/1890
Location: Gilmer, Upshur Co., Texas
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Comments: Robert P. Callahan was a 4th Sargent
in Co. "C", 21st Brig Texas State Troopers--1862-1863. He signed on from
Denton Co and was released there after his term of service.
At the time of disbandment
in Jan 15, 1863, he was described as being 44 years of
age, 5 ft. 8 1/2 in. tall, fair complextion, and a stock raiser.
On or about Sept 8, 1870, church records from the Enon
Baptist Church in Upshur Co, Texas show that R.P. was excluded (or dropped)
from the membership roll. This was usually done when a member moved
or died so that the paper work could be closed out. R.P. died in Lewisville,
Tx. earlier in 1870 and the notation by the church record may reflect that
event. His headstone is an oblong piece of rough cut stone slab about
5 ft long, 2 1/2 ft wide, and 5 in. thick. The stone lays flat on
the ground and is broken into two pieces. His name "R. P. Calahan"
(with a backward "n") is scratched into the surface on the left hand side.
Next to it is the Masonic symbol. On the right hand side is a crude
picture scratched into the stone and looks like a house. None of
the family knows if this was done at the time of burial. Florence Callahan
was married 3 times. She married third husband, James
Travis Reed, about Feb 2, 1896. The family is not
sure if the wedding was in Texas or Oklahoma. On the 1870 Upshur Co.,TX
census, William Callahan was listed with the family of his uncle, Christopher
Columbus Reynolds. The family does not know what happened to him
and no record of him could be located. It is
thought he may have died sometime during the 1870s. Alphonso
A. Callahan married his first cousin, Charlotte Reynolds. He always
said they never had any children because they feared genetic problems.
Amanda Callahan was married 3 times. She married her third husband, John
F. White, on Nov 22, 1905 in Franklin Co., Texas.
Robert Steven Callahan was a farmer in Upshur Co., Texas.
In the late 1880s, he moved his family to Callahan to farm. His brother,
Alphonso, and his brother-in-law, Gideon Howell, went with him. The
summer of 1911, dissatisfied with Callahan Co. and unable to make a living,
Steve moved his family back to Upshur Co., Texas for a few years.
About 1919, he followed his son, Alphoso "Fonnie" Callahan to Childress,
Texas and remained there until his death.
Sources: Family knowledge; Upshur Co., Callahan
Co., and Childress Co. census; Upshur Co. and Callahan Co. tax rolls .
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