Callaway Family

Callaway Family

This information concerns nine generations of the Callaway family.
1600-1900

• Individuals are listed chronologically, and those in red show my line of descent.
• Connections of collateral lines to main lines are indicated by linked names.
• Generations within a family are separated by a series of asterisks; the line of descent is marked by underlined names.
• Twins within a family are marked with a lozenge symbol (◊).
• Unknown or unsubstantiated data are marked with blanks or with question marks.
• Spelling variations and transcriptions encountered in records and indexes: Callaway, Calloway, Calaway, Caliway

   Peter (I) born: (about 1645) in MD
married: Elizabeth Johnson (March 26, 1667) in Stepney Parish, Somerset County, MD
children: Sarah, Samuel, Anne, Peter, John, William, Jane [Speer]
died: (about 1719) in Somerset County, MD
buried:
census:
note: None of the information about the early generations has been verified though any research on my part.

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   Peter (II) born: (April 15, 1681) in Somerset County, MD
married: Sarah _?_ (about 1706) in Somerset County, MD
children: Peter (III), Charity [Ralph], Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Thomas, Benjamin, Ann [Records], Joseph, Joshua, Samuel, Ebenezer
died: (September 23, 1738 ) in Somerset County, MD
buried:
census:
note:

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   Thomas born: (about 1716) in MD
married: Elizabeth Woodson (?) (after 1740) in Somerset County, MD
children: Joshua, Thomas, Samuel, John
died: (before 1776) in Frederick County, MD
buried:
census:
note: The last record for him is a deed of 1757 when he sold the land purchased from his brother-in-law, John Records Jr, called "John's Venture" in Dorchester County, MD

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   Thomas born: (about 1745) in MD
married: Charity Cherry (after 1765) in
children: Thomas, John Jean
died: ( ) in MD
buried:
census:
note:

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   Thomas born: ( ) in MD
married: unknown ( ) in
children: Sarah, Samuel, John, Joshua, Peter, Rachel [Shaler]
died: ( ) in MD
buried:
census:
note:

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   John born: (about 1780) in MD
married: Amy Stamps (August 19, 1800) in New Burbon, LA
children: Mary [Arnette], Jonathan O. (= Owsley?), Elizabeth (Betsey) [Forbes], Peter S., John S. T. Jr, Nancy [Hemphill], Amy [A. G. Johnston], Thomas M., Nathaniel C., Charity C. [P. Johnston] [A. Phillips], William A., James Mattison
died: (December 1834) in AR
buried:
census:
note: During the War of 1812, he commanded the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment, County of Ste. Genevieve, as a major. He served as sheriff of Madison County in 1820. He represented Clark County in the Arkansas Territorial Legislature in 1825.

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   Johnathan O. born: (about 1803) in MO
married: Emily Hemphill Fish (December 27, 1858) in Clark County, AR
children: William H., Mary [Hardy], Samuel Davis, Jonathan Wilson, James Lawson, Emily O. [Brown]
died: (1854) in
buried:
census: On the 1850 census, he was in Clark County, AR;
note: He arrived in AR from MO in 1811. His wife's first husband was Thomas Fish. She was the daughter of John Hemphill and Nancy Lawson. The Hemphill family arrived in AR from LA on January 1, 1811, at what is now Arkadelphia in Clark County.

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   William H.
(Big Bill) born: (September 7, 1826) in Clark County, AR
married: Mary A. Thompson (April 8, 1873) in Clark County, AR
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1850 census, he was with his parents in Clark County, AR; on the 1860 census, he was with his brother James Lawson in Clark County, AR: on the 1870 census, in Clark County, AR;
note:
   Mary born: (about 1828) in Clark County, AR
married: Henry K. Hardy (July 27, 1848) in Clark County, AR
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
note:
   Samuel Davis born: (December 10, 1830) in Arkadelphia, Clark County, AR
married: Anna Amelia Cave (December 19, 1866) in Clark County, AR
children: James Wiley, John, Emily
died: (January 1, 1907) in Gurdon, Clark County, AR
buried: South Fork Cemetery, Clark County, AR
census: On the 1850 census, he was with his parents in Clark County, AR; on the 1860 census, he was ---; o the 1870 and 1880 census, with his wife in Clark County, AR;
note: Following the surrender of Port Hudson, LA (July 9, 1863), he was a Confederate prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, OH. A newspaper ad that he placed September 18, 1864, indicates that he was a lieutenant.
   Jonathan Wilson born: (about 1834) in Clark County, AR
married: Ann Vickers (1867) in Clark County, AR
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1850 census, he was with his parents in Clark County, AR; on the 1860 census, he was with his brother James Lawson in Clark County, AR;
note:
   James Lawson born: (about 1838) in Clark County, AR
married: (a) Florence E. Beall (April 26, 1860) in Clark County, AR
                (b) Rebecca Jestis (before 1870) in Clark County, AR
                (c) Mattie Spears (May 16, 1884) in Clark Country, AR
children: (a) ?
                (b) Hattie C., Asa B., Florian Eugene., Fannie E., Jimmie A., James O
                (c) ?
died: (about 1888) in AR
buried: Hollywood, Clark County, AR
census: On the 1850 census, he was with his parents in Clark County, AR; on the 1860 census, with his first wife in Clark County, AR; on the 1870 census, with his second wife in Clark County, AR;
note: James Lawson Callaway was a medical doctor and served in the Louisiana army. He graduated from Tulane University during the Civil War.
   Emily O. born: (about 1841) in Clark County, AR
married: Randolph K. Brown (December 27, 1858) in Clark County, AR
children: Frances R.‡, Catherine‡, Narcissa, James R., Richard H., Henry C., Elizabeth R. (Lizzie)
died: (before 1900) in Clark County, AR
buried:
census: On the 1850 census, she was with her parents in Clark County, AR:
note: According to the 1850 census of Clark County, AR, Randolph Brown was married to Lydia Jane Neel and had a daughter named Mary, age 1 year. At the time of the 1860 census, Emily O. Callaway was married to him at age 16 [sic], so Frances R., age 6, and Catherine, age 4, are likely Lydia's children‡ as well. Emily was probably age 19 rather than age 16 in 1860, and age 17 when she married him.

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   James Wiley born: (1868) in Clark County, AR
married: (a) Dovie Helen Graham (April 29, 1891) in Clark County, AR
                (b) Nellie Melinda "Lindy" Karr Hammonds (about 1921) in Clark County, AR
children: (a) Samuel Davis, Jesse James, Anna Cathryn, Clara May, Nellie Alma, Mary Brown, Jonathan Wilson, William Eugene Ross, Walter Doyle, Albert Sidney, Earnest Donald, Robert Edward, Adell Dovie
                (b) James Edward and Rosie Melinda
died: (March 1947) in
buried: South Fork Cemetery, Clark County, AR
census:
note: He shares a tombstone with his first wife Dovie Helen Graham. His second wife was the widow of Daniel Hammonds, whom she married May 21, 1899, in Clark County, AR.
   John born: (1870) in Clark County, AR
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
note:
   Emily born: (1875) in Clark County, AR
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
note:

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Peter (I)	born: (about 1645) in MD married: Elizabeth Johnson (March 26, 1667) in Stepney Parish, Somerset County, MD children: Sarah, Samuel, Anne, Peter, John, William, Jane [Speer] died: (about 1719) in Somerset County, MD buried: census: note: None of the information about the early generations has been verified though any research on my part. * * * * * * * *
Peter (II)	born: (April 15, 1681) in Somerset County, MD married: Sarah _?_ (about 1706) in Somerset County, MD children: Peter (III), Charity [Ralph], Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Thomas, Benjamin, Ann [Records], Joseph, Joshua, Samuel, Ebenezer died: (September 23, 1738 ) in Somerset County, MD buried: census: note: * * * * * * *
Thomas	born: (about 1716) in MD married: Elizabeth Woodson (?) (after 1740) in Somerset County, MD children: Joshua, Thomas, Samuel, John died: (before 1776) in Frederick County, MD buried: census: note: The last record for him is a deed of 1757 when he sold the land purchased from his brother-in-law, John Records Jr, called "John's Venture" in Dorchester County, MD * * * * * *
Thomas	born: (about 1745) in MD married: Charity Cherry (after 1765) in children: Thomas, John Jean died: ( ) in MD buried: census: note: * * * * *
Thomas	born: ( ) in MD married: unknown ( ) in children: Sarah, Samuel, John, Joshua, Peter, Rachel [Shaler] died: ( ) in MD buried: census: note: * * * *
John	born: (about 1780) in MD married: Amy Stamps (August 19, 1800) in New Burbon, LA children: Mary [Arnette], Jonathan O. (= Owsley?), Elizabeth (Betsey) [Forbes], Peter S., John S. T. Jr, Nancy [Hemphill], Amy [A. G. Johnston], Thomas M., Nathaniel C., Charity C. [P. Johnston] [A. Phillips], William A., James Mattison died: (December 1834) in AR buried: census: note: During the War of 1812, he commanded the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment, County of Ste. Genevieve, as a major. He served as sheriff of Madison County in 1820. He represented Clark County in the Arkansas Territorial Legislature in 1825. * * *
Johnathan O.	born: (about 1803) in MO married: Emily Hemphill Fish (December 27, 1858) in Clark County, AR children: William H., Mary [Hardy], Samuel Davis, Jonathan Wilson, James Lawson, Emily O. [Brown] died: (1854) in buried: census: On the 1850 census, he was in Clark County, AR; note: He arrived in AR from MO in 1811. His wife's first husband was Thomas Fish. She was the daughter of John Hemphill and Nancy Lawson. The Hemphill family arrived in AR from LA on January 1, 1811, at what is now Arkadelphia in Clark County. * *
William H. (Big Bill)	born: (September 7, 1826) in Clark County, AR married: Mary A. Thompson (April 8, 1873) in Clark County, AR children: died: ( ) in buried: census: On the 1850 census, he was with his parents in Clark County, AR; on the 1860 census, he was with his brother James Lawson in Clark County, AR: on the 1870 census, in Clark County, AR; note:
Mary	born: (about 1828) in Clark County, AR married: Henry K. Hardy (July 27, 1848) in Clark County, AR children: died: ( ) in buried: census: note:
Samuel Davis	born: (December 10, 1830) in Arkadelphia, Clark County, AR married: Anna Amelia Cave (December 19, 1866) in Clark County, AR children: James Wiley, John, Emily died: (January 1, 1907) in Gurdon, Clark County, AR buried: South Fork Cemetery, Clark County, AR census: On the 1850 census, he was with his parents in Clark County, AR; on the 1860 census, he was ---; o the 1870 and 1880 census, with his wife in Clark County, AR; note: Following the surrender of Port Hudson, LA (July 9, 1863), he was a Confederate prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, OH. A newspaper ad that he placed September 18, 1864, indicates that he was a lieutenant.
Jonathan Wilson	born: (about 1834) in Clark County, AR married: Ann Vickers (1867) in Clark County, AR children: died: ( ) in buried: census: On the 1850 census, he was with his parents in Clark County, AR; on the 1860 census, he was with his brother James Lawson in Clark County, AR; note:
James Lawson	born: (about 1838) in Clark County, AR married: (a) Florence E. Beall (April 26, 1860) in Clark County, AR (b) Rebecca Jestis (before 1870) in Clark County, AR (c) Mattie Spears (May 16, 1884) in Clark Country, AR children: (a) ? (b) Hattie C., Asa B., Florian Eugene., Fannie E., Jimmie A., James O (c) ? died: (about 1888) in AR buried: Hollywood, Clark County, AR census: On the 1850 census, he was with his parents in Clark County, AR; on the 1860 census, with his first wife in Clark County, AR; on the 1870 census, with his second wife in Clark County, AR; note: James Lawson Callaway was a medical doctor and served in the Louisiana army. He graduated from Tulane University during the Civil War.
Emily O.	born: (about 1841) in Clark County, AR married: Randolph K. Brown (December 27, 1858) in Clark County, AR children: Frances R.‡, Catherine‡, Narcissa, James R., Richard H., Henry C., Elizabeth R. (Lizzie) died: (before 1900) in Clark County, AR buried: census: On the 1850 census, she was with her parents in Clark County, AR: note: According to the 1850 census of Clark County, AR, Randolph Brown was married to Lydia Jane Neel and had a daughter named Mary, age 1 year. At the time of the 1860 census, Emily O. Callaway was married to him at age 16 [sic], so Frances R., age 6, and Catherine, age 4, are likely Lydia's children‡ as well. Emily was probably age 19 rather than age 16 in 1860, and age 17 when she married him. *
James Wiley	born: (1868) in Clark County, AR married: (a) Dovie Helen Graham (April 29, 1891) in Clark County, AR (b) Nellie Melinda "Lindy" Karr Hammonds (about 1921) in Clark County, AR children: (a) Samuel Davis, Jesse James, Anna Cathryn, Clara May, Nellie Alma, Mary Brown, Jonathan Wilson, William Eugene Ross, Walter Doyle, Albert Sidney, Earnest Donald, Robert Edward, Adell Dovie (b) James Edward and Rosie Melinda died: (March 1947) in buried: South Fork Cemetery, Clark County, AR census: note: He shares a tombstone with his first wife Dovie Helen Graham. His second wife was the widow of Daniel Hammonds, whom she married May 21, 1899, in Clark County, AR.
John	born: (1870) in Clark County, AR married: ( ) in children: died: ( ) in buried: census: note:
Emily	born: (1875) in Clark County, AR married: ( ) in children: died: ( ) in buried: census: note: