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Cyrus Callaway
James Anderson Callaway, Jr., married (1)
Sarah E. Malone, (2) Mary A. Conger, (3) Leona
King
John Archer Callaway, married (1) Emily
Webb, (2) Mrs. Jean McKenny
Elizabeth Caroline Callaway, married C. C. Jor-
dan
William Bolen and Cyrus Callaway did not come
to Texas. There are numerous Callaway descendants
living in Wood County at the present time,
JAMES ANDERSON CALLAWAY, JR., was
born in 1851 in Georgia. His first wife, Sarah E.
Malone, was the daughter of Charles B. and Harriett
Burford Malone. Sarah died on the way to Texas, leav-
ing a small daughter, Mattie. In 1868, James A.
Callaway Jr. married Mary Ann Conger in Quitman.
This couple owned a farm near Quitman, and in the
1880's, he organized the Farmer's Co-op of Wood Coun-
ty. He later moved to Mineola where he engaged in
merchandising,
Callaway served in the Civil War with the
Alabama Cavalry. He was the father of 6 children, the
last 5 being born in the Oak Grove Community.
Martha J. (Mattie), married Jacob Washington
Bogan
Lorenzo Dow, married Lizzie Williams
Estelle, married Newton M. Harpole
Sadie, married S. L. Bradford
Vesta, married James Jenkins
Jimmie, no information
James A. Callaway, Jr. moved to Scurry County,
where he married Miss Leona King. He was killed there
by a runaway team hitched to a cultivator. His brother,
John Archer Callaway, was a farmer and he donated
the land for the Liberty Methodist Church east of Quit-
man. John Archer and Emily Callaway were the
parents of 5 children:
Anjoline, died in infancy
John W., married Emma Kelly
Naomi Elizabeth, married Henry Chrietzberg
Calvin, married Grace McGee
Rosa, married -- Lively.
Source: Mrs. W, J. BrayLORENZO DOW CALLAWAY was born in Wood
County in 1869. He was married to Mary Elizabeth
Williams in 1892. The couple lived in Mineola where he
succeeded his father, James A. Callaway Jr., in
merchandising. He secured a land grant in the Sabine
River bottoms and raised cattle on this land. He also
owned a large number of mules which were used for
building roads in the county. The children of Lorenzo
Dow and Mary Elizabeth Callaway were:
Marie, married Emmett Cullom
Lorenzo Dow, III, did not marry
Dorothy, married Galloway Calhoun
Elizabeth, married Glenn Teel
Josephine, married W. J. Parr
ROBERT CARLISLE, of Scotch descent, came to
Wood County ca 1885. He is thought to have been born
in North Carolina but was in Pike County, Alabama by
the early 1830's. He and his wife (name un-known)
were the parents of six children.
The Carlisle family came with the STAGNERS
and SHAMBURGERS to Texas, traveling to New
Orleans by train then up the Red River to Jefferson.
They settled first in Cass County.
JOHN HENRY, a son of Robert Carlisle, was born
in 1835 in Pike County, Alabama. He married MARY
FRANCES CHILES born 1854. Ten children were born
to this union:
JOSEPH WELLDON, born 1875, married
Elizabeth Folmer
ALLEN, married Lynn Shaw
EMMA, married Millard Walker
ROBERT LAFAYETTE (Fate), married Lula
Cockran (or Goss)
JESSE, married Alma McIntosh
ARTHUR, died in infancy
LOU, died in infancy
WALTER E., married La Dotia Kaufman
HERMAN HILTON, born 1892, married Bennie
Smith
JOHN ROBERT, married Roxie Shamburger
JOSEPH WELLDON was a farmer in the Concord
Community. He and his wife, Elizabeth Folmer Car-
lisle, were parents of eight children. These were:
ROBERT LEONARD, born 1892, married (1)
Oma Hicks; (2) Carol Cochran. He practiced law
in Arizona and California, returning to Wood
County in 1961, where he bought a farm and
raised cattle until his death in 1967.
HENRY LEE, born 1893, married Annie TurnerBEULAH, born 1895, married Jess Laminack
LESSIE MAE, born 1896, married74
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