Obituary of Thomas H. Calloway (Thomas H. Callaway), Sweetwater Enterprise, 1870 (via TNGenWeb)

Obituary of Thomas H. Calloway

(Alternate Surname Spelling: Callaway)
Sept. 1, 1870, |Sweetwater Enterprise|, Sweetwater, Monroe Co., Tenn.

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Death of President Calloway---This estimable Christian gentleman and valued citizen breathed his last at half past two o'clock Monday morning at White Cliff Springs in this county. His many friends had been for some time prepared for the sad event, although they hoped to the last that kind and skillful attention might prolong his life for several years. Colonel Calloway was born in Knox County on the 15th day of January, 1812. About the year 1821 he removed with his father, Joseph Calloway, to this county. In 1838, having been appointed one of the surveyors of the Ocoee District, he removed to Cleveland. Shortly after this he married a daughter of Hon. Luke Lea, then Entry Taker of the Ocoee District. On the 5th of February, 1852, he was elected President of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, but resigned in September, 1853. On the 25th of July, 1865, he was re-elected to the same position, and on the 27th of November, 1868, he was elected President of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. On the 29th of November, 1869, the East Tennessee and Georgia and East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Companies having been consolidated, he wa elected the first President of the consolidated companies, and was holding this position at the time of his death.

Colonel Calloway was an active and consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and in all the relations of life set a bright example to those who would win respect and love. We know of no other man in East Tennessee whose loss would be so generally and sincerely deplored.

His remains were taken to Cleveland on Tuesday and buried with Masonic honors. The number in attendance at the funeral was very large, comprising delegations from along the line of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad.

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Citation: Glenn Teffeteller (ed., transcriber, contrib.), "Death of President Calloway" (Sept. 1, 1870, Obituary of Thomas H. Callaway, president of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad), in File 3 (FILE3.TXT), Sweetwater Enterprise, (Sweetwater, Monroe Co., Tenn.), 11/18/1869 - 4/7/1876, Monroe Co., TN, Early Newspaper Abstracts 1868 – 1908, Newspaper Index for Monroe County, Tennessee, Monroe County in Tennessee GenWeb (tngenweb.org), accessed 8 Feb. 2018. URL: http://‌tngenweb.org/‌monroe/‌newspaper/‌FILE3.TXT.

My own additional research note: Thomas H. Calloway or Thomas H. Callaway, was president of East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad before and after the Civil War. He resigned during the War, when the Confederacy took over the railroad company. Callaway, a very wealthy man even by today's standards, lived in, and was strongly associated with these counties in Tennessee: Bradley County, Monroe County, Polk County. He also briefly lived in, and owned property in, northern Murray County, Georgia.

Calloway identities: search for Lewis B. Calloway, James H. Calloway, and Thomas Merril Calloway

Likely matches: identities of the people who sold/conveyed Land Lot 137, 8th District, 3rd Section, Murray County, Georgia:

Lewis B. Callaway, born 25 March 1803, Washington, Wilkes, Georgia, United States (son of Isaac Calloway and Mary Barrett); married Mary Hunter (born 1805, daughter of Elisha J. Hunter and Rebecca Sparks).

Lewis B. Callaway granted/sold/conveyed Land Lot 137 to James H. Calloway (apparently of Fulton County, Georgia, per a later deed); transaction dated 8 November 1842, Murray County, Georgia, Deed Book H, page 150.

James H. Callaway (brother of Lewis, above), born 21 September 1811 in Wilkes County, Georgia; died 1 June 1876 in Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia; married Sarah D. Eads on/about 25 September 1835.

James H. Calloway gifted Land Lot 137 to his nephew, Thomas Merril Calloway, in 1876?

Here is a page (this same blog) describing a gift of deed from James H. Calloway (apparently of Fulton County, Georgia), to Thomas Merril Calloway and wife, Mary Warthen Calloway:

        Deed Transactions: Murray County, Georgia, Land Lot 137, 8th District, 3rd Section
           http://northgeorgiakin.blogspot.com/2016/10/james-h-calloway-1876-deed-of-gift-to.html

Biographical details for Thomas Merrill Callaway (most likely the same as in the deed, above):

Thomas Merrill Callaway, male, born 1839 in Henry County, Georgia; married to Mary W. Long on 31 January 1864 in Cuthbert, Randolph County, Georgia. Resided in Gordon County, Georgia (next county below Murray) in 1880.

Surname variation: Calloway, Callaway

James H. Calloway 1876 Deed of Gift to Merrel and Mary (Warthen) Calloway - Murray and Fulton Counties, Georgia

TRANSCRIPT OF ORIGINAL DEED INFORMATION RECORDED IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA

[Calloway Deed – parties of Fulton and Murray Counties, Georgia]

Murray County, Georgia

Deed Book N, page 79-80

[TRANSCRIPT BEGINS]:

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James H. Calloway deed

to Thomas Merrel Calloway & }

Mary Warthen Calloway }                        Deed of Gift

       State of Georgia, Fulton County – Know all men by these presents, that for and in consideration of the love and affection I bear to my Nephew Thomas Merrel Calloway and his wife Mary Warthen Calloway, I do hereby on this the Twenty-eighth day of January in the year of our Lord, Eighteen Hundred and seventy-six give unto the said Mary Warthen Calloway and the children now born or which may be born unto the said Thomas M. Calloway and the said Mary Warthen Calloway, all that Tract or parcel of Land together with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, known as Number One Hundred and Thirty seven, Eighth District of the Third Section of Murray County State of Georgia, and containing One Hundred and Sixty acres.

       To have and to hold the said described tract of land and appurtenances thereunto belonging to thir only proper use and benefit and behoof of her the said Mary Warthen Calloway and her children (as above) executors administrators

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and assigns in fee simple.

       And the said James H. Calloway for himself his heirs his executors and administrators and assigns the said described premises unto the said Mary Warthen Calloway and her children (as above) executors administrators and assigns, against the said James H. Calloway his heirs executors administrators and all and every other person or persons shall and will warrant and forever defend by virtue of these presents.

In witness whereof the said James H. Calloway has hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and year above written, interlined before signing

Signed sealed and delivered

in presence of

J.E. Hunt*

H.C. Leonard, N.P.

Recorded and certified for October 18th 1876

N. Heartsill

                   Clerk

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[END OF TRANSCRIPT]

*J.E. Hunt (or) J.E. Hurt, not certain (handwriting style makes it ambiguous).

TRANSCRIPTION NOTE: Transcribed on 24 October 2016 by D.K. Pritchett, from the original deed book.

LAND NOTE: The Cherokee land lottery occurred in 1832 in North Georgia, and the Cherokee Removal (Trail of Tears) was in 1838. Murray County, Georgia, was originally part of Cherokee. The land lottery records have not been researched for the name of Lewis B. Calloway; this is a suggested avenue of further research for anyone wanting to know more about the Calloway/Callaway family. One hundred, sixty acres (160) is a typical, complete land lot.

MORE INFORMATION ON LAND LOT 137

Other deed transactions involving Land Lot 137 in the 8th District, 3rd Section, Murray County, Georgia, occur in the Murray County deed books, but were not researched. According to the Index to Reverse Deeds, James H. Calloway was granted [bought or received] Lot 137 from Lewis B. Calloway, in a transaction dated 8 November 1842, entered into Deed Book H, page 150. [This is fairly early after the 1838 land lottery, placing the Calloways, or land purchases concerning the Calloways, in Murray County very early in its history].

Again, two transactions involving this land (but not researched or extracted) occurred in 1881 and 1884, between Thomas M. Calloway, Guard [prob. Guardian] and John Phillips. Those transactions are recorded in Book O, page 229 (1881) and Book P, page 326 (1884), and involve Land Lot 137 in the Eighth District, Third Section, Murray County, Georgia. Details of those transactions are not known.

ALTERNATE SURNAME SPELLING: CALLAWAY

Callaway Campbell in Household of His Uncle, Thomas H. Callaway ~ 1860, Murray County, Georgia

Callaway Campbell in Household of Thomas H. Callaway

United States Census

1860
Calaway Camplell
Event Place: The 874 District G M, Murray, Georgia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
Birthplace: Ten
Page: 147
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role         Gender Age Birthplace
Thomas H Calaway M 48 Ten
Susan J Calaway F 34 Ten
Joseph Calaway M 12 Ten
Luke Calaway M 10 Ten
Lucy Calaway F 8 Ten
Benjamin Calaway M 5 Ten
Thomas Calaway M 2 Ten
Susan Calaway F 1 Ga
John F Kinslow M 26 Ten
Calaway Camplell M 22 Ten

Household ID: 970 , GS Film Number: 803132 , Digital Folder Number: 004212563 , Image Number: 00151

"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZM5-Q9J : accessed 01 Oct 2014), Calaway Camplell in household of Thomas H Calaway, The 874 District G M, Murray, Georgia, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 147, household ID 970, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803132.