Anson John Calhoun (1928 - 2014)

Born 4 Jan 1928 in Watertown, Jefferson, NY

Ancestors

Son of Anson Frederick Calhoun and Mabel Sophronia DeYoung

Husband of Vilma Lois (Csipo) Calhoun — married 30 Jun 1956 in First Presbyterian Church, Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 2014 at age 86 in Manalapan Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

A. "John" Calhoun was born on 4 Jan 1928 in Watertown, NY. He was the only child of Anson Calhoun and Mabel DeYoung. He graduated from Watertown High School in 1946. He graduated from the Crane Department of Music at Potsdam State Teacher's College in 1951, and went on to earn a Minister of Music degree from Westminster Choir College, Princeton in 1956.

He served as a chaplain's assistant in the army at Camp Gordon, GA from 1951-1953.

He married Vilma Csipo, daughter of Louis Csipo and Helen Kopar, on June 30, 1956 at the First Presbyterian Church, Perth Amboy with Rev. Dr. Andrew M. Sebben officiating. They had a daughter and two sons.

After residing for four years in Royal Oak, MI, the couple lived in Edison for twelve years before moving to their final home in Manalapan.

Mr. Calhoun was a retired music teacher for the Perth Amboy School District. He served as minister of music at the First Baptist Church of Royal Oak, MI; then in the same capacity for 15 years at the First Presbyterian Church in Perth Amboy. He also served as organist and choir director for ten years at the Lincroft Presbyterian Church in Lincroft and briefly for the Old Tennent Presbyterian Church, Tennent. Mr. Calhoun's hobbies included his beloved dogs, model railroading, gardening and woodworking. He spent years carving a model church sanctuary as well as miniature pieces of furniture out of balsa wood.

At the time of his death, he had four grandsons and a granddaughter.

Sources

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Thomas Calhoun, FTDNA kit #421061 and his 5th cousin twice removed, LIVING Calhoun, son of Philo Clarke Calhoun, FTDNA kit #888154, match at a Genetic Distance of 3 on 37 markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA David Calhoun. FTDNA indicates that the probability the two share a common ancestor within the last 8 generations is 58.84% and within the last 9 generations is 68.49%

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 1,713.0 cM match between Thomas Calhoun GEDmatch A719844 and his paternal aunt R.D. Calhoun-Eagan GEDmatch A094680.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Thomas Calhoun and his uncle, "J.C.". Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 1st Cousins based on sharing 1,481 cMs shared across 51 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High. "J.C." is the son of Anson John Calhoun.

• Firsthand knowledge from living family, R. D. Calhoun-Eagan.

• Gravestone "Anson J. 'John' Calhoun" - Old Tennent Churchyard, 448 Tennent Rd, Manalapan Township, NJ 07726

• Asbury Park Press - Obituaries - "A. John Calhoun." Apr. 18, 2014.

• Find A Grave Index, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128243819 : accessed 16 May 2017), memorial 128243819 , Anson John Calhoun (1928 - 2014), Old Tennent Churchyard, 448 Tennent Rd, Manalapan Township, NJ 07726; gravestone photograph by RD Calhoun-Eagan.

• "Legacy.com," obituary database (http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/app/obituary.aspx?pid=170689377 : accessed 16 May 2017), A. John Calhoun, Published in Asbury Park Press on Apr. 18, 2014.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MY-RHQ8?cc=2000219&wc=QZXR-DRL%3A790105101%2C790172601%2C794158801%2C953520701 : accessed 30 May 2017), New York > Jefferson > Watertown Town > image 8 of 13; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.