William was born on an unknown date in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA. He was the son of Edmund Callaway and Sarah Athaliah (Wright) Callaway. 3 JAN 1801 or 18 Jan 1805
William married Lucy Brown Barnard on 9 June 1828 in Caldwell, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States.[1]
William was in a record in 1830.[2]
William married Amanda J Wigginton on 4 July 1835 in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States.[3]
In the 1860 census Wm (age [Illegible]) was in Township 19 Range 5, Menard, Illinois, United States.[4]
Name | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Wm D Callaway | M | [Illegible] | Kentucky | |
Annie Callaway | F | [Illegible] | Kentucky | |
[illegible] Callaway | M | 22 | Illinois | |
Alfred Callaway | M | 19 | Illinois | |
[illegible] Callaway | F | 17 | Illinois | |
Charles H Callaway | M | [Illegible] | Illinois | |
John W Callaway | M | 13 | Illinois | |
[illegible] Callaway | 10 | Illinois |
Wm was employed on 18 January 1865 in Sweet Water, Menard, Illinois.[5]
In the 1870 census W (age 65), Wagon Maker, was in Township 19 Range 5, Menard, Illinois.[6]
William died at the age of 79 on 3 June 1885 in Oregon, Holt, Missouri, United States or Illinois.
William was buried after 3 June 1885. Prairie Home Cemetery, west of Graham, Nodaway Co. Missouri
According to family tradition he was a farmer, cabinet maker, and sometimes assisted as a circuit riding Methodist minister. He disagreed with his father and brothers on the slavery question and migrated from Kentucky to Sangamon Co, IL, sometime later to Menard Co, IL and later to Missouri.
He probably moved from Kentucky to Illinois after 1834 after his first wife died. His first child Ann Morton Callaway, lived with her grandmother Rachel Warren Barnard at Princeton until she was 8 years old, when she seems to have joined her father and his second wife in Illinois.
Just before William Dudley died in Missouri he gave to his son Dr. J. E. Callaway at Chillicothe Misssouri his old family bible in which was recorded much data about the Callaway Family. Dr. Callaway sent it to his half sister Ann Callaway at Blackstone, IL with the request that after her death it be passed on to her brother Samuel Callaway. When she died this was done. Since then, the present location of the Bible is not known.[7]
Will of Edmund Callaway (image on Hardin Family Tree on Ancestry)
My will and desire is that whereas I have given to my son William Dudley Callaway $800 out of my Estate. My will and desire is that all my estate of whatever kinds both real and personal shall remain in the hands of my beloved wife Athaliah Callaway during her natural life or widowhood to Raise & Educate my infant children that is to say my will and desire that they may have a liberal education independently and Exclusive of the Eight hundred Dollars mentioned in this writing and at the death of my said wife all the remaining part of my said Estate after giving Each of the children their Equal part so as to make them Equal with my son in law John Cheatham who Married my Daughter Sally and also my son in law Charles B. Clark who married my daughter Elizabeth then all the remaining part of my estate of whatever kind both Real and Personal My will is that it may be Equally divided amoungst the whole of my Children hereby Revoking All other writing wills and confirming this my last Will and Testament and I do appoint my wife Athaliah Callaway and James W. Callaway to be my executors to this my Last Will and Testament. In witness my hand & seal this day and date within written. E. Callaway (Seal) )[8]
No primary records on FamilySearch. There is a William Calloway in Kentucky in Census from 1860, but wife Elizabeth and kids that don't seem to match.
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