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when a
child.
He
served as adjutant-general
in the confederate army in the civil war. He was a presidential elector for the state at large in 1872 and 1876. He was chosen United States senator by the legislature of
Florida under the provisional government established by President Johnson, but was denied admission. In 1879-97 he was United States senator. Callaghan, James Edward, law publisher, was born Oct. 36, 1857, in Boston, Mass. He is connected with the publishing house of Callaghan and company of Chicago, founded by his father. Since 1881 he has been a partner in the firm, which has become widely
known among lawyers and
jurists of
Amer-
ica.
Callahan, Ethel bert, farmer, lawyer, statesbom Dec. 17, 1829, in Licking county, Ohio. He has been a justice of the peace at Robinson, 111.; a member of the Illinois state board of equalization; and a delegate to the general conference of the methodist episcopal church. He has twice been a, presidential elector; and for four terms served as a member of the general assembly of the state of Illinois. He has been president of the Illinois state bar association; and a member of the commission to revise the laws of Illinois. In 1898 the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by MeKendree college.
man, was
CaUahan, James, capitalist, founder, was born Oct. 13, 1818, in New Scotland, N.Y. He was one of the founders of the Hawkeye insurance company of Des Moines, Iowa; and was its vice-president for over twenty-five years. He died Sept. 26, 1904, in Des Moines,
James Morton, educator, author, was born on Nov. 4, 1864, in Bedford, Ind. Since 1898 he has been lecturer on American (Jallahan,
diplomatic history at Johns Hopkins university. He is the author of Neutrality of the American Lakes; and Cuba and International Relations.
Callahan, James Yancy, clergyman, farmer, congressman, was bom Dec. 19, 1853, in Dent county. Mo. He was licensed as a local minister in the methodist episcopal church in 1880. He has been engaged principally in farming, sawmilling and mining. He removed to Oklahoma in 1893 and settled on a farm. In 1897-99 he was a representative from Ok-
lahoma to the fifty-fifth congress. Callaway, Morgan, educator, author, was born Nov. 3, 1863, in Cuthbert, Ga. Since 1898 he has been professor of English in the university of Texas. He is the author of The Absolute Participle in Anglo-Saxon. Callaway, Samuel Roger, railroad presiwas born Dec. 24, 1850, in Toronto, Canada. He entered railroad service at the age of thirteen. In 1887. he became president of the Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City railroad, which office he resigned in 1895 to become president of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis railroad. He died June 1, 1904, dent,
in
New York
City.
Callender,
Edward
Belcher, lawyer, author,
Mass. In 1875 he began the practice of law; and in 1879-1905 was a member of the Massachusetts state legislature. He is the author of Thaddeus Stevens, Commoner; The Gigantic Meddler; and Fugitive Poems. Callender, Franklin Dyer, soldier, was born about 1817 in New York. During the civil war he was on foundry and general ordnance Quty; and was brevetted major in 1863, receiving his promotion to the full grade in 1863. He died Dec. 13, 1883, in Daysville, 111. Callender, Guy Stevens, litterateur, au».hor, was born in 1865 in Ohio. He was a historical writer; and the author of English Capital and American Resources. Callender, James Thomas, author, was born in Scotland. He was a writer who was exiled from Great Britain on account of his pamphlet, The Political Progress of Great Britain. He was the author of Sketches of the History of America; and The Prospect Before Js. He was drowned in 1813 in the James river, near Richmond, Va. Callender, John, clergyman, author, was bom in 1706, in Boston, Mass. He was a bap-
was born Feb.
tist
23, 1851, in Boston,
clergyman of Newport, whose Historical
Discourse is a careful monograph of Rhode Island history for the first century of the colony's existence. He died Jan. 36, 1748, in
Newport,
R.I.
John Hill, educator, physician, was born Nov. 28, 1833, near Nashville, Tenn. In 1855-58 he was engaged in journalism; and in 1858-61 was professor of materia Callender,
medica in the Shelby medical college of Tenn. He was surgeon of the eleventh Tennessee regiment during the civil war. He died Aug. 3, 1896, in Nashville, Tenn. Callis, John Benton, soldier, legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 3, 1828, in Fayette-
Nashville,
He
served in the civil war as captain of company F, seventh regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry; was promoted to major, lieutenantcolonel, to brevet-colonel and brigadier-general for bravery during the civil war. He received a ball in the right lung at the battle of Gettysburg. In 1864 he was appointed major in the veteran reserve corps; and was assigned to duty as military superintendent of the war department in Washington, D.C. He was subsequently made captain in the forty-fifth regiment United States infantry regular army; was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers; and served until 1868. In 1867-69 he was a representative from Alabama to the fortieth congress. In 1873-74 he served in the state legislature of Wisconsin. He died Sept. 23, 1893, in Lancaster, Wis.
ville,
N.C.
