Project: Revising the CFH

For anyone who is new to this blog:

In spring of 2015, I re-edited and published the 1911 family history compiled by George W. Callin as the Callin Family History. (The hardcover is available for purchase at that link; it is also available in paperback through that site - and you can search for it in the WorldCat and on Amazon.)

My stated intention is to publish a revised version of that 1911 book, including as many new family members, photos, and personal history stories as I can get permission to include. Since Summer 2015, I've been systematically working through that book and tracing the descendants of James Callin (c.1750-c.1835), posting here on this blog about what I learn along the way.

Until the book comes out, this page should serve as a "table of contents" to the existing blog posts, which are loosely following the outline of a Descendant Report of James "1st" Callin. I hope that if you are a distant cousin and you find your people in these posts that you will contact me and let me know if I've made any mistakes or missed anyone. (I know I have, I just need help fixing the errors!)

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Callin Family History: Revised

1. CFH First Draft: James "1st" Callin 

• Lafayette On the Brandywine
• A #HamiltonMusical Intermission
• A Crash Course in Colonial Geography 
• The Perils of Polly (or Margaret)

2. CFH First Draft: James "2nd" Callin

• The Brothers Callin of Ohio
• The Distance of Close Connections

4. Elizabeth Callin Montgomery (1798-1834)

• Echoes & Rhymes
• The Montgomery Connection

      18. Mary Montgomery Ferrell (1823-1843)

• A Ferrell Child
• Turning Another Page

     19. Sarah Montgomery Davidson (1824–1918)

• Traveling the Oregon Trail
• After Oregon, part 1
• After Oregon, part 2
• After Oregon, part 3

     20. Theodore Montgomery (1826–1904)

• Adventures of the Montgomery Brothers
• The Legacy of Theodore Montgomery
• The Further Legacy of Theodore Montgomery
• The Remaining Legacy of Theodore Montgomery

      21. Callin Montgomery (1830-1912)

• The Montgomery Brothers and the Gold Rush

5. Thomas Callin (1801-c.1843)

• Tragic Thomas
• Update: Tragic Thomas Callin

      22. Thomas Jefferson (Jeff) Callin (1827-1902)

• Jeff the Shoemaker
• The Sons of the Shoemaker
• Problematic: Between History and Gossip  (essay/update)
  
• Clara and her Soldier
• A Garden of Loose Ends: The Hess Descendants
• Update: Hattie Hess
• The Trauger and Backensto Clans
• The Last of the Mohns

      23. Marquis Callin (b. 1833)

6. Hugh Callin (b. 1803) 

      24. Pamelia Callin Faxon (1828-1855)

      25. Louvina Callin Hall (1840-1915)

7. Sarah Callin Montgomery (1807-1830) 

• The Other Montgomery Connection

      24. Elvina Montgomery Huffman (1827-1869)

      25. Huldah Montgomery Walker (1829-1918)

• A Week With the Walkers
• A Second Week of Walkers

      26. Mary Montgomery Houston (1830-1926)

• Houston, We Have a Family

8. Alec Callin (b.1808)

• The Pull of the West
• Breaking News: New Find-A-Grave photo for Mary Callin in Muscatine

9. James Callin (1810-1844) - see also 17. Margaret Callin

      27. William Callin (1845-1907)

3. CFH First Draft: John Callin

• The Brothers Callin of Ohio
• The Distance of Close Connections
• Who Was Great Grandma Callin?

10. Sarah Callin Scott

• The Rise of the Fergusons
• Update: Located in Illinois

     28. George Scott (1827-1905)

• Rockford Files - George Scott
• Great Scott: the Difficult Family
• Have Mercy, Many Johnsons
• Two Younger Siblings

     29. James Scott (1832–1916)

• Following Tenuous Connections

     30. Rebecca Scott Sharp (1837–1928)

• Looking Sharp 
• Looking Sharp, Part II

     31. Cyrus H Scott (1843–1931)

• Nancy and Cyrus

     32. Lucina Scott Dobson (1847-1910)

• Focus On a Family
• Harvey Dobson's Legacy
• The Riel Deal
• Homan Beings
• The End of the Line

11. George Callin (1804-1877)

• Uncle George and the Underground Railroad
• A Tragic Beauty 

     33. John C Callin (1832-1906)

• The Short Line of John Callin

     34. Minerva Callin Smith Robinson Daggett (1834-1895)

• Update: Minerva's Many Names
• Life Is A Lark 

     35. William H. Callin (1834-1919)

• The Girl from England
• Richard Richards's Many Richards
• Walter and Anna Callin Williams
• A Visit To the Clark Family
• Putting On the Ritz

     36. Lovina Callin Rickey (1839-1877)

     37. Amelia Callin Horton (1849-1899)

12. Ann Callin Campbell (1806-1889)

• Meet the Campbells

     38. Cyrus C Campbell (1834-1872) 

• A Family of Respectable Size

     39. Harrison M Campbell (1937-1924)

• The Campbells Take Missouri
• Update: Lillie and Nellie Campbell

     40. Frances Campbell Hoot (1942-1905)

• A Real Hoot

13. Eliza Callin Ferguson (1811-1870)

• The Rise of the Fergusons

    41. Mary Ferguson McNabb (1833-1895)

•  The Mysterious McNabbs
•  The Reubenites, part 1
•  The Reubenites, part 2
•  The Reubenites, part 3 - Goldsmith
•  The Reubenites, part 4
•  The Reubenites, part 5 - The Twins
•  The Reubenites, part 6 - Finally!

     42. Elizabeth Ferguson McNabb Reed (1835-1896)

• The Mysterious McNabbs
• Update: The First Life of Mrs. Reed 
• The Carper Children, part 1
• The Carper Children, part 2
• The Carper Children, part 3
• The Second Life of Mrs. McNabb
• A Good Summer Reed
• Reed to the End 

     43. Mildred Ferguson Ettinger (1837-1911)

• Indiana Ettingers
• Ettinger Generations

     44. Margaret Jane Ferguson Gallaher (1840-1901)

• Cardinal Rules

     45. James L Ferguson (1841-1907)

• The Second James L. Ferguson

     46. Nicholas P. Ferguson (1843-1912)

• The Middle Child: Nick Ferguson
• The Nick Ferguson Family

     47. Sarah Ferguson Myers (1845-1934)

• Myers Family A - Samuel Ralston
• Myers Family A - Stubborn Henry
• Myers Family A - A Two for One Post

     48.   Eliza Ferguson Myers (1847-1920)

• Myers Family B - Welby and Eliza
• Myers Family B - The Cowans of Missouri
• Myers Family B - One of the Cool Kids
• Myers Family B - More Cool Kids
• Myers Family B - Cooler Than Cool

     49. John Dancer Ferguson (1848-1922)
     50. Minerva Ferguson Copp (c. 1854-1881)

• Call a Copp

14. William H. Callin (1813-1881)

• Great Great Great Grandpa William Callin

     51. Harriet Callin Sly (1838-1906)

• On the Sly
• William James Sly
• A Sly, Young Girl
• The Sly Family in California

     52. John Henry Callin (1840-1913)

• 20th Century Callin Clan
• A Few Words About the Walkers
• Prof's Progeny
• My Place in the Queue
• You Just Can't Matcham
• Tales of a Prentice
• Welles and Ray

     53. James Monroe Callin (1844-1901)

• The Three Lives of James Monroe Callin
• Architects, Tailors, and Wanderers
• Leaving Only Traces
• Almira's Daughters

     54. George W. Callin (1846-1921)

• The Callin Family Historian

     55. Dr. Hugh H. Callin (1848-1880)
     56. Zimri G Callin (1850-1907)

• A Doctor and a Saddler

15. James Callin (1859-1873) 

• Stout of Heart

     57. Mary Ann Callin Day (1840-1900)

16. Hugh Callin (1817–1856) 

• The Angry Doctor and Other Stories

     58. Mary Etta Callin Sattler (1846-1913)

     59. John F Callin (1850-1907)

     60. Dr. Frederick B Callin (1854-1920)

17. Margaret Callin (1819-1847) - see also 9. James Callin 

Stay tuned for announcements about the publication of the Callin Family History revision!