I must confess to being a lurker, and I think that I can speak for ALL
CALHOUN LIST lurkers by saying THANK YOU VALORIE ZIMMERMAN! You are
doing a commendable and greatly appreciated service for all of us,
although most of us haven't shown much appreciation. My name is Arlton
Hatch, and I have been married to Ruth Louise Calhoun for 53 years. I
don't consider myself to be a real genealogist, but I try to collect
family data from the web and other sources in a somewhat casual but
on-going way. Like a lot of other lurkers, I have yet to hit pay dirt on
this list - perhaps because I haven't shared our own data with all of
you. For what it is worth, following is briefly about all we know about
our Calhoun's. Much of it is poorly documented - some from cemetery
records, much by handwritten family notes. (generation numbers below
start with Ruth as generation #1, and go back in time)
5th gen: Dougal Calhoun was born in Scotland in 1806, and along with
two brothers, immigrated from Glasgow to (we think) South Carolina in
about 1820. He married Nancy McCarthy, (b. 1808, d. 1869 in Louisiana).
Both Dougal & Nancy are buried in the Sibley Cemetery at the Alabama
Presbyterian Church near Ruston. Dougal donated the land for this church
and cemetery and was one of the first to be buried there. It is believed
that Dougal moved his family from South Carolina to Alabama to northern
Louisiana about 1850, settling in the vicinity of Ruston. This Dougal
Calhoun had 4 sons, Daniel Greene, John C. (not the VP), Archibald, and
Charlie. One branch of this family became known as horticulturists and
the "Calhoun Research Station" between Ruston and Monroe is currently
operated by LSU.
4th gen: Daniel Greene Calhoun (b. 3 May, 1836, AL, m. abt 1860, d. 17
Jun, 1915, LA, Sibley Cemetery. He married Ophelia Dixon (b. abt 1840 in
TN)
3rd gen: Dougal Calhoun (another one) (b. 1858, Choudrant, Lincoln
Parrish, LA, d. 1891, Montgomery, Grant Parrish, LA) (m. Saralda Mixon,
b. 1859, Winnfield, Lincoln Parrish, LA, d. 12 Oct. 1934, Montgomery,
LA)
2nd gen: Daniel G. Calhoun, (b. 25 Apr. 1889, Grant Parrish, LA, m
abt. 1920, Kansas City, MO. d. 31 Jan, 1970, Alexandria, LA)
(m. Agnes May Underwood (b. 14 Oct. 1891, Kansas City, MO, d. 3
Mar. 1954, Long Beach, CA)
1st gen: Ruth Louise Calhoun
If any of you have any information on this family line, especially prior
to generation #3, please post on the list or contact me in person.
Thank you, Arlton Hatch