Hi,
I just subscribed to this list and looking to see if there are any
connections. I am researching my following maternal lines ...
Daniel Gregory CALLIS married Charlotte Elam [b ca 1794] were married on
22 Sep 1813 or 30 Sep 1813 Mecklenburg, Virginia. Daniel moved his
family to the Tyree Springs, TN (Sumner Co.) area after 1820.
1 known son:
William Joseph CALLIS [b ca 1816 (in Mecklenburg Co., VA) - d. Robertson
Co] married Permelia Caroline "Mellie" Dorris [b ca 1818 in Robertson
Co, TN] on 16/Dec/1834. Both buried in Dorris Cem in Robertson Co., TN.
1 known son:
James CALLIS [b. ca 1835, Sumner Co., TN - d. 1863, Civil War] married
Sarah Jones
(44th Tennessee Infantry Co. H - Civil war records out of Sumner Co.
listed James in a hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee on August 18, 1862.
He was wounded at Murfreesboro, Tennessee on December 31, 1862. Sent to
hospital at Atlanta, Georgia where he died from the wounds on March 20,
1863.)
James and Sarah had 4 known children:
· Albert Alonzo "Lon" CALLIS [b. ca 1862 - d. 20 Jun 1939] married to
Blanche Marlin [d. Jan 27, 1929.] then married her sister, Ida Marlin,
after her death. Blanche and 2 children are buried in Wills Cem on
Palmer Chapel Rd in White House, TN
· Daniel Murray "Dan" CALLIS [.b 2 Jun 1857 d. 20 Oct 1928]
· George Thomas CALLIS [b. 17 Oct 1859 - d. 17 Mar 1946]
· John Edward "Ed" CALLIS [b. 5 Feb 1863 - d. 30 Apr 1938]
Albert Alonzo and Blanche had 12 children:
· Annie CALLIS [b ca 1887, TN]
· Vellon CALLIS [b ca 1889, TN]
· Flora CALLIS [b ca 1894, TN]
· Leroy CALLIS [b.15 Sep 1894, TN - d. 11 May 1909, buried in Dorris
cem, Robertson Co, TN]
· Arthur Davis CALLIS [b. ca 1896, TN - d. 1986] married Eula Belle
Crawford
· Millard CALLIS [b ca 1899, TN]
· Richard CALLIS [b ca 1901, TN]
· Odell CALLIS [b ca 1904, TN]
· Richard CALLIS
· Emma CALLIS [b ca 1904, TN - d 1905]
· Roscoe CALLIS [b ca 1905, TN]
· Leonard Leo CALLIS [b Oct 4, 1891, TN - d. Aug 16, 1958, TN] married
Mary Belle Ragland [no dates] then married Susie Lee [b. 22 Jan. 1888 -
d. 3 Mar. 1963, buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Sumner County, TN]
Please contact me, if anyone recognizes any of these names. I'd really
like to be able to fill in the gaps.
- Nikki (Leonard Leo's great grandaughter)