Just some fun facts from
ancestry.com
Callison Veterans Allegiance Total Veterans ofthe Civil War (some may be
the same person listed in different companies)
29 Confederate 1,050,000 -- 2 TX, 2 AR, 1 SC, 4 MO, 1 TN, 19 VA
63 Union 2,213,363 15 IL, 2 MI, 2 IA, 1 OR, 4 TN, 20 MO, 1 NY, 5 IN, 4
OH, 1 MN, 4 OR, 1 WI, 1 DE. 3 Veteran reserve Corp,
On the Union side, most went in as Privates and came out as Privates, John
and James W. in MO.went in as Privates and came out as Sergeant as did Rufus in
OR. Anthony in Illinois went in as Private and came out as Corporal. William
R in TN entered as Private and came out as 2nd Sergeant and Woods B in IL went
in as Corporal and came out Sergeant. James P. in MO is the only one who
entered as a Sergeant. Jesse in MO entered as Chaplain. William in WI entered as
Private and came out as Chaplain
There were 22 CALLISON's who immigrated into NY between 1853 and 1890
The highest concentration of CALLISON surname in England and Wales in 1891
was Lancashire, England with 44 families
The highest concentration of CALLISON families in US according to US Census
in 1840
Ohio --4 out of 24
Illinois -- 6
Tennessee -- 5
Indiana had COLLISON 5 out of 32 (excluding the large Maryland contingent)
Virginia had KELLISON 8 out of 18
Ohio had KELLISON 6 out of 18
Missouri had CALLERSON 1 out of 2
Illinois had CALISON 1 out of 1
Kentucky had KELLERSON 2 out of 4
1920
Iowa - 41 of 668 total US Callisons
Illinois - 38
Missouri - 74 -- this was not a surprize since we inhabitied so many
different counties
Texas - 42
The only states with no Callisons in 1920 census were
Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
Name origin per Dictionary of American Family Names - Oxford University
callisonScottish or Irish: reduced form of McAlison, a Gaelic patronymic
based on the personal name Alison (see Allison).
AllisonEnglish and Scottish: patronymic from a Middle English male personal
name: in most cases probably Allen, but other possibilities include a variant
of Ellis or a short form of Alexander. In some instances, it may be from a
female personal name, Alise or Alice
Another not surprizing fact
In 1880 census 35 percent of the general population were farmers BUT 65 % of
Callisons were farmers
Callison family immigrants into NY were 5 from Ireland, 2 England and 1 each
Scotland, Sweden and Denmark.
38 % of the immigrants left from Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland