Achilles Callaham

1835 - 1931  (95 years)

• Name	Achilles Callaham
  Born	03 Oct 1835	Campbell Co. VA
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Jan 1931	Warren Co. TN
  	Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Name: Achalise Hemelon Callaham [Achilles Herndon Callaham] Gender: Male Birth Date: 3 Oct 1835 Birth Place: Virginia Age: 95 Death Date: 26 Jan 1931 Death Place: Warren, Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Virginia Mother's Birth Place: Virginia Occuation: Miller Certificate Number: 2215
  Buried	Bascom Cemetery, Warren Co. TN
  	Grave location, biography, and tombstone photo: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75804338&ref=acom
  Notes	CENSUS RECORDS 1850 Census Name: Achillas Collahan [Achilles Callaham] Age: 15 Birth Year: abt 1835 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1850: Campbell, Virginia Gender: Male Family Number: 774 Household Members: Name Age William M Collahan 32 Frances Collahan 50 Letticia Collahan 21 Elisha Collahan 17 Achillas Collahan 15 Mosely Collahan 13 Merryman Callahan 10 BIOGRAPHY FROM FIND A GRAVE Achillies was born in Virginia. He first married Mary J. Williams of Davidson county, TN. in 1868 in Coffee county, Tn. The family lived in district 6 of Coffee county between 1870 and 1880, Mary died abt. 1878. The couple had 3 children, Mary b. 1871, Margaret b. 1875 and Rowena b. 1878. Mary's widowed mother Evaline Williams and some of Mary's sibblings lived with the family in 1870 and Achilles worked at the flour mill. By 1880, Mary was deceased, living with the newly widowed Achilles and his three daughters is his sister in law Castilla Williams. The last name on official records is variously spelled Callaham, Calloham and Callahan. Achilles was a confederate civil war veteran. He mustered in at Manchester, Coffee county, TN in 1861 at 25 years of age, as a Corporal and mustered out as a Sargent for the 24th Tennessee Infantry company K. The unit was raised at Coffee county, but due to poor conditions it was moved to Portland, Sumner county, TN. for training the troops. This is probably where he met Mary, her family lived in Davidson and her sister Margaret was engaged to Andrew Carver of Sumner, TN. (previously SC). He married Jennie Taylor on May 8, 1881 in coffee county, tn. They had at least 3 children: Andrew Clarence Callaham b. 1889, Minnie and Maude. Their son Andrew died Oct. 1926 in Wichita falls, TX, Bio contributed by member #48156516.
  Person ID	I35927	Master File
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Elisha Callaham,   b. Abt 1795,   d. 22 Jan 1879, Campbell Co. VA  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Frances Herndon,   b. ca 1795, Campbell Co. VA ,   d. 25 Jun 1865, Campbell Co. VA  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	23 Jun 1817	Campbell Co. VA
  	Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers. Name: Frances Herndon Gender: Female Spouse Name: Elisha Callaham Spouse Gender: Male Marriage Date: 23 Jun 1817 County: Campbell State: Virginia
  Family ID	F14797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart