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Samuel Calhoon

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Samuel Calhoon

Birth
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
14 Aug 1869 (aged 78)
Sullivan County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Sullivan County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Tombstone has been broken off and laid on its face to preserve it.

SAMUEL CALHOUN III,born 27 May 1791 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died 14 August 1869 in Sullivan County, Missouri.He married June 19,1815 in Hancock County,
Virginia (now West Virginia) to MARGARET "Peggy" BURK.
Samuel Calhoun served in the War of 1812 as a Private in the Ohio Militia under Capt.Joshua Cotton.Later,he applied for and received a Bounty Land Warrant in Delaware County, Indiana (# 33,023-120-55).After Samuel's death, his widow Margaret received a Widow's Pension.
Their daughter LAVINIA NANCY CALHOUN,born June 12,1824 in Ellsworth,Trumbull Co.,Ohio,married JAMES WHITMORE BALDWIN,A MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT.
Researched by June Baldwin Bork.
Tombstone has been broken off and laid on its face to preserve it.

SAMUEL CALHOUN III,born 27 May 1791 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died 14 August 1869 in Sullivan County, Missouri.He married June 19,1815 in Hancock County,
Virginia (now West Virginia) to MARGARET "Peggy" BURK.
Samuel Calhoun served in the War of 1812 as a Private in the Ohio Militia under Capt.Joshua Cotton.Later,he applied for and received a Bounty Land Warrant in Delaware County, Indiana (# 33,023-120-55).After Samuel's death, his widow Margaret received a Widow's Pension.
Their daughter LAVINIA NANCY CALHOUN,born June 12,1824 in Ellsworth,Trumbull Co.,Ohio,married JAMES WHITMORE BALDWIN,A MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT.
Researched by June Baldwin Bork.

Inscription

SAMUEL CALHOON
DIED AUG. 14, 1868
AGED 76Y. 2M. & 8 D.

Gravesite Details

Tombstone is old and difficult to read. However, Calhoon Family Bible Records, wife's pension record, and DAR descendents records of Samuel's father verify information.



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