Husband of Harriet Leach. Son of John Davis Callaghan and Margaret Hutchison
Family records indicate that Jeremiah fought in the War of 1812 and was given a Parole of Honor by Gen. McArthur, after he surrendered his Army in Canada, although no record can be found on the official records.
Jeremiah left home and traveled to Kentucky, near Lexington, where he married Harriet Leach in the mid/late 1820's. They moved to Indiana in 1832 and southern Iowa in 1854, where they are buried.
Family history indicates that Jeremiah and Harriet, with their 12 children, traveled by covered wagon from Indiana in 1854 to Colorado. Not liking Colorado, they returned to southern Iowa. Lucas County the same year and settled about four miles from Chariton, the county seat.
History courtesy of Michael Skrysak
Family records indicate that Jeremiah fought in the War of 1812 and was given a Parole of Honor by Gen. McArthur, after he surrendered his Army in Canada, although no record can be found on the official records.
Jeremiah left home and traveled to Kentucky, near Lexington, where he married Harriet Leach in the mid/late 1820's. They moved to Indiana in 1832 and southern Iowa in 1854, where they are buried.
Family history indicates that Jeremiah and Harriet, with their 12 children, traveled by covered wagon from Indiana in 1854 to Colorado. Not liking Colorado, they returned to southern Iowa. Lucas County the same year and settled about four miles from Chariton, the county seat.
History courtesy of Michael Skrysak
Husband of Harriet Leach. Son of John Davis Callaghan and Margaret Hutchison
Family records indicate that Jeremiah fought in the War of 1812 and was given a Parole of Honor by Gen. McArthur, after he surrendered his Army in Canada, although no record can be found on the official records.
Jeremiah left home and traveled to Kentucky, near Lexington, where he married Harriet Leach in the mid/late 1820's. They moved to Indiana in 1832 and southern Iowa in 1854, where they are buried.
Family history indicates that Jeremiah and Harriet, with their 12 children, traveled by covered wagon from Indiana in 1854 to Colorado. Not liking Colorado, they returned to southern Iowa. Lucas County the same year and settled about four miles from Chariton, the county seat.
History courtesy of Michael Skrysak
Family records indicate that Jeremiah fought in the War of 1812 and was given a Parole of Honor by Gen. McArthur, after he surrendered his Army in Canada, although no record can be found on the official records.
Jeremiah left home and traveled to Kentucky, near Lexington, where he married Harriet Leach in the mid/late 1820's. They moved to Indiana in 1832 and southern Iowa in 1854, where they are buried.
Family history indicates that Jeremiah and Harriet, with their 12 children, traveled by covered wagon from Indiana in 1854 to Colorado. Not liking Colorado, they returned to southern Iowa. Lucas County the same year and settled about four miles from Chariton, the county seat.
History courtesy of Michael Skrysak
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