The Menard Messenger
Vol. 10 No. 48
Thursday, October 11, 1917
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ANOTHER PIONEER GONE TO REST
After an illness lasting about three weeks, James J. Callan answered the call and passed to the great beyond.
James J. Callan was born in Dundalk, Ireland, May 6, 1833 and died October 4, 1917. At the age of eleven he moved with his parents to America. The family lived in Washington, D. C. and it was there he received most of his schooling, spending several years and graduating in the Georgetown University.
On March 13, 1859 he was married to Margaret M. Sheen at Camp Colorado, Texas, at which time he was in the United States Army, but shortly after was sent to the Mexican border where he served for one year.
For a number of years he was in the newspaper business at Coleman and after moving to Menard continued his writing until he became too feeble.
Mr. Callan for several years served as Commissioner of Menard County and for the past twenty years has been Justice of the Peace, this office he was holding at the time of his death.
A great and good man is gone, one that everybody loved and esteemed for their neighbor and friend. He was a Christian and lived and died a staunch and true believer in the Catholic faith.
"A place is vacant in the home and church
Which never can be filled."
Mr. Callan was a good husband and father and twelve children blest this union, three of whom are deceased: Willie, Paul and Louis. Besides the dear wife the nine children who mourn his departure are: Joseph T. who lives in Menard county, James Menard; Irenaeus, Menard; Marie, (Mrs. Lee L. Russell) Ft. Worth; Austin, Marfa; John Menard; Leo. A., San Antonio; Claude, Kansas City, Mo. and Margaret (Mrs. J. C. Graham) Kimble county; and two sisters of deceased living in Washington;
All the children were present except Mrs. Lee Russell, who was in Washington, D. C. and Austin Callan of Marfa.
Funeral services were held over the remains Friday afternoon 3:30 at the Catholic church conducted by Father F. X. Gagnon and concluded at the cemetery at 4 o'clock.
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James J. Callan -Among the inhabitants of Menardville, Texas, James J. Callan stands prominent as an honorable and enlightened citizen, and although his eyes first opened to the light of day in County Louth, Ireland, yet no one could more truly be of the finest type of western citizenship, possessing in the fullest measure all those traits which make the type admirable and distinct. Coming here in the early days, he was closely identified with the frontier history of the Lone Star State, and learning well the secrets and extent of his adopted country, he has acted even in the capacities of scout and guide, and at the time of the Civil war he played a gallant part as a soldier. Truly he has well played his part in the development of central Texas and never more potently than in giving to the younger generation an example of noble and helpful manhood.
James J. Callan was born in 1833. In 1841, when he was a lad about eight years of age, his parents made the step which was to have an immeasurable effect upon his future career; they heeded the reports of opportunity and advancement which were wafted across the blue Atlantic from the shores of the new world and concluded to cast their fortunes with many of their countrymen who had preceded them. Accordingly they made the momentous voyage and upon landing went first to Washington, D. C., where they resided for several years. In 1855 they concluded their residence in the national capital and came to the far southwestern frontier of Texas, locating on the Clear Fork of the Brazos river, in what is now Throckmorton county, and becoming associated with the stock business. During the life of these worthy people in Texas they won and retained the liking and respect of all those with whom they came most closely in contact.
Mr. Callan received his education before coming to Texas. When he came to such years as to establish himself upon an independent footing he went to Camp Colorado, in what is now Coleman county, and it was there that he resided in the troublous days preceding the dark four years' strife between the states. His conscientious conviction of the supreme right of the states to sever their union with the national government-a belief largely influenced by environment-led him to give his influence and support to the Confederacy. He joined the famous Texas Frontier Cavalry, receiving the rank of senior captain, and for the first two years of the Rebellion remained along the frontier to protect it against Indian encroachments. He was subsequently assigned to duty in Bankhead's Brigade and served for a time in the coast country under General Magruder. When, after the affair at Appomattox, it was his to resume civil life he turned his face towards Coleman county and the familiar scenes and faces.
The part he was to play in the defense against the hostile Indian was not at an end, however, and in 1868 he located in Menard county, at Fort McKavett, where he acted as scout and guide for the Federal troops located at that post, which was one of the rallying points for the troops engaged in suppressing the marauding redskins. He was in such service for nearly four years, or until about 1871. He then established his permanent home at Menardville, the county seat, which was at that time a very small settlement. He has lived here ever since with the exception of a period of years when he removed to Coleman and founded the Coleman County Voice, of which he assumed the editorship.
Mr. Callan is a man who enjoys the confidence and esteem of any community in which he happens to make his home for any time, and it is but natural that he should have been proffered public office from time to time. He served as county commissioner of Coleman county during the time that it was attached to Brown county, and in Menardville he has served as justice of the peace for several years, and as a servant of the people his ministrations are always of the highest possible character.
By his union with Miss Margaret Sheen, Mr. Callan laid the foundation of a happy married life. Mrs. Callan springs from the same Welsh ancestry that produced Jefferson Davis. president of the Confederacy. Mr. and Mrs. Callan have given to the state ten fine young citizens, one of the elder members of their family. James Callan, a prominent cattleman. being president of the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association. The Callan children are: Joseph. James, Rena, John, Mrs. Marie Russell, Austin, Louis, Leo, Claude, and Margaret. (A History of Central and Western Texas, Vol. 2, Compiled by Capt. B. B. Paddock, Published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Vol. 10 No. 48
Thursday, October 11, 1917
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(page 1)
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE TO REST
After an illness lasting about three weeks, James J. Callan answered the call and passed to the great beyond.
James J. Callan was born in Dundalk, Ireland, May 6, 1833 and died October 4, 1917. At the age of eleven he moved with his parents to America. The family lived in Washington, D. C. and it was there he received most of his schooling, spending several years and graduating in the Georgetown University.
On March 13, 1859 he was married to Margaret M. Sheen at Camp Colorado, Texas, at which time he was in the United States Army, but shortly after was sent to the Mexican border where he served for one year.
For a number of years he was in the newspaper business at Coleman and after moving to Menard continued his writing until he became too feeble.
Mr. Callan for several years served as Commissioner of Menard County and for the past twenty years has been Justice of the Peace, this office he was holding at the time of his death.
A great and good man is gone, one that everybody loved and esteemed for their neighbor and friend. He was a Christian and lived and died a staunch and true believer in the Catholic faith.
"A place is vacant in the home and church
Which never can be filled."
Mr. Callan was a good husband and father and twelve children blest this union, three of whom are deceased: Willie, Paul and Louis. Besides the dear wife the nine children who mourn his departure are: Joseph T. who lives in Menard county, James Menard; Irenaeus, Menard; Marie, (Mrs. Lee L. Russell) Ft. Worth; Austin, Marfa; John Menard; Leo. A., San Antonio; Claude, Kansas City, Mo. and Margaret (Mrs. J. C. Graham) Kimble county; and two sisters of deceased living in Washington;
All the children were present except Mrs. Lee Russell, who was in Washington, D. C. and Austin Callan of Marfa.
Funeral services were held over the remains Friday afternoon 3:30 at the Catholic church conducted by Father F. X. Gagnon and concluded at the cemetery at 4 o'clock.
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James J. Callan -Among the inhabitants of Menardville, Texas, James J. Callan stands prominent as an honorable and enlightened citizen, and although his eyes first opened to the light of day in County Louth, Ireland, yet no one could more truly be of the finest type of western citizenship, possessing in the fullest measure all those traits which make the type admirable and distinct. Coming here in the early days, he was closely identified with the frontier history of the Lone Star State, and learning well the secrets and extent of his adopted country, he has acted even in the capacities of scout and guide, and at the time of the Civil war he played a gallant part as a soldier. Truly he has well played his part in the development of central Texas and never more potently than in giving to the younger generation an example of noble and helpful manhood.
James J. Callan was born in 1833. In 1841, when he was a lad about eight years of age, his parents made the step which was to have an immeasurable effect upon his future career; they heeded the reports of opportunity and advancement which were wafted across the blue Atlantic from the shores of the new world and concluded to cast their fortunes with many of their countrymen who had preceded them. Accordingly they made the momentous voyage and upon landing went first to Washington, D. C., where they resided for several years. In 1855 they concluded their residence in the national capital and came to the far southwestern frontier of Texas, locating on the Clear Fork of the Brazos river, in what is now Throckmorton county, and becoming associated with the stock business. During the life of these worthy people in Texas they won and retained the liking and respect of all those with whom they came most closely in contact.
Mr. Callan received his education before coming to Texas. When he came to such years as to establish himself upon an independent footing he went to Camp Colorado, in what is now Coleman county, and it was there that he resided in the troublous days preceding the dark four years' strife between the states. His conscientious conviction of the supreme right of the states to sever their union with the national government-a belief largely influenced by environment-led him to give his influence and support to the Confederacy. He joined the famous Texas Frontier Cavalry, receiving the rank of senior captain, and for the first two years of the Rebellion remained along the frontier to protect it against Indian encroachments. He was subsequently assigned to duty in Bankhead's Brigade and served for a time in the coast country under General Magruder. When, after the affair at Appomattox, it was his to resume civil life he turned his face towards Coleman county and the familiar scenes and faces.
The part he was to play in the defense against the hostile Indian was not at an end, however, and in 1868 he located in Menard county, at Fort McKavett, where he acted as scout and guide for the Federal troops located at that post, which was one of the rallying points for the troops engaged in suppressing the marauding redskins. He was in such service for nearly four years, or until about 1871. He then established his permanent home at Menardville, the county seat, which was at that time a very small settlement. He has lived here ever since with the exception of a period of years when he removed to Coleman and founded the Coleman County Voice, of which he assumed the editorship.
Mr. Callan is a man who enjoys the confidence and esteem of any community in which he happens to make his home for any time, and it is but natural that he should have been proffered public office from time to time. He served as county commissioner of Coleman county during the time that it was attached to Brown county, and in Menardville he has served as justice of the peace for several years, and as a servant of the people his ministrations are always of the highest possible character.
By his union with Miss Margaret Sheen, Mr. Callan laid the foundation of a happy married life. Mrs. Callan springs from the same Welsh ancestry that produced Jefferson Davis. president of the Confederacy. Mr. and Mrs. Callan have given to the state ten fine young citizens, one of the elder members of their family. James Callan, a prominent cattleman. being president of the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association. The Callan children are: Joseph. James, Rena, John, Mrs. Marie Russell, Austin, Louis, Leo, Claude, and Margaret. (A History of Central and Western Texas, Vol. 2, Compiled by Capt. B. B. Paddock, Published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
The Menard Messenger
Vol. 10 No. 48
Thursday, October 11, 1917
------------------------
(page 1)
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE TO REST
After an illness lasting about three weeks, James J. Callan answered the call and passed to the great beyond.
James J. Callan was born in Dundalk, Ireland, May 6, 1833 and died October 4, 1917. At the age of eleven he moved with his parents to America. The family lived in Washington, D. C. and it was there he received most of his schooling, spending several years and graduating in the Georgetown University.
On March 13, 1859 he was married to Margaret M. Sheen at Camp Colorado, Texas, at which time he was in the United States Army, but shortly after was sent to the Mexican border where he served for one year.
For a number of years he was in the newspaper business at Coleman and after moving to Menard continued his writing until he became too feeble.
Mr. Callan for several years served as Commissioner of Menard County and for the past twenty years has been Justice of the Peace, this office he was holding at the time of his death.
A great and good man is gone, one that everybody loved and esteemed for their neighbor and friend. He was a Christian and lived and died a staunch and true believer in the Catholic faith.
"A place is vacant in the home and church
Which never can be filled."
Mr. Callan was a good husband and father and twelve children blest this union, three of whom are deceased: Willie, Paul and Louis. Besides the dear wife the nine children who mourn his departure are: Joseph T. who lives in Menard county, James Menard; Irenaeus, Menard; Marie, (Mrs. Lee L. Russell) Ft. Worth; Austin, Marfa; John Menard; Leo. A., San Antonio; Claude, Kansas City, Mo. and Margaret (Mrs. J. C. Graham) Kimble county; and two sisters of deceased living in Washington;
All the children were present except Mrs. Lee Russell, who was in Washington, D. C. and Austin Callan of Marfa.
Funeral services were held over the remains Friday afternoon 3:30 at the Catholic church conducted by Father F. X. Gagnon and concluded at the cemetery at 4 o'clock.
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James J. Callan -Among the inhabitants of Menardville, Texas, James J. Callan stands prominent as an honorable and enlightened citizen, and although his eyes first opened to the light of day in County Louth, Ireland, yet no one could more truly be of the finest type of western citizenship, possessing in the fullest measure all those traits which make the type admirable and distinct. Coming here in the early days, he was closely identified with the frontier history of the Lone Star State, and learning well the secrets and extent of his adopted country, he has acted even in the capacities of scout and guide, and at the time of the Civil war he played a gallant part as a soldier. Truly he has well played his part in the development of central Texas and never more potently than in giving to the younger generation an example of noble and helpful manhood.
James J. Callan was born in 1833. In 1841, when he was a lad about eight years of age, his parents made the step which was to have an immeasurable effect upon his future career; they heeded the reports of opportunity and advancement which were wafted across the blue Atlantic from the shores of the new world and concluded to cast their fortunes with many of their countrymen who had preceded them. Accordingly they made the momentous voyage and upon landing went first to Washington, D. C., where they resided for several years. In 1855 they concluded their residence in the national capital and came to the far southwestern frontier of Texas, locating on the Clear Fork of the Brazos river, in what is now Throckmorton county, and becoming associated with the stock business. During the life of these worthy people in Texas they won and retained the liking and respect of all those with whom they came most closely in contact.
Mr. Callan received his education before coming to Texas. When he came to such years as to establish himself upon an independent footing he went to Camp Colorado, in what is now Coleman county, and it was there that he resided in the troublous days preceding the dark four years' strife between the states. His conscientious conviction of the supreme right of the states to sever their union with the national government-a belief largely influenced by environment-led him to give his influence and support to the Confederacy. He joined the famous Texas Frontier Cavalry, receiving the rank of senior captain, and for the first two years of the Rebellion remained along the frontier to protect it against Indian encroachments. He was subsequently assigned to duty in Bankhead's Brigade and served for a time in the coast country under General Magruder. When, after the affair at Appomattox, it was his to resume civil life he turned his face towards Coleman county and the familiar scenes and faces.
The part he was to play in the defense against the hostile Indian was not at an end, however, and in 1868 he located in Menard county, at Fort McKavett, where he acted as scout and guide for the Federal troops located at that post, which was one of the rallying points for the troops engaged in suppressing the marauding redskins. He was in such service for nearly four years, or until about 1871. He then established his permanent home at Menardville, the county seat, which was at that time a very small settlement. He has lived here ever since with the exception of a period of years when he removed to Coleman and founded the Coleman County Voice, of which he assumed the editorship.
Mr. Callan is a man who enjoys the confidence and esteem of any community in which he happens to make his home for any time, and it is but natural that he should have been proffered public office from time to time. He served as county commissioner of Coleman county during the time that it was attached to Brown county, and in Menardville he has served as justice of the peace for several years, and as a servant of the people his ministrations are always of the highest possible character.
By his union with Miss Margaret Sheen, Mr. Callan laid the foundation of a happy married life. Mrs. Callan springs from the same Welsh ancestry that produced Jefferson Davis. president of the Confederacy. Mr. and Mrs. Callan have given to the state ten fine young citizens, one of the elder members of their family. James Callan, a prominent cattleman. being president of the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association. The Callan children are: Joseph. James, Rena, John, Mrs. Marie Russell, Austin, Louis, Leo, Claude, and Margaret. (A History of Central and Western Texas, Vol. 2, Compiled by Capt. B. B. Paddock, Published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Vol. 10 No. 48
Thursday, October 11, 1917
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(page 1)
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE TO REST
After an illness lasting about three weeks, James J. Callan answered the call and passed to the great beyond.
James J. Callan was born in Dundalk, Ireland, May 6, 1833 and died October 4, 1917. At the age of eleven he moved with his parents to America. The family lived in Washington, D. C. and it was there he received most of his schooling, spending several years and graduating in the Georgetown University.
On March 13, 1859 he was married to Margaret M. Sheen at Camp Colorado, Texas, at which time he was in the United States Army, but shortly after was sent to the Mexican border where he served for one year.
For a number of years he was in the newspaper business at Coleman and after moving to Menard continued his writing until he became too feeble.
Mr. Callan for several years served as Commissioner of Menard County and for the past twenty years has been Justice of the Peace, this office he was holding at the time of his death.
A great and good man is gone, one that everybody loved and esteemed for their neighbor and friend. He was a Christian and lived and died a staunch and true believer in the Catholic faith.
"A place is vacant in the home and church
Which never can be filled."
Mr. Callan was a good husband and father and twelve children blest this union, three of whom are deceased: Willie, Paul and Louis. Besides the dear wife the nine children who mourn his departure are: Joseph T. who lives in Menard county, James Menard; Irenaeus, Menard; Marie, (Mrs. Lee L. Russell) Ft. Worth; Austin, Marfa; John Menard; Leo. A., San Antonio; Claude, Kansas City, Mo. and Margaret (Mrs. J. C. Graham) Kimble county; and two sisters of deceased living in Washington;
All the children were present except Mrs. Lee Russell, who was in Washington, D. C. and Austin Callan of Marfa.
Funeral services were held over the remains Friday afternoon 3:30 at the Catholic church conducted by Father F. X. Gagnon and concluded at the cemetery at 4 o'clock.
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James J. Callan -Among the inhabitants of Menardville, Texas, James J. Callan stands prominent as an honorable and enlightened citizen, and although his eyes first opened to the light of day in County Louth, Ireland, yet no one could more truly be of the finest type of western citizenship, possessing in the fullest measure all those traits which make the type admirable and distinct. Coming here in the early days, he was closely identified with the frontier history of the Lone Star State, and learning well the secrets and extent of his adopted country, he has acted even in the capacities of scout and guide, and at the time of the Civil war he played a gallant part as a soldier. Truly he has well played his part in the development of central Texas and never more potently than in giving to the younger generation an example of noble and helpful manhood.
James J. Callan was born in 1833. In 1841, when he was a lad about eight years of age, his parents made the step which was to have an immeasurable effect upon his future career; they heeded the reports of opportunity and advancement which were wafted across the blue Atlantic from the shores of the new world and concluded to cast their fortunes with many of their countrymen who had preceded them. Accordingly they made the momentous voyage and upon landing went first to Washington, D. C., where they resided for several years. In 1855 they concluded their residence in the national capital and came to the far southwestern frontier of Texas, locating on the Clear Fork of the Brazos river, in what is now Throckmorton county, and becoming associated with the stock business. During the life of these worthy people in Texas they won and retained the liking and respect of all those with whom they came most closely in contact.
Mr. Callan received his education before coming to Texas. When he came to such years as to establish himself upon an independent footing he went to Camp Colorado, in what is now Coleman county, and it was there that he resided in the troublous days preceding the dark four years' strife between the states. His conscientious conviction of the supreme right of the states to sever their union with the national government-a belief largely influenced by environment-led him to give his influence and support to the Confederacy. He joined the famous Texas Frontier Cavalry, receiving the rank of senior captain, and for the first two years of the Rebellion remained along the frontier to protect it against Indian encroachments. He was subsequently assigned to duty in Bankhead's Brigade and served for a time in the coast country under General Magruder. When, after the affair at Appomattox, it was his to resume civil life he turned his face towards Coleman county and the familiar scenes and faces.
The part he was to play in the defense against the hostile Indian was not at an end, however, and in 1868 he located in Menard county, at Fort McKavett, where he acted as scout and guide for the Federal troops located at that post, which was one of the rallying points for the troops engaged in suppressing the marauding redskins. He was in such service for nearly four years, or until about 1871. He then established his permanent home at Menardville, the county seat, which was at that time a very small settlement. He has lived here ever since with the exception of a period of years when he removed to Coleman and founded the Coleman County Voice, of which he assumed the editorship.
Mr. Callan is a man who enjoys the confidence and esteem of any community in which he happens to make his home for any time, and it is but natural that he should have been proffered public office from time to time. He served as county commissioner of Coleman county during the time that it was attached to Brown county, and in Menardville he has served as justice of the peace for several years, and as a servant of the people his ministrations are always of the highest possible character.
By his union with Miss Margaret Sheen, Mr. Callan laid the foundation of a happy married life. Mrs. Callan springs from the same Welsh ancestry that produced Jefferson Davis. president of the Confederacy. Mr. and Mrs. Callan have given to the state ten fine young citizens, one of the elder members of their family. James Callan, a prominent cattleman. being president of the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association. The Callan children are: Joseph. James, Rena, John, Mrs. Marie Russell, Austin, Louis, Leo, Claude, and Margaret. (A History of Central and Western Texas, Vol. 2, Compiled by Capt. B. B. Paddock, Published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
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Joseph Taylor Callan
1861–1939
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James Callan
1863–1934
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Ireneaus Ivanal "Rena" Callan
1866–1942
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Marie Virginia Callan Russell
1869–1963
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Louis G. Callan
1871–1916
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Austin Benedict Callan
1874–1953
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John Berchmann Callan
1875–1960
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Leo Alphonse Callan
1878–1937
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Claude Clement Callan
1881–1956
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Margaret Callan Graham
1888–1974
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