BYRON H. CALLIN is one of the most able
and successful school teachers of Wood county,
and is a young man of genuine worth, giving a
liberal aid and support to all enterprises and in-
terests which are calculated to benefit the com-
munity. He was born in Bowling Green, No-
vember 5, 1874. and is a son of John H. Callin,
a well known resident of the county. He spent
his earlier years in his native town, and in i 887
removed with his father to Middleton township,
where he aided in the development and improve-
ment of an eighty-acre farm.. In the winter
months he attended the district schools of the
neighborhood, and displayed special aptitude at
his studies. In the winter of 1885-6 he was a
student in the public schools of Leipsic, Ohio,
and in 1893 continued his education in the high
school of Perrysburg. In that year he was grad-
uated from the common schools of the county,
and in the winter of 1895-6 he attended Findlay
College, at Findlay, Ohio.
When only sixteen years of age, Mr. Callin
was granted a teachers certificate by the county
board of examiners. All his life he has been in-
terested in educational work, and has given gen-
eral satisfaction as a teacher in Wood county.
In 1895 he also taught and attended Berea Col-
lege, of Berea, Ky. , and is a young man of broad
general information, much of which he has ac-
quired through extensive reading. For six years
he was a correspondent to the local newspapers,
and is a poet and writer of fiction of no little
ability, having contributed many articles of merit
and interest to the county and Eastern magazines.
When fifteen years of age he joined the Presby-
terian Church at Dunbridge, and haS since taken
a very active part in Church work. He belongs
to the Presbyterian Church of Berea, is. a mem-
ber of the Home Missionary Society, and is pres-
Ident of the Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor, also secretary of the A. Z. L. Society
of Berea. He is a member of Randolph Palmer
Camp NO.273, Sons of Veterans; of Prairie
Depot. .Ohio. His political support is given the
Republican party. Held in the highest regard by
al.I who know him, he has made many warm
friends wherever he has gone, and his well-spent
lIfe commands the respect of all. Mr. Callin was
elected Professor of History and Natural Science
in Jackson Collegiate Institute, at Jackson, Ky. ,
which position he declined. On July 18, 1896,
he was unIted in marriage with Fannie E. .
daughter of John and Eliza Muir of Scotch
Ridge, Ohio. Mrs. Callin is a woman of genuine
worth, is accomplished, and has a large circle of
friends.