| Page content last modified: | March 20, 2008, corrected the page number in the 1850 Callihan census transcription.
July 27, 2006, corrected Lutie Ewalt's date of death, added details on Kitty Jewel Black, text changes and additions. June 21, 2005, corrected Margaret Williams' birth date. May 4, 2005, added link to Thomas' obituary and tombstone. |
| MAJORVILLE FAMILIES NEWS MEMORABILIA |
SIMON THOMAS CALLIHAN 1847-1913 MARGARET ANZONETTA WILLIAMS 1851-1923
| Much of the information we have on the descendants of S. T. and Margaret Williams Callihan, is based on the dedicated and detailed research of Goldie Beatrice Read Williams, shared by her granddaughter, Mickie L. Dutcher. |
  Simon Thomas Callihan was born March 8, 1847, in Hancock County, Illinois, the son of  John Callihan and Elizabeth Long. He was called Tom, Thomas or S. T.
Thomas was recruited into the Union Army at Fountain Green. He served as a private in Company D, 64th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, also known as Yates' Sharpshooters. He married Margaret Anzonetta Williams on December 2, 1868, in Hancock County, Illinois. Margaret was born on July 17, 1851, in Illinois, probably Hancock County, to The image at the right is from a large group portrait of a Sunday School class at the original Majorville Church. Uncle Tom and Aunt Nett are among the very few persons identified in the photograph. Early in their marriage Thomas and Margaret lived near Thomas' father. By the time of the 1880 Federal census, they were living on the old Williams' homeplace, a farm adjacent (on the north and east) to Majorville Church and Cemetery in Hancock Township, on the northern boundary of Hancock Township. For a visual representation of the location of this farm, view the
Thomas died at their home in Tennessee on November 22, 1913. He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Colchester, in McDonough County.
Not long after Thomas died, Margaret and daughter Lutie moved to Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, where Lutie married in 1917. In 1920 Margaret was making her home with Lutie and Lutie's husband, James Ewalt. Margaret died in Galesburg on May 27, 1923, and was buried at Mount Auburn in the family plot. The children of S. T. Callihan and Margaret A. Williams were:
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enumerated Oct 22, 1850, dwelling #889 John Callahan, 47, male, farmer, value of real estate 1500, born PA
page 462, enumerated July 24, 1860, dwelling #3280
John Calihan, 54, male, farmer, value of real estate 3500, value of personal estate 1200, born PA
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page 723, enumerated July 24, 1860, dwelling #3274 John Williams, 60, male, farmer, value of real estate 3000, value of personal estate 1000 owned, born NC
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enumerated June 13, 1870, household #22 (immediated following the household of his parents) Callihan, Thos, 23, farmer, born IL
enumerated June 7, 1880, dwelling #46 Callihan, Thomas, 33, married, farmer, born IL, both parents born PA
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page 292A, enumerated June 2, 1900, dwelling #39 Callihan, Thomas, head, white, male, Mar 18?7 [illegible], 53, married for 32 years, born IL, both parents born PA, restaurant, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English, owned his home Margaret, wife, white, female, July 1851, 49, married for 32 years; mother of 7 children, 6 living; born IL, father born SC, mother born NC, could read, write and speak English Lutie E, daughter, white, female, Apr 1881, 19, single, born IL, both parents born IL, clerk restr, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English Thomas Jr N, son, white, male, Nov 1883, 16, single, born IL, both parents born IL, teamster, months not employed - 4, could read, write and speak English Jewel K, daughter, white, female, Jun 1887, 12, single, born IL, both parents born IL, telephone girl, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English Clo B, daughter, white, female, Mar 1893, 7, single, born IL, both parents born IL, at school, attended school for 8 months, could read, write and speak English
page 323A, enumerated April 20, 1910, dwelling #72 Callihan, Simon T, head, male, white, 63, married (1st) for 41 years, born IL, both parents born PA, spoke English, hotel keeper, own hotel, working on own account, could read and write, owned his home free of mortgage, whether a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Margert, wife, female, white, 58, married (1st) for 41 years; mother of 7 children, 6 living; born IL, father born SC, mother born NC, spoke English, could read and write Lutie, daughter, female, white, 29, single, born Illinois, both parents born IL, spoke English, cook, htel, employee, whether out of work on April 15, 1910 - no, number of weeks out of work during 1909 - 0, could read and write Cloe, daughter, female, white, 17, single, born Illinois, both parents born IL, spoke English, could read and write, attended school after Sept. 1, 1909 Fox, Charles N, boarder, male, white, 31, single, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English, principal, public schools, employee, whether out of work on April 15, 1910 - no, number of weeks out of work during 1909 - 0, could read and write |
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page 119B, enumerated January 8, 1920, dwelling #175, 140 Fulton Street Ewalt, James B, head, owned his home free of mortgage, male, white, 40, married, could read and write, born MO, father born U.S., mother born IL, spoke English, laborer, Burlington [Railroad], working for wages Liddie E, wife, female, white, 38, married, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English Callahan, Margaret A, mother, female, white, 68, widow, could read and write, born IL, father born SC, mother born KY, spoke English |
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