Elizabeth (Ammons) Callahan (1839 - 1892)

Born 23 Aug 1839 in Madison, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Joel John Callahan — married 6 Oct 1856 in Madison County, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Dec 1892 at age 53 in Bull Creek, Madison, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Ammons was born 1839 in Madison, North Carolina, United States, the daughter of Stephen Ammons and Lavada (Sprinkle) Ammons. She was the sister of John Judson Ammons.

She married Joel John Callahan on 6 Oct 1856 in Madison County, North Carolina. ^[1] They had the following children: ^[2][3]

1. JAMES Washington CALLAHAN, b. 1858, Madison Co., NC
2. MARGARET CORDELIA CALLAHAN, b. 1864, Madison County, North Carolina;^[4]
3. CORNELIUS V. CALLAHAN, b. 1867, North Carolina, m. MOLLIE JUSTICE, January 17, 1889, TWP #3, Madison Co., NC b. 1869
4. JOHN J. CALLAHAN, b. 1871, Madison Co., NC;
5. RHODA I. CALLAHAN, b. 1877, Madison Co.,^[5][6]

Geneanet Community Trees Index, Elizabeth Ammons, female, birth date 1839, birthplace: North Carolina, married on 10/6/1856 in Madison, North Carolina, death date 12/07/1892, death place: North Carolina, spouse: Joel John Callahan, children: Cornelius V., James Washington, William Ary, Maggie Callahan Sprinkle, John J., Margaret Cordelia, Rhoda Isabelle, and Vernon Cornelis Callahan

Sources

1. ↑ North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8YK-59Z : 10 February 2018), Joel Calahan and Elizebeth Ammons, 06 Oct 1856; citing Madison,North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,330,290.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD64-QVL : Tue Oct 03 11:58:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Joel Calahan and Elizabeth Calahan, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8K-Q6C : Thu Oct 05 16:35:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Joel Calahan and Elizabeth Calahan, 1870.
4. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPCV-H4D : 17 July 2017), Elizabeth Ammons in entry for Maggie Callahan Sprinkle, 19 Oct 1953; citing Mars Hill, Madison, N.C., v 24A cn 24375, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,926,997.
5. ↑ Find A Grave, Elizabeth Ammons, memorial# 54872421
6. ↑ Family Tree. Maker Genealogy Report: Descendants of William Holcomb

See also:

• United States Census, 1880 index and images, FamilySearch: (accessed 15 Nov 2014), Elizabeth Calahan in household of Joel Calahan, Bull Creek, Madison, North Carolina, United States; citing sheet 53C, NARA microfilm publication T9, NARA microfilm publication T9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1254971.

• The Holcombes: nation builders ; their biographies, genealogies, and pedigrees, by Mrs. Lewin D. (Hannah Elizabeth Weir) McPherson. Author McPherson, Hannah Elizabeth (Weir) 1878-Call Number GENE WYO 929.2 HOLCOMB M Publication Date 1947

• History, genealogical and biographical, of the Eaton families by Molyneux, Nellie Zada Rice, Published 1911.

• Ancestry.com: Geneanet Community Trees Index.