James Monroe Callin (1844 - 1901)

Born 26 Feb 1844 in Ashland, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rosalina Bedora (Davenport) Callin — married 31 Dec 1867 in Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, United States

Husband of Almira A (Weirick) Callin — married about 1880 in Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, United States

Husband of Emma (Bradt) Flora — married 23 Aug 1893 in Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1901 at age 57 in St. Catharines, Niagara, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

James Monroe Callin (William H.-3, John-2, James "1st"-1) was born on 26 Feb 1844 in Ashland County, Ohio. Jim was six when his father took the family to clear and settle a new farm in Peru, Huron, Ohio in 1850; they lived in Ridgefield, Huron, Ohio in 1860. Jim grew up in New London and Ridgefield, attending school and working on his father's farm, until the war began.^[1][2][3]

Jim was not yet 18 when the call for troops went out in 1861, but he turned 18 the following February. He went up to Toledo, and on 10 Oct 1862, a full two months before his older brother John enlisted, he enlisted in the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company H.^[4]

At the time of his enlistment, his personal description was five feet eight inches high, fair complexion, grey eyes, and auburn hair. He was a farmer boy, strong and capable. Jim was twice wounded in action. First, and most serious, he was hit by a shell that struck the upper part of his right thigh near the bone during the charge at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina, 18 July 1863. (This was the battle depicted at the end of the 1989 film, Glory.) “He was one of the eighteen men who took their stand on the bomb proof of said Fort and that they held the same about thirty minutes and until their commander ordered them to retreat as best they could.” Jim was in the general hospital No. 9 at Buford (Beaufort), South Carolina, almost three months. He returned to duty 27 Sep 1863. ^[5]

Second, he was struck in the back of his head by shrapnel from an exploding shell in the Battle of Chester Station, Virginia, 10 May 1864, and hospitalized at Ft. Monroe, Virginia, on 20 May 1864 after experiencing disorientation and headaches. This injury, though it sounds worse, was less serious than the thigh wound which caused permanent damage and a limp. Almost as bad, he, along with many others, contracted what was called “camp diarrhea,” dysentery, from which he suffered the remainder of his life. Jim was discharged honorably at the end of the war, and returned home in October 1865.

Jim and Rosalina Bedora Davenport were married on 31 Dec 1867 in Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio. Rosa, daughter of Martin Sidney Davenport (1824–1895) and Laura Maria Hix (1828–1904), was born on 29 Aug 1848 in Ohio. She and Jim had four children, and lived in Center, Wood County, Ohio in 1870. Rosa died on 20 Sep 1876 at the age of 28 in Perrysburg, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio.^[6][7][8]

James Monroe Callin and Rosalina Bedora Davenport had four children:

• Albert Clifford Callin (1869-1933)
• Arthur K Callin (1871-1957)
• Bessa Viola (Callin) McFann Lakie (1873-1939)
• Jessie (Callin) Chudley (b. 1876)

After Rosalina’s death, Jim farmed in Portage, Wood County, Ohio. He sent his three older children to live with Rosalina’s parents, Martin and Laura Davenport, and baby Jessie went to live with the St. John family in Plain City. (Stephen and Harriet St. John were the parents of Mary Ann St. John Callin, the first wife of Jim’s younger brother, George.)^[9][10][11]

Jim and his second wife, Almira A. Weirick, were married in 1880 in Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio. Jim and Almira lived in Wood County for a few years, relocating to Deerfield, Michigan, before returning to Bowling Green. They had four children, three of whom survived infancy. Almira died of consumption (tuberculosis) on 28 Oct 1889 at the age of 31 and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio.^[12][13]

James Monroe Callin and Almira A. Weirick had four children:

• Cora May (Callin) Low Squire (1881-1936)
• Carrie E (Callin) Low (1883-1960)
• Aurilla M (Callin) Pletcher Bogart (1885-1969)
• Unnamed Callin was born in 1887 and died at six months old.

Jim married his third wife, Emma Bradt, on 23 Aug 1893 in Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio. Jim and Emma lived in St Catharines City in Niagara, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died there on 7 Apr 1901 at the age of 57, from cancer of the bowels brought on by the chronic dysentery he contracted in the War. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio.^{[14][15][16][17]}

Sources

1. ↑ Callin, George W., The Callin Family History, E.M Hubbard, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1911, pg. 10, 14.
2. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, Place: Peru, Huron, Ohio; Roll: M432_697; Page: 133B; Image: 473.
3. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census, Place: Ridgefield, Huron, Ohio; Roll: M653_990; Page: 155; FHL Film:803990.
4. ↑ U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865.
5. ↑ Newspapers.com, Perrysburg Journal, 28 Oct 1863, Page 3; Perrysburg, Ohio, “James Callin (and 1 other wounded) returned to duty after Fort Wagner 28 Oct 1863”.
6. ↑ Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993.
7. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census, Place: Center, Wood, Ohio; Roll: M593_1283; Page: 295A; Image: 41; FHL Film: 552782.
8. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial #30737690.
9. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census, Place: Portage, Wood, Ohio; Roll: 1078; Page: 99C; Enumeration Dist: 093.
10. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census, Place: Plain, Wood, Ohio; Roll: 1078; Page: 215D; Enumeration Dist: 098.
11. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census, Place: Plain, Wood, Ohio; Roll: 1078; Page: 211D; Enumeration Dist: 098.
12. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census, Place: Bloom, Wood, Ohio; Roll: 1078; Page: 27B; Enumeration Dist: 089.
13. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial #83190867.
14. ↑ 1901 Census of Canada (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Year: 1901; Census Place: St Catharines (City/Cité), Lincoln & Niagara, Ontario; Page: 1; Family No: 8.
15. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial #30737645.
16. ↑ Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: MS935; Reel: 102.
17. ↑ Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General; Record Group Number: 92; Series Number: M1845.