John Quincy Callin (1879 - 1956)

Born 11 Jul 1879 in Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Bertha May (Greenlee) Callin — married 9 Jun 1906 in Seneca, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1956 at age 76 in Winter Park, Orange, Florida, United States

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Biography

John Quincy Callin (John Henry-4, William H.-3, John-2, James "1st"-1) was born on 11 July 1879 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, and he grew up in Wood County. In comparison to his scholastically precocious elder brother, Byron, John was more physical, known for playing football at Bowling Green High School.^[1][2][3]

John married Bertha May Greenlee on 9 June 1906 in Seneca County, Ohio. Bertha was the daughter of Allen M Greenlee (1861–1887) and Alice Ava Hales (1865–1942), born on 5 Dec 1885 in Arcadia, Hancock County, Ohio. After her father died, Alice remarried George McClellan Cramer (1861–1937), who adopted Bertha and raised her as his own.^[4][5][6]

John and Bertha lived in Fostoria, where they had their daughter. In 1910, John was teaching there, but after the birth of their older son, the mid-1910s saw John and Bertha move to Lorain, near Oberlin, where John's widowed mother was living with his sister, Emma Matcham. John worked as an insurance agent for Prudential for several years. That's where they were when John and his brother Prentice enlisted in an Ohio guard unit in 1918.^[7][8]

John returned to insurance in the Fostoria area after the war, and he and Bertha had their third child in Findlay, Ohio, in 1920. Little Bobby was about a year old when John's brother, Byron Herbert, persuaded him to take a teaching job in Otsego county, New York. John and Bertha weren't in New York for more than a couple of years, and they returned to Fostoria around 1925. But, sometime between 1931 and 1935, they moved to Orlando, Florida, with their two sons. Over the course of the late 1930s and 1940s, John built several cottages, which he intended to sell as part of the real estate boom going on around Orlando.^{[9][10][11][12]}

John died on 6 Apr 1956 at the age of 76 and was buried in Glen Haven Memorial Park in Winter Park, Orange County, Florida. His obituary appeared in The Orlando Sentinel on 7 Apr 1956.^[13][14][15]

“Services for Mr. John Q. Callin. 74, who died Thursday at home, 1331 Kindel Ave. Winter Park, will be held 1 pm, Monday at Cox Parker Funeral Home, Winter Park, with the Rev. W. R. Clarke officiating. Burial will be in Glen Haven Memorial Park. Mr. Callin was born in Bowling Green, Ohio, and came to Winter Park 21 years ago from Fostoria, Ohio. A retired school teacher, he was a member of First Baptist Church, Winter Park, and Schenevus Valley Lodge 592 F&AM. Schenevus, N. Y. Survivors include his wife. Mrs. Bertha M Callin; two sons, John N. Callin. Baltimore, and Robert T. Callin. Glendale, Ariz; daughter, Mrs. Edwin L. Weimar, St. Petersburg; two brothers, Ray Callin, Winter Park, and Prentice G. Callin, Norco, Calif., and six grandchildren.”

Bertha remained in Winter Park, where she had a lot of family nearby. She died on 20 Sep 1971 at the age of 85. She was buried with John in Glen Haven Memorial Park. Her obituary appeared in The Orlando Sentinel on 22 Sep 1971.^[16][17]

Sources

1. ↑ Callin, George W., The Callin Family History, E.M Hubbard, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1911, pg. 13-14, 24.
2. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census, Place: Plain, Wood, Ohio; Roll: 1078; Page: 215D; Enumeration Dist: 098.
3. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census, Place: Middleton, Wood, Ohio; Page: 3; Enumeration Dist: 0147; FHL Film: 1241333.
4. ↑ Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993.
5. ↑ Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973.
6. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census, Place: Fostoria Ward 4, Seneca, Ohio; Page: 14; Enumeration Dist: 0112; FHL Film: 1241320.
7. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census, Place: Fostoria Ward 1, Seneca, Ohio; Roll: T624_1229; Page: 6A; Enumeration Dist: 0156; FHL Film: 1375242.
8. ↑ United States Selective Service System., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Lorain County, Ohio; Roll: 1832489; Draft Board: 0.
9. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census, Place: Fostoria Ward 3, Seneca, Ohio; Roll: T625_1432; Page: 9B; Enumeration Dist: 127.
10. ↑ Newspapers.com, The Oneonta Star, 25 Jul 1922, Page 3, “John and H. B. Callin families in Otsego”.
11. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census, Place: Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio; Page: 6B; Enumeration Dist: 0025; FHL Film: 2341603.
12. ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census, Place: Orange, Florida; Roll: M-T0627-00604; Page: 2A; Enumeration Dist: 48-42.
13. ↑ Florida Death Index, 1877-1998.
14. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial #212141241.
15. ↑ Newspapers.com, The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida, 7 April 1956, Page 15, “Mr. John Q. Callin”.
16. ↑ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Admin; Washington D.C.; Social Security Death Index, Master File.
17. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #212147851