Amanda Lydia (Walker) Callin (1856 - 1933)

Born 14 Mar 1856 in Scotch Ridge, Wood, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Henry Callin — married 8 Apr 1874 in Scotch Ridge, Wood, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Feb 1933 at age 76 in Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Amanda Lydia Walker was the daughter of William "Yankee" Walker (1833–1915) and Lydia Anti Bowen (1828–1879), born on 14 Mar 1856 in Scotch Ridge, Wood County, Ohio. She grew up in Webster, Wood County, Ohio, and appeared in her father’s home again in 1880, after her mother died.^[1][2][3]

Amanda married John Henry Callin (1840-1913) on 8 Apr 1874 in Scotch Ridge, Wood, Ohio. Amanda and John lived in Plain Township, Wood County, in 1880 and 1886, relocating to Middleton, Wood County in 1900 before retiring to Fostoria, where they lived in 1903. They remained in Fostoria in 1910, and that is where John died on 17 Mar 1913 at age 72. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Bowling Green, Wood County.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Amanda went to live in Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio in 1920 with her youngest son Ray; she is listed as housekeeper there for Anna Sherrod and Mrs. Morris Ness. She lived with Ray’s family in Florence, Erie, Ohio in 1930. She died on 12 Feb 1933 at age 75 in Oberlin, Lorain County, and was buried with John in Oak Grove Cemetery.^[13][14][15]

Amanda’s obituary was printed in Vermillion on February 12, 1933, and was clipped and passed down through the family to Vicki (Callin) Hunt:

“Colonel's Widow Passes On
“Mrs. Amanda L. Callin, former Vermillionite died early Sunday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs. H. G. Heimsath at Oberlin at age seventy-six years and eleven months. Mrs. Callin was the widow of the late Col. J. H. Callin an officer in the Civil War. She was born in Bowling Green, Wood County and the body was taken to that city for funeral services and burial on Tuesday under Government supervision. She leaves four sons, John and Prentice of Bowling Green, H. B. whose home is in Florida and Ray of Florence township, and one daughter Mrs. Heimsath of Oberlin, better known here as Mrs. Matcham. One son was killed on a Western railroad about five years go. Mrs. Callin came to Vermillion in 1907 and lived on a farm for thirteen years. She also was a resident of Linwood Park for many years. She was a member of the local Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion and of the Florence Congregational Church. Col. Callin passed away in 1913.”

(Note: while the highest rank reported in John’s service records was “sergeant,” he was a colonel in the Grand Army of the Republic, the veteran’s fraternal organization that existed from 1866 to 1956.)

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Webster, Wood, Ohio; Roll: M653_1053; Pg: 449; FHL Film: 805053.
2. ↑ 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Webster, Wood, Ohio; Roll: M593_1283; Pg: 578A; FHL Film: 552782.
3. ↑ 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Webster, Wood, Ohio; Roll: 1078; Pg: 261D; Enum Dist: 101.
4. ↑ Callin, The Callin Family History, pg. 13-14.
5. ↑ 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Plain, Wood, Ohio; Roll: 1078; Pg: 215D; Enum Dist: 098.
6. ↑ U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918, Collection Number: G&M_38; Roll Number: 38.
7. ↑ 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Middleton, Wood, Ohio; Pg: 3; Enum Dist: 0147.
8. ↑ 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Fostoria Wd 1, Seneca, Ohio; Roll: T624_1229; Pg: 6A; Enum Dist: 0156; FHL Film: 1375242.
9. ↑ Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2007.
10. ↑ Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2016, R.B. Hayes Presidential Center; Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH; Hayes Presidential Center OH Obituary Index, 1830s to 2011.
11. ↑ Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998, Probate Records, 1828-1954; Probate Place: Seneca, Ohio.
12. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial #30710100.
13. ↑ 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Vermilion, Erie, Ohio; Roll: T625_1378; Pg: 11B; Enum Dist: 37.
14. ↑ 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Florence, Erie, Ohio; Roll: 1790; Pg: 3B; Enum Dist: 0003; FHL Film: 2341524.
15. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial, #30710224.