Henry Arthur Callis (1887 - 1974)

Born 14 Jan 1887 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Alice Ruth Moore — married 19 Jan 1910 in Delaware

Died 12 Nov 1974 at age 87 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Biography

Henry Callis is Notable.

Dr. Henry Arthur Callis was one of the seven founders of the Alphi Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University. He attended medical school, was a practicing physician, wrote for medical journals, and taught medicine at Howard University.

Henry Callis, son of Henry Callis and Helen Sprague, was born in 1887.^[1]

His first wife was poet and activist Alice Ruth Moore, whom he married in 1910. He then married Margaret Pauline Parker. In 1927, he married his third wife, Myra Colson.^[2] He passed away in 1974.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7362-9CT2 : 23 February 2021), Henry Arthur Callis, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMB-RSZS : 19 February 2021), Henry A Callis and Myra H Colson, 02 Sep 1927; citing Montgomery, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,358,821.
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9TV-7YH : 11 January 2021), Henry A Callis, 15 Nov 1974; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS2B-127 : accessed 3 June 2021), Arthur H Callis in household of Henry J Callis, District 2 Syracuse city Ward 17, Onondaga, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 151, sheet 4A, family 88, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,138.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJSG-JXS : 1 February 2021), Henry Callis, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3JW7-FPZ : accessed 4 July 2021), Henry A Callis, Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 6B, line 93, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 36; FHL microfilm 2,339,771.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7ST-CHR : 28 July 2019), Henry A Callis, Tract 79, District of Columbia, Police Precinct 9, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-336B, sheet 10B, line 67, family 189, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 564.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Arthur_Callis
• http://apaxal.com/about-alpha/founders/
• https://www.alphaeast.com/history-of-alpha-phi-alpha/jewel-henry-arthur-callis/

• Delaware, Marriage Records, 1806-1933
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161734343