John was born at
Chester Co., South Carolina, on 11 October 1815. He was the son of
Samuel McCalla and
Jennette Hemphill. He married
Elizabeth Wylie at
Monroe Co., Indiana, on 17 June 1856. John was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census at
Bloomington Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana. 1860 Indiana, Monroe Co., Bloomington Twp. lists the following family at dwelling 709 and family # 239: John McCalla, age 43, male, white, salesman, born in South Carolina; Elizabeth McCalla, age 35, female, white, born in Pennsylvania; Mary McCalla, age 2, female, white, born in Indiana.. John died on 23 March 1899 at
Monroe Co., Indiana, at age 83. His body was interred in March 1899 at
Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana, at Rose Hill Cemetery.