On this page are 2 transcriptions of personal documents relating to the Callaway genealogy. These documents were found in southwest Missouri.

A Life Time

On the Mountain Top and in the valley.

On July 15, 1894 (time at 1:30 a.m.) was born to William McCard and Mary Melinda (Bradshaw) Callaway a baby girl weighing about seven pounds, who was name Maud.

This baby girl had five half-sisters named Mary, Alma, Mattie, Anna and Nannie and one half-brother named Luther Marvin. Alma the second girl was married and Nannie whose mother died when she was born. Grand-mother and grand-papa Day took her when she was two or three days old and what a wonderful job they did with her. One of the finest sisters one could wish for.

Mrs Jim Shannon and Aunt Mary Thompson were there to greet me when I arrived. Bill Rice (a man who worked seven years for my father) had gone horse-back to Marshfield, after Doctor Highfill but I arrived before they got back home.

In nineteen month I had a baby brother (who was a seven months baby) and took much loving care. He was named William Whitfield.

As days passed many events took place.

This is all there is on the document. Subsequent pages are missing.

A letter

Marshfield Mo, Feb 5th 1913

Mrs. Flanigan, Carthage Mo

Dear niece I will answer your letter of inquiry this snowy morning as to our ancestors on the Trousdale side I do not know very much but they are from Ireland (my great grand father Trousdale was a native of Ireland) and as to the lineage of the Callaways. There was 6 brothers come to the United States from Scotland in the first settling of this country. They first stopped in Delaware. Not liking that part of the country they went to North Carolina and settled on the Yadkin River in 1760. Daniel Boon left the Yadkin with an Exploring Co. and came as far west as Abingdon in West Virginia near the Kentucky line & one of his son-in-laws was Capt. Callaway who in after years was killed by the indians in what is now Callaway Co. Mo. which is called the Kingdom of Callaways. To go back to N.C. these 6 brothers that came to N.C., 4 crossed into Kentucky, 1 went to Indiana & one remained on the Yadkin River. Now this one that remained in N.C. was the line of our ancestors my father was raised close to the Narrows & falls of the Yadkin river in what is now Roan [Rowan] Co. if I mistake not I believe this is about all I know of at present if there is any thing more that I can do it will be a pleasure to do so. All well & snowing right along.

Your Uncle, W.W. Callaway.

R # 1

P.S. I see since writing the above that on the 14th of July 1776 the indians captured 2 of Callaways daughters & one of Boons which was an aunt of Callaways girls one of Callaways girls & Boons daughter was 14 years old so you see you have a direct chain back to 1762 or 12 years before the date.

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This is all there is on the document.