Achilles Callaham

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CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Achillas Collahan [Achilles Callaham]
Age: 15
Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Campbell, Virginia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 774
Household Members:
Name Age
William M Collahan 32
Frances Collahan 50
Letticia Collahan 21
Elisha Collahan 17
Achillas Collahan 15
Mosely Collahan 13
Merryman Callahan 10

BIOGRAPHY FROM FIND A GRAVE

Achillies was born in Virginia. He first married Mary J. Williams of Davidson county, TN. in 1868 in Coffee county, Tn. The family lived in district 6 of Coffee county between 1870 and 1880, Mary died abt. 1878. The couple had 3 children, Mary b. 1871, Margaret b. 1875 and Rowena b. 1878. Mary's widowed mother Evaline Williams and some of Mary's sibblings lived with the family in 1870 and Achilles worked at the flour mill. By 1880, Mary was deceased, living with the newly widowed Achilles and his three daughters is his sister in law Castilla Williams. The last name on official records is variously spelled Callaham, Calloham and Callahan.

Achilles was a confederate civil war veteran. He mustered in at Manchester, Coffee county, TN in 1861 at 25 years of age, as a Corporal and mustered out as a Sargent for the 24th Tennessee Infantry company K. The unit was raised at Coffee county, but due to poor conditions it was moved to Portland, Sumner county, TN. for training the troops. This is probably where he met Mary, her family lived in Davidson and her sister Margaret was engaged to Andrew Carver of Sumner, TN. (previously SC).

He married Jennie Taylor on May 8, 1881 in coffee county, tn. They had at least 3 children: Andrew Clarence Callaham b. 1889, Minnie and Maude. Their son Andrew died Oct. 1926 in Wichita falls, TX,

Bio contributed by member #48156516.

Buried:
Grave location, biography, and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75804338&ref=acom

Died:
Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives.
Name: Achalise Hemelon Callaham [Achilles Herndon Callaham]
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1835
Birth Place: Virginia
Age: 95
Death Date: 26 Jan 1931
Death Place: Warren, Tennessee
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Occuation: Miller
Certificate Number: 2215