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Last Updated May 13, 2005

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From Frederick David McCallister (a son of Calvin Albert) 11/7/2000 - updated 1/31/2001

James McCallister, Thomas' father, was born in Ireland. His wife-to-be, Mary McGloughlin, was born in Ireland, also. So our boat people came from Ireland, not Scotland. James was born in 1730 and died in August of 1801. Mary lived from about 1725 to after 1801. They were married in Pennsylvania on January 20, 1748. Then moved south to Virginia, where they reared a family of 7 children in Bath and Alleghany counties. The children were; John (1754), Thomas (1755), Richard (1756), Edward (1758), Garrett (1756), Hannah (1768), and Mary (1770).
Thomas married Jane ???? and reared a family of 5 also in Virginia. His children were; Cynthia (1780), Mary Ann (1781), Betsy (178?), Polly Ann (178?), and William (March 12, 1784 - December 19, 1865).
William McCallister's father was Thomas. William & his records can be found on David McCallister's journal on the Clan McAlister of America (CMA).
William, Thomas' son, was born in Bath county, VA. He married Jane Edgar (1790-1864). He died in Mason county, WVa on December 19, 1865. Both he & wife are buried in the McCallister/Needham cemetery on Jerry's Run Road, at what was the Old William McCallister Farm. The farm is now called the Charles Withers farm, Charles being a GreatGrandson of William.

From Frederick David McCallister (a son of Calvin Albert) 11/20/2000

My Grandfather, Ida Ellen's dad, name was John William (Will) Dailey. He took his family from Crown City, Ohio to Greenbottom, WVa to work for Old General Jenkins of Greenbottom. Ida was so young when they moved, she didn't remember moving. Grandfather was a teamster. He drove ox teams. Most of the time there were several teams all hooked together. Maybe as many as 4 to 6 in a string. In those days, that was the heavy hauling business. John Will's wife was Margarette Miginour. Her father, John Miginour, had come to America from Genoah, Italy as a stowaway on a ship. Consequently, he didn't know how to spell his name (Miginour, Mignour, who knows!?). He ended up in Gallipolis, Ohio. Along with being in the Civil War, he served in the Kanawah Valley campaign from Point Pleasant to Gauley Bridge, the whole length of the Kanawah River in West Virginia. He received a veteran's pension in his later years and passed away in a Veteran's Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.

From Frederick David McCallister (a son of Calvin Albert) 1/29/2001

My mother, Ida Ellen Dailey, had several sisters. One of them was Cloah Dailey. She married Walter Perry in about 1913 and they had a passel of kids. The youngest son was Clifford Eugene (Gene) Perry. He is my first cousin.
Gene Perry, the cane man
Addendum by Kristin Diane McCallister (daughter of William Worthy, son of CalvinAlbert) 2/1/2001
Upon attending Uncles Oc's last reunion in 2000, I met Gene. He is a man with a heart of gold. Although he didn't live near Uncle Oc, he frequently helped Oc. At the reunion, Gene showed me some of the many canes he had carved. After leaving the reunion, I forgot his name, but I did remember the canes & his being UncleOc's chauffeur. So when I asked UncleFred for the name, I referred to Gene as 'the cane man'.
InMyHumbleOpinion (IMHO), he may not be a direct McCallister descendant, but he sure deserves admirable mention :-)

From Terry Edwin McCallister (a son of Print [Pete] Walter McCallister) 1/5/2002

This is about the tie our McCallister clan has with Uncle Clarence's Family and even Aunt Marie. Pete's wifes maiden name was Mary Violet Terry, but her mother's maiden name was Ida Tucker. Clarence McCallister's wife's maiden name was Inze Tucker and she was a blood sister to Ida Tucker, so that makes Pete's family closer related to Clarence's family by the Tucker family than the McCallister Family. It's about the same with Pete's sister Marie. Her maiden name was McCallister but she married a Terry as was my mothers maiden name, Mary Violet Terry. Mom was a cousin to Mervin Terry. All of this shows that I am actually 1 generation closer to the Terry name than I am to McCallister. And that there is a bunch of intertwined marriages within the Tucker, Terry, & McCallister familys.

From Terry Edwin McCallister (a son of Print [Pete] Walter McCallister) 01/24/2002

When it comes to nicknaming, Oscar & Dad were alike. If they had trouble remembering someone's name they would give you a nickname. It's like me, Uncle Oc always called me Dick. Well, I didn't care for it but just put up with it. Finally I went to see him not long before he passed away. We were talking and I asked him how come he had always called me Dick. Well he said it's like you know Tom, Dick and Harry! I got a laugh out of that :-) ! I told him I wished he had called me Harry instead. At least it would have been closer to my name!
Now as for Bernard Ray (Mac / Mack) Terry, Uncle Fred said he thought that belonged to Uncle Ock. He wasn't real sure though and said we would have to ask Aunt Marie.

From Frederick David McCallister (a son of Calvin Albert) 02/26/2002 - updated 8/16/2002

A nurse who worked in Charleston also had a weekend home in the country. She told Woodrow McCallister's mother that his ailment was due to his tonsils and wanted to take him to the hospital. But his dad, CalvinAlbert, would hear nothing of the sort because he refused to accept charity. So instead of taking Woodrow to the hospital in Charleston, she took Woodrow to a Salvation Army one. The Salvation Army picked up the bill for the surgery and Mrs. Lou Singleton, the nurse, made a donation to the Salvation Army. In return (as his payment), CalvinAlbert tilled the nurse's farm land. Again the nurse helped them when Ida Ellen bore her last child. Here the nurse made the stipulation that she would help as long as the baby would be named the same as her husband, I.E. FRED. And that is how Frederick David McCallister got his first name.

From Frederick David McCallister (a son of Calvin Albert) 09/03/2002

Walter F. Johnson's was my sister Ora's husband. His father's name was John James Johnson, hence the J. J. Johnson nickname. J. J. Johnson's wife's name was Mahalia (Halie) Chapman Johnson. She was a sister to Calvin Albert McCallister's second wife, Ellen Chapman, Myron's mother. Walter's mother and Ora's father were at one time brother and sister-in-laws. Ora and Walter were no relation though.
Complicated, isn't it!
Addendum from Frederick David McCallister (a son of Calvin Albert) 04/08/2003

My Father married Sara Ellen Chapman as his second wife and she is the mother of "Red" Myron R. McCallister. J.J. is the man who married the sister to Red's mother and at one time he and my Father were brother-in-laws. When J.J. Johnson was married to Sara Ellen's sister, Mahalah Jane Chapman, they were brother-in-laws.
Later, J. J. Johnson's son, Walter F. Johnson, Jr. married a daughter of Calvin Albert McCallister, Ora. Walter and Ora were not related, but they sure did mix up relationships. Ora's half brother "Red" was a first cousin to her husband Walter. Walter's mother was the Aunt of his brother-in-law, "Red". Ora's mother-in-law was her brother's Aunt. There are more ways that you could tell the same story, but that is enough to get you confused for now.

From Frederick David McCallister (a son of Calvin Albert) 09/03/2002
CalvinAlbert's tomato canning label at Mercers Bottom, WVa
This label from a can of tomatoes was found in Ella McCallister's old trunk when she died. The label is one of several different labels that CalvinAlbert would have used in his canning factory. He operated this factory in Mason County and Putnam County, WV. He and his family raised corn, tomatoes, beans, beats, and other vegetables and canned them in tin cans in a small commercial canner that he had purchased. The vegetables were cooked in the can with steam from his steam boiler. This same machine also powered his griss mill, saw mill and threshing machine. Ella saved only the tomato can labels, we don't know what the rest of them looked like. We think it's a good memento of our father and his resourcefulness to make a living on a farm in rough times.

From Terry Edwin McCallister (a son of Print [Pete] Walter McCallister) 09/12/2004
Fred & Gloria being given the thistle quilt
During the reunion of 2003 a few of the cousins got to talking and thought it would be nice to do something special for Uncle Fred McCallister because of all the work he has done on the McCallister-Dailey family trees. A few days later I was told about the conversation and was ask if I was interested to talk to Paul McCallister. I thought it was a great idea so off I went to see Paul. We came up with an idea and sent letters to all our cousins asking for donations. It wasn’t any time at all that letters came pouring in from cousins that wanted to be a part of the surprise. We ended up with enough money to buy a plaque and have a quilt made. Uncle Fred is always finding old run down family cemeteries were we have family buried, buying tombstones, finding & meeting new relatives, etc, so there was a little over 2 thousand dollars left over to give him to help out with those projects. At the 2004 reunion Paul McCallister made a presentation and for maybe the first time ever Uncle Fred was speechless. It was a great reunion for this time we did something to show Uncle Fred and Aunt Gloria that we care and appreciate their work.

From Larry Lee McAllister (a son of John William) 3/19/2005

The spelling of the surname McAllister, McCallister, McAlister, McCollister, McCalister has always caused questions about the “correct” spelling. The earliest records for James McAllister, including his will of 1801 located in Warm Springs, Bath County VA spelled it McAllister. Other tax records showed it spelled McCallister. From William, John Calvin, and George Robert spelled it McCallister. My dad (John William) and his brothers and sisters thought they didn't need the extra "C". So they all spelled it McAllister. I know that when my oldest brother Charles was in the navy in WWII, he was in the pay line and had to sign his name to get paid. He signed it McAllister like he had all his life and was told if he wanted paid, he had to sign it like his birth certificate indicated. Needless to say he used McCallister the rest of his life. Larry McAllister’s birth certificate indicated his surname was McAlister. A correction was made and now shows McAllister.

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