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Personal data Lonnie G. Carlton Callahan 


Household of Lonnie G. Carlton Callahan

He is married to Mary Lela "Lela" Grayson.

They got married on March 16, 1910 at Rutherford County, North Carolina, he was 31 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. William Worth Callahan  1913-1984 
  3. Ben Colbert Callahan  1916-1991 


Notes about Lonnie G. Carlton Callahan

536. LONNIE CARLTON6 CALLAHAN (JOHN HENRY5, ALFRED BURTON4, ROBERT SIDNEY3, HENRY2, JOHN1) was born 20 Aug 1878 in Rutherford Co. NC, and died 12 Feb 1959 in Buncombe Co. NC. He married MARY LELA GRAYSON 16 Mar 1910 in Rutherford Co. NC, daughter of WILLIAM GRAYSON and JULIA MELTON. She was born 31 Jul 1885 in Rutherford Co. NC, and died 25 May 1964.

Notes for LONNIE CARLTON CALLAHAN:
Lonnie Callahan was the only male child of John Henry Callahan and Maggie Geer to survive to be married. In July of 1898, he joined the US Army as a member of Co. B, 2nd NC Regiment and left to fight in the Spanish-American War. According to his military records, however, Lonnie became ill while in training and was not sent to Cuba. By the time he recovered from his illness, the war was over and Lonnie was mustered out of service in November 1898.
Lonnie's WWI Draft Registration record stated that he was a carpenter employed by Goode & Co., Asheville, NC. He was described as tall, medium build, with gray eyes & gray hair.
In 1913, Lonnie and his wife, Lela, were deeded the rights to his family home for the sum of $1 on the condition that he care for his mother. Lonnie kept the property until after his mother died and sold it in 1918. In 1920, Lonnie and his family were living next to his in-laws in Bostic, Rutherford Co. NC. Like many other members of the Callahan family, Lonnie was a carpenter. In 1922, he travelled to Columbus, Georgia to help in construction of a bridge across the Chattahoochee River into Alabama. While working on this bridge, Lonnie fell 94' into 6' of water, breaking both his legs and his back. As a result of this accident, Lonnie was disabled for the remainder of his life. Before he was disabled, Lonnie stood 6'4" tall, but afterwards, he walked stooped with a cane.
Because of his disability, Lonnie could not work, but in 1923, he purchased a lot in a new "subdivision" in Rutherfordton near present Meridian St. and had a house built. By 1928, however, he was having difficulty paying the taxes on the property and with the coming of the Depression, he lost his home and property. During and after the Depression, the family, and later only Lonnie and Lela, lived with relatives and in a series of rental properties. Despite his hardships, however, Lonnie never lost his kindheartedness nor his desire to be a productive member of society. His "workshop" always overflowed with "useless junk" being fashioned into "useful" items. Like the furniture he built before he was disabled, many of these items are still in the possession of family members and are still being used today.
Lonnie died at the Veteran's Hospital in Oteen, Buncombe County, NC in 1959 and he was buried at Rutherfordton City Cemetery during a driving snow storm.

Notes for MARY LELA GRAYSON:
Lela Grayson's sister, Blanche Grayson, married Lonnie Callahan's first cousin, Alfred Samuel Callahan.

Children of LONNIE CALLAHAN and MARY GRAYSON are:
1005. i. GRAYSON MARSHALL7 CALLAHAN, b. 3 Feb 1911, Rutherford Co. NC; d. 6 Dec 1940, Rutherford Co. NC.
1006. ii. WILLIAM WORTH CALLAHAN, b. 19 Jul 1913, Rutherford Co. NC; d. 1 Apr 1984, Chesapeake, VA.
1007. iii. BEN COLBERT CALLAHAN, b. 27 Jun 1916, Rutherford Co. NC; d. 17 Jul 1991, Mecklenburg Co. NC.

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Birthday August 20, 1878

  • The temperature on August 20, 1878 was about 18.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
    • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
    • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

Day of marriage March 16, 1910

  • The temperature on March 16, 1910 was between -1.5 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
    • June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
    • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
    • July 15 » In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
    • October 5 » In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
    • November 14 » Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.

Day of death February 12, 1959

  • The temperature on February 12, 1959 was between -3.7 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
    • February 28 » Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
    • March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
    • April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
    • September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
    • September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.


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