Dallas County AlArchives Biographies.....Callaway, Darby M. January 4 1847 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   DARBY M. CALLAWAY, A. M., one of the most prominent educators of the state of
Alabama, was born at Macon, Miss., January 4, 1847. His father was the Rev.
Christopher C. Callaway, a man whose name is familiar to all who know anything
of the history of education in the state of Alabama, or the history of Methodism
within the same territory. Rev. Christopher C. Callaway was born in Lincoln
county, Tenn., in 1822, and was taken in early life by his parents, who were of
English ancestry, to Mississippi, where he grew to manhood. And here, in the
pioneer days of Mississippi, he was deprived of the advantages of good schools,
by which cause his early education was neglected, yet, being a man of strong
intellect, he acquired much learning in after life without the aid of
educational institutions. When quite a young man, he became a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south, and to the cause of religion he devoted the
rest of his life, a life of great energy and usefulness. He married Emmerine
Denton, of Mississippi, by whom he had nine children, one of whom is the subject
of this sketch. When he was quite young, his parents moved to Greensboro, Ala.,
and here for years his father continued in the active work of the ministry,
devoting considerable time to the cause of education. Rev. Christopher C.
Callaway was one of the principal movers in the establishment of the Southern
university of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, at Greensboro, Ala. With
him originated the idea of the university, and for several years he labored with
much zeal and energy in collecting from planters and others the funds necessary
to place the institution on a sound basis. This institution of learning was
incorporated in January, 1856. It is the most important educational
establishment in the state of Alabama, and it has for many years been a popular
and prosperous university. The distinguished and useful career of Rev.
Christopher C. Callaway was suddenly cut short by death in 1867, when he was but
forty-five years old, in the prime of life. In this year his son, D. M.
Callaway, the subject of this sketch, graduated from the Southern university,
having stood high in his classes and standing high in the institution, which has
since conferred upon him the degree of master of arts. Professor Callaway has
since then devoted his entire life and most of his energies to the education of
youth, and many of his pupils are scattered throughout the south, successful
professional and business men. He began teaching immediately after leaving the
university, at first conducting a private school at Marion for one year. He
then, in 1868, removed to Selma, which city has since been the scene of his
labors. For the first two years, after coming to Selma, he was a member of the
faculty of Dallas academy, but since then he has conducted a private school,
gaining high reputation as a scholar and as an educator. He is also a writer of
more than ordinary ability, and has frequently contributed valuable articles to
the daily papers of Selma and other places, and has delivered interesting talks
in nearly every college in Alabama. He has not sought public notoriety or
office, being content with the life of a teacher and of a respected private
citizen. For a brief period he served the Confederate cause as a private soldier
in Dan Adam's escort company, enlisting in 1864, and serving through the rest of
the war. In the arena of politics, Professor Callaway has played the part of a
worker on committees and as a delegate to conventions, not that of an office
holder or office seeker. He is a democrat in politics, a master Mason, a member
of the order of Elks, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. In
1879, he married Mrs. H. H. Nance, by whom he has one son and one daughter.
Professor Callaway is one of the most highly respected citizens of the county,
as well as one of the best educators of the state.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 849-850
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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