BIOGRAPHY: CALLAWAY, John H., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Diana Flynn Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 22:01:20 -0400 CALLAWAY, HAWKINS History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana 1884 Goodspeed Brothers and Company, Chicago WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, INDIANA PAGE 856 JOHN H. CALLAWAY retired farmer, is a son of Micajah Calloway, whose name is familiar to school children as a celebrated Indian fighter and frontiersman, who was a close companion of Daniel Boone in Kentucky, and appropriate mention of whom is made elsewhere in this volume. John H. was born in Bourbon County, Ky., February 22,1806, his mother's maiden name being Frankie Hawkins. When about four years old he came with his father to what is now Washington County, Ind., which he has always considered his home. He was reared in the backwoods to hard work and industry, and such has been his life's occupation, gaining, thereby the old Callaway homestead and other lands, amounting in all to over 500 acres. For the past few years he has retired from active work, and resides with two nephews who manage his large farm. Mr. Callaway is one of the well known men of the county, is enterprising, thorough going, and a democrat. ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *****************************************************************