Edmund CALLAWAY
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Businessman in Winchester, Kentucky. Ensign - 8th Regiment of Kentucky in 1792. Lieutenant - War of 1812. With Commodore Perry on Lake Erie at BATTLE OF THAMES (Michigan). Edmund was member of the rescuing party of 2 Callaway girls anddaughter of Daniel Boone named Jemimah, from the indians. It is said thatEdmund was in Boonesbourgh when this took place. Callaway County, Kentucky, was named for him. will recorded Book C page 544 "Kentucky Court Reco
He was a wheelwright and wagon maker
7 Children
Practiced in Illinois in Lincoln and Bath, Mason County.
He married Sarah Athalia Wright 2 Apr 1798 at Bourbon, Kentucky . Sarah Athalia Wright was born at of Bourbon, Kentucky Abt 1778 daughter of James Wright and Mrs. James Wright .
They were the parents of 10
children:
William Dudley Callaway
born 18 Jun 1801.
James Wright Callaway
born 1799.
George Fletcher Callaway
born 1803.
Francis Mariah Callaway
born 1805.
Margaret Elizabeth Callaway
born 1807.
Samuel Taylor Callaway
born 4 Jan 1808.
Mary Ann Callaway
born 10 Apr 1810.
Sarah Callaway
born 1811.
John Chester Callaway
born 1813.
Susan Jane Callaway
born 26 Oct 1818.
Edmund Callaway died 24 Apr 1823 at Christian, Kentucky .