U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Callihan, S. M. (1844-1884) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 385-386 S. M. Callihan was born in 1844, in Harrison County, of Irish descent; married in 1870 to Virginia, daughter of Jacob H. Long. Their children are, Cora M., Otho C., and Stanford J. S. M. Callihan came to Tucker County, in 1867, to build E. Harper's house, being a carpenter by trade and having the contract of building it. After that, he went into the merchant business at Holly Meadows, 6 miles from St. George, and subsequently bought 90 acres of improved land on the river bottom at the finest part of the Holly Meadows. He died in 1884. He was a man of strictest honesty, and people placed in him the most unbounded confidence. He had been Justice four years, county commissioner one term, and president of the county court one term. He was just fairly entering upon a life of usefulness, when, at the age of 40, he was suddenly taken off. His loss was felt throughout the county, and our neighboring counties joined together to extend to us their sympathy for our loss. He was a man who never was neutral on anything. He had an opinion on every subject that claimed his attention. In the war, his sympathies and support were given to the South. He entered the army and was under Stonewall Jackson until the General's death. He was soon afterward taken prisoner in Highland County, Va., and was sent west. At Grafton he made his escape by jumping from the train. He went east and was soon retaken and sent to Camp Chase, where he lay a whole year, and was then sent to Fort Delaware. His sufferings were as all prisoners suffered who were confined in those bastiles. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Tucker County, WV (Pages 49-50, Line No. 17) FULL-NAME: S. M. Callihan BIRTH-PLACE: Harrison County AGE-AT-DEATH: 43 years DEATH-DATE: May 7, 1884 DEATH-PLACE: Tucker Co. MARITAL-STATUS: OCCUPATION: Merchant PARENTS: John & Malinda Callihan CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Heart Disease INFORMANT: Virginia Callihan, wife ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------