MACCALLUM: MACCALLUM (MCCALLAM, MCCALLUM, MACCALLAM, MCCOLLM, MACCOLLUM); GUTHRIE
NOTE: Name changed to Malcolm; Malcolmson also related
NAME ORIGIN
[CMMS] Both the names MacCallum and Malcolm derive from the Gaelic name of St.
Columba of the Celtic Church, nobleman turned monk, who brought Christianity to Scotland (Argyll) from Ireland. Roughly the names mean a devotee, servant, son, or follower of St Columba, and may have originally referred to an ecclesiastical position of duty. St. Columba's name is Colm in the original Gaelic form, and he is distinguished from others with the same name by the suffix meaning cell: Columchille). Thus, MacCallum means son of Colm, and although it does not indicate descent from Columba, the MacCallums do originate in the ancient kingdom of Dalriada settled by the first Scots from Ireland. Personal Name: Calum; Son of Callum (bald dove)
GAELIC NAMES [CMMS] MacChalium (devotee of St. Columba), Maol Chalium (devotee of St.
Columba), Clann Caluim, Mac Mhaol Chalium, Mac Coluimb, Mac Guille Chaluim. The Gaelic names are Colm or Callum (Chaluim). Maol Colm seems to be an ancient form of Malcolm, and Callum seems to be closer to the original Gaelic.
CREST [CMMS] A Castle (or Tower) Argent, Masoned Sable
MOTTO [CMMS] In Ardua Tendit/In Ardua Petit=He has attempted difficult things, or he reaches
toward things difficult of attainment)
OLD MOTTO [CMMS] Deus Refugium Nostrum=God is our refuge
BADGE Mountain Ash or Mountain Ash (Rowan) or Rowan berries
PIPE TUNE [CMMS] Rowan Tree
FAMILY HISTORY
ANCESTORS
# NAME DOB DOD SPOUSE RESIDENCE
60 John Scotland
30 Duncan 1786 1832 Ellen Guthrie Perthshire;PA;IN-Switzerland
15 Jane Stuart 1824 1879 J D Van Eaton IN-Switzerland;CA-El Dorado
SEARCHES
SCOT
IN Switzerland Co
Vevay Library
Long Run Cemetery
CA El Dorado Co
Placerville Library, Historical Society
REFERENCES AND MATERIALS
GEN [ArCa] The Argent Castle, Newsletter of the Clan MacCallum/Malcolm
Society (dates to be included)
[CMMS] Letter/Notes from Clan MacCallum/Malcolm Society recd 09/1997
[EMGe] Genealogy by Eleanor McCallum
[EEMc] Letter from Edward E. McCallum, descendent of Neil McCallum,
mailed 15 October 1998. Includes a family chart, letter to "Virginia" [JMKC], and a hand written note to me
[JHLe] Letter from Jane Hildebrand to Margaret Hulbert
[JMKC] Family chart of ? Neil McCallum showing relationship to Cole
Porter, sent to me by Edward E. McCallum (see [EEMc]) originally
compiled by John M. Knight, Rt 1, PO Box 236AA, Vevay (Long Run), Indiana
[LBLe] Letter from Lynn Beedle to Margaret Hulbert 19 July 1977
[LSBR] Family Record by Lynn Beedle
Switzerland County, Indiana, Index of Persons and Firms, compiled by Tom
Bloomfield, Mildred Hamilton, and Juanita Broodhead, County Historical Indexing Project, Family History Section, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis 1980
[SAGA] The MacCallum Saga by Katherine Ainsworth
IN [DOSC] History of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland Counties
[DUFR] Swiss Settlement in Switzerland County, Indiana by Perret Dufour
[SCMa] Switzerland County Marriages, 1814-1925 by Wanda L. Morford
[SCML] Marriage Licences in Switzerland County, 1814-1830
[SWCI] Switzerland County, Indiana Cemetery Inscriptions 1817-1985 by
Wanda L. Morford
CA [CPDi] Directory of City of Placerville, 1862
[EDCH]
[ECHS] El Dorado County Historical Society-card files
DOCUMENTS
OTHER MATERIAL I HAVE
SCOT Clan Map of Scotland
Ordinance Survey: Lochgilhead
Perthshire: No day is Long Enough
The Story of the Tartan
Pictures and pieces of MacCallum tartan
Pictures of Duntrune Castle
Articles Re: MacCallum
Scottish phone books re: MacCallum
Letter from JRT to Margaret Hulbert/Betty Tillotson from Scotland
IN Pictures of Vevay IN
Pictures of Long Run IN
Maps and Brochures of Vevay and Switzerland Co, IN
CA Pictures: Harriet Van Eaton, Amy Van Eaton, House in San Jose, John
Van Eaton, Rebecca Van Eaton, ? Belle Van Eaton, Lynn Simpson
"Mother of Harriet Ellen Van Eaton"
Drawing of John Dick Van Eaton
OTHER MACCALLUMS
Daisy MacCallum and the MacCallum House in Mendocino
BEEDLE-References and Sources
Ancestor Charts
Lists of Names
Notes from Old Times, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 2
List of descendents of Granville Leo Beedle and Carol Enid Simpson
Advertisement for CD by Helen Beedle
Miscellaneous letters from Lynn Beedle to JRT
Miscellaneous Articles about Lynn Beedle Re: Tall Buildings, Lehigh U
BKS: [DUFR] Perret Dufour: Swiss Settlement in Switzerland County, Indiana, Indiana
Historical Collection V 13, Indianapolis Historical Collections, 1925, 446pp. (In (IN Vevay Library and Referenced in The McCallum Saga)
[DOSC] History of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland Counties, F.E. Weakley & Co.,
Chicago, 1885, 1282pp. (In Vevay Library) [DOSC] (In Vevay Library)
[SAGA] Katherine Ainsworth: The MacCallum Saga: The Story of the Founding of
Palm Springs, The Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1973 (see p 48 for references for Neil and Duncan)
[SWCI] Wanda L. Morford, Switzerland County, Indiana Cemetery Inscriptions
1817-1985, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1986. (In Vevay Library) [SWCI]
MCCALLUM NOTEBOOK
1 Clan Map of Scotland
2 Map of Lochgilphead
3 Pictures of Duntrune Castle
4 Misc. notes about Clans McCallum and Malcolm-5 pages
5 Mc Callum Tartans
6 Telephone Books
7 DUFR Defour, Swiss Settlements of Switzerland County p74, 83-4
8 DUSC History of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland Counties, p 1007
9 SWCI Switzerland County Cemetery Inscriptions
10 Pictures of Vevay and Long Run Indiana
11 MCBK Books in VeVay Libray on McCallums
12 MCLB Other information in Vevay Library, RE: McCallums
13 Maps and brochures from Vevay IN-6
14 VEVE Perth to Vevay in 10 (1984-1994) and 200 (1794-1994) Years
A commentary on my trip to Vevay in October 1994
15 Picture of Jane Stuart McCallum Van Eaton
16 SAGA Notes from MacCallum Saga
17 Printed notes re: Palm Springs
18 Letter from Jane Hildebrand-5 pages
MCFR MacCallum Family Record ? by Lynn Beedle
19 Daisy McCallum and McCallum House, Mendocino CA
20 JTLe My letter to Margaret and Mom from Scotland
21 Advertisements for MACALLAN, The Single Malt Scotch
OREF: Other available references not searched
TODO
Check immigration of Duncan-? To New York
Duncan’s relationship to Fulton-research Fulton
Guthrie records, grave sites
Check marriage record in Pennsylvania-Duncan and Helen/Ellen Guthrie
Check records in PA for Guthrie
Add pictures of Castle, Crest, Ancestors
QUER
Why and when did Jane Stuart come to CA
60-John MacCALLUM [MH, EMGe]
ch. m John [EMGe], ([EMGe] ? oldest child) ([EEMc] went to Canada)
m Neil [EWGe], b. in Perthshire, Scotland [EMGe, ArCaSu00],
m. Mary [EEMc, ArCaSu00] (b. 1790 [EEMc, JMKC] in
Scotland [ArCaSu00], d. October [ArCaSu00] 1875
[EEMc, JMKC], age 85 [ArCaSu00]), d. ca. [ArCaSu00]
1830 [EEMc]/1830's [JMKC]
(ch. Gershom, b. 1813 [EEMc] in New York [ArCaSu00],
m. Margaret [EEMc]
{ch. Gabriel, b. 1844 [EEMc, ArCaSu00];
George, b. 1845 [EEMc, ArCaSu00] {[CPDi] may
be the George McCallum that was boarding
with John Gunthrie in Placerville in
1862};
Mary J.E. [EEMc]/Mary Jane [SWCi], b. 1845
[EEMc], d. 9 September 1846 [SWCi], age 3
years, 10 months, 13 days [SWCi], bur.
McCallum Cemetery, Long Run IN [SWCi]};
Catherine, b. 20 January [JMKC] 1817 [EEMc,
ArCaSu00], m. Samuel F. [ArCaSu00] Porter {b.
11 June 1810 [JMKC, SWCi], d. 27 November 1873
[JMKC]/1883 [SWCi], bur. McCallum Cemetery,
Long Run IN [JMKC, SWCi, ArCaSu00]}, d. 17
February [JMKC, SWCi] 1870 [EEMc, ArCaSu00],
age 53 years, 1 month, 11 days [SWCi], bur.
McCallum Cemetery, Long Run IN [JMKC, ArCaSu00]
{[EEMc, JMKC] grandmother of Cole Porter-see
below}
{ch. Catherine E., b. 5 February 1856 [SWCi],
d. 3 September 1858 [SWCi], bur.
McCallum Cemetery, Long Run IN [SWCi];
Mary M. b. November 1853 [SWCi], d. 27
December 1872 [SWCi], bur. McCallum
Cemetery, Long Run IN [SWCi]};
F [EEMc], d. in infancy [ArCaSu00];
Alexander {Sandy [EEMc, ArCaSu00]}, b.
1828 [ArCaSu00], m. Milly Bray {b.
1836 [EEMc, ArCaSu00], d. 1896 [EEMc,
ArCaSu00]}, d. February [ArCaSu00]
1875 [EEMc]
{11 ch. [ArCaSu00]:
ch. Alice, b. 1854 [EEMc, ArCaSu00];
Neil, b. 1855 [EEMc, ArCaSu00], d.
1936 [EEmc, ArCaSu00];
Mary Ellen, b. 1857 [EEMc,
ArCaSu00];
Margaret Jane, b. 1859 [EEMc,
ArCaSu00], d. 1889 [EEMc,
ArCaSu00];
Alexander, b. 1861 [EEMc,
ArCaSu00], d. 6 August [SWCi]
1861 [ArCaSu00], age 2 months, 25
days [SWCi], bur. McCallum
Cemetery, Long Run IN [SWCi];
John [EEMc] Wesley [ArCaSu00], b.
1862 [EEMc, ArCaSu00], m. Alice
McClain [EEMc, ArCaSu00], d. 1943
[EEMc, ArCaSu00] {[EEMc] great
great grandfather of Edward E.
McCallum of [EEMc]-see [EEMc]};
Daniel, b. 1865 [EEMc];
Eveline, b. 1867 [EEMc];
Susan Catherine, b. 1869 [EEMc,
ArCaSu00], d. 1909 [EEMc,
ArCaSu00];
Clementine, b. 1871[EEMc,
ArCaSu00]; Daisy, b. 1874 [EEMc,
ArCaSu00];
?, d. in infancy [ArCaSu00]};
John, b. 1822 [EEMc, ArCaSu00],
never married [ArCaSu00];
Ebenezer, b. 1826 [EEMc, ArCaSu00],
d.?[EEMc] 1854 [ArCaSu00];
Margaret Jane, {Maggie [ArCaSu00]}
b. 1830 [EEMc, ArCaSu00], m. J.L.
Thiebbauly [EEMc]/Thiebaud
[ArCaSu00] or consort of John L.
Thiebaud [SWCi] {m2. Rizpah
Bowers [SWCi] ((d. 17 June 1870
[SWCi], age 37 years, 2 months
[SWCi], bur. McCallum Cemetery
[SWCi], Long Run IN [SWCi])), d.
27 May [SWCi] 1861 [EEMc,
ArCaSu00], age 31 years, 1 month,
18 days [SWCi], bur. McCallum
Cemetery, Long Run IN [SWCi]
{ch. Orleanna/Oleana [ArCaSu00],
b. 1855 [EEMc, ArCaSu00];
Hugh, b. 1861 [EEMc, ArCaSu00]
(([ArCaSu00] became a medical
doctor))}) ([EEMc] stayed in
Indiana)
m *Duncan
m Donald [ArCaSu00] (Story of John joining a brother, Donald, in
Canada)
f Elinor [EMGe]/Eleanor [JHLe, EMGe]
Order of children unknown, John, as ? namesake, may have been
oldest
TODO: Check Scottish custom of naming
Possible parents of 60/61-Duncan; 120/121-Neil/John/Elinor [LDSC, LDSC(BI), LBSF(Perth)]:
John MacCallum m. Janet Kennedy (no John) [LDSF(Perth), [LDSC(BI)])
ch. Duncan, chr. 14 December 1792 in Killin
Duncan McCallum m. Janet McDonald (D) or Janet McDiarmid (J1) or Jannet McDearmid (J2) ([LDSC(BI)])
ch. Duncan, chr. 15 April 1794 in Killin [LDSC]
John, chr. 14 September 1798 [LDSC]
John, chr. 14 August 1798 [LDSC]
Malcolm McCollin m. Mar. Fletcher ([LDSC(BI)])
ch. Duncan, chr. 7 August 1794 in Killin [LDSC]
John MacCallum m. Margaret Mc Gregor ([LDSC], [LDSC(BI)])
ch. Duncan, chr. 20 August 1794 in Fortingall, Perthshire
John, chr. 15 October 1796 in Fortingall, Perthshire
John McCallum m. Margaret Fletcher [LDSF(Perth)]
ch. Duncan chr. 20 August 1794 in Fothergill, Perthshire
Dond. McCallen m. Betty McIntyre ([LDSC(BI)])
ch. Duncan, chr. 28 September 1794 in Killin [LDSC]
John MacCallum m. Mary McKay ([LDSF(Perth)], [LDSC], [LDSC(BI)])
ch. John, chr. 1 August 1789 in Killin, Perthshire
Duncan, chr. 14 October 1794 in Killin, Perthshire
John MacCallum m. Janet (no John) [LDSC] [LDSF(Perth)], [LDSC(BI)])
ch. Duncan, chr. 3 December 1794 in Comrie, Perthshire
Donald MacCallum m. Jean ([LDSC(BI)])
ch. Duncan, chr. 25 May 1795 in Killin
John, chr. 11 August 1788 or 11 September 1788 or 26 May 1791 in Killin
Donald McCallum m. Susan McGregor ([LDSC(BI)])
ch. Duncan, chr. 1797 in Killin [LDSC]
Mal. MacCallum m. Kat. Mc Farland ([LDSC(BI)])
ch. Duncan, chr 21 May 1798 in Killin [LDSC]
John, chr. 5 May 1796 in Killin [LDSC]
John McCalum, b. ca. 1760 in Easdale, Kilbrandon Argyl Scotand, m. Jean
(Janet) MacLean (b. 1760 in Scotland) ([LDSC(BI)])
ch. Archibald, b. 1788 in Scotland
John, b. 1794
Catherine, b. 1795 in Scotland
John MacCallum m. Susanna McKay (LDSC(BI)]
ch. John, b. 26 July 1796 in Killin, Perthshire [LDSC]
Dugal Mc Callum, chr. 1792, m. Janet Buchannan, son of George McCallum
[LDSC]
ch. Eleanor/Elinor chr. 25 May 1805
[LDSC(BI)] lists no Neil/Niel or Eleanor/Elinor
NOTE 60/61-
[JHLe] Edward McCallum in Chicago has family bible, old letters, and pictures
which verified Duncan's name. Edward is from Neil. Neil, Duncan and John came from Scotland (?Perth) and settled at Long Run about 10 miles upriver from Vevay about 1820 or earlier. Property searches revealed Ellen as wife of Duncan and mother of Jane, John and Elizabeth and 2 older boys who died during an epidemic in gold country in Calif. Sister of Duncan and Neil referred to as Elinor, Eleanor, and in signature as Elen. Most of Duncan's holdings were in litigation after his death, perhaps relating to ferry boats.
[ArCaSu00] John, Neil and Duncan emigrated from Scotland to New York State,
then ca. 1814-1815, crossed the mountains of Pennsylvania to reach the Ohio River and continued their journey by flatboat accompanied by the Donald Cowan family, the Malcolmsons and John Anderson. Just above the town of Rising Star, as the river was at low ebb, the boat was grounded on a bar which, over time, has been known as "McCallum's Ripple." They settled a few miles further downstream at Vevay, originally settled by the Swiss/French ca. 1800 the town being surrounded by vineyards for wine making. The Scots chose a site on Long Run, about two miles from the town of Vevay and entered land patents from the government. Surrounding them were the "rugged hills and dreamy music of flowing water. Robert Bakes grist mill was nearby and Malcomsons's smithy, both of great consideration to the early settlers."
John Knight in 1991 wrote that "the original barn stands and the land is
well maintained". The overgrown cemetery and the stone-walled spring house, used to keep food cool also are present.
NOTE 60/61-John
[ArCaSu00] Within 10 years of arriving at Long Run IN he left to join a third brother,
Donald, in Glencoe, Ontario, Canada.
NOTE 60/61-Neil
[VMFL 4/2/00] Original stone house ? built by 60/61-Neil moved to
Louisville KY in 1920's. Ed McCallum (60/61-Neil-Alexander-John--- Edward)
has a picture of it which he has sent to Virginia McCollum Flaugher editor of the Argent Castle of the Clan McCallum/Malcom Society.
[ArCaSu00] Neil built an historic stone house in Long Run which was later
dismantled and sold "down the river" to be rebuilt at a new site.
[ArCaSu00] From the "Switzerland Democrat", updated
Written by Gertude Thiebaud MacDuff of Washington DC, great grand
daughter of Neil, telling of visit to the stone house
"It was located on a high knoll with the hill rising high behind it and the
creek running at its base. The house was two-story, and the walls, two feet thick, showing fine masonry of well-selected stones. The corners of the house were laid in English bond, making an effective trim. The walls of the upper floors were loop holes for use in case of Indian attack. Years of weathering by rain and snow and wind made the rough walls delicate in tone as an old Persian rug.
"Mrs. Webster received us graciously and showed us over the house. We
entered a wide hall with a stairway to the upper floor. On each side of the hall opened rooms twenty feet square, each with a mammouth stone chimney and cupboards with walnut panneled doors, the mantles hand-carved. The upstairs rooms were finished in wild cherry.
Edward Eggleston, later reknowned author of "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" and
"The Hoosier Schoolboy", boarded with the family and taught in the log school house in the hollow in the 50's.
"We certainly regret the removal of this ancient landmark. It has been dismantled and trucked away to Kentucky, when we thought it would stand through the centuries to perpetuate the story of thr past, but time never stands still.
Pictures of the house are included in the article in [ArCaSu00]
[ArCa]-date unknown (prior to 1998), [JMKC, ArCaSu00]
Neil may have been the great grandfather of Cole Porter
Kel MacCallum---? Andrew R Porter---Catherine E. ?
(?Neil) | (1782-1846) | (1780-1861)
| |
Catherine McCallum------Samuel Porter (State Rep 1851)
b. 20 Jan 1817 | b. 11 June 1810 MD
d. 17 Feb 1870 IN | d. 27 Nov 1883 IN
both bur. McCallum |
Cemetery Long Run IN |
_______________________________|________________________
| | | | | |
Timothy J | Andrew R | Catherine E Samuel F., Jr
b. 1848 IN | b. 1852 IN | b. 2 May 1856 b. 1858 IN
m. 23 Oct 1874 | m. Zelia D | d. 3 Sep 1858 m. Katie Cole
Ophelia Tap | Grisard | |
d. 7 Apr 1922 | (1856-192-) | Cole Porter
Ellen A Mary M (the famous
b. 1849 IN b. 1854 IN composer &
never m. lyricist)
d. 27 Dec 1872 b. Paoli IL
Cole Porter grew up in Peru IN. His grandmother, Catherine McCallum
probably descends from one of the three families headed by Neil, John, and Duncan McCallum, who settled in Long Run, Switzerland Co, IN around 1815. Since there is a question as to the name "Kel", it could have been Neil. John Guthrie McCallum, founder of Palm Springs, was the son of Duncan.
NOTE 60/60-Neil-1-Gershom [ArCaSu00]
Gershom was "an interesting man, intelligent, observant...a thinking
man. He left the farm and went into business as a commission merchant, eventually moving to Louisville, where his business card read 'McCallum & Co., Dealers in Apples, Potatoes, Onions, Cheese, Fish, Beans, Butter, Eggs, Dried Fruit, Produce Generally'." Both of his sons, Gabriel and George, may have gone to California. Gershom traveled from Cincinnati to Canada in 1865 to find his relatives (families of 60/61-Donald and 60/61-John)
NOTE 60/61-Neil-4-Alexander
[ArCaSu00] Alexander, sometime around 1865, began preaching in churches in the
area, at the same time continuing farming to support his family. The church continues to this day, according to Ed McCallum, and he has a beautiful brochure from their headquarters.
Alexander's son, John Wesley, walked to Linden IN to begin his adult
life. Son Daniel may have gone there also.
Ancestry of Edward McCallum
Neil----------Mary
d. 1830 | b. Scotland
|
Alexander-------Mary Bray
1828-1875 |
|
John----------Gertrude Davenport
b. Linden IN |
|
Omer-----------Evelyn Miller
1907-1973 IN |
|
Edward
b. 1933 Crawfordsvill IN
Edward's address in 2000: 1504 Woodstream Dr, Oldsmar FL 34677
NOTE 60/61-Neil-5-John
[ArCaSu00]
John was living with Ellen (Duncan's wife {i.e. 31-Ellen}) in Cincinnati in 1860 when Ellen wrote to his sister Margaret Thiebaud, in alarm that he had announced "he was leaving" and she did not know where. Two years later she wrote to Mr. Thiebaud (Margaret had died) that John was "the same as when his mother (Mary) was here, only weaker...is looking for Gershom to come and will return with him. He thinks he is able to go alone which I shall never hear to..." He probably died soon after this.
NOTE 60/61-Neil-6-Ebenezer [ArCaSu00]
Ebenezer is listed in 1850 census as farmer, at home, must have died
before 1854, when his mother received a letter from D. McArthur in New York
mentioning the recent death of her son.
NOTE 60/61-Neil-7-Margaret [ArCaSu00]
Married J.L. Thiebaud, from a prominant Vevay family, and owner of a
drug store (also selling notions and books, tec.). His father owned a general
store across the street.
30-Duncan MacCALLUM
Son of 60-John MacCALLUM
b. ca. 1774 [SWCI-based on date/age of death, EMGe] or 1786 [EEMc] or 1796 [MCFR,
MH, JHLe, EMGe, EEMc] near, or in, Perth [MH, JHLe, MCFR], Perthshire
[EMGe], Scotland
m. bef. 1820 in Long Run, Vevay, IN 31-Ellen [ArCaSp93, LDSC, MH, SAGA, EMGe]/
Helen [RoGF, AGAF] GUTHRIE ([SAGA, ArCa-Sp93] Revolutionary stock)-see GUTHRIE
dau. of
d. 15 November [SWCI] 1832 [ArCaSp93, EEMc] ([SAGA] when John Guthrie was
6), age 48 years [SWCI], bur. in McCallum Cemetery, Long Run, Vevey,
Switzerland Co, IN [SWCI] (see pictures taken in 1995)
ch. m D/Duncan, Jr. [EMGe], b. 1810 [MCFR, EMGe] or 1810-1820
[C820(IN)], d. shortly bef. May 1854 [SAGA] in California [SAGA,
EMGe] ("D" may be Duncan as father referred to as Duncan Sr.;
[EMGe] says it is Duncan, Jr.) (bur. in ?Sacramento CA, ?City
Cemetery, Riverside and Tenth St.)
m M. [EMGe], b. 1810 [MCFR]/1810-1820 [C820(IN), EMGe], d. shortly
bef. May 1854 [SAGA] in California [SAGA, EMGe] (bur. in ?Sacramento
CA, ?City Cemetery, Riverside and Tenth St.)
?f Jane Stedwart [SWCi] lists a Jane Stedwart(?) who died 8 September 182?
(could this be a daughter of Duncan who died before 15-Jane Stuart was
born, the latter being given the same name as a deceased sister?)
f *Jane Stuart
m John Guthrie, b. 1825 [MCFR, EMGe] or 10 August [SAGA] 1826 [ArCaSp93,
EEMc] in [SAGA]/near [ArCaSp93] Vevay, Switzerland Co [EMGe], IN [MCFR], m. Emily FREEMAN [SAGA, EMGe] (d. 1914 [SAGA, EMGe] in Loma Linda CA [SAGA]), d. 5 February 1897 [SAGA, EMGe] in Palm Springs [SAGA]/Palm Desert [EMGe] CA "of natural causes, not contagious" [SAGA], bur. 10 February 1897 in Rosedale Cemetery outside of Los Angeles CA, next to his son, Johnny [SAGA] (ch. m, d. [SAGA]; John Guthrie [SAGA]/G [EMGe], Jr. [SAGA, EMGe], b. 22 December 1864 [SAGA, EMGe] in Placerville [SAGA] CA [EMGe], d. 17 January 1891 [SAGA, EMGe] or 1897 [EEMc] in California [EMGe] of tuberculosis [SAGA, EMGe], age 26 years 8 months [SAGA], bur. in Rosedale Cemetery outside of Los Angeles CA [SAGA]; Wallace, b. 18 September 1866 [SAGA, EMGe], d. 4 March 1896 [SAGA, EMGe] in Chicago IL [EMGe] of alcohol related cardiac disease [SAGA] or of heart condition and alcoholism [EMGe]; Harry, b. ca. 1871 [SAGA-age 25 years in 1896, EMGe], d. 19 September 1901 [SAGA, EMGe] of tuberculosis [SAGA, EMGe], age 30 [SAGA], will probated 29 October 1923 [SAGA]; May, b. 19 October 1869 [SAGA, EMGe] in Placerville CA [SAGA], m. after 1891 [SAGA] Dr. FORLINE [EMGe] {ch. Marjorie, b. ca 1905 [SAGA, EMGe]}; Pearl b. 1879 [SAGA, EMGe] exactly 18 years after first child [SAGA], age 85 in 1964 [SAGA]) in Sacramento CA [SAGA], m. 6 May 1914 [SAGA, EMGe] Austin McMANUS {d 1956 [SAGA]}, d. 24 July 1966 [SAGA, EMGe] {no children}) ([EEMC] went to California, first settler in Palm Springs); f Elizabeth b. 1829-1830 [MCFR, SAGA 20 years old in 1850] or ca. 1829 [EMGe] in Ohio [SAGA, MCFR, EMGe]
m Ephraim [MH]/Ephriam [EMGe], m. 6 times [EMGe]
GEOG Switzerland Co, IN created 1814 from Dearborn Co, Jefferson Co
Dearborn Co<-1803-Clark Co<-1801-Knox Co<-1790-Northwest Territories
Jefferson Co<-1781-Dearborn Co, Clark Co (see above)
TODO [JBLe] D and M: ? City Cemetery, Riverside Blvd and Tenth St, Sacramento
? other Bailey relatives also buried there
Masonic Lawn Cemetery next door-Roy, Gertrude, Betty, Ridge
NOTE 30-Duncan
SCOT [EMGe] graduated from Edinburgh in ca. 1800, emigrated to United States
to ca. 1805 and brought his family with him; or came to United States ca.
NY 1820, possibly living in Pennsylvania (where Duncan m. Ellen)
[HBLe, 6/7/40] John McCallum brought the blot on the blood into the family.
He was a direct descendent of McCallum More, Duke of Argyll, Head of the Campbells, bastard son of Mary Queen of Scots. He graduated from Edinburgh
about 1800 and came to this country about 1805. He rode down the Hudson
River with Robert Fulton on The Clermont's original trip. A few years
later he established in conjunction with a certain Mr. Taft, great great grandfather of Robert Alonzo Taft the first steamship line on the Ohio River.
[HBLe 3/2] Your maternal great great grandfather John McCallum graduated
from Edinburgh in 1800 and steamed up the Hudson with Robert Fulton on the
first trip of The Clermont in 1807, and founded with the Tafts the first steamship line on the Ohio River, traced his descendents back to McCallum
More, Duke of Argyll, head of all the Campbells, bastard son of Mary Queen
of Scots
[HSB1] Page 1/3 John graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1802,
traveled through Europe on the Grand Tour, and while in Paris met Robert
Fulton. So entranced was he with the Fulton tales of these United States and
with Fulton's experiments with steam boats that he emigrated to this country.
After his ride down the Hudson, he settled in Cincinnati, and operated the
first steamboat line on the Ohio River. He must have been a prosperous and successful business man, one of Cincinnati's solid citizens, with a town residence, and also summer home in French Lick, Indiana, quite the spot in
those days.
[HSB1] Page 1/4 Grandfather to Ephraim, John and Jane
[MH] Somewhere I heard or read that the family came from Perth district,
not far from Dundee
[MH] John graduated from Edinburgh in 1802 (also says his son "John",
i.e. 60/61-?1-John, graduated from Edinburgh in 1802)
[MH] Graduated from Edinburgh in 1802 and met Fulton in Paris in 1802(Fulton was
in Paris at that time.) May have gone down Ohio River with Fulton.
[MH] Either 60-John or 30-Duncan went to Paris in 1802 and met Fulton
HIST Encyclopedia Britanica Vol IV, p 355: Robert Fulton (1765-1815)
London in 1787 to study art. Became interested in canal engineering in 1794. Built submarine "Nautilus" in 1800 under grant from Napoleon Bonapart in
France. Operated a steamboat on the Seine River in Paris in 1803 or initially
in August 1804. Returned to United States in 1805. Built steamboat "Clermont" with Robert R. Livingston (met in 1801) in NY in 1806, regular use between
Albany and New York in 1807. Later worked on building boats for Western Rivers.
NOTE 30-Duncan (continued)
IN [DOSC] p 1007: About the same period a number of Scotch families commenced a
settlement on Long Run, among whom were Neil McCallum, Duncan McCallum, John McCallum, Donald Cowan, the Malcomsons, John Anderson, and perhaps one or two other families not now recollected. They were known as Seven Day Baptists. It was rather novel to the citizens to travel up Long Run on a Saturday and see none of those people stirring about, and passing on Sunday and seeing everyone able to do any work out in the clearing, chopping, piling and burning brush and rolling logs.
p 1139: 20 October 1814 Switzerland Count Court decided the County into two
townships and named the upper one, Posy, and the lower one, Jefferson. The township as thus organized remained until after the admission of the state into the Union in 1816, in fact until 1817. At the February session of the county commissioners, the county was again divided; this time into five townships: Posey, Cotton, Ross, Craig and Jefferson, and the boundaries as then fixed by the commissioners remain to the present day.
p 1147: Donald Cowan, deceased, was born in Scotland, in which country he
was reared and married. In 1816 he with his wife, Jannet, and four children, viz.: Jabez, Mary, John and Margaret, immigrated to this country, and settled in this township on forty acres of land he purchased, upon which he lived the balance of his life. When he landed here he had only $5 in money. He succeeded well afterwards, and accumulated considerable property. Four other children were born to him in Switzerland County, viz.: James, Joseph, David and Edwin. (NOTE: John, Joseph and Mary {and also Abel, son of Donald and Jannet, and Lewis Donald, ? grandson} are buried in McCallum Cemetery [SWCI])
p 1147: Neil McCallum, we find, was here as early as 1813, an emigrant from
Scotland; came about the same time with the Cowans. They were noted for their peculiar religious ideas, Saturday being their Sunday. They established a church and continued the same up to 1860, or perhaps later.
p 1149: James N Taylor, born in Ireland in 1775 (see [SWCI]
[DURF] p.74: "About the same period a number of Scotch families commenced a settlement
on Long Run, among whom were Niel McCallum, Duncan McCallum, John McCallum, Donald Cowan, the Malcomsons, John Anderson and perhaps one or two other families not now recollected. They were known as "Seven[th] day Baptists". It was rather novel to the citizens, to travel up "Long Run" on a Saturday and see none of those people stirring about-and passing on Sunday to see everyone able to do any work out in the clearing chopping piling and burning brush and rolling logs."
p.83: "In 1823 the writer was two days and nights on the trip from Vevay
to Cincinnati on the Highland Laddie a small boat owned by Duncan McCallum, one of the early Scotch settlers on Long run.
[DUFR] [DOSC] Neil, Duncan and John MacCallum (also Malcolmsons, said
to be related) settled in Long Run Indiana ca. 1818-1820; known as
"Seven(th) Day Baptists" (worked on Sunday but not Saturday); Highland
Laddie built 1819-1821, in 1823 author traveled to Cincinnati on Highland Laddie, owned by Duncan
[MH] Settled in Vevay IN in 1817-1818 (but purchased land 1815-1819) or Settled
at Long Run, 10 miles up river from Vevey ca. 1820 or earlier; built, owned and operated steamboats on the Ohio River (first steam boats in midwest including Highland Laddie built in 1819-1821). Steam saw mill erected on property after Duncan died to attempt to hold onto property. Lost holdings in litigation after his death, ?related to business.
[MCFR] Duncan McCallum came to Long Run in 1815-16 with his two brothers,
Neil and John. All were born in Scotland, descendents of Duke of Argyle,
with title "McCallum More" granted by Alexander III. There is a report that they lived for a time in NY, but not confirmed.
Duncan operated one of the first steamboats on the Ohio, the "Highland Laddie"
NOTE 30-Duncan (continued)
[SAGA] Switzerland County, Indiana was founded in 1801 by Swiss immigrants who
planted vineyards and were famous for their special wine. A ggoup of hardy, frugal Scotch families began a settlement at Long Run about 1817-1818. They soon discovered that a bushel of potatoes would buy a gallon of wine and was faster and easier to produce. Among the Scottish families were Neil MacCallum, Duncan MacCallum, John MacCallum. Evidence suggests Duncan MacCallum was John Guthrie MacCallum’s father
Land purchased from Federal Government by Duncan McCallum- Indiana Land
Entries, Vol 1, Cincinnati District, Compiled by Margaret R. Waters: Page 69 Southeast, Section 18 Township 2N, Range 3W of the first Principal Meridian, 12-11-1816 Northeast 31, same, 11-30-1819. Page 132 Southwest 30, 2N, 2W of first Principal Meridian, 6-28-1815. First 2 are in Craig Township, third in Jefferson Township, Switzerland County
[SCHx] p 73-74 on the west side of Pleasant Township and in the southwest
corner of the township, a number of Scotch families settled as early as 1817 1818 and 1820 and their numbers were increased from time to time by accession until quite a large settlement of these industrious and worthy people was made and extends over into Jefferson county. Among the numbers now recollected were the four brothers William, James, John and Samuel Culbertson the Mortons, Glenns Makensies Scotts and many other who were not recollected.
About the same period a number of Scotch families commenced a settlement on
Long Run, among whom were Neil McCallum, Duncan McCallum, John McCallum, Donald Cowan, the Malcomsons John Anderson and perhaps one or two other families not now recollected. They were known as "Seven(th) day Baptists". It was rather novel to the citizens, to travel up "Long Run" on a Saturday and see none of those people stirring about-and passing on Sunday and seeing one able to do any work out in the clearing chopping piling and burning brush and rolling logs.
p 82 The first steamboats of any considerable size that were navigating
the Ohio River were built about the year 1819 to 1821. The Velocipede, General Green, Ploughboy, Highland Laddie and Eliza are the steamers in the early days recollected by the author.
p 82-83 In those days Steam boat traveling was very slow compared
with the present day. In 1823 the writer was two days and two nights on a trip from Vevay to Cincinnati on the Highland Laddie a small boat owned by Duncan McCallum, one of the early Scotch settlers on Long Run.
p 5-6:1820 census Switzerland Co:Duncan McCollum,foreign born, farmer
1 WM 16-25 (Duncan), 1 WF 16-25 (Ellen), 2 WM <10 (D and M)
p. 6: 1850 U.S. Census for Indiana
House# Family# Name Age Sex Oc Place of Birth
85 85 Ellen McCallum 52 F Pen.
Jane McCallum 25 F O.
John G. McCallum 24 M Lawyer Ind.
Elizabeth McCallum 20 F O."
p. 3: Picture of Ellen McCallum
1830 census Switzerland Co: Neil McCollum, no Duncan or John
1840 census Switzerland Co: Ellen McCullum, John McCollum, no
Neil or Duncan
1860 census: No McCallums
1870 census Switzerland Co: Alexander McCalum 23 and Mary 72
Assumptions: Duncan Sr. is dead, two older sons have gone to ? California,
John G. was already practicing law, and his sisters
Jane and Elizabeth were born in Ohio, the family having traveled from one state to the other on the steamer, Highland Laddie. Cincinnati is 100 mile north of Vevay by water.
[SAGA] p. 6: Indiana Land Entries v. 1 Cincinnati District compiled by
Margaret R. Waters shows the following land purchases from the Federal
government by MacCallum:
"p. 69 Southeast, Section 69, township 2N, range 3W of the first Principal
Meridian, 12-11 1816, same, 11-30-1819. Page 132 Southwest 30, 2N, 2W of first
Principle Meridian, 6-28-1815." (First two are in Craig township, Switzerland
County and the third in Jefferson township, Switzerland County.)
The Life and Times of Duncan MacCallum (ca. 1784-1832)
John MacCallum of Perthshire, Scotland, was the father of three sons, John, Neil
and Duncan, all of whom emigrated to America, and one daughter, Elinor or Eleanor, who is only known of from a family bible owned by a descendent of Neil MacCallum. Duncan MacCallum was born ca. 1784 in or near Dundee, Scotland. Duncan is said to have graduated from Edinburgh about 1802 and shortly thereafter traveled through Europe on the Grand Tour. While in Paris he met Robert Fulton. So entranced was he with Fulton's stories of these United States and experiments with steam boats that he emigrated in 1805. He was a passenger on the Fulton's "Clermont" on its maiden voyage up the Hudson River (New York) in 1807. He married Ellen Guthrie, said to be from Pennsylvania and of Revolutionary stock, sometime prior to 1820. This suggests that he may have spent some time in Pennsylvania, perhaps after leaving New York and before going to Indiana.
John, Neil and Duncan MacCallum along with a number of other Scottish emigrants
settled in Long Run in Southeastern Indiana prior to Indiana statehood (1816), Neil possibly being there as early as 1813 and Duncan purchased land in 1815 (and in 1819), but may not have settled there until 1817 or later. They were known as Seven(th) Day Baptists. "Traveling up 'Long Run' on a Saturday it was rather novel to the citizens to see none of these people stirring, but on Sunday everyone would be out clearing, chopping, piling and burning brush and rolling logs" (Dufour,
1925). Duncan later established, with the Tafts, the first steamship line on the Ohio River and was the Captain of the "Highland Lassie", built in 1819-1821 possibly by Fulton, which traveled from Vevay (pronounced vee-vee) IN to Cincinnati OH. He must have been a successful business man as he owned a farm in Long Run IN, town residence in Cincinnati and a summer home in French Lick IN as well as his steam boat(s). After he died on 15 November 1832 at the age of 48 years, however, a steam saw mill was erected on his property in Long Run in an attempt to hold on to the property, but his holdings were lost in litigation. Duncan was buried in the MacCallum Cemetery on his land in Long Run along with several relatives. His wife, Ellen, died in April 1878 in Vevay at age 62 years and 7 months.
Duncan and Ellen MacCallum had 5 (or possibly 6) children, at least four of whom
migrated to California. The first two sons known to me only as "D" (may have been Duncan, since his father is referred to as "Duncan, Sr.") and "M" were born between 1810 and 1820, went to California in ?1851 in search of gold and died in an epidemic of smallpox or cholera in 1854. They are buried in Sacramento CA. A third son, John Guthrie (1826-1897) at the request of his mother, closed his law practice in Indiana or Ohio in 1854 to search for his two brothers in California after they were reported ill, arriving very shortly after their deaths. But John Guthrie is also found in the Hangtown, later Placerville, California in 1850. Jane Stuart (1824-1874) went to California, possibly with her brothers D and M or with John Guthrie, settled in Hangtown (now Placerville) CA and in 1860 married the handsome, gun-toting, deputy sheriff, John Dick Van Eaton. Van Eaton was made famous by the Bullion Bend Robbery. Jane and John Dick eventually settled, and died, in San Jose CA.
John Guthrie later became prominant in California politics and the founder of
Palm Springs CA where he died. Little is known of the other daughter, Elizabeth (1829-?), and only brief mention is made of Ephrain (? a nephew, rather than a son), said to be a dealer in fine arts and a husband of six wives. There is also a single mention of a second Jane Stewart (Stuart) who is said to have possibly died in infancy, her namesake above being born later.
Regardless of their finances, these MacCallums always considered themselves
socially superior to others, and were inclined to broadcast their feelings frequently.
[VEVE] Perth to Vevay in 10 (1984-1994) and 200 (1794-1994) Years: Vevay in October 1994
Coming out of Cincinnati OH on I 275 I turned West onto US 50 and into Indiana.
Six miles South of this on US 50 was the town of Aorora and just out of town was SR 56 which took off right along the Ohio River (? are we far enough South to describe it as right on the levy)-beautiful view and the route was very suggestive that it was an old road which carried wagons up along the Ohio River for long periods before the automobile. About eight miles South of Aorora is the town of Rising Sun which unfortunately does not live up to its name since the sky is completely overcast today even though the time of day is appropriate. A little South of Aorora the road turns inland slightly leaving a completely flat field from the elevated road all the way to the river and some small hills to the west of the road. This is all farmland much of which appears to be very old with old stone barns and fences, but on the whole the area is very well kept up. There are a few historical markers along the road and I will comment on them as I pass them. I just passed the Fulton burial ground which appears to be a family cemetery. The town of Rising Sun is quaint with a number of colonial-type houses with large pillars. Most of the older buildings are brick but there is a bit of gingerbread around with some Victorian buildings which appear to be somewhat newer than the brick ones. And then there are areas of large numbers of small Cape Cods. The entire route from Aorora to Vevay is considered to be scenic and it certainly is very picturesque. Leaving Rising Sun the road again runs along the Ohio River. Just South of Rising Sun SR 56 heads inland and SR 156, which I decided to take, which continues along the river and is considered to be the more scenic route. Just after the junction I entered Switzerland County. The are a number of factories or some kind of industry primarily on the East side of the River. Each seem to have several connecting tunnels and high smokestacks as well as docks to use the river for transportation. What is being done in these factories is unclear. The architecture generally lacks consistency except in very localized areas where all of the houses may be of one type as was the case in Rising Sun. But Indiana must have been influenced by both the northern and southern architectural styles because of the southern colonial houses of which there are a number in Rising Sun and the more Federalist brick colonial seen more in the countryside. Also I am traveling at this time on October 22 during the peak of the fall colors which are absolutely lovely, perhaps not as striking as Vermont but most of the trees here are hardwoods and except where cleared for farming the area is quite wooded.
On entering the town of Vevay (pronounced vee-vee) the first thing on the right is the cemetery. Of course I had to take a quick drive through. In the back is the old part of the cemetery. Although the inscriptions on most of the gravestones were difficult to read the graves did go back into the mid 1800's. No McCallums were to be ound however, the reason for which will become clear. The town of Vevay is small (population not posted) but very well kept with a wide variety of architectural styles as described in the AAA bulletin. Adjacent to each other were Federalist houses, Italiante, Greek Revival, etc many of which were built in the early 1800's, many of which have signs in front giving details about the house. There is a tour route of the city available from the visitors' center in an attempt to make the town a tourist attraction. The only other attraction I found was the Switzerland County Historical Museum which is in an old church and contains primarily tools and equipment used in the daily living in the early 1800's. The genealogy room in the local library is quite well stocked with information.
Just over two miles up SR 129 is the "town" of Long Run. There is no sign on the road to indicate this is the town but Long Run Road runs right through it. As you enter the town there is a large automobile garage on the right next to a very old stone house which I could get no history on. Next are a few old barns which have seen better days being well-weathered and a few newer houses and some old abandoned houses. About a half mile from the start of Long Run Road on the left there is a small farm road to pull off into. A short walk across the creek, through a small meadow, under a barbed wire fence and up a short hill brings you to the McCallum Cemetery. The grave of Duncan McCallum (DOD 15 November 1832 at age 48 years) is here along with a number of other McCallums (Alexander, son of Alex. and Millie d. August 6, 1861, age 2 months 25 days; Azariah b. April 6, 1815, d. June 27, 1849; Ebenezer born February 5, 1824, died May 18, 1854; L McCallum; Mary Jane the daughter of G. and M. died September 9 1846 age 3 years 10 months 13 days; Little Neil born October 19 1822, died January 6, 1827 ? son of Neil Sr.) There are also Callans, Hamiltons, Porters, Richardsons. Stedwarts and Malcomsons. Not listed in the book was a new stone in blue with "Little Joseph Sleepeth Here" and no date.
[AAA96] Vevay: The area around Vevay was settled in the late 18th and early 19th
centuries by Swiss-French immigrants. Many historic homes of Greek Revival, Federal, Italiante and Gothic architecture remain. Vevay was the birthplace of Edward Eggleston, editor and author of such works as "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" and "The Hoosier Schoolboy".
Switzerland County Historical Society Museum: Main and Market Streets, 2 blocks
east of SR 56 on SR 156 in former Vevay Presbyterian Church: exhibits of local history, steamboat models
NOTE 31 Ellen Guthrie
Flavia Hodges: A Dictionary of Scottish Names, Oxford Univ. Press, NY 1988
Guthrie: Scots-habitation name from a place near Forfar, Tayside
According to February 2000 Under Construction in "Search for Irish
Origins", Guthrie is from no specific County, but at least this may
indicate country of origin was Ireland
NOTE 30/31-
[HSB1] Page 1/4 It must have been an adventurous family too. Two of his
{John McCallum's} grandsons, Ephraim and John, and a granddaughter, Jane,
all in their twenties, crossed the plains to California in 1855. Two years later Jane was left alone as both brothers died in the great smallpox epidemic of 1857. Just how and where she met my grandfather, John Van Eaton, I do not know, but meet this dashing, handsome, gun toting deputy sheriff of the wildest county in California she did and married him.
NOTE 30/31-1-D and 30/31-2-M
[SAGA] took steamer Ohio (Capt Haley in command) to San Francisco arrived
on 25 February 1851 (passenger list included D. McCallum and M. McCallum) (went to CA for gold) and vanished soon after disembarking, disappeared in gold fields. In 1852 Ellen Guthrie McCallum received a letter from a family friend speaking of an epidemic which raged through the gold fields and had struck down one of the boys. She implored John Guthrie to make the long journey to California and find the boys and urge them to return home. JG closed his law practice and began the long journey around the horn to California, arriving in San Francisco in May 1854. He sought out the friend who had told his mother of the illness and found that both boys were dead, the boys having succumbed shortly before his ship arrived. Went to Hangtown (originally called Old Dry Diggins and officially changed to Placerville in 1850) and set up law practice.
[MH] presumably died of an epidemic of either smallpox (Aunt Belle) or cholera (Roy)
which was raging in California.
[MH] RVB "can show" graves of 2 brothers in Sacramento
NOTE 30/31-4-John Guthrie
[SAGA] In 1852 Ellen Guthrie McCallum received a letter from a family friend
speaking of an epidemic which raged through the gold fields and had struck down one of the boys (30/31-1-D or 30/31-2-M). She implored John Guthrie to make the long journey to California and find the boys and urge them to return home. JG closed his law practice and began the long journey around the horn to California, arriving in San Francisco in May 1854. He sought out the friend who wrote the letter to Mother McCallum telling of the serious illness of her older son
One look at the expression of sorrow on the friend's face was enough to
warn John. As gently as possible, the friend told him of the death of his two brothers. Reeling with shock John undertook the sad duty of writing the tragic word back to his mother.
The brothers had succumbed shortly before his ship sailed into San
Francisco harbor.
Shortly thereafter he went to Hangtown (originally called Old Dry Diggins
and officially changed to Placerville in 1850) and set up law practice. His stay in the gold country is not entirely clear, but he was the editor of the "Georgetown Weekly News" from March to October 1855, a State Senator from the area in 1856-1857, back in law practice in 1857-1859 (admited to practice before the State Supreem Court in 1857). After this he became more involved in politics. He was a delagate to (Union-)Republican Convention in San Francisco in 1860 and met his future wife in San Francisco in 1861. (Thus he may have left the gold country about the time Jane Stuart got married.)
[SAGA] is a story of his life: lawyer, newspaper editor, politician,
orator, State Senator, president of State Republican Committee, electoral
delegate for Lincoln (present at his inauguration, assassination and funeral), judge, delegate (and major influence) to California's second constitutional convention in 1878, a leading antagonist of the railroad monopoly, Indian Agent, founder of Palm Springs
[MH] Helped write California Constitution; Member of State Legislature
sometime between 1850 and 1862; later moved to Los Angeles and Palm Springs
[MH] Surely Jane had written of brothers' deaths that brought JG to
California; wealthy with a fine home in Oakland, had butler; member of
California legislature, wife was a very well known singing teacher
[MH] according to HVEB once a beau took her to Oakland to visit a relative and
she thought her bladder would break because she was not so immodest to mention her distress, she spoke of a rich relative which may have been John and of an Aunt who was a very well known singing teacher; it may have been she who told Mother that if she would work at training her voice she would be the finest contralto on the Pacific coast.
[MH] "notations on back of picture of John Guthrie McCallum which Carol showed
me in 1979: 'Helped write California Constitution; Was member of
State Legislature sometime between 185 and 1862-----moved to L.A. P. Springs; Louise or Laura McCallum Johnson had print shop on Market. This was there when I was a young woman. Aunt Belle urged me to go see Mrs. Jordan but I never did."
[MCFR] John G. founded Palm Springs, California
[ArCa] 3 part article about John Guthrie in Spring, Summer, Fall 1993
[ECHS]-Card file of Eldorado County Historical Society
Homestead Declaration: McCallum, J.G., Head of Family
Apr. 27 1861: Co. Records Office-Book A, Page 358
Homestead Act of: 1851-1960
City: Placerville; County: El Dorado; State: CA
Property Location or Description:
City of Placerville on E side of Bedford ave., s. lot of John Hume,
n. of Frank & e. of Dr. A Clark
Homestead Declaration: McCallum, J.G.
Apr. 27 1861: Co. Records Office-Book A, Page 358
Homestead Act of: 1857 amended
Property Location or Description: see p. 306-307
Abandoned: 16 September 1861
1850 Toll Tax Records: McCallum, M.
Area: Ford's Bar {on Middle Fork of American River}
{? Melancholy McCallum [EDCH p 220] who appeared in Court in
Placerville, who apparently was an attorney}
NOTE 30/31-4-John Guthrie (continued)
[EDCH]
p 122: signed letter recommending wagon road action on 27 April 1857
as a Senator from El Dorado County
p 122: at convention in Placerville 6 May 1857, J.G McCallum elected
as delegate to state convention
p 131: reported on several resolutions to the Central Pacific
Railroad Company as a member of the general committee on 30 January 1860
p 136: became editor and half owner of the Georgetown News, a Whig then
Republican paper, with the issue after 24 May 1855; paper was published by McCallum and Platt until 15 October 1855, then by Platt and Shaw beginning with the 8 November 1855 issue
p 137: Hon. J.G. McCallum starts a semi-weekly paper. The Central
Californian, that made its appearance on 4 August 1860, in Placerville; started as a campaign paper, advocating the election of Douglass and Johnson
p 161: elected State Senator in General Election 5 September 1855
Henry Fiske 4800 votes elected
J. G. McCallum 4795 " elected
A. St. Claire Denver 3928 "
S. M. Johnson 3919 "
p 166: chosen as one of 10 presidential electors 8 November 1864
(Abraham Lincoln, 2947 votes; George B. McClellan, 2119 votes)
p 167: election for District Attorney 6 September 1865
George E. Williams 2033 votes
J. G. McCallum 2027 "
John Bush 262 "
p 177: Other men of prominence in the early days of Coloma:
J. G. McCallum, now (i.e., 1883) of Oakland
[CPDi] 1862 Directory of City of Placerville and surrounding towns
City of Placerville, p. 50:
McCallum, J.G., attorney, City Block; h., e s. Bedford av.
{office in City Block; house on east side of Bedford Ave.}
McCallum, Geo., printer, News office; bds. with J. G. McC.
{? son of J. G.'s bother Neil; boarding with J.G.}
In Placerville from at least 1855 to 1865
Article in San Francisco Chronicle 13 February 1979 by Stanton Delaplane
sent to MH by Carol Beedle:
"Palm Springs looked like any other part of the great American desert. But not to Judge John Guthrie McCallum of San Francisco.
He came in 1884. Bought his land from Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1934 Charles Farrell built the Racquet Club, the most fashionable Tennis Club in Southern California
Palm Springs became Hollywood's playground. The astonished Aqua Caliente Indians (who owned half the land in town) quit weaving baskets. They hired lawyers. And today are richer than the millionaires who come to hotels at $100 a day."
NOTE 30/31-6-Ephrain:
[MH] Aunt Belle liked to tell the story of Jane's brother Ephrain who had
a fine arts store (dealer) and had been married six times.
[SAGA] McCallum Saga says nothing about an Ephrain.
[EMGe] Indiana Census of 1820 or 1830 should clarify whether Ephriam was
Duncan's son
NOTE 30/31-?Jane Stedwart
[SWCi] lists a Jane Stedwart(?) who died 8 September 182?-could this be a
daughter of Duncan who died before 15-Jane Stuart was born, the latter being
given the same name as a deceased sister?
15-Jane Stuart MacCALLUM
Daughter of Duncan and Ellen (GUTHRIE) MacCALLUM
b. 23 [MH, LDSC OTGe, HVEB, MCFR, EMGe, SCCM]/25 [OHSJ] July 1824 [JDVF,
C850(IN) age 25] in Cincinnati [LDSC, MH, HVEB] OH [MCFR] or in Vevay IN [MH, OTGe]
m. ca. 1861 [EMGe] 14-John Dick VAN EATON-see VAN EATON
d. 25 November [OHSJ, SJWM 11/30/1876, SCCM] 1876 [MH, MHOt] in College Park,
[OTGe. MH], San Jose CA [LDSC, MH, OTGe, EMGe, SJWM 11/30/1876] of birth
complications(?) [OHFR], bur. in Oak Hill Cemetery [OHSJ, SCCM], San Jose CA [MH]
Rel. Methodist [MH] or Southern Methodist [MH]
ch. See John Dick VAN EATON
NOTE 15-Jane Stuart MacCALLUM
[AIR2] Jane Stuart came to California with two brothers. Her two brothers died in a
smallpox epidemic. She came from a stock somewhat more cultured, ?superior or in some way to John Dick and he might thought it possible to marry such a woman but he felt her position, alone and friendless in this new land piteous and he wanted to protect her. And she would not have considered him a suitable suitor under different circumstances. She was a resident of Placerville when she married. Whether they lived happily or not is not revealed. There were also stories of relatives of Jane’s who were of a also superior nature. There was a family which included a daughter who later became a well known singer. My Mother used to be invited to their home once in a while, perhaps because she had a really lovely alto voice. She came back home with stories of a different kind of life. There was a cousin Ephraim (Eph) who was a well known picture dealer-had a gallery on Sutter Street(?). He had been married six times. Then there were the Couversiers(?) quite high socially, and a printer (woman) who still had a printing shop on Market.
[MH] "As I Remember" a letter to Lynn Beedle
According to some stories I thought I heard from someone sometime, Jane McCallum had come to California with two brothers. (Do you have any information on when she, or Grandpa John D. came) Her two brothers had died (in a smallpox epidemic that occurred sometime *I can look up the date when I get some letters from a cousin who came to California in 1851) She came of a stock somewhat more cultured ? superior in some way to John D., and he might not thought it possible to marry such a woman but he felt her position, alone and friendless in this new land, piteous and wanted to protect her. And she would not have considered him a suitable suitor under different circumstances. Where I got all these sentimental and probably with only a smidgen of truth in them I do not know. Anyway she was a resident of Placerville when she married. I think part of this tale came from Aunt Belle and I made a more romantic tale of it as a girl who read so much might do. Whether they lived happily or not was not revealed. There were also stories of relatives on Jane's who were also of a superior nature. There was a family which included a daughter who became a well known singer. My mother used to be invited to their home once in a while, perhaps she had a really lovely alto voice. (This really sounds a little like Pride and Prejudice) She came back home with stories of a different kind of life. Then there was Cousin Ephraim (Eph) who was a well known picture dealer - had a gallery on Sutter Street (?). He had been married 6 times. Then there were the Couversiers (?) quite high socially, and a printer (woman) who still had a printing shop on Market. Aunt Belle wanted me to make myself known to her but I was a very timid woman and never did. I must have been a little snob to have remembered this when I was probably told or heard things of much more import. [Rest of letter with Van Eaton Notes]
[MH] father, not grandfather, supplied funds for Jane to come to California
[MH] family tree given to her by Aunt Belle which differs from information from Lynn Beedle.
Notes from Lynn Beedle in a letter dated 19 July 1977: The McCallum-Van Eaton
conflict was that John D VanEaton was a laborer, breech finally healed according to LSB’s mother. The name Stuart may support the story she was a descendent of James VI of Scotland, son of Mary Queen of Scots
[MH] "According to Aunt Belle's story, the daughter Jane (grandmother) came to CA w/
2 brothers. They died of smallpox and Jane was left alone. J. D. Van Eaton, a deputy sheriff in Placerville (Hangtown) married her in 1861 I think. He was her social inferior and the Mc's did not accept him for quite a while. What Jane was doing from 1851/61 and why she was a resident of Placerville (wedding cert so states). Perhaps she came out much later after J. was settled. Aunt B was quite a story teller"
Lived in Placerville 1851-1861, then got married
[SJWM 11/30/1876] Died: Van Eaton: "In this city, Nov 25th, Jane Van
Eaton, wife of John D. Van Eaton"
NOTE 15-Jane Stuart MacCALLUM
[OHSJ] Headstone
Jane S.
Wife of