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;umed man-m-Rcbertson swing trans-' store of the id Saturday rd to an ex-j le and herbered some-1 nd a half of istment over ling to come ■ket. and al-or two poetise of neces-rd trend in Mr. Henly n is looking year.”adavfrom Plaln-n in charge of the Sun-f•v In pressed its reception circles, both and others.1 with the i he finds iward build-1funt county, id educated :lle field has al years he O Hudspeth ■ best known k land belt” ago he went visor of the t of Carter-he store was group about , was madeid two chil-I be in high rlday. They 7th St.Page 1us adjutant lents of the firmed prac-an Moody's t Fred H~r-The commission candidates were mar Chas E Sammons and W E Beas- nou ley. seeking election to Place No. 1,Hchlt;Callahan Rites—(Continued from Page i) ,)f ,knonouToutdaythatterphamerpro1of |foil.derlto (rocks. Callahan had been burled there 75 years next April 7, his wife and child 74 years.Remains ReburiedSaturday afternoon, themoulded bones of the three, all in a single casket, were reburied in the Arlington of Texas, the state cemetery, under direction of Mr. Kemp, chairman -*f the state historical and landmark commission. Many members of the legislature attended.Exercises were In charge of the Daughters of the Republic can of Texas. The Rev. Daniel E Grieder. Austin Presbyterian Aminister, offered the lnvoca- wertion. Representative Victor B. conOllbert of Cisco, representative porof the county named In honor j Rof the dead Indian fighter, 1 themade the memorial address. j tjje.Today we meet with bowed f0rheads and reverent hands,” Mr. truJGilbert said, to recommit to to 1the soil he loved so dearly and I sfor which he gave so much, the raciremains of Captain James Hughes Me Callahan, for whom and In whose an honor Callahan county, with Baird pre its county seat, wan named And Hut with him we bury the members cf ing his devoted family. i andHistory of Freemen pos“May those who pass this W17 for or read the romantic pas-es of ourhistory, be constantly reminded that C.ours Is a history of freemen who have lived under six flags, who have battled for the cause of liberty against overwhelming odds, and, j recalling their efforts, whose fruits we enjoy, resolve that the peace.! prosperity and happiness or the E people of Texas shall never fail,” In Standing beside the new grave in reg the state cemetery as Mr. Gilbert I. made the funeral eulogy was Mrs. pro W. E. Ford of Georgetown, descendant relative of the Callahan familv. I h Mr. Gilbert sketched In the vivid to 1 picture, the life of action, the high Jr adventures and heroic deeds ofCal- dri lahan. and the dramatic and tragic cou death ttiat was his. a sCallahan was bom near Marlon, hui Ga.. September 10, 1814, coming to J Texas in December. 1815. a sergeant cer *n Captain Winn* Georgia bat- Fla talion. He was taken prisoner a t left Coleto In Fannin's surrender, escao-ing the massacre of Goliad because VR I he was a mechanic the Mexicans j needed He settled at Gonzales , later llvln* at Segttln In 1841 he was married to Sarah Medisa Day.In Indian FlehU He served with Caotatn Ben Mc-Culloch in Indian fights, helping C kill and break up a detachment of of Indians at the mouth of the Llano *err
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Abilene Morning Reporter News
Abilene, Texas, US
Sun, Jan 25, 1931
Page 9
Full Page
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