Earl Elliott Callison

As printed in 1908

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Robert Callison, who now lives retired at the home of his grandson, owns a farm of thirty acres in Pike Township, in which he has spent the greater part of his life, following farming. He was born December 21, 1823, in Pike Township, Clark

County, Ohio, a son of Arthur Callison, a native of Virginia, who came to Ohio at a very early day and settled in the woods in Pike Township, where he died, aged sixty years. Robert Callison married Alice G. North, who died November 7, 1901, aged seventy-six years, and to them were born five children, two of whom died infants. Those reared were as follows: William A., David F., and Verlem 0.; David F., being the only survivor. He was born on his father's farm in Pike Township, December 10, 1858, and remained at home until the age of twenty-one, when he went to Columbus and engaged in the sewing machine business, and later moved to Philadelphia, where he continued in the same line, thence to New York City for a time, and at present is engaged in the real estate business at Brooklyai, New York. David Callison was married in 1876 to Mila Burns, who was born at Medway, Clark County, Ohio, and died May, 1907, aged forty-seven years. She was a daughter of Jacob Burns, who was one of the early settlers of that locality. Two children were born to David and Mila Callison: Earl E., and Ora C, the latter of whom is a resident of Dayton, Ohio, where she is assistant cashier in the Pan Handle Freight office. Earl Elliott Callison was an infant when his parents moved to Medway, where they remained several years, and then located at Dayton for a short time. Earl E. then came to Pike Township and made his home with his grandfather, spending most of his boyhood days on the farm. His educational training was received in the common schools of Columbus, Ohio, and Philadelphia. In 1894 he entered a dry goods store at Brooklyn, New York, where he continued for three years, and then returned to the farm, where he remained until September, 1907, when he purchased the A. W. Ryman general stoi'e at Northampton. Mr. Callison carries a complete line of dry goods, notions, hardware, and groceries, and conducts his business enterprises along modern lines. On October 24, 1901, Mr. Callison was united in marriage with Hetty B. Stephenson, a daughter of H. G. and Anna E. (Dillahaunt) Stephenson, and to them have l)een born two children: Robert, and Harold. In politics Mr. Callison is a Republican, and his fraternal connection is with the Knights of Pythias, the Junior Order of American Mechanics.

As printed in 20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.