Benjamin Franklin CALLIS (VETERAN CSA)

Benjamin
PRIVATE
Company G 2 Arkansas Cavalry
Civil War Confederate
April 10, 1845 - February 4, 1920

*Obituary
Benton County Record
Friday, February 20, 1920

CALLIS, Benjamin Franklin - (from High Top) Benjamin Franklin Callis was born in Wilson county, Tennessee Apr. 10, 1845. He moved to Benton county with his parents at the age of about six years and grew to manhood and served during the latter part of the civil war in the Confederate command. He was wounded in the shoulder and arm by a charge of buckshot from the accidental discharge of a comrade's gun, carrying several shots to the grave. In 1868 he was married to Louisa C. Parker, also a native of Tenn. Ten children were born to them: Geo. N., the oldest, died in 1904 at the age of 34 years and little Betsy died in 1889 at the age of almost three years. A.J. Callis of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, Robt. L. of Maysville, Annis Byers of Centerton, John Henry of Row, Okla., Bertha Fletcher of Hiwasse and Grover Cleveland who lived with his parents, were all present during the last hours of illness and attended the funeral. S. Mat Callis and D.N. Callis of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho were unable to be present. Mr. Callis spent much of his time in the earlier days freighting over Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri by wagon and to his last hours delighted in relating experiences. He was a skillful carpenter and blacksmith and many houses now stand as monuments to his memory, including the home building, the third house on the same foundation, the first one having been destroyed by fire in 1907 and the second in 1914. He was a friend to rich and poor alike and his friends were too numerous for him to name. Unwilling to meet death unprepared, though very weak, he confessed Christ and obeyed the gospel Aug. 26, 1919. We believe he is now enjoying a peaceful rest in the great beyond where the faithful part no more. Funeral services were conducted by Elder J.A. Fair, a boyhood friend, at the home and the body laid to rest in the Barron cemetery near Vaughn by the side of many of Mrs. Callis' relatives. One Who Knew Him.

Louisa
July 14, 1849 - February 20, 1920

*Obituary
Benton County Record
Friday, February 27, 1920

CALLIS, Louisa C. PARKER - Louisa C. Callis, nee Parker, was born in Coffee County, Tennessee July 14, 1849. When only a little girl her parents moved to this county where she resided until death, after a short illness took her, Feb. 20, 1920. She professed faith in Christ about twenty-six years ago and until the end gave indisputable evidence of her sincerity. Though sometimes inconvenient for her to attend public worship she enjoyed the services of the sanctuary. "Aunt Cassie." as she was familiarly and lovingly called, was a devoted wife and mother, friend and neighbor, and doubtless many can endorse what a lady said of her while she was yet alive: "She is one of the best women that ever lived." As in the case of her husband, funeral services were held at the home by the writer and the body was laid to sleep in Barron cemetery beside that of her companion who had preceded her just sixteen days. May the gracious Father of us all comfort the children and relatives in their double bereavement and sorrow. J.A. Fair.

Married 1868

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