Date

Event

Source of Information

1870

Jul 4

David and Frances Howard Calhoun are the parents of Matthew. On this census record, David is shown as age 23 and Frances is age 22. David's parents are unknown.

1870 U S Federal Census, Bruceville, Beat 8, Bullock County, AL, Pg 6 (www.ancestry.com)

1870

Jul 20

James and Nancy Scott are the parents of Mollie Scott. On this census record, James is shown as age 40 and Nancy is age 38. James' and Nancy's parents are unknown.

1870 U S Federal Census, Ridgely, Beat 11, Bullock County, AL, Page 51

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1876 Aug 31

Frances Calhoun and husband Dave C Calhoun, in consideration of $191, purchased land on Baskin Street in Union Springs, Bullock County, AL. (Copy of record on file.)

Bullock County, Alabama, Deed Book K, Page 259

1880 Jun 16

James Scott (the father of Mollie Scott) is shown on this census as age 40. It is believed Nancy Scott, his wife, died prior to 1880.

1880 U S Federal Census, Ridgely, Beat 4, Bullock County, AL, Page 37B

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1880 Jun 18

David and Frances Calhoun. On the census record, David is shown as age 32 and Frances is age 28.

1880 U S Federal Census, Union Springs, Beat 9, Bullock County, AL, Page 42B

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1891

Nov 5

Matthew Calhoun and Mollie Scott are united in holy matrimony in Union Springs, Bullock County, AL and begin their family. (Copy of record on file.)

State of AL, Bullock County, Marriage License #39

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1892

Child: David Calhoun is born.

1900 U S Federal Census, Union Springs, Precinct 3, Bullock County, AL, Sheet 13A

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1894

Child: Joseph Calhoun is born.

1900 U S Federal Census, Union Springs, Precinct 3, Bullock County, AL, Sheet 13A

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1896 Mar 17

Frances Calhoun sold the property on Baskin Street for $244 to C L and Emma Hamilton. (Copy of record on file.)

Bullock County, Alabama, Deed Book K, Page 259

Date

Event

Source of Information

1896

Child: Arwilder Frances Calhoun is born.

1900 U S Federal Census, Union Springs, Precinct 3, Bullock County, AL, Sheet 13A

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1898

Child: John Wesley Calhoun is born.

1900 U S Federal Census, Union Springs, Precinct 3, Bullock County, AL, Sheet 13A

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1899

Child: Annie Will Calhoun is born.

1900 U S Federal Census, Union Springs, Precinct 3, Bullock County, AL, Sheet 13A

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1900 Jun 11

This census record has Matt (age 30) living with his wife Mollie (age 25) and their children Dave (8), Joe (4), Frances (4), Wesley (2) and Annie (1). Mollie given birth to 5 children and all are living. Census states couple have been married for 10 years; Matt is a farmer and Mollie is a housekeeper. Note: Joe's age incorrectly recorded; his age should be shown as age 6.

1900 U S Federal Census, Union Springs, Precinct 3, Bullock County, AL, Sheet 13A

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1900 Oct 8

Matt Calhoun purchases one house and lot in Union Springs for $475 on Underwood Street from Sterling Price Rainer and his wife Minnie Rainer. (Copy of record on file.)

Bullock County, Alabama, Deed Book K, Page 568

1902

Child: Cleo Calhoun is born.

1910 U S Federal Census, Union Springs, Precinct 3, Bullock County, AL, Sheet 13A

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1903

Child: Susie Calhoun is born.

1910 U S Federal Census, Union Springs, Precinct 3, Bullock County, AL, Sheet 13A

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1908

Child: Essie Calhoun is born.

1900 U S Federal Census, Union Springs, Precinct 3, Bullock County, AL, Sheet 13A

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Date

Event

Source of Information

1909 Dec 1

Matt Calhoun sells house on Underwood Street to Mollie Calhoun, his wife, for the sum of $10. (Copy of record on file.)

Bullock County, Alabama, Deed Book P, Page 611

1910

Child: Alie (or Ophelia) Calhoun is born. Her death date is unknown. It is assumed she died prior to 1920 U S Federal Census being enumerated because her name does not appear on the 1920 Census with the rest of the family.

1910 U S Federal Census, Union Springs, Precinct 3, Bullock County, AL, Sheet 13A

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1910

Child: Mattie Calhoun is born.

1910 U S Federal Census, Union Springs, Precinct 3, Bullock County, AL, Sheet 13A

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1910 May 10

This census record has Matt (age 45) is living with his wife Mollie (age 40) and their children David (17), Joseph (16), Arwilder (14), Wesley (13), Annie (11), Mattie (10), Cleo (8), Susie (7), Essie (2) and Alie (1 month old). Mollie has given birth to eleven children and ten are living. Again, the record states that Mat is a farmer and Mollie is a housewife and they have been married 20 years.

1910 U S Federal Census, Union Springs, Ward 5, Bullock County, AL, Sheet 35A

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1910

Child: Nancy Calhoun is born.

1920 U S Federal Census, Dehue, District 29, Logan County, West Virginia, Sheet 78A (www.ancestry.com)

1910

Child: Jessie Calhoun is born.

1910 U S Federal Census, Dehue, District 29, Logan County, West Virginia, Sheet 78A (www.ancestry.com)

1912

Dec 15

Dave Calhoun and Mary Magdalene Berry marry in Union Springs, AL. He is 20, she is 17. (Copy of record on file.)

State of AL, Bullock County (www.FamilySearch.org)

1913

Matt and Mollie's first grandchild, Eugene Calhoun, son of David Calhoun and Mary Berry was born in Union Springs, AL. This begins the 3^rd generation of the Matt and Mollie Scott Calhoun family.

1920 U S Federal Census, Milburn, Kanawha District, Precinct 16, Fayette County, West Virginia, Sheet 11B

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Date

Event

Source of Information

1913 Dec 24

Arwilder Frances Calhoun and Tom Davie marry in Union Springs, AL. Record states Arwilder is 19 and a Methodist and Tom is 18 and a blacksmith. (Copy of record on file.)

State of AL, Bullock County (www.FamilySearch.org)

After 1915

Matt and Mollie Calhoun move to Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

1916

Mar 25

Annie Will Calhoun and James Scott marry in Union Springs, AL. Annie Will is 17 and a Methodist and Jim Scott is 21 and a Baptist. Record states, "Mat Calhoun, girl's father, appears in open court and consents." (Copy of record on file.)

State of AL, Bullock County (www.FamilySearch.org)

1917

Mar 27

Nathaniel Scott, Matt and Mollie's second grandchild and the son of James Scott and Annie Will Calhoun, is born in Union Springs, AL.

1920 U S Federal Census, Dehue, District 29, Logan County, West Virginia, Sheet 78A (www.ancestry.com)

1917

Jul 1

Mollie Scott Calhoun, wife of Matt Calhoun, dies in Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL and is buried at Enon Ridge Cemetery. Record states her father's name is Jim Scott and that she is married. (Copy of record on file.)

State of AL, Jefferson County, Certificate of Death #241 (www.FamilySearch.org)

1917

Nov 19

Mattie Calhoun and George Berry marry in Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL.

State of AL, Jefferson County, (www.FamilySearch.org)

1918 Mar 11

Matt Calhoun and Bessie Bishop Tarver were married in Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL. Bessie Bishop was originally from Union Springs, AL. Her first marriage was to Thomas Tarver in 1895. (Copy of both records on file.)

State of AL, Jefferson County (www.FamilySearch.org)

1919

Jan 21

Cleo Calhoun died in Birmingham, AL. Record states he was a miner in the state of West Virginia. Cleo was single and his parents are shown as Mat Calhoun and Molly Scott. Cleo is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. (Copy of record on file.)

State of AL, Jefferson County, Certificate of Death #253 (www.FamilySearch.org)

1919

Jun 4

Joseph Calhoun and Carrie Mae Ptomey were married in Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL. On this record, his age is shown as 26. Carrie's age on this record is 18, however, other records indicate she may have been younger. (Copy of record on file.)

State of AL, Jefferson County (www.FamilySearch.org)

Date

Event

Source of Information

1919

Aug 20

John Wesley Calhoun and Maggie Bell Harrington were married in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. Record states they are both 21 years old. (Copy of record on file.)

State of WV, Cabell County, Register of Marriages, Pg 135 (www.FamilySearch.org)

1920

Jan 9

This census record has Mattie Calhoun Berry enumerated with husband George Berry and the couple's daughter Frances, along with Mattie's baby sister Jessie Calhoun. In the next household are Joseph Calhoun and his wife Carrie Ptomey Calhoun. Essie Calhoun is also enumerated in the same household with Joseph and Carrie. In the next household, Annie Will Calhoun Scott is enumerated with her husband James Scott and their two children Nathaniel and George Wesley Scott along with Annie's sister Nancy Calhoun.

1920 U S Federal Census, Dehue, District 29, Logan County, West Virginia, Sheet 78A (www.ancestry.com)

1920

Jan 10

David Calhoun and wife Mary Berry Calhoun and their son Eugene are enumerated in the home on this census record. Also living in the household are John Wesley Calhoun and his wife Maggie Harrington Calhoun. Arwilder Frances Calhoun Davie and her children Hannah and Richard Davie are also living in this household.

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1920 U S Federal Census, Milburn, Kanawha District, Precinct 16, Fayette County, West Virginia, Sheet 11B

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1920

Jan 16

Matt Calhoun (age 50) and his new wife Bessie Bishop Tarver (age 42) and her two children Idell (19) and Samuel (24) are enumerated in the household. In addition, Matt's daughter Susie Calhoun (16), and Dora Perkins, a boarder, are also enumerated.

1920 U S Federal Census, Birmingham, District 75, Jefferson County, AL, Sheet 11B (www.ancestry.com )

1921

Mar 2

Susie Calhoun and Edward Wilson marry in Milburn, Fayette, WV. (Copy of record on file.)

State of WV, Milburn County (www.WVculture.org)

1926 May 16

Essie Juanita Calhoun and William Allen marry in Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV. Marriage license states Essie is 18 and William is 32. Dave Calhoun, her brother, was a witness. (Copy of record on file.)

State of WV, Monongalia County, Pg 446

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1928

Feb 19

Nancy Calhoun and Eumon Wootson marry in Birmingham, AL. (Copy of record on file.)

State of AL, Jefferson County (www.FamilySearch.org)

Date

Event

Source of Information

1928

Mar 26

Joseph Calhoun dies in Louise, Brooke County, WV and is buried in Brooke County Cemetery. Record states he is a coal miner, his wife's maiden name is Carrie Ptomey and that they reside in Louise, WV. The certificate states that Joe's parents are Matt Calhoun and Moley Scott. Carrie is the informant. (Copy of record on file.)

State of WV, Brooke County, Certificate of Death #2909

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1928

May 20

Mattie Calhoun Berry dies in Birmingham, AL and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. Record shows George Berry as her husband and Matt Calhoun as her father. (Copy of record on file.)

State of AL, Jefferson County, Certificate of Death #11591 (www.FamilySearch.org)

1930

Mar 4

Jessie Calhoun dies in Grant, Monongalia County, WV. Record states she was 18 and that her parents were Mat Calhoun and Mollie Scott. Informant is her brother John Wesley Calhoun. Burial is in Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL. (Copy of record on file.)

State of WV, Monongalia County (www.WVculture.org)

1930 Apr 11

Arwilder Frances Calhoun Davie no longer resides in West Virginia. She is divorced from Tom Davie and is now living in Birmingham, AL and married to Ed Kennedy. She and Ed are enumerated on the Census with her two children Hannah and Richard Davie.

1930 U S Federal Census, Birmingham, Precinct 49A, Block 416, District 88, Jefferson County, AL, Sheet 24A (www.ancestry.com)

1930 Apr 14

Matt Calhoun is enumerated with his wife Bessie. His age is shown as 58 and hers is 50. Matt is a laborer in a pipe shop and he is not a WWI Veteran. No one else is enumerated in the home with them.

1930 U S Federal Census, Birmingham, Precinct 49A, Block 366, Jefferson County, AL, Sheet 49A

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1930 Apr 23

Essie Calhoun Allen and husband William Allen and their daughters Susie and Dora Allen are enumerated.

1930 U S Federal Census, Cross Creek, District 10, Brooke County, West Virginia, Sheet 7A

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1930 Apr 23

Annie Will Calhoun Scott and husband James Scott are enumerated with their children Nathaniel, James, Elizabeth, Jeanette, Essalene, and Charles Scott along with nephew and niece Ruben and Thelma Berry (children of George and Mattie Calhoun Berry) on this census record.

1930 U S Federal Census, Cross Creek, District 10, Brooke County, West Virginia, Sheet 7A (www.ancestry.com)

Date

Event

Source of Information

1930 Apr 28

Mary Berry Calhoun and husband David Calhoun and their child Eugene Calhoun and nephews Fred and Cleveland Calhoun are enumerated in one household on the census record. Fred and Cleveland are the children of Joe and Carrie Calhoun. Joe died in 1928 and Carrie moved back to Birmingham, AL. At the request of Joe's brothers and sisters, Fred and Cleveland remained in West Virginia.

1930 U S Federal Census, Grant, Monongalia, West Virginia, Enumeration District 14, Sheet 22A

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1930 Apr 28

John Wesley Calhoun and Maggie Harrington Calhoun and their children John Henry, George Samuel, David and Catherine Calhoun are enumerated on this census record.

1930 U S Federal Census, Grant, Monongalia, West Virginia, Enumeration District 14, Sheet 22A

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1930 Apr 28

Susie Calhoun Wilson and husband Edward Wilson and their children Edward and Mary Catherine Wilson are enumerated on this census record.

1930 U S Federal Census, Grant, Monongalia, West Virginia, Enumeration District 14, Sheet 22A

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1930 Apr 28

Nancy Calhoun Wootson and husband Eumon Wootson are enumerated along with their child Mattie Wootson on this census record.

1930 U S Federal Census, Grant, Monongalia, West Virginia, Enumeration District 14, Sheet 22A

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1930 Apr 28

George Berry and new wife Ernestine Brown Berry and his children Mary Frances, Ella Louise, George Edgar, and Thelma Berry are enumerated on this record. One daughter, Lillian Barbara Berry is not shown on the census and was obviously not enumerated. The children's mother, Mattie Calhoun Berry, died in 1928. Son Reuben Berry and daughter Thelma Berry are enumerated in the home of their aunt and uncle Annie Will and James Scott in Cross Creek, Brooke County, WV.

1930 U S Federal Census, Grant, Monongalia, West Virginia, Enumeration District 14, Sheet 22A

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1933

Jan 27

Susie Calhoun Wilson dies in Louise, Cross Creek District, Brooke County, WV. Record states Ed Wilson as her husband and informant and that her parents are Mat Calhoun and Molly Scott.

State of WV, Brooke County, Certificate of Death #72

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Date

Event

Source of Information

1934

Jan 21

Thomas Eugene Calhoun, the son of Eugene Calhoun and wife Louise Troxler Calhoun, is the first born great grandchild of Matt and Mollie Scott Calhoun. He begins the fourth generation of the Matt and Mollie Scott Calhoun family legacy.

Awaiting release of 1940 U S Federal Census (Census will be released to the public in 2012)

1934

Jan 29

Matt Calhoun dies in Birmingham, Jefferson, AL. Record states he is married to Bessie Calhoun and works in a pipe shop. Record states Mat's mother is Frances Howard and father is Dave Calhoun. Bessie is listed as the informant. Mat is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. The cemetery has been renamed Greenwood Cemetery. In 1995, the city of Birmingham assumed responsibility for restoring and maintaining this historic African-American cemetery.

(Copy of record on file.)

State of AL, Jefferson County, Certificate of Death #961 (www.FamilySearch.org)

1934 Aug 20

Dave Calhoun dies in Morgantown, Monongalia County, AL and is buried in Monongalia County Cemetery. (Copy of record on file.) Record states wife's name is Mary Calhoun and parents are Matt Calhoun and Mollie Scott.

State of WV, Monongalia County, Certificate of Death #12387 (www.WVculture.org)

1960 Oct 19

Arwilder Frances Calhoun Davie Kennedy dies in Flint, Genesee County, MI and is buried in Angel Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA. Record states her parents are Matt Calhoun and Mollie Scott and that she resides in Pomona, CA. Informant is her sister Essie Calhoun. (Copy of record on file)

State of Michigan, Genesee County, Certificate of Death #1708

1967 Jan 3 1967

Nancy Jane Calhoun Wootson Anderson dies in Detroit, Wayne County, MI and is buried in Lincoln Memorial Park. Record states her usual residence was in Osage, WV and that she was widowed. Record states her parents are Matt Calhoun and Mollie Scott. Informant is daughter, Eleanor Wootson Torbert. (Copy of record on file.)

State of Michigan, Wayne County, Certificate of Death #195

1967 Jun 11

Essie Calhoun Allen dies in Flint, Genesee County, MI and is buried in Peace Memory Garden. Record states her husband is William Allen and mother is Mollie Scott. Informant is William Allen, Jr. (Copy of record on file.)

State of Michigan, Genesee County, Certificate of Death #1139

Date

Event

Source of Information

1972

Jul 11

John Wesley Calhoun dies in Detroit, Wayne County, MI and is buried in Metropolitan Memorial Park, Belleville, MI. Record states wife's maiden name is Maggie Harrington and parents are Matt Calhoun and Mollie Scott.
Informant is his wife Maggie. (Copy of record on file.)

State of Michigan, Wayne County, Certificate of Death #9752

1996 Aug 7

Annie Will Calhoun Scott dies in Dayton, Montgomery County, OH and is buried in West Memory Gardens. She was 97 years young and a widow when she passed. Record states her parents were Matt Calhoun and Mollie Scott. Her son, Nathaniel Scott, was the informant. With her death, all of Matt and Mollie's children are now deceased. (Copy of record on file.)

State of Ohio, Montgomery County, Certificate of Death

1963 - Flint, MI

1979 - Cleveland, OH

1991 - Detroit, MI

2003 - Wheeling, WV

1964 - Flint, MI

1981 - New York, NY

1993 - New York, NY

2005 - Detroit, MI

1965 - Flint, MI

1983 - Dayton, OH

1995 - Dayton, OH

2007 - Atlanta, GA

1973 - Flint, MI

1985 - Flint, MI

1997 - Flint, MI

2009 - Nashville, TN

1975 - Wheeling, WV

1987 - Cleveland, OH

1999 - Cleveland, OH

2011 - Cincinnati, OH

1978 - Detroit, MI

1989 - Wheeling, WV

2001 - Miami, FL