Garner CALLAWAY

  General Notes:

The following list was compiled by Judge Winton A. White and presented to the Beckley Post-Herald newspaper in 1950. The list was published in the 1850 Centennial Edition of the Beckley Post-Herald on 26 Aug. 1950. It is now available in either the "Smith-Riffe" microfilm collection at the Raleigh County Public Library in Beckley, or from the Beckley Register-Herald Archives also located in Beckley, WV.

Judge Riffe was an excellent historian, however, there are known errors in this work, so please check all information against primary sources.

1850 - 1860

CALLAWAY, Garner - He settled on Dingess Branch near Glen Daniel in 1853 and was formerly from Monroe County. His son Thomas was a Confederate soldier. His father Joshua Callaway came with him to Dingess. Although then of venerable age, he was active in local affairs, dying in 1879 at 97. Garner was a large land owner.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Boot & Shoemaker.

Garner married Nancy Elizabeth KARNES on 28 Jul 1832 in Monroe Co., VA.⁵⁸² (Nancy Elizabeth KARNES was born in 1820 in VA ²²²⁷.)