Otho Espy Callaway

Otho Espy Callaway married Elessie J. Still on December 17, 1903 in Clark County, Arkansas.  At the time of their marriage, Otho was 22 and lived in Hollywood, Clark County, and Elessie, 21, lived in Alpine in Clark County.

Otho was born to Thomas Nathanial Callaway and Laura Isabelle Holder, who lived for many years in Greeneville, Clark County, Arkansas.

Otho was the great-grandson of John S.T. Callaway, a native of Maryland, who moved to Clark County, Arkansas in 1822, built a mill on Caney Creek and represented Clark County in the Arkansas Territorial Legislature of 1825.  Also in 1825, John Callaway built the Callaway Hotel, the first hotel in Blakelytown, (Arkadelphia), which stood until 1878 when it burned in a fire.

Otho and Elessie's children: Jay Calvin, Asa Gre, Mary Ruth, Margaret Isabelle, Thomas Woodrow, Frieda G.  Many in Amity remember Thomas Callaway as a long-time teacher and coach at Amity High School.

Elessie Still Callaway died in 1931, and on November 10, 1935, Otho Callaway married Sarah Ruth Hollingshead Thomas.

There is some evidence that Otho E. Callaway is a direct descendant of Daniel Boone through his daughter, Jemima Boone, who married Flanders Callaway, but other family researchers disagree.  It might possibly be one of those mysteries that is never fully determined.

Thomas N. Callaway and Isabelle Holder Callaway