Johnston Calhoun and Maggie A. Calhoun
Husband Johnston Calhoun 1
Born: 19 Sep 1812 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Joseph Calhoun (Abt 1787-1845) 1 Mother: Jane Littell (Abt 1792-1863) 2 3 4
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Sarah Shirts ( - ) 1
Wife Maggie A. Calhoun 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Samuel Calhoun ( - ) 1 Mother:
Children
General Notes: Husband - Johnston Calhoun
He carried on farming and sheep raising successfully till 1872, after which time he lived a life of retirement, for some years in Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and then for some years in Hookstown.
He was elected a school director, and served as such for a number of years; also as justice of the peace of Beaver County. He was a delegate of the Christian Commission twice during the Civil War; first, to the Potomac army at Washington City, and sent from there to Virginia; second, to Cumberland army in Tennessee and Alabama. He organized and taught a Bible class in each army, over and above the duties devolving upon him as a delegate.
1 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 832.
2 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 832, 863.
3 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 295.
4
John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 865.
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