Langdon Cheeves MCCALLUM b. 11 Jan 1852 , York, South Carolina, USA d. 24 May 1934 Garland, Dallas, Texas, USA: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

1852 - 1934 (82 years)

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Name	Langdon Cheeves MCCALLUM [1, 2]
Born	11 Jan 1852	, York, South Carolina, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Died	24 May 1934	Garland, Dallas, Texas, USA [2]
Buried	27 May 1934	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Buried	Address: Pleasant Valley Cemetery Dallas County Dallas County, Texas
Person ID	I10689	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
Last Modified	24 Mar 2014

Father	Peter MCCALLUM, b. 18 Sep 1808, Comrie, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom , d. 3 May 1885, , Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 76 years)
Mother	Violet A WALLACE, b. 16 Jan 1813, , , Scotland, United Kingdom , d. 26 Aug 1880, , Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 67 years)
Married	Abt 1832	, , Scotland, United Kingdom
Family ID	F2971	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

Dallas County Directory 1881-1882 McCollum, L. C.
Certificate No. 19
Name of Deceased: Infant of Langdon McCALLUM
Place of Death/Local Address: Garland, Route 3
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Name of Father: Langdon McCallum
Maiden name of Mother: Gisalla Compton
Date of Death: Stillborn [as given]
Cause of Death: Stillborn
Name/Address of Physician: L. O. Godley, Garland
Place of Burial: Pleasant Valley Cem.
Date of Burial: 8 Dec 1919 [as given]
Name/Address of Undertaker: Family

McCallum, Langdon Cheeves
Langdon Cheeves McCallum was born in York County, South Carolina on January 11, 1852. Langdon was the son of Peter McCallum. Peter, was born in Scotland uring 1808 and came to America at the age of nine.
Peter settled in South Carolina and later married Violet Amelia Wallace. They had ten children, namely Duncan, Joseph, James, Augustus, Jane, wife of William Finley; Elizabeth, wife of Robert Finley; Robert; John T.; Langdon C, and an infant girl. The family moved to Texas in 1873.
Peter at one time had a large plantation, with many slaves, while living in South Carolina. However, like many other large plantation owners, he had invested large sums of money in slave ownership and he was unable to maintain his plantation after the slaves were freed.
Peter McCallum bought land at Pleasant Valley one year after coming to Texas. He died in 1883 at the age of seventy-five. His wife died in 1880 at the age of sixty- seven.
Langdon Cheeves McCallum married Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Foote on July 29, 1874. She was born in Georgia on November 23, 1858. Parents of Mollie Foote were Martin Van Buren Foote and Minerva Foote. Minerva was born in Georgia and moved to Texas in 1869 shortly after her husband died. The family had already prepared for the move to Texas when he died at approximately thirty-five years of age.
Children of Martin Van Buren and Minerva Foote were William, Mollie, James, John and Van Buren. In 1873 their mother married Wade Bolton. Wade and Minerva had one child named Beatrice Bolton.
Langdon's children were Homer; Violet married Maze Shugart; Otto married Mamie Lemmen; Guy married Ada Shugart; Mae married Frank Allen; Walter married Clara Robinson, and Charles Langdon who married Vera Compton. Langdon was a member of the Knights of Honor Lodge #2756 at Pleasant Valley.
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.....Children of Elza and Alice Compton were Cora Ethel who married Jim Tomlin; Lemuel Barch killed in France during WW I; Elsie Dena who married Monroe Hutson; Giralda Vera who married Langdon McCallum; Martha Louise who married Dr Norman Beaver; Charles Ray; twin brother William Roy, and Glenn Oram Compton.....

Sources
[S420] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1892.).

[S228] Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Dallas, TX.