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RICHARD PAUL CALLAWAY

Richard Paul Callaway, dealer in fresh meats at Fredericktown, and a member of the firm of Callaway & Mullersman, was born in Madison County, Mo., in 1855, being the son Power and Elizabeth (Berryman) Callaway, and the grandson of Peter Callaway, who was a native of Louisville, Ky. The latter, at the age of eighteen, and in the year 1800, immigrated to the Territory of Louisiana and settled in what is now Madison County, at Buckeye Copper Mines, three-fourths of a mile from the county seat. He entered several hundred acres in that section, and was the first white man to settle in what is now Madison County. The entire country west of the Mississippi River was an unbroken prairie or a dense wilderness, teeming with Indians and wild animals. Power Callaway was bon in Madison County, Mo., in 1820, was reared on a farm, and after mining for some years in Mine La Motte, he bought a farm three miles south of Fredericktown, and here died in 1875. He was county assessor at the time of his death, and had never resided outside of Madison County. He was a good citizen and a worthy pioneer. His wife, Elizabeth Berryman, was born in Madison County in 1829, and died in 1866. She was the mother of eight sons, Richard P. being the sixth. The latter was married to Miss Delia Shannon in 1881. She was born in 1861, in Madison County, and was the daughter of Dr. Henry Shannon. Four children were the result of our subject's marriage: Mary, Samuel, Annie and Valentine. In 1879 Mr. Callaway was appointed city marshal, and re-appointed in 1880. From 1881 to 1884 he followed agricultural pursuits, and at the last named date took a trip to Montana Territory, to search up a permanent location, but not being satisfied he returned I four months to his birthplace, with the firm conviction that old Madison County was good enough for him yet. In 1886 he was again appointed to the position of city marshal, and re-appointed in 1887. In February 1888, he and John Mullersman established a butcher shop in Fredericktown, and are now meeting with excellent success. They are good businessmen, and furnish the market with first class meant. In his political vies Mr. Callaway is a Democrat, and is a member of the I.O.O.F.